What stands out when you look at roles
At the reporting counter, an Armor-san talks to Hachiware. Dangerous weeds that shouldn't have been there were mixed in, so this time the pay will be raised. Saying so, the Armor-san sets a big bag down in front of Hachiware.
The one announcing the raise in pay is the Armor-san at the counter. There's the side that receives, and the side that announces. If there's a gap in what each side gets to decide, that gap bothers me, even in a kind conversation.
Each one likes different things
They wear the same armor, but there's an Armor-san who loves cute things and sells pochettes and pajamas they made themself, and there's an Armor-san who runs the ramen shop Rou. There's also a scene where the Armor-san selling pajamas, nervous as they are, sells out and heads home happy.
Same armor, but different likes and different workplaces. If we try to settle who they are all at once, we might miss how each one treats the person in front of them.
Seeing kindness and the gap in roles together
Being kind doesn't necessarily mean the way someone decides things at work is fair. On the other hand, a difference in position doesn't make all of the kindness a lie. I want to keep an eye on both character and role.
What can this person decide? How did they treat the other person just now? When I read the Armor-sans, I think about those two things side by side.
Related notes
- What changes when Chiikawa passes the weeding exam?Chiikawa weeded even before earning Level 5. The change we can confirm after passing is that the bag of pay grows a little heavier. The manga does not show who decided how much that little increase would be.
- What do you do when only your friend passes?Even if you can't feel the same way right away, there's still something you can do. Thinking it through from the walk home after the weeding certification exam and a celebration scene.
- Why was the invitation to the island so tempting?Everyday work turns into a special trip. The island story begins with the words of an invitation and the faces reading it.
- How did Chiikawa get their house?Chiikawa's house was won in a prize drawing. From the story of the house, I think about a kind of life that effort alone can't explain.