#assistant introductions

We have four images of three Todorokis in street clothes in this volume, the Todorokis in question being Shōto, Rei and Fuyumi.

For Shōto one image is in the character page while the other is in the cover for chap 52.

For Rei in chap 53 we have glimpses of her in her pajamas.

For Fuyumi the image is in the assistants page.

And here let’s have a close up of the Todoroki involved:

Observation notes:

And here let’s have a close up of the Todoroki involved:

Observation notes:

This Enji, same as the other characters in the page, is probably drawn by an assistant, Likely Yuzawa Mizuo since tehre is his name near him.

Cultural notes:

Tamaire (玉入れ “ball toss”): it is a classic Japanese Sports festival game, especially at elementary schools, a ball-toss contest that pits two or more teams in a race to throw balls or ‘otedama’ (お手玉 “beanbag”) into their respective baskets perched atop tall poles. The balls or beanbags of two colors (usually red and white, the colors of the Japanese flag) are spread out on the ground around each team’s basket. When the game starts, the players dash, scoop the balls up and try to throw as many as possible into the basket in the allotted time, creating an exciting spectacle of balls crisscrossing wildly through the air. The team with the most balls in their basket at the end is the winner. This is the game the characters drawn in the image are playing.

Otedama (お手玉 “beanbag”): it is a toy made by putting red beans, rice, apple cores or other materials in small cloth bags and sewing several of them together in a set. Generally they are used for a game called ‘otedama o suru’ (お手玉をする “playing juggling”). Basically you toss them in the air and juggle them, alone or with friends and they are what seems to be tossed in the image.