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In the 4th season of Hidamari Sketch, Honeycomb, there's scenes where there's
a bunch of numbers (and an **HK** with a "honeycomb" symbol) in the
background. Do these numbers have any significance? Are they related to
production cuts (sometimes shown in "flash card" style during Bakemonogatari,
another Studio Shaft production)?

Examples:

Episode 1: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m231c.png) Bottom right corner: `HK 01105`

Episode 5: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IvrQU.png) Bottom right corner: `HK 05274`

Episode 6: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4bLKj.png) Bottom right corner: `HK 06333`

Episode 10: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNQBq.png) Bottom right corner: `HK 10133`

Episode 12: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/N6fOr.png) Bottom right corner: `HK 12074`

Not sure if I missed any, but it looks like a 2 digit episode number and 3
digits of something else. Also, not sure if previous seasons of Hidamari
Sketch has these, been a while since I've seen them. What do the other strings
of numbers, that don't seem to change, mean?


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What are the numbers in the background in Sae's room?


It's the "cut number." Just like in film, any time the perspective shifts is
considered a new "cut" which equates to a numbered frame on the storyboard.

Using the first episode example, the first time the number is shown it reads
091B (cuts that have some obvious close connection might be grouped together
as A and B of the same number, though I'm not sure why this particular cut is
a B):

**091B** ![091B](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cR6gZ.jpg)

These are my guesses for the numbers of the following cuts. Only someone with
access to the storyboard could say for sure, but this is probably close
enough:

**092** ![092](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gyLAz.jpg)

**093** ![093](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKqdG.jpg)

**094** ![094](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n0En6.jpg)

**094B** Since it's just a close up of the last cut they probably wouldn't
bother drawing it again (storyboard drawings would be rough anyway) so they'd
just leave a note next to cut 094 to zoom in and add detail, hence cut 094B.
![094B](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EgAPa.jpg)

**095** ![095](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cxROz.jpg)

**096** ![096](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YmAcN.jpg)

**097** ![097](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uioRC.jpg)

**098** ![098](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KH1rz.jpg)

**099** ![099](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EnRaM.jpg)

**100** ![100](https://i.stack.imgur.com/H8LEU.jpg)

**101** ![101](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aMFvC.jpg)

**102** ![102](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ijh0W.jpg)

**103** ![103](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TIKVT.jpg)

**104** ![104](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fqoYl.jpg)

**105** ![105](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MF98R.jpg)

As you can see, 14 cuts later we see the board again, and it has incremented
exactly as expected.

**Edit:** I think I may have misinterpreted the question. Not sure about the
unchanging numbers, but there seems to be at least one theory that the numbers
before the X are an encrypted "hidamarisketch" with two digits per letter. If
you can break the encryption you might be able to figure out the rest.

The full thing for reference:

963958208  
975195648  
926748230  
8X☆☆☆9428  
947295039


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