Looking at character and role separately
They wear the same armor, but there's an Armor-san who makes and sells pochettes and pajamas, and there's an Armor-san who runs a ramen shop.
The person who treats you kindly may also be the one who sets the terms of your work. I want to look at character and the power someone holds through their role separately.
A reading of them as the managing side
There's a reading that sees the Armor-sans as the side that runs and manages Chiikawa and friends' work. But it seems too early to decide that.
Is it a request or an order? Can the other side refuse, or choose something else? Checking those differences before and after a conversation seems like it would reveal the power the other side holds.
Who can change the rules?
Is the one in charge of passing on the rules the same as the one who makes them? A title alone doesn't tell you how much that person can change.
Rather than guessing what they really are all at once, I'd like to gather what they decided bit by bit.
Sources
- 鎧さんたちの個性についてのインタビュー ↗ (Japanese)
- フジテレビの紹介・ポシェットの鎧さん ↗ (Japanese)
- フジテレビの紹介・ラーメンの鎧さんと郎 ↗ (Japanese)
Related questions
- Why do Chiikawa and friends work?Money to live on, and money you want to spend on someone. Let's look at the life beyond the work.
- Is the weeding certification exam a fair system?Taking the same exam, and being able to prepare in the same way. Thinking about two kinds of “fairness.”
- Thinking about effort and luck from Chiikawa's houseCan the reason someone has a house be explained just by how hard they worked? Thinking it through from the sweepstakes scene.
- How is a gift different from shopping?The meaning of a sweet, which its price alone doesn't tell you. From a celebration of passing, I read the ties between people and things.