Bro I forgot Enma was kind of a femcel HAHA. His work is for a good cause even if hes clearly got a lot of internalized hatred & participates in slut shaming. Always love how intricate and messy these characters are.
NOO.. I liked Mrs.Kurebayashi, but I understand her motives. She seems empathetic, so I hope she may come to regret this choice later in the story.
The juxtaposition between her and Tanaka is interesting. Kurebayashi was initially presented as an adult whom the main characters can trust, while Tanaka was framed as an antagonist. Tanakas motives are still questionable, but its interesting how their roles have flipped (as of now).
If we are reading the connection between people and impurities as partly a queer allegory, this gives the presentation of their characters as initially trustworthy/non-trustworthy adults some layers...
I am calling it now, and I would bet money on it. Tanaka is Kurebayashi’s son. I love how their positions are juxtaposed like you pointed out.
What if the organization threatened to hurt Tanaka so she had to give Hikaru up. All she ever said was that her son was mixed, moved away, & didn’t like her much.
And a few chapters ago we learned that Tanaka knows her. His blindness and scar could be the “irreparable mixing/injury” of Iori that Ms. Kurebayashi mentioned.
This theory... ooo your brain. THAT WOULD BE CRAZY IF TRUE. But youre so right.
You have the gift of prophecy
Every time a new chapter of this uploads I do a little backflip. I love medium lady, she's a delight to have around.
I expected the story to be clunky. It is a BL Manhua with a big fat noncon warning at the start so—this narrative trajectory is pretty standard. If anything, the AI translations feel largely to blame for readability issues.
Granted, I enjoy archetypes like the ML. Theres been hints throughout the story that point to reasons for his inaction, why he keeps waiving away the violence from his apprentice. It feels pretty obvious to me. I want to see how the author plans to end this. Especially since forgiving the apprentice would also permit him to walk freely as a calamity god, which is inherently at odds soothing the worlds main conflict between human kind and others. My expectations are low, though.