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the page before that had a panel with JOHAN'S EYES in it too so it was kinda unfortunate that i had to leave the book partially closed. i love johan i just kinda wish he'd stop killing people but still i love him for the monster he is

0;29;17 also i was on the bus sitting in between 2 people when i got to the page with the prostitute in vol16 so i kinda skipped that page lol

beg, ch4 (grimmer back !!) ; one thing i was getting reallypissed about lately is the amount of plot threads this story has and how confusing they're starting to be and to try to keep up with them. but now i'm wondering how each major character we've encountered so far is going to play into the ending; looks like grimmer could be an important part of it (maybe suk too? but we last saw him in vol 14 i think?)

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Grimmer and Lunge find out that an old couple in the hotel is actually part of the people handing out guns. One of the men who is in a wheelchair seemed to have extremely muddy shoes as if he was walking around a lot outside which gave it away. Nina and Tenma are trying to track down Johan, while Johan tries to track down Franz. It seems that this will be the final conflict that is finished in the next volume.

All the surviving main characters independently end up in the same town, where the children's book author is. He was the start of everything, so Johan has a plan to kill himself, the book author, the entire town, and every memory of everything. Town's people become hostile with people on Johan's side conveniently handing out guns, even to kids. We find out that the owner of a hotel who is extremely nice is the author

Nina meets up with Johan again, and Johan talks about what has happened to him. Talking about their traumatic childhood makes Nina distressed, as she tries to tell him that since they're twins, she's always confused both of them. In reality, everything that Johan claimed to have happened to him actually happened to her. Her memory of herself was actually Johan. But it doesn't matter, his plan is already in action.