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Jokyou Seikatsuroku Ichijou: chapter 4 review

A nice chapter with some cute scenes, and some frustrating scenes...

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Chapter 4: Ninten

Ichijou's 19th Happy Birthday episode!

But he is not so happy…

Clapping and laughing all alone in the library. ♡

If you saw this at your local library, what would you do? Would you help him and ask him what's wrong? Or would you bully him?

"Happy birthday to you ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ Happy birthday, dear Seiyaaaa~~♪" He imagines a nice white cake with strawberries and cream on top (and 8 candles). Perhaps strawberies are his favourite. But no one is there in his birthday fantasy, he is laughing all alone.

Ichijou is crying because he feels ashamed that he has not accomplished much in 19 years of life.

He quickly borrows several books on qualification acquisition. How to succeed in accounting, get perfect score on TOIEC, succeed as a tax advisor, as a business consultant.

Ichijou goes home, where he is treated to a very happy surprise. Murakami greets him cheerfully with a party cracker and a delighted smile.

Murakami has cooked and prepared a plate of karaage chicken with lemon slices garnish. Murakami says "I know you love karaage!".

But that's not all. Murakami has also purchased a present. It is hidden under a small towel.

It is a Nintendo Switch™ SHILLING...!!! NINTENDO SHILLING...!!! This shilling/productplacement somewhat disgusted me, but this is the only chapter like this.

Please understand (<- Nintendo meme) This chapter was released on the day of the Nintendo Direct where Sploon 3 was announced. Murakami bought Sploon 2 with this console.

Sploon is a little girls' game. That's cute… They're not playing something manly at all. Animal Crossing would be cute and an even bigger timesink. If it were up to me, they'd play PriPara All Idol Perfect Stage!. After all, it is based on a pachinko for little girls.

Ichijou chastises Murakami for acting like a spendrift, buying something so expensive. Murakami's sad face afterwards tugs at my heart. Ichijou feels guilty, then starts to nibble some of the karaage Murakami had made for him.

"OK… You can play it for only 1 hour a day!" <-- Ichijou sounds like a mother.

Eventually they get addicted. They play for more than 1 hour daily. They play online multiplayer.

They see a guy in real life and they think, "let's ambush him, we will swamp him, he will drown in a bog" I WAS UPSET! THE BOG'S GLAMOUR IS CHEAPENED FOR THE SAKE OF THIS NINTEN-SHILLING CHEAP JOKE. Fortunately, this is a rare moment. If you think about it, it also gives credence to the "Dream Theory".

Gourmet moment as well. They eat chicken meatball skewers with walleye pollack mayonnaise. The third phallic food scene…

mogu mogu

Then, Ichijou gets an email. It says his library books are overrdue, and that he must return them as soon as possible. He is distraught and ashamed, as you can imagine.

This chapter is OK, but the best part is him clapping in the library, so cute.

To next chapter…

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Happy Birthday 1000 Chan!!