Chapter 197 Reaction Polls

[symbolism_egg]

Because I enjoy discussion and loving mockery, I bring a poll. Inspired by the previous discussion post as well as my own thoughts.

Spoilers for DGM 197.

Comments

[attaining]

Not sure I can rate the storytelling until the English scanslation comes out, but I feel like storytelling is hard to judge chapter by chapter because it generally builds or is dependent upon subsequent chapters.

[symbolism_egg]

Good point--I was considering a note saying that fans can come back after the English version comes out if so desired, since it's hard to read as is unless you know Chinese.

The second poll can just be your overall impression of the chapter, how much you liked, etc. :) But you're right, it helps to view the story arcs as a whole. All this fighting must be leading up to something, but who knows how the climax will go?

[keelain]

I just really really don't like where the art is going. It used to be a lot easier to tell people apart and Kanda's hair wasn't like a whole other creature.

[symbolism_egg]

How could I have forgotten Kanda's Saiyan hair!? That would have had a fighting chance for the winning spot, too.

The art reminds me vaguely of classic shonen battle series with the shapes of their faces, mouths, and eyes (and Kanda's hair) but I haven't read those widely so I'm not sure. I wonder if she's aiming for that intentionally, though?

[keelain]

Who knows, she's not really winning my vote. And kid Kanda was so cute too...

[symbolism_egg]

He was! I liked child!Kanda, he seemed more human (and explained the current Kanda's antisocial attitude).

[ice_flow]

Title should've been "Canon Love, but WTF". AWESOME Yullen-y goodness, but....WHAT THE HELL?!?! *is still stuck on fact that Kanda's hair has a mind of it's own*...not that that won't be beneficial to fantasies, but still

[symbolism_egg]

The strong power of fanservice!

I suppose it makes sense for the others not to interfere with Kanda vs. Allen, since the scientists can barely move and the Noahs can watch their enemies fight each other. It makes a lot less sense for them to be fighting each other in the first place, imo. XD But yes! At last the Order and/or the Noah Clan will have to do something about the 14th! I look forward to seeing the fallout from that. Heresy trial plz I wonder if the Order will get him, or the Earl, or neither?

Hoshino's artwork has changed so many times, and now it keeps changing in a short period of time. I dislike how the character designs are less distinct. And in the last couple chapters, the shapes of the mouths looked odd to me, like rather old-fashioned style.

[leafyaki]

Hello dear ♥ Haven't done the polls yet, but YES I WANNA DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU ♥ Discussed a little with A a few night ago :D

[symbolism_egg]

Hello there! Yes, we should discuss it. <3 I discussed it with A already as well, haha.

It does look like the Alma subplot will be wrapped up soon what will the Crows' fate be, I am on edge for that and more excitingly, someone, somewhere will have to react to the 14th now! Personally I disliked this chapter, though. It just seems silly for Kanda to be fighting Allen while the Earl and co. look on. I know he's not the brightest character, and he's probably in some emotional turmoil, but I wouldn't think he'd blame Allen when there are several more plausible targets. Like the Earl, or the Leverrier who he knows first-hand does stupid human experiments

[sharkgrinder]

I don't think Kanda's fighting Allen and blaming him are supposed,/i> to be rational or make sense. Up until the end f the chapter he'd pretty much lost his marbles, after all.

I don't think he's a character that deals with large changes in his life well. Alma being alive sort of shatters something he's lived with for the past 9 years (and is yet another lie hes been led to believe) but he's lived with so long he's not really processing that it's wrong? And so he wants to destroy Alma because of both him being an Akuma/trying to kill him again, and so he can put his life back to how it was and live in denial about this whole thing later

[sharkgrinder]

Aw, fuck my HTML.

[starcrossed_sky]

I lol'd hard at "The Noah of Falling Over." Allen sure does seem to do that a lot, doesn't he?

I've been trying to restrain myself from actually looking at the scans until the English comes out, but... Ugh, must resist. So I don't really have much to say at the moment.

I am celebrating that prehensile!Alma tail, though. Because I'm just like that, hurr.

[symbolism_egg]

I was expecting the Noah-ness to convey magical healing abilities. But no!

All: The Fourteenth Noah!!! He's appeared!!

14th: *falls over*

...Although I appreciate that Hoshino's not giving a character a shortcut to healing, and now I suppose one side or the other can drag the 14th off and Allen will have to deal with the consequences.

I admire your restraint. (There wasn't too much dialogue, so I read it alongside with the original script.) Feel free to share once the scans do come out. Hopefully someone's still scanlating it.

The many possibilities of the prehensile tail, huh? XD I can't take it seriously....

[starcrossed_sky]

Well, the Noah who don't have reasonably obvious healing abilities (Road's... Roadness, and Lulu Bell presumably being able to regenerate by changing her shape) aren't shown to have any major healing abilities either, so that's not really that unexpected, for me.

As far as I know, ieatsoul (the group who did the translations on OneManga before OM went caput) is still planning on doing it.

I'm BARELY restraining myself. XD It's actually the tail that's keeping me - I had it in my fanon already, and getting it confirmed just makes me all happy and sparkly inside. XD I was never able to take it seriously, though. Especially after my Alma muse started using it to randomly carry snacks around with him.

[symbolism_egg]

That's true, but since the 14th's special in various ways I wouldn't have been surprised if he had healing abilities as well. I'm glad he doesn't, though.

Oh, good thing.

Lol, to hold snacks? Now it seems more useful.