Grandpa Rome and Spartacus

Rome, 73 B.C.

【 Mount Vesuvius 】

The volcano that Spartacus settled onto after his grand victory and escape from the gladiator school.
It’s well-known in Japan because of Pompeii.
The amusing thing I found from the Pompeii excavation findings is that everyone in Pompeii, from the rich to the slaves, had excellent nutrition.
The inquiries they had towards the grand things in Roman Cultural Sphere seemed to be out of jealousy.

【 Trivial Trivia 】
·Romans loved to drink alcohol after a bath.
The bath → drink combo is simple Roman taste.

Translation: spaceinvaderdud
LJ | Original

アメリカとバッファローさん (America and Mr. Buffalo)

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続きから下書きバージョンアメリカとバッファローさん
清書バージョンUPしたらすぐ消えます。

[Admin Note: Original Japanese strip]

【ブリュースターF2Aバッファローさん】

アメリカの戦闘機。樽可愛い。

アメリカの最強スペックバージョンバッファローさんは
あんまり活躍できなかったんだけど
スペックダウンしたバッファローさん(ブリュースターモデル239さん)は
ソ連機相手にかなりの大健闘をした。

Translation: hikari-kaitou
LJ Post | Original (web archive cache)

The Story of the Statue of Liberty

I’m sorry this was finished immensely late….
Right now, the plans were changed to Statue of Liberty story.
Boss’ story will be next.

■America Independence Day 100th Anniversary Commemoration…■

On America’s 100 year independence anniversary,
he seems to have gotten a gift from France.


【The Statue of Liberty was France’s 100-years-of-independence present.
When it was first sent it was in pieces】

The Statue of Liberty was a gift given to by France, who worked extremely hard on it, to celebrate the centennial of America’s independence.
When it first arrived to America, however, it was in pieces and it needed to be reassembled.
This project needed a lot of money too so the citizens of NY and the statue assembly workers were reluctant to give funds.

“If NY can’t assemble the statue, I can take over and assemble it in my home~!”
It seems this was said often at the time.
If they really had given up on assembling it at the time, the statue would of stood somewhere else. It would be strange to see if you think about it.

■Nevertheless, this is America-like■

And thus the Statue of Liberty became a symbol to the many immigrants that watches over New York.
By the way, the Lady is a green person.

Seeing the Statue of Liberty up close was cool and had quite an impact, but if you view the statue from the ferry heading to Staten Island, it’s magnificent!
Staten Island is also very heartwarming and it’s a good island.
There’s also another view of the statue from Brooklyn Heights Promenade that I recommend, though she does look a bit smaller from there.

There’s a smaller statue of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, given as a thank you from the citizens of America, lying cozily next to a bridge in the Ile des Cygnes.
I went there to see it, but I forgot to take pictures of it…


The number of times the Statue of Liberty has been destroyed in movies is bizarre!
The White House and the two monuments above also meet with a lot of disasters.
On the opposite end, Mr. Tokyo Tower’s secure rate of survival in a world apocalypse scene is abnormally high.

Translation: spaceinvaderdud, tarafishes, heyheyho
Original

Walking together

Before an International Meeting…

Correct answer: Walking speed

Austria is 23rd and China is 24th.
Germany and Austria are neighbours and they’re both German-speaking countries, yet it’s strange how there’s such a gap between them.
By the way, the lowest ranking country was Brazil, and Romania was second to last.

Research material: The Pace of Life in 31 Countries
Doraemon is very popular in China.

Translation: maddred, tarafishes
LJ | Original