I will... never, ever submit to you...!
Noko confronting the hunter.
The pursuer and the pursued. is the fifth chapter of the fifth volume of the Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan manga, and is the thirtieth chapter overall.
Sypnosis[]
The greatest threat Noko has ever faced arrives at Hino Minami High School. Will she be able to survive this encounter?
Plot[]
TBA
Debuts[]
Characters[]
Trivia[]
- This chapter's title is entirely in English, even in the Japanese version.
- It's revealed that Noko has to face a matagi once a month during Deer Day.
- To counter this, Noko has modified the school so that she could install hiding places.
- It is revealed that Noko has modified Class 3-B's floor to have a secret bunker installed.
- To counter this, Noko has modified the school so that she could install hiding places.
- The ema board at the doodles' title shows the wishes of each Deer Club members:
- "Achieve results in the deer club" - Torako
- "Become Hino's local mascot" - Noko
- "Do all sorts of things with my sister" - Anko
- "Become a deer, eat rice" - Bashame
- As of "The pursuer and the pursued.", the anime has adapted every chapter up until this chapter.
- As of this chapter, only one of author's doodles is not adapted to anime.
- "Summer Deer Festival" and "Goodbye Old Deer, Hello New Deer" are the first and only episodes to include content that, at the time of the episodes' premiere, has yet to release in the manga. In this case, the four segments from the Chapter 30 mini comics.
Manga-Anime Differences[]
- In the anime, the ema that has all the wishes of the Deer Club's members was used as an ending to the New Years shrine segment in "Goodbye Old Deer, Hello New Deer". In the manga, it was featured in the title before the doodles.
- In the same episode, the subplot of Bashame making mochi while the rest of the members play board games was an extension of a similar doodle in this chapter, being recontextualized to fit the context of the episode.
- That Noko uses her upgraded antlers to save Bashame from choking on her own mochi is exclusive to the anime. The manga never elaborates on how she was able to safely gulp it down.
- The transition that took place between the New Year shrine segment and the Game of Deer Life segment has an added scene of Noko switching between her shrine maiden and normal persona. This scene helps to facilitate the transition between the two segments, thus it is not in the original doodle.
- The Deer Club the Rock segment had an otomatone in the manga, as opposed to the udu drums in the anime.
Cultural References[]
- Matagi are traditional winter hunters of the TōhoIku region of northern Japan, most famously today in the Ani area in Akita Prefecture, which is known for the Akita dogs. In the present day, they mostly hunt deers and bears.[1]
- Gyaru is a Japanese slang word during the Shōwa era was similar to the English meaning and referred to a young woman in her late teens to twenties. The term was also used in a mocking manner towards young women with a "frivolous" lifestyle.
- After Noko survives the encounter, she compares herself to the main characters of Jump magazine, referencing the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Although, word "Jump" was censored in the chapter itself.
- The "Deer Club the Rock" segment is a reference to the anime Bocchi the Rock.
Continuity[]
- That Noko engaging in illegal conducts around her school is not a new concept, in fact, she was growing mushrooms illegally in the gym storage room back in Chapter 23.
Gallery[]
Doodle's title