Sorry for another post right after my own, I like Twinstar Cyclone Runaway.
So now that I'm reading the novel again I wanted to bring up how the events after their first time fishing together, chapter 5, where they stop to talk after being done with fishing got a bit... reduced, I guess? In the manga.
After they finish fishing Diode gets emotional and insecure about whether or not her piloting was good enough, Terra gets unsure about what to say but makes it clear that the fishing went better than all her previous attempts and then she thinks to herself: "Ah, when I look at her like this, it becomes clear that she is putting up a front" and gets all Fufu >w< about it since Diode is younger than her.
However when they dock their pillar boat, Bonus is a bit more sarcastic(?) in the novel and touches a sore spot by acting how it's such a surprise for that haul to be coming from Terra when she is known for her previous failed marriage and fishing attempts. That bothers Diode considerably and after they're done talking with Bonus, she gets upset in Terra's behalf over allowing that to happen and also over not being prepared for the "What's your actual name" trouble and making Terra feel like discarding their catch again for her sake.
「偉ぶって昏魚捨てたのに剤類切れかけて、帰還ギリギリだったのに玄人操縦っぽいふりをして、任せろって言ったのに揉めちゃって、通名出してたのに無様に本名バレて」
テラを責めている？ 違う、自分を責めている。うつむいて肩を震わせ始めた。
「おまけにあのクソ役人に、テラさんのお見合いのこといじられたのに、ろくに言い返せなくて、残念な人みたいな扱いになって。あんなひっ、ひどくて、テラさんに顔向け、できなっ」
And this is after Terra mentions how they always celebrate after a catch (with bad catches having "consolation celebrations")
「今わりとぐしゃぐしゃなんで！ 飲み食いどころじゃないです！」
「ですよね」あっさりテラは身を引いて、テンションを落とす。「糸、切れちゃいました？ もう三日目だし」
「糸って」
「気持ちの糸。初日から張り詰めっぱなしでしたよね。──リュックひとつしょって、知らない氏族船に乗り換えて、初めての相手を説得して、ありえない網をひっぱってカリッカリの手動操船で戻ってきて、終わったと思ったらお役人に全部ダメにされるところでしたよね。一個間違えたら人生パーでした。糸がプッツリいっても仕方ないですよ」
ハンカチが下がってダイオードのぽかんとした顔が現れると、テラは微笑んだ。
「なんでわかるんだって顔ですね？ わかりますよ、私だって知らない船の知らない相手に何度も会いに行きましたから。あれ心細いですよねえ」
言ってから、でも、と付け加える。
「ダイさんは、まだ十八歳なんですよね。──そこは、私よりすごいです」
「ふ……ううううう」
The scene that happens after they're done showering got reduced quite a bit, I understand that it's probably hard to show those things through a manga medium and there's a limited amount of pages, but the text does give a lot more attention to how it felt like Diode was running away from Terra as it's pointed out how her hair was wetter compared to Terra's, because she did hurry in the shower, and how that was one of the situations where Terra's height is her "strength" by allowing her to find Diode in a crowd.
その背は本当に細くて震えている。髪が冷たいので、頭から肩の下までゆっくりとくり返し撫でた。昔、そうやって自分が撫でられたことがあるのを思い出す。それを思い出して真似る。
「まあね、ダイさん。いろいろありましたけど、今日は成功でしたよ。魚は獲れたし、事故もケンカもなかったし。逃げなくってもいいです。ね？」
「……ううぐん」
背中を撫でるうちに、小さな頭が鼻先に来た。頭髪からあの甘い植物性の煙香がする。すい、と脳髄をそちらへ引かれて、何も考えずに肩を抱き寄せた。それに応じてダイオードが安らいだ様子で胸にもたれ、ふーっと深く息を吐く。
溶けたように互いの重みを支え合う十数秒。──の後に、ダイオードがおずおずと身を離したので、二人の間に空気が入った。
「あ、なんか……すみません、テラさん」
「え、いえ全然」
So yeah, rather than just sitting down and getting straight to the point, first Terra consoles a Diode that's a bit overwhelmed and crying because of the change in environment, messing up with her name, feeling insecure about her piloting and (what she assumes) getting stuck with a girl that makes weird nets lol... They get a little awkward with the sudden closing distance, and then they get to the point, which is that Diode is a ship-jumper and being pursued. I'm just a little sad that we didn't get to see that drawn and it's another of those moments that shows the difference between the two when it comes to how they approach the other. Terra being more willing to approach and be affectionate (And they only knew each other for 3 days then) and Diode like a stray cat but still very affectionate in her own way.
I wonder how Tanaka Ahiru plans on showing those aspects of them and how much of a say Ogawa Issui has on the manga's script itself because I don't think that their core as characters changed much from the first volume of the novel to the third. I think I commented enough about their personalities on my previous post for this to make sense, at least I hope it makes sense.
last edited at Sep 18, 2024 4:02PM
