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lokh · 6 months ago

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oh my god. a manga where everyones actually wearing masks???

edit: NEVERMIND jumped the gun here it was just for one scene cos they were at a nail salon 😭

edit 2: hmm actually. depending on how recently this manga was drawn it could just be reflective of how not everyone wears masks. the customers are wearing masks in the salon but outside usually not but Sometimes. they are

edit 3: I WAS RIGHT??

#in an era where i feel like there was a VERY short period (in western fandom at least)#where masks and covid were even mentioned in fic and art #before it dropped off completely and all fiction lived in a fantasy universe without covid...#BRO I GOT TRICKED #hmm iirc wearing a mask in japan isnt required outside anymore. so that would track #but also maybe the artist just didnt want to draw masks all the time LMAO #ok ill be honest at this point i think i just misread the situation 😭 man it would be interesting for someone to like.#draw masks all the time..... the elusive artist that likes to draw masks more than faces #i should practice drawing people with masks...#MY HEART CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE LMAO #ok now im Really sure its just a case of wanting to show the main characters faces and not wanting to draw masks all the time #two characters have met outside for the first time and theyre both wearing masks #ok theres another bit where a character says 'good thing the flights are running again'#which i must assume is a reference to international travel being restricted at the beginning of covid #so wow.... i was right..................#idk when this was released but it must have been drawn closer to the beginning of the pandemic #the manga is internet love by urino kiko btw #hmmm it says released 2023.. thats the tankobon tho idk if it was serialised and when that happened #ok yeah serialised from late 2022... thats quite far into the pandemic actually. interesting

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