"Men's Lamentation" (男たちの哀歌, Otoko Tachi no Aika) is the second chapter of the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt manga.
Synopsis[]
All of the porn in Daten City has suddenly vanished, and Panty and Stocking have to find the cause before the city plunges into further chaos.
Plot[]
The chapter begins at the church, where Stocking is using a laptop. Panty walks in the room and asks Stocking what she's doing, and Stocking replies that she is researching something. Panty assumes that Stocking is looking for guys to hook up with online, but Stocking instead reveals that Panty is extremely hated by nerds in Little Tokyo due to her sex-filled lifestyle. She also reveals that she is actually looking at a site that reviewed sweets. Panty asks if there is a site that ranks guys, and to her surprise, Stocking finds an image board where guys show their penises. However, Panty realizes that the site is used by gay men and she notices that the site is bookmarked on the laptop, leading her to question Stocking if she's into gay men.
Suddenly, Garterbelt walks into the room and sees Panty and Stocking using his laptop, much to his horror. Stocking also notices a "Treasure Folder" and asks Garterbelt what's inside, but a lightning bolt suddenly strikes the laptop, causing everything in the folder to vanish. As Panty walks off and chews into her burger, she tastes cum, which Stocking laughs at. Multiple people throughout Daten City begin complaining that their porn has vanished as well, and Panty and Stocking set off to find the cause. While riding See Through, Stocking states that she doesn't care about the vanished porn since she has her sweets. However, when she opens her box of donuts, she finds out that her donuts were also covered in cum and becomes furious.
Panty and Stocking arrive at a forest, where they find a man who Panty assumes is a ghost and pins her to the ground with Backlace. However, the man states that he was looking for "relief", and reveals that the whole town has lost their minds. He also reveals a rumor that there is only one vending machine left that still sells porn. Panty and Stocking then drive deeper in the forest, where they find the ghost, named Porno Vender, who was masturbating. From there, Panty and Stocking quickly defeat Porno Vender. They drive home and Garterbelt delivers a speech about how people rely too much on technology to masturbate, which Panty and Stocking both ignore.
Plot elements[]
Characters[]
- Panty
- Stocking
- Garterbelt
- Chuck
- Porno Vender (debut)
Locations[]
Trivia[]
- The chapter's title is a reference to the 1986 Hong Kong action film, A Better Tomorrow, which was titled Men's Elegy in Japan. Furthermore, the English version of the manga renames the chapter to "I Veri Colori Di Un Ero", which is the Italian-translated title for the movie.