The parallel between Yusaku and Asirpa is what pained me so much about this volume. I find it really interesting how Yusaku is such a central player that connects so many people despite not being a character whose face we've seen. I can't believe I'm almost done with this series. IM GOING TO CRY!
Asirpa has given Lt. Tsurumi the key to solving the code on the skins, but help arrives just in time for her to reunite with Sugimoto and escape, along with Hijikata's group. But it turns out the connections between characters are more widespread than we thought and it's causing some loyalties to be frayed or severed.
A good portion of this volume is a flashback of how Sugimoto joined the army (which is hilarious) and I'm definitely going to have to reread this whole series from start to finish one day because I know I'm missing a good chunk of the total connections. (This is what happens when you're stuck waiting on the next book for extended periods.)
Encore un tome aussi intense que bouleversant. J'écris cet avis le lendemain parce que la frustration et l'amertume étaient bien présentes. Satoru Noda nous a habitué à la violence des événements dans sa narration mais je dois dire que cette fois je ne m'y attendais pas, enfin pas tout de suite. La fin de l'œuvre se rapproche et je commence à m'inquiéter de plus en plus pour ces personnages que j'ai tant aimé suivre.
Right, listen. There are certain rules when it comes to storytelling. One of them is that you can’t just make readers deeply care about a character and then unceremoniously yeet them into the void. This, apparently, is a rule that Noda has looked at, considered for about three seconds, and then set on fire while laughing maniacally.
Because, really, this manga does not hold back. The deeper we go, the more tangled everything becomes, and suddenly, loyalties are unraveling faster than a badly knitted scarf which is both fascinating and deeply alarming.
Yusaku, a character who is barely there, manages to be the emotional wrecking ball of the volume. His presence ripples through the story, touching lives, shaping fates, and quietly breaking my heart into approximately 57 pieces. I’m a bit scared with the parallels with Asirpa. Thank you, Noda. I hate it. I love it. How dare you.
And now, now, I am teetering on the edge of the final volumes, caught between desperate anticipation and the kind of existential dread normally reserved for exams you forgot you had. This story has been huge and wild and unbelievably good, and soon, it will be over.
Increíble tomo e increíble flashback que acaba de cerrar conexiones entre personajes. Me ha gustado el paralelismo entre Hanazawa y Asirpa acerca de ser el primero en ir a la línea de combate.
También, este tomo ha sido decisivo a la hora de exponer las verdaderas intenciones y actitud de los personajes.
Kikuta, Tsurumi, Koito, Asirpa... Todas las piezas encajan en este juego de objetivos entrelazados.
A tan solo 3 tomos de finalizar la serie, no puedo esperar en conocer de primera mano la conclusión de esta maravillosa obra.
I really loved geting more of Sugimoto’s backstory in this volume, in conjunction with Kikuta. The sheer number of ways that these characters overlap in their histories is incredibly engaging to find out about. It captures that “small world” feeling, they all impact each other even if they don’t realize it.
We’re so close to the end of this huge, incredible story and I’m both excited and terrified for what it may hold!
This volume was a continuation of what is the last part of the story. This was the second volume of my binge read. I cannot stop reading about Tsurumi and how expertly his plan is coming along. Wilk and Kiroranke and Sofia and their story Yikes. On to volume 29