Sofie’s Reviews > The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 8 > Status Update

"sink your fangs into that pale skin, noé. reveal the blood of vanitas." now why did he say it like that? did it have to be so sensual, both in words and visuals??? that last page?????? vanitas' mouth slightly open, eyes closed, eyelashes long as fuck, neck potentially bared but hidden by the text bubble?????? the temptation is NOT just for blood and i keep being proven right in that!!!!

love how mikhail playfully covers the bottom half of his face with the book during his grand reveal, while vanitas has always held it out in front of him during his. something about hiding behind the power vs thrusting it outwards, holding it like a keepsake vs holding it like a tool

this is the second time (at least) that vanitas has dropped absolutely everything bc he suspects that noé is in danger!!! i love how the text bubbles of vanitas telling noé to stop are overlaid on top of the action of noé continuing to fight bc VANITAS ISNT ACTUALLY THERE TO TELL HIM. he's just praying that his words somehow make it to noé as he runs like hell to find him

i'm choosing to believe that mikhail is referring to noé as "brother" here in the sense of "brother-in-law" (cause married vanoé) rather than "we're all brothers"

OH SHUT THE FUCK UP IS DANTE BLUSHING CAUSE HE JUST GOT CAUGHT HAVING DINNER WITH VANITAS AKSJDHNALJDHALD he's such a bitch i love him

okay as if i needed another reason to dislike dominoé!!! mikhail calling noé her "prince" is the last fucking straw!!!!!! (i get that he's an emotionally stunted and deeply traumatized child so of course he sees their dynamic as something so black and white, but i know better than that shit)

domi starting to assume the identity of louis because of her survivor's guilt and low self-worth REALLY just has me wishing for ANYTHING other than a dominoé endgame for her. bc even though her crush on noé was born from a very genuine place, i feel like it was irreversibly corrupted by the death of louis and noé mistaking her for him and veronica's cruel words about how she isn't good enough for the family

god. that was fucking gut wrenching. noé waking up and embracing domi as if she's louis is the icing on the cake in terms of tragic storytelling bc it's RIGHT AFTER domi is told about the twin thing and victoria taunts her for not living up to expectations. and then sweet lovely noé unknowingly makes that very same taunt by looking right at her face and seeing louis instead. the twin he desperately wants to see

this page makes me feel like i've just been kicked in the chest repeatedly. love it

WAIT "he said there was something he wanted to try" HUH????????? he definitely didn't have noé yet but maybe he was in the middle of trying to track him down and he wanted to try to see if an archiviste could cure a curse-bearer or something??????? maybe he even made louis a curse-bearer in the first place?????? this man is such an enigma i've got NOTHING