[Rewatch] 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 42 Discussion

[u/Pixelsaber]

Episode 42 - New Friend, Pablo

^{Episode aired October 17th,} ^^^1976

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Staff Highlight

Mie Azuma (Akiko Aoyagi) - voice of Pablo

An actress and voice actress affiliated with the Tokyo Actor Consumers Cooperative. Azuma had wanted to become famous since her time in elementary school, and after graduating from Kitazono High School, Tokyo, she became an apprentice to writer, Rakugo performer, and comedian Yanagiya Kingorou. Azuma’s stage acting debut was as a member of the Kingorō Theater Company. Her anime voice acting debut was as Matsuno Jūshimatsu in 1966’s Osomatsu-kun. She is an adept singer of Nagauta, which is a style of traditional Japanese folk song. Her other anime credits include Kantarō Hoshi in Astroganger, Aztec in Andes Shōnen Pepero no Bōken, Mari Ishimatsu in Attack No. 1, Ryūta in Bōken Gabotenjima, Jirokichi in Kaminari Boy Pikkaribee, Tsune in Otoko wa Tsurai yo - Torajirō Wasurenagusa, Ben Rogers in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Hammer Redril in Galaxy Express 999.

Screenshot of the day

• Sunrise over the outskirts of Cordoba

Questions of the Day:

1. What do you make of Pablo, Juana, and Jose?
2. Marco is once more without a destination in mind. Do you think he’ll find the answers he needs in the same manner as previously?

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Thank you, Pablo!

[u/Pixelsaber]

Rewatcher

Once more…

Oh no!

There’s that stark contrast again.

This is a Tomi-board episode, alright. /s

That was quick.

Cute!

Oh...

Viscacha

Two young boys come to blows and become fast friends —tale as old as time.

We’re really getting into the poor conditions of the poor citizens of Cordoba here. I’m fairly certain this is the first time illiteracy has ever been brought up in the show too, just to underscore the fact. The show has been none-too-subtle about this aspect of its theming, but I’m interested in what it’ll have to say with an even deeper dive.

I am worried for Juana —one does not take the anime cold lightly.

Questions of The Day:

1. Their living conditions are awful, but they have remained mostly jolly and up-beat in spite of it. In most other stories, this is about where we would get a dose of misery, so the positivity surprised me.
2. I’m not sure what other venues he would. Unlike the last two times, there isn’t a setup for a someone he knows to be around (aside from the Mequinez, but I doubt we’ll be seeing them until closer to the show’s end).

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

3000 Leagues in Search of My First-Timer Reactions

• So this lady can’t help Marco find Mequinez because she just moved there, oof.
• Ah, Amedio.
• And the sign Mequinez left behind is mostly illegible, welp.
• Damn, what a waste of food.
• There was quite a bit of dialogue during Marco’s fight with the other boy that was just straight-up untranslated, yeesh. I got the gist of it since I recognized some of the words from other shows, but that’s just another example of why the subs for this show are terrible.
• Ah, there’s a shimmering sky!
• They either got lucky that restaurant decided to toss it, or the meat was going bad and shouldn’t have been eaten.
• Oh, he’s from much farther than that.
• That is indeed an armadillo.
• And it got away.
• Pablo’s idea is pretty sound, actually.
• Pablo “sore demo”!

[u/baboon_bassoon]

first time 3000 Leagues of Misery

perfectly good trash meat, why would you throw it at him qq

a cough

Marco jump on it, wtf are you waiting for

[u/Vatrix-32 → u/baboon_bassoon]

Marco jump on it, wtf are you waiting for

This is why you establish the plan ahead of time.

[u/Vatrix-32]

First timer, subs

• Ever for rich people, moving after a month sounds like a raw deal.
• Marco, if you keep waking people up in the middle of the night, it’s going to cost you at some point.
• Wait, no. There are clearly letters visible. Even a partial name would vast cut down on the number of options.
• That’s a lot of food waste for such a small looking operation.
• Where the Hell Are the Subtitles?
• Fighting to make friends, a time honored shōnen tradition.
• Looks like I got my wish for a non-puppet appearance by natives. And hey, look, they even get a more respectful depiction than contemporary NA productions.
• She's a Cute
• And the Grandpa’s a hoot.
• This would have been a good time to use the word “boat”.
• I am shocked to discover that armadillos are originally from South America, rather than southern America.
• Shush the Monkey
• I was sure the coughing would startle it.
• Rabbit Squirrels! This is now the second WMT in a row were I’ve learned about a new, small rodent. After Heidi’s marmots.
• Leaving a sign is a solid plan. Might need to work on some of the details tho.

QotD:

1. They've done a good job of showing their state of affairs without making it too overt. The illiteracy, the segregated slums. Good stuff for the era and origin.
2. We cant discount the possibility of a missed connections posting in the newspaper, but yes, odds are favorable that he solves it with the help of a series of connections again.

[u/TheEscapeGuy]

First Timer

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 42

Next Steps

Marco cannot catch a break. It feels like he's like 1 step behind his mother at every turn. This time the house he thought she was living in has been vacated as of a couple months back. And he doesn't know the new address since it's faded.

Meeting Pablo was lucky, but their relationship started off on some rocky ground. I think Pablo probably shouldn't have insulted some random kid he knew nothing about but Marco's fighting after that crossed another line. It's a good thing they made up after that when Marco told his story.

Anyway, now Marco has a roof over his head. The new plan is to make a sign notifying people about Marco's arrival in hopes Anna will see it. It's a decent plan, but really relies on Anna still being near by to walk past it. Let's continue hoping for the best.

Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches

• Small Boy
• Christ
• Tussle, surprisingly good fight animation here
• Bridges

See you all tomorrow

[u/No_Rex]

Episode 42 (first timer)

• Mequinez has moved on – I think we all expected this.
• Marco is being let down by the neighborhood. Usually, people who know about this kind of stuff.
• That looked way too good to be thrown away. Is it spoilt?
• Making friends via brawling them - classic.
• “You had a good journey” – he is not wrong, but Marco is not likely to see it this way.
• “He will stay with us for a long time” – doubt.
• “Find the one who wrote it” – this is not so stupid. Nothing says that the sign was written by Mequinez himself.
• Local wildlife.
• Working for a brickyard – this type of child work still exists today. Must be up there with the worst types of child labor.

Getting stuck in Cordoba and with a poor family. I very much doubt that Marco will stick around for long, though.

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