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WEEK 304 / 337 — The Crowning of Maruko
Vol. 5 ·  Chapter 31 — The Office of the Former President · Apr 6 – Apr 12, 2021
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 304 “The Crowning of Maruko”: The table has disappeared under the paper. On the wall behind it, one newspaper column clipped out and pinned up.
THE SIXTH OF APRIL. A COLUMN SAYING HE WAS NEVER GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE VACCINE IS CLIPPED OUT AND CIRCULATED BY THE OFFICE.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 304 “The Crowning of Maruko”: The seventh. A congressman is under investigation, and the office issues one sentence on an otherwise empty page.
"Congressman Matt Gaetz has never asked me for a pardon. It must also be remembered that he has totally denied the accusations against him.”
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 304 “The Crowning of Maruko”: Three more in two days — Alabama, Kentucky, Wisconsin — fanned across the desk with the same block of type in the same place.
THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. ALABAMA. KENTUCKY. WISCONSIN. ONE OF THEM HAS NOT YET SAID HE IS RUNNING.
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 304 “The Crowning of Maruko”: The ninth. A consort dies in England, and a man with no state issues a state condolence.
The world mourns the passing of Prince Philip, a man who embodied the noble soul and proud spirit of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.…
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 304 “The Crowning of Maruko”: The ninth. The young duelist who fought him for the crown five years ago takes a signed page from his hand across the desk.
FIVE YEARS AGO THE YOUNG DUELIST FOUGHT HIM FOR THE CROWN AND LOST IT.
It is my honor to give U.S. Senator Marco Rubio my Complete and Total Endorsement.…
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Eight statements in seven days, the densest week of the chapter. Four of them are endorsements and three of those go out in forty-eight hours — Alabama, Kentucky, and a senator in Wisconsin who has not yet said whether he is running. In between, one line about a congressman under investigation, a newspaper column clipped out and circulated, and a long formal condolence for the death of a consort in England. On the ninth the endorsement goes to the young senator from Florida who fought him for the crown five years ago.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 304. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…