Wow, it's like IRL manga edits.

As for wrapping paper, well to be honest I only wrap my gifts come Christmas time since part of tradition is to place them under the tree and wrapped presents looked a lot better than ratty old boxes.
As for birthdays, I never wrap gifts.

>>207797
I've never seen a gift (for an occasion like a birthday or Christams) that wasn't wrapped in some fashion. Even if it was just in a fancy paper bag with colored tissue paper.

Also: Exploitable.

Thanks Ralen. You're undeniably sexy when you post IM translations, you make me all shivery.

I was wondering what the weird text was... so Miu looks like she has a promising future as a mangaka? ;). She could be an evil version of Ume Aoki who sekihara's her own characters.

>>207796
Thanks, dude. You are sexy indeed.
This chapter was pretty damn funny, but also short. Even if we add it to the previous one it's only 11 pages!
I worry about Barasui's health...

BTW, this means Matsuri is from now on 12 years old, right?
Which means she's less illegal...

>>207805

>sekihara's her own characters

Didn't you just describe Barasui?

>>207816
I don't know, it could be like the Simpsons, where Bart is 10 for the whole series, but then on the episode where he has his birthday party, it's his 10th birthday.

She's still mentally like a 5 year old though. I mean what 12 year old gets a picture book for her birthday? And that pouch for her to wear around her neck? They might as well just pin a piece of paper to her shirt that has her address on it.
Don't get me wrong, I love Matsuri, but I keep getting the idea that Barasui is trying to hint to us that she's basically retarded.
You remember the most recent OVA where Miu envisions the future, and Matsuri has not only been held back in 5th grade for 2 years, but now she's wearing a smock and yellow cap like a kindergartener? It felt like that yellow cap might as well have been a helmet.

In the pilot chapters, her character was totally different... she still got picked on by Miu all the time, but she stood up for herself.

>>207817
I think it's just all the acid she does.

>BTW, this means Matsuri is from now on 12 years old, right?
>Which means she's less illegal...

Matsuri is the only IM girl I have trouble imagining having sex with.

>>207820
You need more imagination

>>207821
I said I have trouble. I didn't say I couldn't do it.

>>207817

Nah - Barasui doesn't sekihara his characters through an avatar of himself, unless you consider Nobue or Miu to be that... and we saw Miu adding those weird dialogue bubbles and speedlines all over, explaining why it looked so weird.

>>207818
I thought that Matsuri's parents were the ones screwing her up. Ana's, on the other hand... well, they're normal but they're making her skeptical and just weird in a different way.

>>207821
That's still an unnatural thought. Nobue, on the other hand, doesn't seem to feel that way...

thax for the chapter Ralen. I guess Miu really does have talent and IS funny.
extra links:
http://depositfiles.com/files/id14trodz
http://rapidshare.com/files/382538687/ichigo_mashimaro_2010-06.rar

previous chapters:
2010-03
http://depositfiles.com/files/y5cbl91c4
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?j0tj3wjmnl2

2010-05
http://www.mediafire.com/?nn0hnkygwnw

What does sekihara mean?

>>207823

>unless you consider Nobue

Isn't that exactly the entire point of Nobue? She's like an 'in' for the viewer. She's meant to represent the reader.

Actually, Barasui does seem to have a lot of self inserts, but it's usually the random hapless male characters. Like the cosmetics salesman that Nobue beat up.

>>207825
It's short for "Sexual Harassment."

Apropos of nothing...
A Macro draws near!

(It's not much of a macro, but I'm sort of attached to it.)

Can Nobue get any more shameless? She wasn't even drunk this time...

>>207839

>She wasn't even drunk this time

Are we sure? She could have been drinking earlier. Although I think you're right.

And yes, there's room for more shamelessness. Maybe Nobue is planning things like this: Matsuri turns 12 and you can ask for a kiss, one year later, a French kiss, one year after that, French kissing while topless, another year goes by and it's time for second base, and then Matsuri turns 16, and that means you can legally go all the way.

Let's hope Chika keeps on foiling Nobue's plan with timely cock bloc... wait.
What's the lesbian equivalent of "cock blocking"?

>>207842
Stop it, you're scaring Matsuri-chan.

And giving me a boner.

>>207843
Matsuri-chan's fear turns you on?
You are sick! Sick I tell you!

>>207844
No, the thought of a teenaged Matsuri making out with Nobue-oneechan turns me on.

>>207845
Oh! Okay...
For a moment there I thought you were some kind of pervert. What a relief!

>>207839

>Can Nobue get any more shameless?

I'm sure we'll find out in future issues.

I have a feeling the answer is 'Yes' though.
At least Matsuri was awake this time. And at least Nobue asked first.

>>207837

A challenger appears!

With animated gif action.

>>207851
Context?

>>207856
K-On! Season 2 ED

>>207851

>>207859
I have a feeling I would like K-On, but something in me is hesitant to start watching it.

>>207864
It has been excessively hyped. It is a very recommendable show, but don't expect anything spectacular.

The second season has been better than the first one so far.

>>207865
Do they play much music in the second season? I watched the first season and would have preferred more rehearsal scenes.

They haven't played much music. In fact I would say they have been playing much less than on the previous season. But only five episodes have been televised until now, so don't despair.
The jokes are working much better so far. That's only my opinion, of course.

>>207872
Relevant.

>>207864
I'm surprised your ass hasn't seen it, yet, at least the first season. It's pretty consistent after the first ep. and I'd say "well planned" as for what it is.
The only thing I don't get is why everyone is on Mio's dick - her moe act is so forced, it would be like if Osaka's only purpose on AzuDai would be for her to do something a little weird, then eve-ry-one pointing it out each time.
Other than that, enjoyable show.