As expected, Murakami-sensei didn't give us a new track last month (probably due to the Capybara Megamix). But she's back this month, and she's even giving us a glimpse at long lost characters! (I didn't even recognize them until I looked at the names)
The track opens showing Riku having just dropped a CD (presumably this is the falling CD seen at the end of Track 73). The daycare workers wonder whether the CD belongs to Riku, or if it's something his father (meaning Eiri, since he dropped him off) left behind. One of the women notices that it's a Bad Luck CD, and then Riku says "Mama" and the women all start fangirling, realizing that the one who dropped Riku off really was Eiri (the children, meanwhile, cry in the background ^o^)
We switch to another location, where a picture of Shuuichi is seen falling down. A middle-aged woman asks, "What's wrong, Maiko?" meaning, holy crap, this is the first time we've seen Shuuichi's family in a LONG time (and, of course, the fact that Murakami-sensei's art style has completely changed since they were last seen, they're pretty much unrecognizable). Maiko says that Shuuichi's picture suddenly fell down, and her mother says it means something must have happened to him. Shuuichi's parents start talking about other strange things that have been happening, like soft groaning and the sound of children's footsteps coming from Shuuichi's room in the middle of the night. Maiko starts wondering if something really did happen to Shuuichi.
Over at NG, Suguru is pissed at Touma over the accident with Shuuichi, saying that this is Touma's responsibility since he allowed the filming to happen even though he expected there to be an accident. Even though Shuuichi may be a little strange, he's still human, and could be killed by getting hit on the head by rocks. This is followed by a shot that looks like Shuuichi being rescued. Then Eiri suddenly asks, "Is he dead?" Touma didn't realize he was even in the room. Eiri syas that it seems like the usually cool Touma is facing an emergency situation, almost like Shuuichi's finally been killed. Hiro grabs Eiri's shoulder, saying Shuuichi isn't dead. To be continued....
OK, so Shuuichi isn't dead. But what's happened to him? Could it be *shock* he's also gone blind? LOL, that would be too much....but knowing Murakami-sensei, it's totally possible :P
Here there be scans:
Page 01Page 02Page 03Page 04Page 05 The zip file:
track74.zip Related links:
Japanese webcomic siteEnglish webcomic siteTutorial for downloading Japanese version (outdated, but servicable)
Scans of past tracks, English and Japanese