Ranman

Recollection (Tanabe) No status, no guarantees

No matter what you say, it's useless!

You have no choice but to lean on me!

I like to do it.

yeah….

Ha...

well…. (Mantaro Sueko) I will have it.

yes! This is delicious! (Sueko) Huh... good.

Omiso's mother gave me this.

It is the taste of Hakubaido. Hmmm!

This... konnyaku is included? yes!

It's called raccoon soup. Huh~.

Konnyaku is likened to a raccoon dog. Huh!

Is the konnyaku a raccoon dog and the deep-fried fox? yes.

Ah~…. Ahaha! Which do you prefer?

eh! Eh...

No, konnyaku is a perennial plant of the Agaricaceae family.

Eh~ Fried is an annual plant of the legume family of soybeans.

No~…. Umm no... th...

Hmmm... Haha!

They are both plants! No~ th... hmmm...

Ahaha it's difficult.

fun. Ahahahaha….

Mantaro-san, we are talking about trivial things.

Ahaha That's right...

Ah... sometimes like this

I hope there will be a morning when I don't go plant collecting.

Aha... ah...

Ah... Um...

Hisae-chan, I'll talk to you later...

The story of those who don't care.

yes.

This is the girl I found in Tosa.

I think I'm a new species.

New species? yes.

Stamens are wind-pollinated plants.

with the force of the wind?

like a streamer? yes.

Again, that place is very interesting!

No~ I live quietly in the depths of the forest and wait for the gentle breeze to blow.

It's like a plant with many hearts.

Mantaro is such a quiet child

You found it. no….

Hisae-chan said goodbye. Huh...

Well, whether or not this child is a new species

Well, I don't know if I'll study it from now on and figure it out. yes.

This time, I'll be the godfather

I want to announce it to the world.

I agree!

I have a problem. yes.

This is how I feel... I don't have any status.

Before becoming a godfather, I must be a proper scholar.

I need to be recognized by the world. ah….

There...

Publish a book! Ah….

I promised Hisae-chan, I'll start putting out more and more pictorial book Hakkenden.

First book.

yes. is that so….

are you gonna start? yes.

Can you help me?

of course.

thank you.

I wonder what the first book will come out...

From the first book, I want the world to trust me.

Yes, that's right.

The first book is important, isn't it? yes.

I can't afford to be honest.

Put in what I'm best at!

What I am most good at is...

Botanical painting! That's right! Fufu.

Hisae-chan. yes.

The picture book is the main part with the text of the explanation

And a drawing to show what kind of plant it is

I will go with these two pillars. yes.

First of all, I'll put out the diagrams first.

Ah.... yes.

Named "Nihon Botanical Zhufu".

"Japanese Botanical Map"! yes.

Well, it would be interesting to start with a chart.

A whole book book, the first in Japan.

I think it's great!

Even children can understand the map! yes!

Ah... um... about that...

Or... I won't be able to go home. eh?

In order to make an illustrated book, all figures must be lithographed.

Ah... when I was making magazines

Um... it took me a long time to come up with something I was happy with.

In addition, the contract work of the Ohata printing office is also packed.

If only one lithographic printing machine could be used as desired...

After work at the print shop? Yeah... it will.

So all night is a printing shop?

During the day, I do research at the university to clarify whether this child is a new species.

Eh~ Well, of course, I don't want to draw a rough sketch of the map.

Uh... so when are you going to sleep?

Ah~ well, um... if there is a time in your life when you have to work hard

now.

Of course, I know it's hard.

I want you to let me do it without saying anything.

Hisae-chan, please!

I understand!

thank you.

I'll do my best! yes.

If so, find the publisher...

Ah, I have to talk to General Ohata!