Poking Around Pt 160
Added 2023-07-09 16:30:57 +0000 UTCAnd here’s the 2nd of the final 3 pages I’ve completed for this comic before I go away on holiday for the summer.
This part was half completed way back in the spring but I had to do all the preceding pages first. And then I had to revise this page as I finally got more comfortable with drawing the characters so they weren’t as ‘stiff’.
As always, you can read everything in full via the Poking Around Completely Collection.
TL Note:
無勝負 Mushōbu: This custom is from Edo (Ancient) Japan and isn’t generally practiced anymore. Usually a 取り直し /とりなおし torinaoshi, or a rematch, is set up if the gyōji (referee in the ring with the wrestlers) and shimpan (judges who sit around the edges of the ring) are unable to reach a conclusion concerning a match’s outcome. This discussion itself is called a 物言い mono-ii.
