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mindstalk ([personal profile] mindstalk) wrote2020-06-26 10:44 pm

mini-splits in animanga

Another thing about mini-split A/C: once aware of them, I see them in anime and manga all the time. Or it feels that way. Look in the background of a drawn modern bedroom, and you have a good chance of seeing a vaguely curvy white bar under the ceiling. Tra-la!

The funny bit is that I've never seen attention drawn to it. Characters will interact with space heaters or kotatsu, or give thanks for A/C (or bemoan its lack) in general, but I've never seen someone pull out a remote control to turn it on, or stand under a vent to cool off. It's just there, part of the room, like desks and wardrobes.