Takeuchi Mick - Her Majesty's Dog, vol. 10 (Eng. trans.)
Whoo! Actual plot development with meaty revelations and emotional angst!
I need to reread to see if Takeuchi has adequately foreshadowed Toui's evilness from the beginning or not; I totally don't remember.
But mostly: Amane angst! AWESOME! I have been waiting for this for so long! More heroines in manga should get angst, but very few of them actually do. And when they do get angst, they tend to smile through it and be cheerful, whereas Amane so far is not.
And oh, I love that Hyoue ends up comforting her and telling her that she should never be sorry for having been born. And there is even more potential for Amane angst in the next volume, as she will have to fight Hyoue/Shinomaru!
I wish Ateko and Aoi hadn't been in this episode. I guess Ateko would have been all right, but having Aoi there added absolutely nothing, and the jokes they were cracking really didn't fit in with the tone of the overall volume. Still, I love that Takeuchi doesn't go with the normal "threaten the heroine's friends" and just has Toui let them off the island because they don't matter that much.
In conclusion: Amane angst and backstory!
I need to reread to see if Takeuchi has adequately foreshadowed Toui's evilness from the beginning or not; I totally don't remember.
But mostly: Amane angst! AWESOME! I have been waiting for this for so long! More heroines in manga should get angst, but very few of them actually do. And when they do get angst, they tend to smile through it and be cheerful, whereas Amane so far is not.
And oh, I love that Hyoue ends up comforting her and telling her that she should never be sorry for having been born. And there is even more potential for Amane angst in the next volume, as she will have to fight Hyoue/Shinomaru!
I wish Ateko and Aoi hadn't been in this episode. I guess Ateko would have been all right, but having Aoi there added absolutely nothing, and the jokes they were cracking really didn't fit in with the tone of the overall volume. Still, I love that Takeuchi doesn't go with the normal "threaten the heroine's friends" and just has Toui let them off the island because they don't matter that much.
In conclusion: Amane angst and backstory!