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For those complaining about the long necks, learn to read between the lines. It's obvious these people are some giraffe-human hybrids. The war that was fought for their independence is the backddop of their current civilization. Normal necked humans are extinct after the dominant long neck genes became too widespread and the new norm.
Hoshino finally feeding us. Aaaand it's flashback soup, again.
I knew Allen was likely connected to Bookman's previous successor, but more of a Neah's friend was Bookman Jr and became the host. Did not expect a whole 2 new characters. Now I'm curious if some of Allen's parental idealization of Mana partly stems from a lingering attachment to this Bookman Jr. we're going to see in these flashbacks.