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Np ^_^
Alr :) but omg you wrote so much but everything is accurate
Volume 10 was just released by sublime today, so no, the author hasn’t stopped working on this.
Really??? Yay! I really liked the side story that got chopped off at the end of vol 9. *heads off to buyyy~~~~*
I finished reading it and omggg I got so confused at what happened with the past between the adults. I like the story of the teacher and snake as well, but the author jumped to other side characters again. If you finish reading it, lemme know what you think lol I have mixed feelings xD
Okay, I have some vague guesses but who knows what the author really meant, LOL.
What a shiatshow this unexpectedly turned out to be.
I have inferred quite a lot, but I can't say any of my guesses are right. This would be for volume 10, chapters 60-72.
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Kagashi Ryuusei (glasses snake) seemed like he was the son of Issei, the guy who was obsessed with Haruki. Haruki loved Issei back, but because Haruki was the head of the Madarame family at a bad time, he ended up having to sacrifice his soul to pay back debt (that was ill-defined) before the two could seal their bond in any meaningful way. Issei was angry and bitter over the whole thing.
Kanamori (tanuki teacher) seemed like he had Haruki's spirit sealed away inside of him. They shouldn't've called it a tombstone because that's weird and confusing, but rather a seal. Because Haruki was a mermaid (or part mermaid), he was overflowing with power and dangerous, especially if those powers weren't directed in a way that was useful to the Madarame family or the madararui as a whole.
The other characters kept saying that Ryuusei/Kanamori were a bomb was because their overpowering desire to be together would rupture the seal that was holding Haruki's powers/spirit back. The only way for them to be together was for the seal to be removed, and it seemed like Kanamori had the ability to break the seal if he truly desired it to be broken.
The rest of the stuff about the story from Issei's time just seemed to be a bunch of politicking and posturing around who was deserving of who and all that because of their family connections and seed weighting. Because Haruki was in such a high position, and so laden with power, he could effectively do what he wanted, even if it wasn't beneficial to the madararui as a whole. It seemed like Issei wasn't really approved by the others of the Madarame clan, but neither of the two gave a crap, so because they intended to go down this undesirable path, the clan elders sundered Haruki's soul so that nothing could come of their love for each other.
As to what they were trying to say about Kanamori being infused with this seal/power before he was even conceived... I'm not sure. Maybe they're implying that Haruki and Kagashi's dad managed to mate at least once before Haruki's soul was stolen from him. Idk really. It was really, REALLY confusing.
Of course, it doesn't help that I read volume 9 ages ago.
Well anyway, this author certainly needs to work on clarity of storytelling, lol.
Gah that explanation helps clarify a whole lot, thanks so much. I felt so lost trying to understand their past and was wondering if it was because I was just dumb or the translation/storytelling just was very, very unclear.
So then was Haruki’s soul also inside Makio, the blond mother? Because there was that scene where Issei called her Haruki and said “Makio was no more.” So Haruki’s soul was both in Makio and Kanamori? And who is Kanamori related to, like is he just some random guy that Haruki chose to infuse into, like they didn’t explain why was he was so important, they just crammed all this plot development into the climax. Sooo confusing!! I felt very unsatisfied reading....and I don’t even know if volume 11 is coming, sigh,
It is good to read this for historical reasons, especially if you like omegaverse, but understand that there are a lot of problems present in this series. As an alternative, the anime is a good, concise, and cleaned-up (as in, the problematic issues are lessened) version of primarily the shiro x yonekuni arc, and watching that is better than nothing, if you don't want to tackle the manga.
Issues are many -- Riddled with tropes (but this is an older manga, so it's expected). The meandering plot between tangent couples, norio and kunimasa's plot being dragged out forever (despite them being an incredibly boring couple to read about). Hopping over to couples and folks who have nothing to do with the main characters (norio, et al). The entirely incredibly problematic bear-faction. My favorite, yonekuni x shiro get no screen time after their initial run (which becomes unresolved in a later norio x kuni arc where it says shiro and yonekuni haven't had 'relations' since that last time when shiro's curse was lifted, and that things have become awkward between them, and then nothing is ever re-resolved about it).
Also be forewarned that the manga has no end; the final volume (9) has been translated and released in English by Sublime (it wasn't posted here yet when I read this months ago, but I did read the official english release at that time), but the plot dead-ends in the middle of a really interesting side couple (dog teacher being hotly pursued by snake student) and I am bummed I'll never get to read the conclusion of that storyline, since it was actually really good. The author seems to have given up on working on this, or is otherwise releasing it at such a slow pace that I'll be 6 ft under by the time vol 10 is finally out.