The strange thing is that the need to go only arises after the person near the walkway has fallen asleep.

Erhm....a sinsack using that blind thingy, when his eyes is already covered.

This is the issue with Business class, while you have elbow room, you still have this issue with not being able to lie down properly, and legs still reaching the back of the next seat.

At first I thought that sin sack wears sunglasses, because he's flying at business class :3

Ah....This type of problem happens everytime when you're in long-flight. Thanks for the translation!

Time for another Seinfeld joke...

It's kind of hard to avoid drinking anything on really long flights, so I suppose it was inevitable =/

One of the reasons I always make a point of booking an aisle seat. Convenience outweighs a window view :3

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I don't fly that often so I always wanted a window seat. I mean I'm a window person myself. But Kogasa's predicament and usual bad luck is reason enough for an aisle seat.

It's worse with trains - if you get up to use the bathroom, get something to eat, or jack an outlet on the lounge car, the person in the aisle-side seat will decide to fall asleep by the time you get back, sometimes taking both seats in the process.

Hold it in, Kogasa-san!

Oh dear, bad timing. Poor Kogasa-san! Be gentle when waking up the sin-sack. Doctor says it's not good to hold it in. I've been in the role of the person that had to move before. The person next to me wanted to go, even though the fasten seat-belt light was on. She couldn't wait for the plane to land, so I got up so she could get to the restroom. She was really polite, so I didn't mind.

For those who don't visit the Pixiv page... the first tag is "Stig". -_-;

Listen up, everyone, you have to take utility over scenery! :-) Well, if you're traveling with family, it might be all right. Zonking out right away is another trick of mine as well.

Reader-added tags (besides "Stig") include "Yeah, I've been there", "Holding it in", "Meaningless eye mask" and "Unlucky posting time".

The survey asks for alternative ideas:

What should one do at times like this?
• Ask honestly for them to let you by
• Just grin and bear it
• Sleep with all your might
• Wear a diaper ahead of time
• Drain it out

"Stig" as in the Stig from "Top Gear"?

Yep. He's famous here in Japan too.

I know what I'd pick from the poll; sleep. It's worked for me before. Traveled across the country via Greyhound once; you do not want to use those bus toilets. Sleep with all your might!

Bah that is nothing. Try being stuck in down town Chicago traffic for four hours with absolutely nothing but a bottle on a bus full of band geeks.

Well, my dad or my companion sleeps very deeply so even if I pushed him a little too hard he's still asleep so no worries. What's worse if that happened at a highway and there is no nearby stores or emergency bays
For the poll I'll go with • Ask honestly for them to let you by

KWSN said:
Bah that is nothing. Try being stuck in down town Chicago traffic for four hours with absolutely nothing but a bottle on a bus full of band geeks.

Note: To go across the country via Greyhound takes 3 days, and that's just for one way.

Just step on the armrests to get to the aisle. I do that every time I'm not already in an aisle seat.