MaruMA:Doujinshi5:Story4.2
Fireworks go Bon![edit]
"So, following his majesty's abstract painting "A Summer Memory", and after asking Oliver-kun, the famous humanzee[1] from Shin Makoku's West Zoo to evaluate it using the full force of his deductive powers, I tried to replicate JAPANESE FIREWORKS . But..."
"But.... what?"
"Well, if FIREWORKS aren't opened, they're nothing but a BALL . If only a brave, young man would volunteer..."
"W-wait. You can't risk the lives of young men."
"That's why I tried asking the triple threat (light, fragile and immortal) kotsuhizoku. Because even if they're thrown into the air, they can come back flying on their own."
"But they might break into pieces"
"That's why if any of their parts get lost in the process, they are covered by the compulsory insurance "Come and fly 1", and their parts will be replaced with DEYAMOND ones which have a guarantee of 800 years or until they become dust."
"Could it be.... that because you're aggressively recruiting subjects, that you've started to give them insurance....?"
"At any rate, those kotsuhizoku didn't want to do it, because they said they'd end up smelling like gunpowder. What a pathetic thing to say! Ah! Good gracious, those guys... They might have all those bones but they're still spineless!"
"Wait Anissina, you said something... Just now did you say gunpowder? If you're putting such a valuable item inside the ball, there's no need for anyone to be inside it"
"This is why I tell you your knowledge of things is superficial. If gunpowder isn't ignited, it's just gunpowder. A person is needed to ignite it no matter what."
"........... Hm?..... W-What....? When you launch it, won't it be ignited already? How are you going to launch it into the sky without igniting it?"
"Isn't it obvious? With a MA-powered device."
"...................... Then, wouldn't it be best if the MA-powered device would ignite the gunpowder? Or even better, instead of using gunpowder, can't your MA-power device use flames to draw the fireworks in the sky?"
"You really don't understand, huh, Gwendal? That would require no artistic skill. It should be like the words of Night of the 15th[2]! Ah, but I won't be stealing a horse. I guess that besides me, there may be a few other hundreds of people who remember this[3].
".... Really?"
"His majesty told me about this. There's meaning behind making the fireworks one by one by hand. Because of that, there are no two fireworks alike. In Japan this is called "Obi=One is better than the evil womanizer[4]"
"What's the meaning of that?"
"Well, it seems that the evil womanizer breathes heavily. In other words, he wouldn't be able to light the fireworks one by one. Besides since the MA-power device would be so far away, I wouldn't be able to control it. To light the fireworks one by one, someone's life must be put on the line. The Mazoku flowers[5] will dance in the sky. By Tamaya[6]."
"I feel like your theory is off somewhere, somehow...."
"So Gwendal, please get in here, I made it big enough for a brave, big, tall man, and the ball to fit in. Looook~! There's sooo much room. If you look closely, there's also a bathtub and a toilet"
"Oh, you don't usually see something like... no, wait! Wait, Lady von Karbelnikoff! I think you mixed up some things incorrectly in that explanation of yours. Listen, I think that the reason why all the fire-nya-works are different is because of the way they are made one by one. But, but, you are not supposed to launch a person along with the fire-nya-works, that wouldn't be called a fire-nya-work."
"Then what would you call it?"
"Well, that's not a fire-nya-work, it's called a human cannon"
"..... hmph-hu"
"W-why are you laughing?"
"Although you're full grown mazoku man, what are you calling them "fire-nya-works"?"
"................... Why don't you just launch me already?"
"Uwah, Anissina-san! The fireworks tonight look beautiful. As expected from one of Shin Makoku's Three Great Witches. Their size and shape are all different."
"The only thing I can say is "Of course they are" your Majesty. That's because the 'row of teeth' (*trying to say fireworks) of the royal laboratory of Ma-powered devices were made by craftsmen who put their life and soul on the line to make the flowers blossom."
"Life? That's amazing, mazokus are really amazing. Putting their life and soul on the line, huh? Kagiya, or rather Tamaya! The girl next door is an Otsuka girl[7]!
"Say, don't you think that tonight's Burnabys (*trying to say fireworks), were larger than usual?"
"There ya go again, as if a guy like you could tell. Of course they won't change all of a sudden, don't cha think? It's yar imagination, yar imagination."
"It must be. Ah, but Excellency Gwendal! He said he was planning to fall somewhere around this area. He always looks so serious and honorable, but sometimes I think he's just exhausted from working so hard.... Ah! Your Excellency, your Excellency!!! This is no time to pout~"
■ Fireworks go Bon!
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References[edit]
- ↑ Reference to this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_(chimpanzee)
- ↑ A song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu88zx_--wE The guy sings about no one understanding him and not wanting to go back to school, not wanting to go home. So he's gonna steal a motorcycle and ride it to freedom, while thinking about the girl he likes, and so on. Why is Anissina using this reference? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- ↑ I guess this is a little self insert joke by Takabayashi-sensei poking fun at the fact that no one remembers this song? It was released in 1983.
- ↑ Star Wars reference. If this is a pun as well, I didn't get it.
- ↑ The word fireworks is "fire flowers" in Japanese.
- ↑ Kagiya and Tamaya are names of famous manufactures of fireworks in the Edo era. People shout Kagiya or Tamaya when they see fireworks nowadays, not many know why.
- ↑ Uh... yeah, this is the CM she's refering to, but once again, I'm not sure how this is connected to the fireworks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bk1epvNITI
