Status Updates From Thermae Romae: The Complete...

Finished! This omnibus edition doesn't make for easy reading, especially with a jealous cat trying to make additional space for herself, but I enjoyed the story and characters immensely.

Satsuki's grandfather reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones.

Yamazaki's editor's nickname for Emperor Hadrian was Had-yan. 😆

This thing is massive.

I've reached a couple pages of translator's notes, which I wish I'd known about earlier. Some of the Latin terms I'd wondered about are explained here.

Page... I don't care anymore...

THERE IS A MOVIE?!

Page numbers where art thou?

I do like it when you have these grandparent characters working their network of people. Reminds me of Mama Sun in the TV series 'The Brothers Sun'.

Love. It.

The page numbers have disappeared.

The fact that he is doing all these things with only a towel around his waist, *mwah* perfection.

No idea on what page I actually am but I just wanted to note that I actually learned how to ride a horse without stirrups first... True, the place where I learned about horses was a bit hippy-dippy but it did teach me how to balance and use my muscles well. Plus it also made me respect horses more? To not kick them and so on.

Granny has seen it all. She isn't impressed by some weirdo in the water!

De periode van de Adoptiefkeizers, ook Adoptiekeizers genoemd, is een periode tussen 96 en 180 waarin, bij gebrek aan eigen nakomelingen, vijf keizers achter elkaar een of twee opvolgers als zonen adopteerden. Het was een bloeiperiode, ook de Gouden Eeuw van Rome of gouden eeuw van de Antonijnen genoemd, waarin alle keizers het keizerrijk op bekwame wijze regeerden.

Funny because I have never heard of the 'Five Good Emperors'. I had to look up what it meant in my language and we call it something wildly different. Amazing.

Beste manier om een schuinsmarcheerder van een potentiële keizer neer te zetten 🤣

Will there also be male statues with muscles and big penises? I mean...

.. I'm always a bit hesitant when Japanese mangakas draw people who are from the African continent or their descendants.

Lucius being snarky about the owner of the house (and slave) makes up for a lot. We shall see about the rest.

... All those wacks to his head has to influence his mental state right?

That was hilarisch. His battle prize is very fugly!

I have to stop reading... my leg has fallen asleep. Auw.

Haha Lucius is zo'n dramatische pik!

I... same dude, same. What is happening? 🫣

The mangaka really loves historical things right? It seems to be the case because of how they blend two cultures, historical figures and jokes together,

BE STILL MY NERDY HEART!

Listen I like the Middle Ages but I do have a soft spot for the Romans. It was so disappointing to learn I was just so bad at Latin... maybe now I'm older it will be different?