Devilman Lady vs Train Lady

Jです。

電車に乗る時は漫画を読むのが大好きです。
今デビルマンレディーを読んでいて凄く面白くていい漫画だと思いますが
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はい、当時五巻目を読んでいました。
えっと、私は女性ですから女性のヌードを見ても別に何も思わない。
何よりプロットに興味があります。でもやっぱりヌードだけじゃなく、セックスもレイプも悪魔もバイオレンスもプロットになりますので、ちょっと、まぁ、周りの人に見せない漫画でしょうね。

とにかく、当時電車に乗って「ああぁ、漫画読みたい漫画読みたい、でもいやらしく思われるかも」んんんでも「いやらしく思われても別に大丈夫じゃない？どうせこの電車の中の人達に多分、二度と会わないでしょう。この漫画で私の人格が推定されても構いません」とも思いました。

閉まったドアと席の隅を向いて、本を体で隠しながら読み始めました。。。が

その席に中国人のおばあちゃんが座っていました。どんなに隠してみてもデビルマンレディーがあの人に見られました。突然私を見つめ始めた、いや見詰める事だけじゃなく、はっきり頭を動いて私の足も顔も全てをチェックして中国人同士と見ながらうるさく話しました。両方にばれてしまいました。

えっと、中国人だという事は別に悪くも良くもありません。私も差別シタクナイよ！！ただ、何言っていたかほとんどわかりませんでしたが明らかに私についての話をしていました。日本人のおばあちゃんだったら、批判の言葉が理解して多分コミュニケーションも少し出来たかもしれません。コミュニケーションっていうのは喧嘩とか、そういうような事じゃない！多分「私は日本語が話せますよ」と言っておばあちゃんが黙るかもしれません。中国語だから、チラッと「ええどうしよう？！」と少し悩みました。

（大学で1.5年間中国語の授業をとりましたが今はほとんど全然話せません）

後数分間降りました。

正直さ、爆笑しようと思いましたがあっちの方が変ですね。
最初はやっぱり不安を感じましたが、あの人の反応がそんなにうるさくて大げさのようで笑う事しか出来ないと感じました！
まぁ、周りの人から多分＊頭の中の批判＊を受けると思いましたが、そんなうざい批判は絶対予想以外でした。

面白い。あのおばあちゃん面白いです。


It's J.

When I get on the train I love to read manga.
Right now I'm reading "Devilman Lady" which I think is extremely interesting but...
There's just one problem. The characters don't really wear clothes.



Right, at the time I was reading the 5th issue.
Well, I'm a girl, so seeing another girl nude doesn't really make me think anything.
I'm much more interested in the plot. However, with this kind of manga, it's not just naked people, but sex, rape, demons, and violence make up the plot too. It's not really the type of thing I want to show to the people around me.

Anyhow, at the time I got on the train and kept thinking "I want to read manga, I want to read manga, but everyone around me will think I'm perverted!" Buuut, "Even if I'm thought to be perverted, it's not really a big deal is it? I'm probably never going to meet this group of people again. Even if I'm judged on my reading choices, it's not a big deal."

I faced the corner between the closed door and the seat and started reading...but

In that seat sat an older Chinses lady. As much as I tried to hide Devilman Lady she saw me. Suddenly she was staring at me...no more than staring, she was clearly moving my head checking me from my head to toes. She then started talking to her pal who was also Chinese very loudly. So I was found out by both of them.

Now, though I say "Chinese" that's neither good or bad. I also don't want to be discriminatory!! It's just that I couldn't understand much of what they were saying even though they were very clearly talking about me. If it were two Japanese ladies I would be able to understand their critisism abd maybe just a little communicate back to them. When I say communicate, I don't mean start an arguement or anything. Maybe just say "I speak Japanese" and that lady would be quiet. However, she was speaking Chinese, so I lost my cool and was like "What do I do!?!"

（In college I took 1.5 years of Chinese class but right now I can barely speak anything）

After several minutes I got off.

Honestly, I thought that I would burst out laughing but that's even more strange.
At first I was uncomfortable. However that old lady's reaction was so loud and out of proportion, I think the only thing to do would be to laugh.
Well, I thought the people around me would probably judge me in their heads, but I definetly wasn't expecting such an obnoxious judgement.

It was amusing. That old lady was really amusing.