I just realized the little boy is Shinobu’s father…… Was not expecting that, really neat!! One thing I wished was explained more properly is what exactly shinobu and hatsue are and who/what hatsue was made from (I suspect the sister though)
I know this is clearly not the highest quality of translation but one thing I wanted to point out is that whenever starbuck mentions meeting “cute kids” the meaning of the jp word there is most likely “girl” not “kid” MTL usually defaults to “kid” but that wouldn’t make sense in the context because as teachers taiga would’ve reacted more strongly and negatively if that was the case because the TL makes him sound like he’s openly admitting to being a predator
We never know what might happen in future chapters of course (I sure hope not though) but just clearing things up before any false accusations occur because the story is quite interesting :’)
Oh this was finished Without much spoilers I can say the worst situation was avoided but the jp phrasing was meant to be ambiguous that way because it ended up having a double meaning as to a certain someone he was meeting
I don’t believe she’s lying about doing the things up to when he decided to cut ties because she loves him however the reason why her behaviour is so warped is probably because of her own insecurities about herself and was projecting them onto him, consciously or not. Regardless of intent, it is not other peoples’ responsibilities to deal with your internal issues and what she has done is objectively wrong even if there were times malice was not the motivating factor. Even if she wakes up and makes an effort to change, it doesn’t change the fact she hurt him and he has every right to distance himself. Personally I’d hate to see them become friends again but from a general perspective it should be his choice to give her a second chance and be on good terms but not because he feels bad for her circumstances (if they give her a sad backstory) but because he’s seen she truly tried to change and is a genuinely likeable person now. But considering how long she’s been hurting him and how badly, I don’t think it’s worth the effort for him to stick out and hope she’ll change and I don’t think it would do her any good either if she knows there’s someone who’ll never give up on her regardless of whether she changes or not
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While I’m glad everyone lived in the end it felt a little unusually perfect world scenario because it’s not clear how the two of them travelling back together can prevent every little thing that instigated conflict esp when it doesn’t seem like they told anyone else. Preventing shinichiro from meeting the old man and gaining time travel powers would definitely solve a lot of issues but what about the tragedies that happened to other characters in their childhood? I also feel it waters down the meaning of some sacrifices, especially when someone learns something or wakes up thanks to it. If there was just a little more info on how the two made it to the perfect ending I think it be fine
Also I wish there was more info on where the time travel power originated, why it started changing , and where it went after the last travel to the past. For a series that emphasizes on fighting fairly and weapons are heavily seen as cheating, isn’t this power the biggest cheat of all? Maybe it’s just me being into the occult aspect of it but if was explained better maybe it’ll feel more fair
Like the sudden jump from talking to the shop owner to detaining nine, when did she get there??? There was another part around when they were planning the final battle where there was a brief flashback of when I think ms nat showed elli the orb thing before and while it wasn’t necessary to understand what the orb was, it makes the fact there was a flashback not make sense because it’s showing a scene we have never seen before
I definitely liked that there were multiple endings so as the reader we don’t really know which one is the “true” one but because there are also multiple endings it does make me curious as to what if hinase stayed without sex but it’s just a curiosity. A big part of the story and their character development is about challenging gender stereotypes set by society and how your sex doesn’t define who you are as a person. It would not really make sense for them to stay sexless because change not being a bad or scary thing is also a core theme in the story as they are also growing up into adults so if hinase stayed the way they had always been it would contradict their conviction on how they feel about gender and their identity on top of the health issues they’d have to deal with for the rest of their life if they stayed sexless. Change is inevitable and we already saw a POV of someone who didn’t want to pick a binary through Lisa who couldn’t accept the change and chose to end their life before they changed too much. I personally think hinase making a choice was to show despite becoming part of the binary, they were able to remain themselves because their identity is not tied to whether they’re male or female.
ch2 p37 - very clever to consider it a Johnny's reference but i don't think it's that deep.
since the reference is not a name of an idol and rather lingo within fans, the likelihood of hoshi being a fan and knowing is very slim. i think he just thought it was cute because "fuku" is a common pet name and adding "tan" at the end is a cutesy way to address someone
The only way any of his behaviour makes sense is if it gets revealed that he knew her in the past bc there’s been like no development on the guys side in the past 40 chapters