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My Gaiden tank arrives (along with Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo manga. The things I find through the FFL.) Am realizing the extent to which I cannot parse manga onscreen: I never registered that Goujun was in a wheelchair.

'I have seen the old ladies sail, like swans asleep..'

J'ai un peu moins, peur de vieillir

Song by Pauline Julien, never released on CD that I can tell, alas. Deux Vieilles/ Two Old Women. 'When I hear them burst out laughing, I'm a little less afraid of growing old.'

And there's also Hazel McCallion, while we're at it.