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12 pages into this new bonus chapter, with this persistent feeling of something being off, I finally notice that there's no color! I miss Mananan's piercing electric eyes (づ￣ ³￣)づ

Okay so obviously with this latest chapter (45) release everyone has the inkling Pain and Ellie had a significant relationship of some kind (no I haven't read the raws, I'm not going to torture myself like that so leave me alone.) It was also pretty obvious Shell's mother had no love for either Pain nor Ellie (at least in the end.) The conceiving of Eric happened after Shell was a young child and Ellie left. So it's safe to say that's about the time Shell's mother and father separated (as we also saw from an early childhood memory of Shell's.)
As it may I'm sure I'm not alone in the wanting of a reunion between Eric and Shell. But, I'm sorry to say, I really want Eric to first come across one of Shell's brothers.
If he does head south as Ghost suggested, it would put him in the way of Shell's mother and Pain's "other sons".
I really just want to see that confrontation and how it plays out, and if Shell is actually ever brought up between them. Also to see if Shell's brothers are as cold as their parents or if they're even just a little bit abnormal like Shell. Cause this world needs a little more Shell (〜￣△￣)〜

Okay so this is a bit random but I got curious enough to so some quick research (like 10 mins), and thought I'd just share my findings.
It was bugging me as I was reading that I didn't quite know how to pronounce Ellie. I kept going between the pronunciations of Elly (EL-lee) and Eli (EE-"lie"). Well a quick search brought me to Ellie (ELL-ee); the 'ELL' is the same as in 'sell' and the 'ee' is the same as in 'see'. The name is Greek in origin and the double 'L' is usually the feminine form, 'Elie' is the same pronunciation but masculine. But then none of the names are of the of the norm in this world i.e. Humpty Dumpty, Pain, Brutal, Shell, etc.
See more information than you where expecting nor cared about ╮(￣▽￣)╭

I'm pretty sure the last story would be my favorite if I actually knew what was going on! But because of some serious pixelation on some key pages, in which there seems to be a good amount of verbal exchange (that coincidentally happens only when the daughter and her lover are the ones talking together), are virtually useless.

It was okay I enjoyed it but it felt a little disjointed at times and a little rushed especially with the character development and back stories. It was also pretty predicable didn't even get out of the first chapter before I guessed who it was, was surprised when I thought I was wrong but then turned out I was right (lol). I guess my main problem with this story though was it didn't feel deep enough, it didn't do a lot to reinforce the main thought behind it and was shallow in feelings.
I do like the main concept though, I'm thinking I'm going to figure out how to play a similar game with my friends (you know minus actually dying). At the very least I want to make one of those rabbit masks to freak people out.
But I didn't find it scary, I get that it was more of a psychological horror than a slasher but like I said it didn't really hold any surprises for me.
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I was pleased however that the author had the gall to kill off (or supposedly kill off) the main character. That usually is enough to really freak people out cause of the whole 'nobody is safe' idea, but for some reason I'm always really happy when that happens for the same reason actually (is that messed up?) That idea does reinforce the scary factor for me.

Okay seriously Tada needs his own story. I wanted his story after that first manga and this one just reinforced it. It'd be so awesome cause then he would be like "oh I guess I'm one of the gay couples too now" xD I just love his character and how accepting he is about everything going on around him and he's even willing to help his friend.

One of the best manga's I've come across and definitely on of my favorites. But it gets kind of annoying when you finish 2-3 chapters only for those same chapters to start all over again. The quality is good, just need to remove those duplicate chapters.