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thecrenellations · 3 years

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Return of the Thief Notes, Part One: The Book of Pheris, Volume I

Notes from my first read, October 2020. (Part Two | Part Three | TaT)

Contents: "So, so, so” watch, Costis watch, swearing, trashing the king’s attendants, being objectively wrong, boundless enthusiasm and love

I promise I’ve had more developed thoughts since these often incoherent ones, but I’ve enjoyed having these notes to refer to - for sentimental reasons and for entertainment, so here they are, for others who enjoy liveblogs and/or being whisked back in time to their first read of this wonderful book.

Format: Page number. My thoughts (Context?)

Dedication, Table of Contents, Exordium:

There it is – to Sounis

Exordium – vocab #1

Interregnum?!? Alyta?

Pheris!!!

Yeah I love him from the first page

MOIRA

MOCKING COMMENTS HELP! Gen lives!

A new level of unreliable narrator

Moira, messages of Gods, Pheris, messages of __

Wtf is going on in this study? A zoo?

high king vs great king vs annux?

okie dokie dude

Chapter 1

1. Susa – Costis

2. Infirmity – who gets to be hero/tell story (I started reading right after the book launch, in which mwt spent some time talking about her writing influences and decisions connect to this question - Pheris isn’t her first disabled protagonist and storyteller, of course, but it was lovely to meet him properly directly after hearing her talk about it. Book launch foreshadowing part 1...)

Melisande?

Is this why he wasn’t taught to read?

3. Always the summer

Bees!

4. Hunting cat… hm…

Ok … shrine … 😬

5. Once again we start with a disaster or having to flee

Which Eugenides precipitated

Bite!

Little monster :(

6. Falling…

7. :( :( :(

His purpose? D:

8. YIKES

Chapter 2

9. Hello there! (Gen!)

Massive chair?

10. CRACKED WATER JUG (amphora motif???)

11. Triangle from seal!

Gen that’s rude to Pheris :( (“He will fit in very well with my attendants”)

Wait. This must have happened before ACoK! (nope)

12. :(

Xikander … never made an impression before

How old is Pheris? (lol)

13. Philologos come thru!

Royal closet reappears!

14. Hello weird secondhand scene!

He is Eugenides

Marina…

15. Petrus? GALEN? OH SHIT!

Is this why Galen was called? (nope)

16. Hell yea Petrus

Miras’ golden balls oh no

All these previously unnamed sucky attendants!

17. Ula – goddess of hearth and healing

Ok … Galen … or a god? Eugenides????? (why did these options occur to me before Mr. Shows Up At Your Bedside At Night himself)

18. Finally the attendant floor plans I crave + hunting scenes!

19. EXCUSE ME he slept through Sounis + Eddis wedding!!!

Again – high king!

20. So Ion is beautiful … hmm.

Yeah … Sejanus has facets. I like it.

21. Clearly no one would know what king would do … lol

Don’t mind me just sorting the attendants on a spectrum of awfulness!!!

22. SO SO SO – ION!!!!!

How many fucking attendants are there and how many are on my hit list!

Is “the necessaries” bathrooms or like … him stealing? (just the bathrooms ... the Gen-Pheris parallels were really getting to me at this point)

23. OH MY GOD THE UNIFIED CREST

Also … frogs. Frogs.

24. Big day for Gen huh

Definitely an aura of Something as he writes about Gen

25. HELLO EVERYONE

26. Sorry Kamet, Pheris does the physical descriptions better. They’re beautiful

I’m blacking out at Eddis and Sounis

27. Jesus Christ. The bear.

Cousin time!

Under the table is the new up on the roof!

Uh… twin imagery ….

Gen’s feet!

Jesus. The matching

28. Cleon … wtf? A cousin?

A trial for Sophos?

Show! Us! Sophos’s! Shoes!

29. If u throw things out the air shaft you might hit the king

Was it a chicken?

Lol nvm the guy at night is Gen. That is … very sweet

- Showing up at night

- Accent

- Complaining about Petrus

- Swearing

- One hand

I am judging Costis and Sophos for not describing the paneling in Gen’s room!

Chapter 3

30. Was it a chicken?

An earring huh, good hand huh

31. Literally screaming “NO!” at Gen. Don’t joke about dying! I am killed by Gen on annux day. This is. My boy. Yes he is perfect. Yes he will refuse to get up. I love him. I died on page 31

Philologos is still the best of them

32. Dancing bear indeed

Always the powdered gold

Ruby!!!!! <3

Aww a smile!!! <3

Pheris he likes you!

33. They both love invisibility and lost it … I cry

Erupt like the sacred mountain excuse me!

OR WORSE return to bed! Lol

34. He’s Eugenides when he’s talking to Attolia

Ouch hero talk

! from Irene!

My queen!

Hey Phresine!

They way we do <3 he’s hating it but he’s so comfortable with her

Sister and bro mention! C’mon!

I love them

EYEBROW

35. Honestly that’s a yes (“I have no idea what you mean, my queen”)

It’s so cute they hang out in the morning … like how long was it even since they’ve seen each other lol

:( tough walk for Pheris

Is it prophecy time?

Lol how long does this construction take?!

Also … she’s pregnant, huh? but no one knows (nope)

Is befriending someone weaponized as a prank count for Gen’s enemies to friends list?

Also SHOW ME the magus. I know he’s here!

36. Pheris excuse me, why not recreate this!

Lol cast off language of history indeed

Feel the thrum of the goddess!

EXCUSE ME… a minor goddess? Mystery goddess? Or Philia?

Oh Gen

37. Well, Gen, someone is having a worse day than you.

Damn, how far we come.

Aww Sounis, babe, I love you and so does Gen

[drawing of the four of them sitting in a row]

38. Artadorus???? Pomegranate?

39. HEIRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend! Also lol. Two smiles, for Pheris and Heiro..

40. Yesss Melheret joke in action.

Costis has left tho right?

Jesus, Melheret

SHE GAVE HIM A HORSE (I COULD NOT DEAL with this entire conversation, but then again I could not deal with this whole book.)

41. I love them all so much

“on that horse, you will look like a king” I can’t with her sense of humor

He sure did say that

I feel like I’m missing something with the fight on foot thing … remembering battles?

Helen called him Gen!

Sophos stop talking about yourself and bringing apricots into everything lol

Lol these bystanders don’t know how lucky they are. Nor does Pheris, yet

42. She’s protecting him

Also … Gen … you didn’t want to be a soldier.

43. Guards have capes

2 startled men … hm …

Oh Gen. The fucking brutal echoes…

44. :( :( :(

Gen tell your wife you’re sick!

The attendants are so dumb

45. So, so, so :(

Tell who? Petrus?

Wink!

Yes?

46. Bleeding! Salt! Lemon! Heck no! What is he, a piece of meat?

Oranges?

47. “savoring each bite as if it were my last” ... Same … but with this book

Hmm… Alyta! Goddess of the gentle rain! (despite this “hmm,” I did not put the pieces together)

48. Oh no Teleus! And someone?

Aw he realized <3 lemon water

49. Gen eat your broth lol

50. I love them.

Ion’s really trying to make up for what he did that one time

51. Without the approval of the great goddess HAHAHA

I love them. Cousin time! Growl?

Idk whether or not to be reassured, Gen.

Wow Cleon I do not like that. Also didn’t he die? (...)

Comma (“I am not, Eddis”)

Go smack him!

52. Gen I love you.

Helen I love you.

He’s so bad at self care but I love him

Chapter 4

55. love that our narrator just disappears and reappears

56. Attolia’s brother’s bedroom? Yikes. Ominous. A detail in a story we’ve already gotten, different every time <3

57. fucking attendants. 3 good ones. Medander you were beneath Costis’s notice before but I hate you. Costis didn’t have time for you or Xikos or Xikander and nor do I

58. interesting pawn talk!!!

59. <3 Pheris :(

The Gen comparisons though

:( :( :( :(

60. flamboyance <3

Cemphora bush

Bees

61. I love him

62. I love them

Also lol “Your majesty?”

63. Name … hm … (“I have deliberately omitted [my tutor’s] name here”)

64. more twin imagery I swear

WAIT … it was his birthday! Not just Annux day?!! Gen was born in late summer???

Attendant list thank you

65. laying it all out there, huh … (that one Gen quote)

Lol they’re the same but Pheris likes horses

66. Insellia! Hello nice to meet you

67. Gen that’s mean. (“He is hardly even half of one.”)

68. Coleus leves???

“I am Eugenides.” <3

Gen why

69. Gold cups???? Hmmmmm. Also lioness. Def invoking Costis. (they’re probably not the cups, but STILL)

Earth….

70. Moira! Hi!!! Rainbow shawl!

Like a rabbit!

Pester!

I’m … very sad he uses his Attolian accent with Helen

71. Aaah so good

Mortals

Moira knows another messenger?

Does he think he can’t die in battle?

72. hmm are they WRANGLING?! (Galen and Petrus and my Fire and Hemlock word association)

Kill that pastry Irene I love you

morning training with his … guard? (Is that the whole guard or a guard? Costis senses tingling once again.)

73. Oh gen.

Ouch! (“to send people to their deaths and not risk my own is contemptible”)

Is she implying he’s paying Therespides?

74. Interesting Cleon plan. So many doubles

OUCH. (“Only if he comes back from the dead.” I assumed Lader had died in the war; it’s a different ouch now. I love that they both accidentally say things to each other that poke old wounds, and it’s not a big deal but it’s also not dismissed! Their relationship has come so far, and I love them so much.)

75. Verimius – Lavia – Celia??? Somebody is queer in there!

A GUARD

This scene confuses me. Xortix? Layteres? Aris! but dice thing is less political … so maybe? (just wait....)

76. So many reasons to hate Medander

Hey Costis! You exist! KoA happened!

Gen is just … still so uncomfortable and miserable. He chose, he has people, but still.

RIP Clopius also WHAT

77. Lol Hilarion’s grand statements

78. Yorn Fordad Hello!

Luxurious mustache

The mighty Pents?

Besin Quedue – she’s coming 4 you watch out

79. RIP Baron Hippias

Chapter 5

80. Spring! Plays! Cenna!

81. Oh dear

Oh dear

At least they said he was pretty

83. ?!? :( wine

Uh oh. Stockpiling

85. What even.

AAAAAAAAAH COSTIS

86. Omg Irene. Hissing. I love her.

Also … Gen’s the viper

Also this scene was written by Pheris.

Damn.

87. oh no.

What better man

She fucking quoted Howl. I love them.

Also, bees (this scene killed me)

90. Falling?

Oh shit

Also … Juridius and Pheris, Susa and Costis (comparing demands for information)

93. oh my god (IT’S THE WINDOW SCENE)

Oh my god

94. She! Called! Him! Gen!

I love this and it scares me

Lol Chloe

Irene you learned from her though

95. D:

96. :(

97. water stuff

98. what the heck

OH NO (Quedue scene)

100. yikes

Omg

Wow.

102. yikes yikes YIKES

103. a blade has protruded from his chest (tbt to The Thief)

jesus

106. shit

Did Gen hit him?

108. lol Phresine

109. lol

I want genuinely every character’s reaction to this shit

Chapter 6

111. what the heck Gen.

112. like a god [crown doodle]

114. Perma?

116. Gen. Gen. Gen. Do not.

117. AAAA (god intervention)

122. Juridius to Dite

124. bye Iolanthe and Ileia! Tell us about Caeta and Silla.

125. did not expect so much Ion

Chapter 7

127. Fryst god of winter

She laughed!

They’re so married

128. OH SHIT (Costis ship is sighted and I remember what’s about to happen next)

Interesting timing

He rode the horse home?

131. Beauty and good, beauty and kind

134. The gods’ goodwill

Keep them safe <3

135. Is that his MOM?!! Wtf (it was!)

Pheris steal those earrings!!!

RING! SMASH BOX!

137. AMPHORA EARRINGS (and flowers)

138. I love Phresine

139. Why do I feel like all the game birds are pigeons

140. meanwhile Gen’s been hanging out with Kamet. Shit. I cannot.

WELCOME HOME BOYS!

HELL YEAH KAMET ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS!

RELIUS COME THRU

141. lethium soup! The reversal

Safe for you

142. of course he knew <3

143. Kamet time! I love him. We get to see Kamet!!!

Also … echo of Gen’s notes on Mede

145. very handsome. … gaycostis vindication (referring to @costis’s url at the time and this post. Little did I know what else was to come in the next chapter and then a few months later with the adaptation news...)

Do you know who I am?

Chapter 8

147. Of course he’s a cartographer

A favorite huh

148. of course she didn’t tell us his age!

149. the angsty window staring I crave

Music!

151. adventure, huh

I do have a soft spot for Melheret

152. concerned about amphora gift

153. Glad they can be well and united in spite!! (Gen and Melheret)

154. Pheris loves math and I love him

155. Hello Teleus. Hello olives

Lol Relius is not into math

156. pigeons. Inkpot!

157. yeah honestly. He tortures people. He was NOT tortured by the king

159. lol (“I have noted the elective nature of certain behaviors” ... I love Relius and Pheris.)

160. The Invitation! I <3 it

161. EXCUSE ME WHO

Legarus!

FOLKS HERE WE ARE (I cannot overstate how wonderful it was to read this page. I did not know who the poem was from, and “Someone loves me very much, even with all my faults” is even sweeter to reread, but it’s just ... his confidence is so different from the tentative consideration of a new philosophy of trust and love we see in KoA. And there is subtextual queerness in the books before this one, some more apparent and some more subtle (and what is obvious to one reader may be subtle or invisible to another, in these books especially), and there is the attendant love triangle a few chapters back, but HERE - here, Pheris acknowledges the real feeling and love in Legarus’s disastrous relationship and tells us directly that his lover was a man, here he seamlessly makes it clear how bi and poly Relius is, and he quietly ties these relationships and realities to his growing understanding of the world. It’s not subtext. And there’s a lot more to come, but this page really hit me, and sort of promised the “more to come” while assuring me that what had come before, more subtly, was there. I used to have heteronormative readings of both these books and myself, and when Thick as Thieves brought them crashing back into my heart after years away, I knew better about myself, and I saw that - or the possibility of that reading - reflected in the new book, and it was such a good surprise. It meant a lot, and this page meant a lot, and that is why I’m writing a small essay to accompany this note.)

Lol wow

162. Where are you traveling, man (this question remains)

163. Fuck you, Orutus

164. Stole an inkpot!

165. the map!!! (Kamet’s)

166. I love them!

167. The Math Master hmm

Am I an oracle (Nope! :) )

#there is SOME context #and some rambling #but i'm sure some of it doesn't make sense so i'm very up for explaining anything #return of the thief #the queen's thief #mwt #something i #rott spoilers #return of the thief spoilers

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mikazuki-juuichi · 4 years

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Beastars, vol. 5 (english)

This is the volume where we first meet the lion mafia, or Shishi-gumi, and one that most clearly shows the corrupted authorities of their world.

Chapter 35.

- The first thing we see of the mafia is their snake-skin shoes, which recalls images of real-life drug cartels. And in context it’s even more grotesque. Indeed, we soon see they do all sort of violations on corpses. Ghastly.

- We also get confirmation: They were responsible for the black-out. It was indeed for kidnapping. And their target all along was Haru.

- The lion who tried to strip Haru will pay dearly for it, as this drew Legosi’s wrath. Same with the boss, whose name we never found out.

- Notice the boss’s hypocrisy: He says he doesn’t like unnecessary violence, then says he likes his preys scared because it gives them a better taste. He claims he won’t rape her, but forcing somebody to strip and then clinically examining their genitals is very much a violation as well.

- Then there is another layer of hypocrisy and corruption: The mayor. The politician who orders the entire business swept under the rug, who claims he will take care of this delicate matter of a teenage girl’s kidnapping and then immediately destroys the evidence, all to avoid tarnishing his image. For Legosi, this first-hand witnessing of unreliable authority figures will become a capital part of his world-view.

Chapter 36.

- Like so many politicians and public figures, the mayor has had all sort of plastic surgeries (the extras inform us how expensive they were) due to sheer vanity while claiming it was a carefully curated image. And just like them, the result is grotesque.

- Louis also sees corruption firsthand: He is ordered to forget the business, even if the kidnapped girl is a close friend of his.

- Now, the fight between Legosi and Louis serves to illustrate how they each take this reality they have been faced with: Louis, who has seen the worst of this world his entire life (sold for meat as a child, then adopted by a monster) stops caring, while Legosi refuses to accept such apathy.

- Notice that Legosi’s claim that Haru is his has a different meaning in context than it seems. It’s not a matter of being possessive, it’s a matter of motivating himself that since Louis has made it clear he won’t help, then at least Legosi will be able to talk to her with no limitations.

Chapter 37.

- Carnivores are also in danger at the Meat Market. Figures, as it’s a lawless place, or under the law of criminals —which is almost the same thing.

- Both Juno and Jack can sometimes deduce what is going on, but since they both get so little information, there isn’t much they can do to help Legosi… at least so far.

- Nothing could be more macabre than a lair’s entry decorated with hanged, naked corpses. Again, alluding to real-life drug cartels and other atrocities.

- The lion’s lair seems to be built with pieces of other buildings. Was this the child-trafficking tower? If so, it truly is a damned place.

Chapter 38.

- Haru’s origin. Notice the story of a woman for whom sex is a way to realize herself and to reaffirm her place in the world, to shed off people’s pitying image of her.

- I’m very intrigued by Haru´s lovers. Seems she likes different body types. Good for her!

- And it’s Haru’s reaffirmation of herself that gives her the strength to fight back. Not ‘pride and stubbornness’ as some fan put it (ahem), but remembering her worth.

Chapter 39.

- Lions, or at least this lion, resent canines for being more accepted in society, mostly on grounds of being cuter. Well…

Chapter 40.

Chapter 41.

- Notice Jack’s interest in Kibi —very much like a dog.

- How lovely is Miguno playing with Durham’s ears here?

Chapter 42.

- Where Legosi and Gouhin’s rescue is almost out of an Action movie, Louis’ revenge is out of a thriller. He kills the mafia boss and then willingly calls for death —once again as a ‘fuck-you’ to this world that has shown him the worst of itself, just like when Louis was a child. But there is a different fate for him…

- Do notice that this is neither “the suicide of a douche” as one fan put it (ahem!), nor is it Louis being a hero. It is the culmination of a sordid tale of child abuse. From there, he will go from victim to villain.

- Gosha hasn’t even appeared yet and already he’s the best Grandpa / Parent here. Now this is good advice:

Chapter 43.

- Gotta love Miguno comforting Jack here.

Extra.

- As author Itagaki notes, Gouhin is up to here the only positive adult figure, quite above obvious monsters like the mafia or monsters with good publicity, like Oguma and the Mayor. There is a theme of unreliable authorities not to be trusted here.

- Once again, Bill and Legosi being almost a literal cat and dog.

#beastars #reading diary #reading project #reading challenge

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eddycurrents · 5 years

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The Troll Witch & Others: “Makoma”

Words: Mike Mignola | Art: Mike Mignola & Richard Corben | Colours: Dave Stewart | Letters: Clem Robins

Originally published by Dark Horse in Hellboy: Makoma or, A Tale Told by a Mummy in the New York City Explorers’ Club on August 16, 1993 #1-2 | February-March 2006

Collected in Hellboy - Volume 7: The Troll Witch and Others | Hellboy Library Edition - Volume 4 | Hellboy: Complete Short Stories - Volume 2

Plot Summary:

Hellboy listens to the story of Makoma, a giant slayer in Africa, as told by a mummy who bore witness to some of the hero’s deeds and was freed by them.

Reading Notes:

(Note: Pagination does not represent anything within the issues or collections themselves, it is solely in reference to the chapter.)

pg. 1 - Love the establishing shot for the Explorers’ club. And the old-time diving helmet that almost seems a staple of all of these groups.

pg. 1-2 - The story of the expedition to the lost city is interesting, but it’s more telling that Hellboy cares about the Professors’s life, whereas Koman only cares about gaining more loot from antiquity.

pg. 3 - I like how it dovetails into the disappearance of Trevor Bruttenholm and the Cavendish expedition, with this being one of the first historical stories that fits within already established timelines and events.

Also, love young Hellboy.

pg. 4 - The colours that Dave Stewart is using for the flashback are beautiful. Nice soft purple that gives the entire sequence an ephemeral feel.

The small Hellboy figure reminds me of George Herriman.

pg. 5 - It’s always interesting when Hellboy is transported away by an experience not witnessed by those around him.

Also, again, the colours are just gorgeous.

pg. 6 - Wonderful layout. The statues and architecture from Mignola are just amazing. Really enhancing the idea that the mummy’s story is transporting Hellboy elsewhere.

pg. 7 - And Hellboy drifts off to sleep. The structure and content of this story also reminds me of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince for some reason.

pg. 8 - Interesting that Hellboy would be Makoma.

Also, just look at the use of shadow and colour for the reveal of Makoma. Though we know what Hellboy looks like, it’s impressive enough as though we’re seeing him again for the first time. Richard Corben and Dave Stewart really complement one another well.

pg. 10 - The commands for the various quests always seem very strange.

pg. 11 - “To wander... Days... Months... Years...” begins a clever little narrative trick that Mignola’s going to use throughout the story of repetition and the passage of time. It takes the overall theme of cycles and presents it in its most basic form, working in the idea even when you’re not aware of it.

pg. 12 - The design for the first giant, working off a rhino, is incredible.

Also, I love Clem Robins’ sound effects. Working them in as part of the panel is a nice touch. It gives the impression that the “CRAK” is loud enough to even break the bounds of the panel.

pg. 14 - That idea of repetition also comes back through the gathering of the various giants into his sack.

pg. 15 - The elephant-giant is another great design. I also love how lush Corben is drafting the wildlife and flora. It’s just beautiful.

And Mignola poking fun at the idea of putting all of these creatures, even miniaturized after Makoma absorbs their strength, into his sack.

pg. 16 - This one reminds me more of Abe than your average frog monster. I wonder if that was intentional.

pg. 17-18 - Wonderful fight sequence. It’s a testament to the storytelling that though repetition is part of the theme, it never seems boring.

pg. 19 - Another great design for the fire demon/salamander here. The play between shadow and colour is incredible.

pg. 20-21 - Another stunning fight sequence.

pg. 22 - And there’s the temptation, of Makoma becoming Anung Un-Rama. It makes you wonder, though, if this is Hellboy’s transference of his destiny to the Makoma tale or if we’re to take it as though Makoma is a previous incarnation of Hellboy’s spirit, or whatever. I’d kind of lean towards the latter, since the overall theme of this story is repetitive cycles.

pg. 23 - And then we get the renunciation, similar to Hellboy’s own when faced with the choice.

pg. 24 - The “Makoma is great” chant from the fallen giants in his sack is hilarious every time.

pg. 25 - Gorgeous establishing shots.

pg. 27 - Corben reminding us that he’s as adept at the grotesque as anything else.

pg. 28 - Dude’s idea of bliss is messed up. Who would think being a slave or “the endless, dreamless sleep of living death” would be appealing to anyone? I think he’s been out getting baked with his giant sand ants for too long, huffing the fumes from the decomposing flesh of his pals.

pg. 29 - These ants are just neat.

pg. 30-31 - The trick in order to keep the bag is pretty clever.

pg. 32 - There’s the repetition of cycles through passage of time again. It’s also kind of creepy as the bones begin to pile up.

pg. 33 - And we’re brought full circle to the old woman who commanded him to stick the giants in a sack at the beginning of the tale.

pg. 34 - Who apparently wants sex with Makoma. That’s an unexpected direction, definitely. And she’s not an evil, soul-stealing witch either.

pg. 35 - The repetition again in a slightly different form of Makoma meeting the spirit of Africa, similar to how Hellboy did when he was a kid, is a nice touch. Also, the lions similar to how Hellboy was confronted by them in “The Third Wish”.

pg. 36 - The giants’ fate is horrifying, heartbreaking, even as the old woman tells Makoma what she’s done, and the look on his face is priceless.

pg. 37 - The tears are creepy.

pg. 38 - And the dropping of the glamour, or whatever, that made the old woman look young is a great composition.

Although it is an interesting touch that the giants sacrificed themselves to give the last of their strength to Makoma to face the final battle.

pg. 39 - I just love everything about these three panels. The build-up to the final confrontation is simple, but astounding. Great use of negative space through the bones.

pg. 40 - Makoma vs. The Dragon. Hellboy vs. the Ogdru Jahad. The design for the Dragon is also incredible.

pg. 41-43 - Epic battle.

pg. 44 - And then a shift, from looking like Hellboy in appearance to how you’d probably naturally expect Makoma to look.

pg. 45 - Death and rebirth, and a resumption of the cycle.

pg. 46 - Interesting revelation as to who the mummy is.

pg. 47 - Poor mummy.

Also, I love the repetition of Hellboy’s shocked look by Mignola of the similar panel earlier from Corben when he found out what he’d eaten.

pg. 48 - The matter-of-fact end title cards are hilarious.

Final Thoughts:

“Makoma” kind of has an interesting place in the Hellboy canon in that it blends main narrative themes and concepts with the one-off nature of the various fables and folk tale retellings as well as the bits and pieces of Hellboy’s history to create a story that encapsulates pretty much all of Hellboy in microcosm. If you only wanted to read a single Hellboy tale to get the gist of the broader whole, it would be this one.

It’s a tale that parallels the through line in the main narrative of Ragnarok. Of death and rebirth, of cyclical recurrences, and of destiny and breaking it.

It’s also the first with legendary artist, Richard Corben, proving with every panel as to why he’s a master. Corben is great with weird and horror, but also with presenting, well, just about anything. This was the start of a number of collaborations between Mignola and Corben, with Corben almost becoming the face of the Hellboy history stories for a while (just as Duncan Fegredo would for the present as we’ll see in Darkness Calls).

d. emerson eddy was beaten down and tossed in a sack. Please don’t eat him.

#Give 'em Hellboy #Hellboy #The Troll Witch and Others #Mike Mignola #Richard Corben #RaisingHellboy #62

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pamphletstoinspire · 6 years

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THE SECOND BOOK OF MACHABEES. - From The Latin Vulgate Bible

Chapter 13

INTRODUCTION.

This Second Book of Machabees is not a continuation of the history contained in the First; nor does it come down so low as the First does, but relates many of the same facts more at large, and adds other remarkable particulars, omitted in the First Book, relating to the state of the Jews as well before as under the persecution of Antiochus. The author, who is not the same with that of the First Book, has given (as we learn from chap. ii. 20., &c.) a short abstract of what Jason, of Cyrene, had written in the five volumes, concerning Judas and his brethren. He wrote in Greek, and begins with two letters, sent by the Jews of Jerusalem to their brethren in Egypt. (Challoner) --- Hence the whole book has been considered by some as an epistle. (Cotelier, Can. Ap. p. 338.) --- But it is easy to distinguish the letter from the history, (Calmet) to which a preface is prefixed, chap. ii. 20. Yet the Alexandrian copy has at the end, "A letter concerning the acts of Judas Mach.[Machabeus.]" (Haydock) --- The appendix of two epistles was added to the First Book by him who wrote the second, (Worthington) abridging the work of Jason. (Haydock)

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Chapter 13

Antiochus and Lysias again invade Judea. Menelaus is put to death. The king's great army is worsted twice. The peace is renewed.

1 In *(Year of the World 3841, Year before Christ 163) the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea,

Notes & Commentary:

Ver. 1. Eupator. Several of his generals had been already defeated. He therefore comes in person, 1 Machabees vi. 28. (Calmet) --- He was not above ten years old. But Lysias thought that his presence would animate the soldiers. (Haydock)

2 And with him Lysias, the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.

Ver. 2. A hundred and ten thousand, &c. The difference between the numbers here set down and those recorded 1 Mac. iv. is easily accounted for, if we consider that such armies as these are liable to be at one time more numerous that at another, either by sending away large detachments, or being diminished by sickness, or increased by receiving fresh supplies of troops, according to different exigencies or occurrences. Ch. --- There are many such difficulties in the Books of Kings, &c. Only some of the troops were permanent. W. --- Most were auxiliaries, so that the number might often vary. Nothing is said of the chariots. 1 B. vi. 30.

3 Menelaus also joined himself with them: and with great deceitfulness besought Antiochus, not for the welfare of his country, but in hopes that he should be appointed chief ruler.

Ver. 3. Country. He had continued at Antioch, as the Jews would not receive him. C. iv. 24. C. --- Yet now he pretended to be solicitous for their welfare, (H.) only that he might obtain power.

4 But the King of kings stirred up the mind of Antiochus against the sinner, and upon Lysias suggesting that he was the cause of all the evils, he commanded (as the custom is with them) that he should be apprehended and put to death in the same place.

Ver. 4. Evils. The ambition of Jason and of Menelaus had brought on all these disturbances. C. iv. 7. &c. and 1 B. i. 12. --- Place. It would seem on the journey to Judea: but Josephus says he was slain after the king's return, at Antioch. The sacred historian relates what concerns him together. C. --- In the. Gr. "conducting him to Berea." H.

5 Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits high, having a heap of ashes on every side: this had a prospect steep down.

Ver. 5. Down. A beam was laid across the walls, on which the criminal, having been well regaled with wine, was placed till he fell among the ashes. V. Max. ix. 2. --- Hystaspes invented this punishment. C. --- Prospect. Gr. "organ, (or round instrument)" (Prot.) like a wheel, (C.) "hanging (or whirling a person) on all sides headlong over the ashes. Thence all pushed him who was guilty of sacrilege, or of other crimes, forward to ruin." H. --- Syr. passes over v. 5. and 6. C.

6 From thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death.

Ver. 6. No explanation given.

7 And by such a law it happened that Menelaus, the transgressor of the law, was put to death: not having so much as burial in the earth.

Ver. 7. No explanation given.

8 And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes.

Ver. 8. No explanation given.

9 But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was.

Ver. 9. With. Gr. "rendered barbarous by his designs," (H.) intending to punish the Jews worse than his father.

10 Which when Judas understood, he commanded the people to call upon the Lord day and night, that as he had always done, so now also he would help them:

Ver. 10. No explanation given.

11 Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations.

Ver. 11. No explanation given.

12 So when they had all done this together, and had craved mercy of the Lord with weeping and fasting, lying prostrate on the ground for three days continually, Judas exhorted them to make themselves ready.

Ver. 12. No explanation given.

13 But he, with the ancients, determined before the king should bring his army into Judea, and make himself master of the city, to go out, and to commit the event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord.

Ver. 13. Ancients. The people were not convoked. C.

14 So committing all to God, the Creator of the world, and having exhorted his people to fight manfully, and to stand up even to death for the laws, the temple, the city, their country, and citizens: he placed his army about Modin.

Ver. 14. No explanation given.

15 And having given his company for a watchword, The victory of God, with most valiant chosen young men, he set upon the king's quarter by night, and slew four thousand men in the camp, and the greatest of the elephants, with them that had been upon him,

Ver. 15. Watchword that night. W. --- He usually gave some pious sentence. C. vii. 23. --- Quarter. Lit. "hall," (H.) a prætorium, or tent. --- Four. Some Gr. and Lat. copies have "two." Syr. "three," though the old edit. of the Vulg. read, 14,000. --- Greatest, carrying thirty-two men. 1 B. vi. 37. Gr. also, "the chief over the elephants, with all his troops in the house," (H.) or the servants. C. --- Prot. "will all that were upon him." H. --- This office was very considerable. C. xiv. 12. Grot. C.

16 And having filled the camp of the enemies with exceeding great fear and tumult, they went off with good success.

Ver. 16. No explanation given.

17 Now this was done at the break of day, by the protection and help of the Lord.

Ver. 17. No explanation given.

18 But the king having taken a taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy:

Ver. 18. No explanation given.

19 And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he lost his men.

Ver. 19. No explanation given.

20 Now Judas sent necessaries to them that were within.

Ver. 20. No explanation given.

21 But Rhodocus, one of the Jews' army, disclosed the secrets to the enemies, so he was sought out, and taken up, and put in prison.

Ver. 21. Prison. This traitor was either in the camp or at Bethsura. C.

22 Again the king treated with them that were in Bethsura: gave his right hand: took theirs: and went away.

Ver. 22. Away. Cæsar said in the same laconic style, Veni, vidi, vici. H.

23 He fought with Judas: and was overcome. And when he understood that Philip, who had been left over the affairs, had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind, and entreating the Jews, and yielding to them, he swore to all things that seemed reasonable, and, being reconciled, offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and left gifts.

Ver. 23. Overcome. Hence Eleazar signalized himself. 1 B. vi. 43. --- Rebelled. Lysias persuaded him to treat the just exertions of Philip in this light. He was himself the usurper of the regency. He easily persuaded the young prince that peace was now most expedient; and conditions were granted to the Jews, which would have been very advantageous if they had been observed. But the king having offered sacrifice by the hands of the priests, and seeing the strength of the wall round Sion, ordered them to be demolished. C.

24 He embraced Machabeus, and made him governor and prince from Ptolemais unto the Gerrenians.

Ver. 24. Gerrenians. Gerrus was on the frontiers of Egypt. Ptol. --- It was formerly called Gerara. Gen. xx. 1. The successors of Judas afterwards possessed this government. C. --- Gr. "He made Hegemonides governor from," &c. Usher, A. 3841.

25 But when he was come to Ptolemais, the men of that city were much displeased with the conditions of the peace, being angry for fear they should break the covenant.

Ver. 25. Of the. They disliked a Jewish governor, being always bitter against that nation. C. vi. 8. and 1 B. v. 15. and xii. 48. C. --- Gr. "they or he raged, because they would break the agreements" (H.) with the Jews, (C.) or would revolt. Syr. Grot.

26 Then Lysias went up to the judgment-seat, and set forth the reason, and appeased the people, and returned to Antioch: and thus matters went with regard to the king's coming and his return.

Ver. 26. No explanation given.

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Current Hibari characterization is butchered by the tyranny of the masses. Will you adapt? Or will you perish like a dog? *read more link* *10k meta essay*

how to write hibari????? I can't seem to grasp his character so any tips?

show me the hibari meta. im ready

i hate all of you

Entry level:

Hibari's tendency towards animal metaphors isn’t ever made clear - he obviously considers them animal metaphors, considering his ‘bite you to death’ and how he frames crowds as herds, but their actual extent is up in the air.

However, what we do know about it is that Hibari uses the “herbivore” moniker specifically for cowards. If he hates someone who isn’t a coward, he gives them a title or nickname (like with Yamamoto, Reborn, and Gokudera, who he refers to by their most identifiable traits, Dino, who he gives a sarcastic nickname, or Xanxus, who he just straight-up insults). If he respects someone, he refers to them by their name. He does this to Yamamoto later in the story, and his future self does this for Tsuna.

At no point does he ever refer to someone as a “carnivore”, because he respects brave warriors, and if someone is brave and strong enough to earn his good favour, they earn the privilege of being taken seriously, by being referred to as their given name.

Hibari currently refers to Yamamoto by his full name and Kusakabe Tetsuya by just his name. He might be taken to referring to Reborn and Shouichi by their names if endeared to them. It’s unclear how he’d refer to Gokudera. He’d never refer to Xanxus by his name because their desires are fundamentally at odds.

There’s a notable exception in Tsuna, who Hibari doesn’t really respect, but understands enough about his strength that he’s unwilling to call him a herbivore. Tsuna’s ingenuity and raw power outranks his “cowardice”, so Hibari would prefer to call him a Small Animal. Hibari also loves small animals and wants to care for them, so this is also pretty gay

I haven’t reread the series in a while so I’m missing a few details. But you know

Intermediate Level:

He is just as much of a theatric edgelord as Mukuro is and thats why they can never get along. They both eat that “mortal enemies who cannot stop until the other is defeated” except they fundamentally misunderstand what the other considers a “mortal enemy” - Hibari’s objective is to Win, while Mukuro’s objective is to control, and both of them just misunderstand each other to be on the same page. If Hibari Won, he’d completely blow Mukuro off, because his mental dramatic character arc has been completed. Hibari and Mukuro are the edgy version of the Gokudera/Yamamoto dynamic and it’s a greatly underutilized comedy routine. How dare Amano reduce it to 1 panel in the Rainbow arc, like a coward

ANYWAY, Hibari is a fucking chuunibyou and since no one believes me I’m back with receipts

Volume 2, chapter 16:

Hibari talks a lot. He has something to say every time he’s prompted. It’s incredibly important to him that he’s the most important thing in the room and he has the respect of everyone around him, and having a dominant personality is key to that image. The difference between him and a Fucking Chuunibyou is theoretically nothing, but in execution it’s more that he makes good on his threats.

But they’re still theatrics, because immediately after asserting dominance, he does this:

His goal was just to dominate everyone with the minimum possible effort. Tsuna got smacked, so he’s been Adequately Dominated, but the other two fought back, so they needed to be knocked out. Since knocking out is dangerous, though, he’s made sure to take care of them afterwards.

Hibari isn’t a wild animal or anything. He meticulously cares for anyone he “bites”. If they’re fine, like Tsuna ends up being, he’s like “yeah, just sit on the couch for a second and rest for a little bit”. It’s only after Tsuna crosses him again that he goes back to violence.

Hibari isn’t a rampaging delinquent, he’s a selfish asshole who associates violence with control, and that’s why he’s an abuse survivor in all my shitty AUs

But back to the theatrics and him being a chuuni fuck

Volume 6, Chapter 43:

hhHFHAHGAHGSKJGKGSGKSHFAH

Hibari just, clearly likes peaceful time alone? Looking at the trees? There’s no reason for a human being to say shit like this without blinking unless they think it sounds cool. Hibari curates his self-image meticulously.

Before I move on to exaggerate the point, here’s some other micrometas:

hibari is attractive enough to be sexually harassed by Hetscum, King Of The Restraining Orders, making him one of the only few characters explicitly handsome, which is important because Amano draws everyone hot and I need some sort of justification for the cold sweat I broke into when I saw 10YL Hibari for the first time

(also he looks like a pretentious nerd in these early chapters so its worth noting in general)

Hibari’s entire character arc is literally the fact that he has the exact same problem. It’s possible that the reason Dino pisses him off so much is because he feels embarrassed at the implication of hypocrisy.

The fact these 2 expressions happen in abrupt sequence is so fucking funny I love him (also, proof again that he isn’t a wild violent animal intent on abusing others - being contradicted doesn’t anger him, he just assumes Winning will solve the problem, because, I’m sorry to say, Hibari is not a thinker, which I’ll get to later)

BACK TO THE CHUUNI ISSUE

Volume 5, Chapter 38:

And then he doesn’t do anything to Tsuna.

I don’t even have to comment on this. Hibari’s just a weirdo

Volume 34, Chapter 330:

Hibari has, at this point, witnessed Tsuna recover from a snapped neck and kill god. He saw this with his own two eyes. Tsuna asserted dominance over the closest this series has to the literal devil, eater of dimensions, and he only a few chapters earlier explicitly told Tsuna that he respects him so much that to defeat him in battle is a grand ambition of his and complimented him on his ingenuity and specialized power.

Hibari is lying here. He is lying through his teeth. He has finally entered tsun territory. He knows this conflict is important to Tsuna and is affording it to him, but because he painstakingly maintains self-image, he has to make it out to seem like he’s doing this for entirely selfish motives. “Wait for you to be killed”? What could that possibly afford him? Nothing, but it sounds cool, so that’s what he goes with.

it’s worth nothing that he’s functionally identical to Mukuro in this respect, except while Hibari communicates that he cares for Tsuna through Manly Warrior Affordances, Mukuro straight-out attacks Tsuna and compensates for his feelings with constant hostility. Both are funny but Hibari’s is full of more warmth and companionship so that one’s the best.

Anyway, god I forgot how cluttered and ugly the paneling had gotten during this arc

Chapter 335:

It’s not as if he’s giving Tsuna special treatment, either, because he does the exact same “I could...BUT I WON’T” half-hearted dismissal when he comes upon a somewhat exhausted Mukuro. Everyone knows that Hibari hates Mukuro and wants to fight him, but Mukuro has just defeated the enemy as an ally, so he chucks a tonfa at him and says “reaction time is shit, get some sleep”. Hibari was slighted by being defeated, but he has garnered respect for Mukuro, but he can’t tolerate having these opinions concurrently, because he’s incredibly straight-forward and it doesn’t mesh with his “character”

Look at his dumb face. He’s entered Full Tsun.

Expert level:

Hibari is super fucking Autistic and loves his friends

I mentioned before that he’s not a thinker. It’s not as if he doesn’t try - his observational skills are actually pretty good, and he composes a lot of reasonable conclusions based on the evidence he’s provided. For example, after fighting Daisy:

But he often falls into logical stopgaps, and his method of resolving these are...less than ideal.

Situation: Hibari meets with a conflict to his worldview, image, or judgement

Conclusion:

He hits it until it stops being a problem.

Hibari is like a Sims character that will scream at the wall that used to hold the door they were about to walk through for 30 minutes instead of rerouting. He doesn’t care about being crossed, because he can easily understand it and control that variable, but he is hideously offended by contradiction. If his worldview is challenged, he gets pissed off.

This is the primary reason he and Dino struggle to get along - the entire basis of teaching Hibari is the assumption that Hibari isn’t already right about everything. Dino has to challenge everything about Hibari’s preexisting notions, and Hibari hates him for it. Dino’s lessons excel the most when he feeds into Hibari’s view of things, which is why the 2 things that got through to him by the end is “anger is power” and “flexibility is strength”.

Hibari’s forthright, carefully maintained image also affects how he communicates with people. He talks a lot, sure, but it’s usually to talk at people about how fucking cool and above them he is. He rarely actually communicates his interest in others, which is why him talking to Tsuna about what he likes about him is so important.

It’s also why this tiny panel-and-a-half is one of the best Hibari moments in the series:

Since when?? Have you respected Yamamoto?? He’s given zero indication of being fond of him until now. There’s absolutely no basis for this immense respect he’s solemnly presenting. He’s been mostly scornful of Yamamoto during the Daily Life arc. Hibari says this with such assuredness that he definitely thinks that liking Yamamoto Takeshi is in line with his character, unlike with Tsuna or Mukuro, who he also secretly grew fond of but is unwilling to admit as much, but Hibari just flies this like a fact.

Hibari Kyouya is fully capable of being friendly with others, but he struggles to operate outside of camaraderie. He definitely cares for Kusakabe, and they grew close over the years, but the first thing he says when he sees Kusakabe (10YL) “herding” up with a bunch of unconscious teenagers is “you’re fired”.

Again, great basis for my AU fanfic where he’s an abuse survivor, especially when Mukuro, a canonical abuse survivor, has the same problem (with a different way of coping), but it also says a lot from the perspective of someone with Autism - he wants to become close to others, but communicating basic ideas like that is entirely beyond him. Hibari only operates in his comfort areas, and is hostile to being forced out of them.

And yet Dino, who is the only character besides Kusakabe who has spent a significant amount of time around him, described Hibari to be similar to his ancestor, and when he gives reasons for that conclusion, he also mentions...

And this is observable! Because Hibari's reactions are missing from scenes he has no engagement in, like this one:

We can actually pick out scenes where he mentally checks off people as “worthy”, like this one:

This is also where it’s more apparent that Hibari respects strength/bravery. Shouichi is obviously a cowardly mess of a person, but when he says “we are WINNING”, Hibari makes note of him.

Anyway in conclusion Hibari is a gay autistic chuuni and I love him. Here’s Hibari getting mad at Squalo for being around without permission, something he previously expected of his friends

“mu.”

#askins #khr #khr meta #hibari kyouya #Anonymous

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KOISEYO HANABI read: 30 chps SAKAMOTO DESU GA? read: 11 chps MOMOCHI-SAN CHI NO AYAKASHI OUJI read: 5 chps DENNOU ALICE TO INABA-KUN read: 9 chps KAMISAMA NO INAI NICHIYOUBI read: 22 chps HONEY BITTER read: 27 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/cantarella/mf/v03/c000/19/ LUCKY DOG 1 BLAST read: 16 chps Kimi No Sei - Kizuato read: 5 chps CLEAR UP AFTER RAIN read: 20 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/heart_o_uchinomese/mf/v01/c002/3/ SILVER SPOON read: 102 chps KAIZOKU TO NINGYO read: 15 chps KEMONO NO SOUJA read: 3.2 chps BOKU GIRL read: 16 chps KIKOU SHOUJO WA KIZUTSUKANAI read: 40 chps OOKAMI NI KUCHIZUKE read: 4 chps Caste Heaven read: 1 chp Keishichou Tokuhanka 007 read: 22 chps Hima na no de Hajimete Mimasu read: 4 chps Kainushi wa Akuma read: 7.2 chps OKOBORE HIME TO ENTAKU NO KISHI read: 7 chps SACHIUSU read: 5 chps A-BOUT! read: 20 chps wild ones read: 48 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/gokuraku_cafe/mf/v01/c002/22/ TORIKAGO NO TSUGAI read: 12 chps HANA WA SAKURA YORI MO HANA NO GOTOKU read: 6 chps TENKUU SHINPAN read: 190 chps JORMUNGAND read: 50 chps AVANT-GARDE YUMEKO read: 5 chps AJIN read: 65 chps RAN TO HAIIRO NO SEKAI read: 39 chps SECOND BRAIN read: 3 chps BREAK BLADE read: 71 chps RATMAN read: 56 chps SIDOOH read:128 chps TORIBAKO HOUSE read: 4 chps BALANCING TOY read: 9 chps NIGERU OTOKO read: 5 chps YABAI ME DE MINNA YO!! read: 2 chps Teiden Shoujo To Hanemushi No Orchestra read: 12 chps THE QUEEN’S KNIGHT read: 15 volumes chps 4 Gakkou no Ojikan 34 Page 1 http://www.mangahere.co/manga/zetman/v15/c174/7.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/haigakura/v01/c004/32.html AKAYA AKASHIYA AYAKASHI NO read: 11 chps BEAR BEAR read: 5 chps LAST NOTES read: 9 chps Denpa Kyoushi read: 116 chps TOKYO RAVENS read: 23 chps Rainbow 38 Page 18 Trinity Seven 10 Page 13 YUKI WA JIGOKU NI OCHIRU NO KA read: 1 chp GREEN WORLDZ read: 22 chps HAKKENDEN read: 16 chps BTOOOM! read: 69 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/world_embryo/c035/9.html APHORISM read: 57 chps KAMIKAMI KAESHI read: 11 chps Hot Triangle read: 1&3 chps Ten Count read: 10 chps YUME NO SHIZUKU, OUGON NO TORIKAGO read: 13 chps AGAIN!! read: 85 chps 1-NEN 5-KUMI IKIMONO GAKARI read: 8 chps WATASHI GA MOTETE DOUSUNDA read: 46 chps SHIXIONG read: 2 chps KIGURUMI BOUEITAI read: 5 chps ATEYA NO TSUBAKI read: 9 chps Gokukoku No Brynhildr read: 107 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/gapz_garden/v03/c006/5.html http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/sainokami/mr/sainokami/1/21/ NOBARA NO HANAYOME read: 7 chps ITAZURA NA KISS read: 44 chps FUKIGEN CINDERELLA read: 15 chps KINKYORI RENAI read: 17 chps HANA YAMATA read: 4 chps HANA TO USO TO MAKOTO read: 4 chps SCARLET PALACE read: 21 chps GEKKAN SHOUJO NOZAKI-KUN read: 52 chps TERA GIRL read: 1.2 chps INARI, KONKON, KOI IROHA read: 41 chps Umi Ni Nemuru Hana read: 10 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/hua_hua_you_long/tr/141933/page/37/ SUMIKA SUMIRE read: 10 chps Gakuen Ouji read: 27 chps 3 AM Dangerous Zone read: 12 chps Hana To Usagi read: 3 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/clover_chiya_toriko/mf/v01/c003/23/ Choco Strawberry Vanilla read: 4 chps SAESANG BRING IT ON! read: 16 vol chp 1 LITTLE FOREST read: 16 chps ARACHNID read: 34 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/hataraki_man/mh/c006/5/ OOKAMI-HEIKA NO HANAYOME read: 28 chps OUJI TO MAJOU TO HIMEGIMI TO read:13 chps MOMOGUMI PLUS SENKI read: 22 chps ZERO IN read: 67 chps EBICHU MINDS THE HOUSE read: 4 chps GANG KING read: 40 chps Life, Love read: 7 chps Black Sun Doreiou 5 Page 3 FLOW read: 56 chps GUNJOU SENKI read: 1.2 chps Buster Keel! 5 Page 43 Hana ni Arashi 4 Page 7 Hibi Chouchou 16 Page 3 AKAME GA KIRU! read: 51 chps FAIRY TAIL ZERO read: 2 chps Bloody Monday 43 Page 5 Over Drive 8 Page 12 YOWAMUSHI PEDAL read: 166 Aozora Yell 9 Page 13 HOST MAN read: 16 chps Baby Steps 23 Page 14 BILLION DOGS read: 28 chps NAN EOMMA NUN APPA read: 34 Shinobi Yoru Koi Wa Kusemono 7 Page 6 Oboreru Hitomi 1 Page 28 50 RULES FOR TEENAGERS read: 26 chps GUN X CLOVER read: 26 chps ALL FOR YOU! read: 1 chps A Girl by the Sea read: 14 chps ORENCHI NO FURO JIJOU read: 15 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/shounan_junai_gumi/c038/8.html YAMIKIN USHIJIMA-KUN read: 26 chps HITSUGIME NO CHAIKA read: 25 chps CHEONSAENG YEONBUN read: 46 chps THE GAMER read: 60 chps THE BREAKER: NEW WAVES read: 177 chps BIRTHDAY (TANABE YELLOW) read: 1 chps REAL ACCOUNT read: 10 chps ANA SATSUJIN read: 68 chps SHISHUNKI NO IRON MAIDEN read: 36 chps P to JK read: 16 chps FUUKA read: 37 chps DATE A LIVE read: 6 chps SEISHUN OTOME BANCHOU! read: 1 chps MAHOU SHOUJO OF THE END read: 16 chps JITSU WA WATASHI WA read: 50 chps Terra Formars 54 Page 5 Hana Kimi 18 Page 8 TOKYO GHOUL:RE read: 4 chps AKA AKATORETACHI NO MONOGATARI read: 28 chps RAIN read: 48 chps SM HUNTER read: 31 chps HORIMIYA read: 43 chps FULL AHEAD! COCO read: 61 chps SHIGATSU WA KIMI NO USO read: 23 chps Prince of Tennis 29 Page 7 WITCH SHOP read: 10 chps Hidoku Shinaide read: 21 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/w_juliet/mh/v02/c006/6/ *TOTSUGAMI read: 34 chps Demon Sacred 1 Page 43 Myuzu no Gakuen de Aou read: Vol 2 chps 5 http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/takumi_kun_series/mf/v03/c001/ http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/not_equal/mh/c007/24/ BABA-YAGA read: 4 chps LEGAL FRIENDS read: 13 chps KYOU O ARUKU read:4 chps FLYING WITCH (ISHIZUKA CHIHIRO) read: 15 chps KAERU NO OSSA read: 24 chps BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA read: 156 chps RENAI BOUKUN read: 16 chps HAJIME-CHAN GA ICHIBAN! read: 2 chps NAMAIKIZAKARI. read: 12 chps MARGINAL read: 18 chps GIRL MAY KILL read: 19 chps Metsuko ni Yoroshiku read: 5 chps http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/afuresou_na_pool/mf/v03/c016/12/ SHOUKOKU NO ALTAIR read: 53 chps Shiny Star (Nanami) (Yaoi) read: 3 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/yongbyeong_maluhan/c006/17.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/ah_my_goddess/c004/9.html DOMESTIC NA KANOJO read: 3 chps The Penisman read: 26 chps Ubel Blatt read: 128 chps World Trigger read: 85 chps FUKUMENKEI NOISE read: 23 chps Fudanshi-kun No Honey Days read: 5 chps ANI GA IMOUTO DE IMOUTO GA ANI DE read: 16 chps OKITENEMURU read: 18 chps SHISHUNKI BITTER CHANGE read: 21 chps MAGI read: 251 chps MAGI - SINBAD NO BOUKEN read: 46 chps Strike the Blood 8 Page 2 CHANG GE XING read: 40.1 chps HAIKEI DATE MASAMUNE-SAMA read: 7.01 chps APOCALYPSE NO TORIDE read: 38 chps MAOUSAMA CHOTTO SORE TOTTE!! read: 7 chps BLUECHAIR read: 58 chps OUTER ZONE read: 7 chps BOKURA NO KISEKI read: 35 chps REAL CLOTHES read: 67 chps ***** OCHA NIGOSU read: 104 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/number/v03/c015/12.html SOUL CATCHER(S) read: 22 chps VERDANT LORD read: 26 chps Mauri to Ryuu read: 3 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/bokutachi_wa_asu_ni_mukatte_ikiru_no_da/mf/v01/c006/22/ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/zettai_karen_children/v17/c267/7.html INU YASHIKI read: 25 chps Ryoujoku Kyoushitsu read: 4.2 DÃ©jÃ -vu (monchi Kaori) read: 2 chps Jikan Akima Jinbutsu read: 3 chps HARU X KIYO read: 7 chps Tsume to Toge read: 2 chps Notpia read: chp 1 chp 6 chp 8 Amai Hari read: 1 chps Maria Boy (Yaoi) read: 1.3 chps Priapus (Yaoi) read: 3 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/let_dai/th2/series/let-dai.html/Volume+15/77/ FUDATSUKI NO KYOKO-CHAN read: 6 chps BOKU NO CHOPIN - dropped MONEY FIGHT read: 34 chps HARELUYA II BOY read: 105 chps - dropped Caterpillar read: 11 chps God Among Men read: 28 chps Fat Cinderella!! read: 7 chps Azumi read: 90 chps Huanxiang Zhi Zhou read: 11 chps 19 Days read: 91 ? chps Mosspaca Advertising Department read: 13 chps SEKAIONI read: 53chps KONO BIJUTSUBU NI WA MONDAI GA ARU! read: 28 chps http://mangafox.me/manga/yu_yu_hakusho/v05/c002/7.html http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/princess/mf/v07/c002/14/ http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/octave/an/octave-chapter-8.html/39/ FUSHI NO RYOUKEN read: 17 chps OTONARI-SAN GAME read: 11 chps MAGIKA NO KENSHI TO SHOUKAN MAOU read: 14 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/my_love_tiger/c022/15.html Suna No Shita No Suimyaku (Yaoi) read: only chp 3 Sora o Daite Oyasumi (Yaoi) read: 9 chps *****STOP!! HIBARI-KUN! read: 39 chps ***********Hana wa Saku ka (Yaoi) read: 31 chps W X Y read: 18 chps MONSTER X MONSTER read: 9 chps VENOMANIA KOU NO KYOUKI read: 3 chps Kyou No Kira-kun read: 21 chps SHICHIFUKU MAFIA read: 8 chps ISSHUUKAN FRIENDS read: 29 chps YOUKAI SHOUJO - MONSUGA read: 28 chps GATE - JIETAI KARE NO CHI NITE, KAKU TATAKERI read: 45 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/bring_it_on/mh/v05/c002/21/ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/dark_air/v01/c004/12.html BOKURA WA ITSUMO read: 44 chps Haru Matsu Bokura read: 8 chps …seishunchuu! read: 5 chps Moon Trick read: 12 chps ***********BLACK CLOVER read: 129 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/makai_ouji_devils_and_realist/v02/c012/22.html on hold MC is so awful HAMATORA read: 13 chps Uchuu Kyoudai read: 249 chps SPRITE read: 49 chps KIMI NI YOSERU BLUE read: 1 chps ½ PRINCE read: 72 chps **********Alice in Hell read: 17 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/tropical_citron/an/tropical-citron-chapter-10.html/2/ http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/freesia/mf/v02/c012/7/ NISEKOI DOUMEI. read: 20 chps Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring Month read: 1 chps RIN (HAROLD SAKUISHI) read: 29 chps GUNJOU SENKI read: 10 chps LING BAO ZHI read:7 chps SUGARLESS (HOSOKAWA MASAMI) read: 30 chps HE IS A HIGH-SCHOOL GIRL read: 11 chps MAHOU SHOUJO ORE read: 2 chps KONO SHIMA NI WA MIDARA DE JAAKU NA MONO GA SUMU read: 11 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/threads_of_time/mf/v09/c040/9/ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/the_god_of_high_school/c030/14.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/bibi/v02/c010/20.html KOI TO KEMONO TO SEITOKAI read: 3 chps KEIJO!!!!!!!! read: 32 chps REALLY?! read: 31 chps **********KYOKOU SUIRI read: 1 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/hanza_sky/c023/5.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/alice_19th/v02/c010/ POCHI KURO read: 3 chps DRAGONS RIOTING read: 22 chps HITORIBOCCHI NO OO SEIKATSU read: 8 chps ********** MURCIELAGO read: 55 chps DOLLY KILL KILL read: 40 chps TATE NO YUUSHA NO NARIAGARI read: 14 chps ******************** BOKU DAKE GA INAI MACHI read: 30 chps LOVE / DEATH read: 5 chps dropped KEKKON YUBIWA MONOGATARI read: 11 chps Mizutama Honey Boy read: 4 chps Miunohri To Swan read: 23 chps IMAWA NO KUNI NO ALICE read: 27 chps TRASH. read: 19 chps KOI TO USO read: 41 chps DUNGEON NI DEAI O MOTOMERU NO WA MACHIGATTE IRU DAROU KA read: 36 chps Gate 7 read: 22 chps Gamma read: 9 chps RAKUDAI KISHI NO EIYUUTAN read: 15 chps MOUSUGU SHINU HITO (HARUSE HIROKI) read: 14 chps KAGAMIGAMI read: 3 chps ***************TENSEI SHITARA SLIME DATTA KEN read: 30 chps SEKITSUI HOUSE read: 3 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/psyren/v04/c028/17.html ORE GA OJOU-SAMA GAKKOU NI “SHOMIN SAMPLE” TOSHITE RACHIRARETA KEN read: 40 chps HAI TO GENSOU NO GRIMGAL read: 1 chps KAZUKI MAKES LOVE HAPPEN?! AT ALL-BOYS HIGH SCHOOL read: 44 chps ************* FUJIMI LOVERS read: 7 chps DENKIGAI NO HONYA-SAN read: 54 chps THE RED BOOK read: 10 chps DOROTHY WA GOKIGEN NANAME? read: 2 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/koi_no_hanashi_ga_shitai/v01/c004/7.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/toremorotora/c001/24.html http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kyou_kara_maoh/mf/v04/c023/29/ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/shamo/v05/c047/5.html WATASHITACHI NI WA KABE GA ARU. read:6 chps TAKANE TO HANA read: 1 chps KOISURU HARINEZUMI read: 10 chps CENTAUR NO NAYAMI read: 62 chps "AOI" - HIKARU GA CHIKYUU NI ITAKORO...... read: 8 chps ORE NO SUKI NA KO GA BURAKON SUGIRU!! reaad: 1 chps completed????? RENGOKU NO KARUTAGURA read: 7 chps Kagerou Days 26 Page 7 ************Stretch 2 Page 6 http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/bukiyou_na_silent/an/bukiyou-na-silent-chapter-4.html/24/ SHIROJISHI NO KODOMO-TACHI read: 1 chps WORLD CUSTOMIZE CREATOR reaaad: 19 chps Kyousei Harem Keiyaku 30 Page 2 TOMO-CHAN WA ONNANOKO! read: 81 chps TSUJIURA-SAN TO CHUPACABRA read: 9 chps SUKI NATSUKI KOI read: 1 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/border/mf/v01/c002/35/ http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/owari_no_seraph/bt/c019/pg-25/ ********** KOBAYASHI GA KAWAI SUGITE TSURAI!! read: 10 chps BOKURA WA MINNA KAWAISOU read: 62 chps GANGSTA read: 51 chps SENSEN SPIKE HILLS read: 41 chps *********** YORU TO ASA NO UTA read: 3 chps SAIYAKU WA BOKU O SUKI SUGIRU read: 16 chps KEDAMONO KARESHI read: 13 chps ************** TSUBAKI-CHOU LONELY PLANET read: 4 chps ******** TAIL STAR read: 20 chps BUTTERFLY read: 38 chps ONEDARI GIRL read: 3 chs, ON HOLD TSUBASA TO HOTARU read: 15 chps ********** HARE KON. read: 28 chps *********** KYOU KARA HITMAN read: 25 chps KOUDAIKE NO HITOBITO read: chp 0 SEIGI NO MIKATA read: 12 chps mangaiwanttoread Himitsu Ga Hanazono read: 1 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/joshi_kausei/c026/7.html Ousama ni Kiss! (Yaoi) read: 21 chps ****************** NICOICHI read: 30 chps TONGARI AIKOUKA : 1 chp NIJIIRO DAYS (MIZUNO MINAMI) read: 20 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/koukou_kyuuji_zawa_san/c008/2.html http://www.mangahere.co/manga/majo_no_shinzou/c001/3.html SHIMONETA TO IU GAINEN GA SONZAI SHINAI TAIKUTSU NA SEKAI - MANMARUBAN reaad: 6 chps ******************MONONOKE SOUSHI read: 26 chps ***************FENGLIN TIANXIA - WANGFEI SHISANSUI read: 21 chps YUUSHA GOJO KUMIAI KOURYUUGATA KEIJIBAN read: 20 chps KENGAI PRINCESS read: 6 chps **********BALLROOM E YOUKOSO read: 19 chps BAMBI TO DHOLE read: 1 chps ***********Sousei No Onmyouji read: 14 chps ************ IB - INSTANT BULLET read: 17 chps ************* Kamisama Gakuen @ Armeria read: 6 chps ************* Fukushuu Kyoushitsu read: 13 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/fujiyama_san_wa_shishunki/c005/ Tetsugaku Letra read: 22 chps ARUITOU read: 16 chps DUTCHOVEN GIRL OF LOVE read 1 ****************** Dorohedoro read: vol 20 chps 137 http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kurozuka/mr/kurozuka/9/8/ Blue Wars read: 3 chps **************Ssg - Meimon Danshikou Keppuuroku read: 7 chps ************GOU - HIMETACHI NO SENGOKU read: 10 chps ******** Akaiito (MIYASAKA Kaho) read: 26 chps ***************** Historie read: 91 chps Youkai Apato no Yuuga na Nichijou read: 22 chps Sabaku No Harem read: 9 chps ************ Smokin’ Parade read: 17.1 chps Qishi Huanxiang Ye Manhua read: 40 chps *********** Kenka Shoubai read: 18 chps Okama Report read: 22 chps Voyeurs, Inc. read: 30 chps ******** KASANE read: 15 chps AKUMA MO FUMU O OSORERU TOKORO read: 8 chps ATSUMARE! GAKUEN TENGOKU read: 13 chps USO KANO read: 7 chps Osu Karatebu 18 Page 11 http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/akira/mr/akira/6/24/ ******* RE:MONSTER read: 18 chps EIYUU KYOUSHITSU read: 7 chps *** OVERLORD read: 9 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/karamete_de_kudoite/tr/v01/c005/pg-6/ http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/eternal_sabbath/an/eternal-sabbath-chapter-54.html/6/ ****** SASEYO EROIKA read: 4 chps SENGOKU DANSHI HANA NO RAN read: 21 chps ***Blush-DC. read: 28 chps ****** RIKUDOU read: 39 chps ******* TENOHIRA SIZE read: 7 chps ******* BOY SKIRT read: 3 chps SHIROKURO-KUN TO ANZU-CHAN. read: 2 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/naki_no_ryuu/c007/20.html DROPPED http://www.mangahere.co/manga/ai_no_binzoko/c004/28.html http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/legend_of_nereid/mf/v14/c000/136/ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/hinomaru_zumou/c025/12.html Kengan Asura read 69 chps TOUKYOU LASTOCHIKA read: 7 chps ISEKAI DE “KURO NO IYASHI TE” TTE YOBARETE IMASU read: 1 chps ENEN NO SHOUBOUTAI read: 99 chps ************* Shut Hell read: 58 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/dragon_zakura/v04/c032/7.html ******** Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san read: 22 chps ICHIREI SHITE, KISS read: 6 chps *********SAIKI KUSUO NO PSI NAN read: 30 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/yoru_no_uta/c002/12.html ********** NANI MO NAI KEDO SORA WA AOI read: 2 chps ************ SASEN NO WARUKUNAI read:5 chps *********** MAJO TO NEKO NO HANASHI read: 1 chps KYOU KARA HITMAN read: 30 chps TOUMEI NINGEN KYOUTEI read: 2 chps KARAKUCHI SHOKUDOU read: 2 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/futari_ecchi/v05/c043/ real read: 84 chps *******Ikujinashi No Spectator read: 1 chps Hinekure Chaser read: 4 chps ***Ikujinashi No Spectator read: 2 chps ****** SORE O KOIGOKORO TO YOBU NO NARA read: 3 chps Mauri to Ryuu (Yaoi) read; 4 chps Razoku no Hanayome (Yaoi) read; 3 chps ****** Mahoroba Days (Yaoi) read; 1 chps **** Boku Wa Mari No Naka read: 66 chps Yarichin ☆ Bitch Club (Yaoi) read: 7 chps ????Odu-kun No Vita Sexualis (Yaoi) read:7 chps ******** Mob Psycho 100 read: 91.1 chps Hooky 7 Page 54 Household Affairs read: 23 chps Amanchu 7 Page 17 *****Phantom School read: 21 chps Choujin Gakuen read: 13 chps DROPPED so cringey **** Momoiro Meloik read: 10 chps **** Jibun Katte. (Yaoi) read: 1 chps ***** Ibara no Kanmuri read: 4 chps *** Boku wa Ohime-sama ni Narenai read: 19 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/okusama_ga_seito_kaichou/bt/216935/Vol2_Ch6/4/ DROPPED Kuro Hakushaku Wa Hoshi O Mederu read: 10 chps ****** SUMARIN KANOJO-TACHI red: 49 chps http://www.mangahere.co/manga/aiki/v01/c003/ DROPPED **** Hanakoi Tsurane (Yaoi) read: 3 chps ******* Iro Otoko (Yaoi) read: 21 chps ******* Fukouchuu no Shiawase (Yaoi) read: 3 chps ******* Super Lovers (Yaoi) read: 23 chps Tsuburara read: 1 chps **** Souteigai Love Serendipity (Yaoi) read: 2 chps Namida Hanamizu Gusyogusyo Danshi (Yaoi) read: 3 chps ****** Tabun Sore ga Love Nanjanakarou ka reaad: 2 chps http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mpd_psycho/an/mpd-psycho-chapter-54.html/16/ Loved Circus read: 2 chps Skin read: 1 chps Lucifer no Migite read: 7 chps **** E? Heibon Desu Yo?? read: 15 chps Junketsu No Maria read 12 chps Raising a Bat read: 27 chps ****** Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge read: 32 chps ******* Dimension W read:29 chps Hatarakimasen! reaad 4 chps Sakasa Moji nara Suki da to Ieru read 1 chps ten count read 29 chps Under One Roof read: 11 chps I Girl read: 2 chps KUROSAKI-KUN NO IINARI NI NANTE NARANAI reaaad: 16 chps ******* Golden Kamui read: 147 chps Crying Freeman read: 76 chps ?????Tsunagaru Koi read 1 chp ******** SHIMANAMI TASOGARE read: 5 chps At Each Other’s Throats read: 47 chps HAMMER SESSION! read: 36 chps Hamerare Host read: 1 chps Escape Journey read: 7 chps Koi ga Odoru New Town reaad: 2 chps Yatamomo read: vol 2 chp 1 Nejimaki Kagyu read: Vol.2 Ch.15 Fukigen Na Mononokean read: 49 chps ***** Takeo-chan Bukkairoku read: 14 chps Senpai, Sore Hitokuchi Kudasai! read: 21 chps Judgement Primary School read: 8.2 chps Daisaiyuuki Bokuhi Seiden - The Story of a Very Handsome Man read: 2 chps Teen Mom read: 3 chps Nejimaki Seirei Senki - Tenkyou no Alderamin read: 17 chps Taishau Wotome Otogibanashi read: 4 chps ****** B.s.s.m. - Blood Sugar Sex Magic read: 3 chps ****** ReRe Hello read: 17 chps ***** Samon-kun wa Summoner read: 9 chps DROPPED Bakuon!! sp x baby read: 7 chps 10,20 and 30 read: vol 2 chps 12 ***** Zetsubou Baby read: chps 1 Hakumei to Mikochi>Vol.2 Ch.11 http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/coffee_vanilla/mf/60e71564154fef5b/Vol1_Ch2/pg-21/ ********** Romantic Joutou read: 2 chps sanctuary read v01/c003/2/ *******Stay gold hideyoshico read: 7 chps Shuuden Elegy read: 4 chps Otokonoko No Koto Wa Nani Mo Shiranai (Yaoi) read: 2 chps ******** ADEKAN read: 30.2 chps The Private Report on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (KABI, Nagata) read: 1 chps **** TSUBAKI-CHOU LONELY PLANET read: 19 chps HIME NO DAMESHI read: 3 chps ******* JIGOKU NO ENRA read: 10 chps ***** KOIIJI read: 8 chps ***** IT’S MY LIFE read: 5 chps ****** TOMODACHI O TSUKUROU read: 66 chps Perfect XXX read: 7 chps *** THE NEW GATE read: 20 chps ****** GRANBLUE FANTASY read: 6 chps propose no okite read: 4 chps *******samurai ragazzi sengoku shounen seihou kenbunroku read: 12 chps *******inugamihime ni kuchizuke read: 14 chps ***** Shinjuku Swan read: 123 chps ******* Mr.gossip read: 1 chps ****** Bastard (hwang Youngchan) read: 67 chps Niehime to Kemono no Ou read: 12 chps Deathtopia read: 59 chps Speed Grapher read: 4 chps Seirei No Moribito>Vol.2 Ch.10 page 32 Renai Joshika read: 6 chps Mi Diaburo read: 1 chps Koneko-Chan, Kocchi ni Oide read: 1.2 chps *****Gugure! Kokkuri-san* read: 80 skips to 102 chps Choujin Sensen read: 27 chps ****** ITSUYA-SAN read: 6chps Devil’s Bride (kim Sae Young)>Vol.1 Ch.4 Pin to Kona 5 Page 36 Canis>Vol.1 Ch.5 ******* Sweet Heart Trigger read: 4.5 chps Chinrou Cantarella read: 2 chps Nabari no Ou 9 Page 31 Sayonara Koibito, Mata Kite Tomodachi read: 2 chps ********Never Understand read: 24 chps ******** Crackster read: 4 chps Kijima-kun read: 5 chps ******** Shinigami to Gin no Kishi read: 5 chps Akatsuki read: 7 chps Asa to Mitya reead: 6 chps KINDRED read: 10 chps COLETTE WA SHINU KOTO NI SHITA read: 14 chps Kataomoi To Parade read: 5.5 chps ********* Kuchi no Naka no Shita read: 1 chps ******** Color Recipe read: 6 chps ******* Killing Stalking read: 30 chps ******** Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai read 24 chps Yajirushi read: 6 chps ******* What Lies at the End read: 45 chps Hello, I’m Your Stalker read: 4 chps BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS read: 8 chps Konna Nichijou read: 2 chps lady snowblood read: 5 chps ***** Arte read: 10 chps ****** Koi ha Hikari read: 6 chps Oshigerinanshi - Rouchou Tanten no Yotogibanashi read: 5 chps Live or Not read: 10 chps Cupid no Itazura Nijidama read: 9 chps Shounen No Kyoukai read: 3 chps I-Ren 8.1 Page 2 Saru Lock read: 83 chps Otoyomegatari read: 65 chps The Magical Girl and Evil Officer read: 14 chps Nejimaki Seirei Senki - Tenkyou no Alderamin read: 26 chps Mielino Kashiwagi read: 22 chps Ore To Joushi No Kakushikoto read: 4 chps Self read: 23 chps Pumpkin Scissors read: 1 chps ******* Toukyou Tarareba Musume read: 1 chps ****** Baraou No Souretsu read: 6 chps ******* Kimetsu no Yaiba read: 97 chps Youjo Senki read: 11 chps ********* Hate Mate read: 18 chps ********* Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery read: 48 chps Mikado no Shihou read: 6 chps If you Hate me that much read: 11 chps ********* Hogu Hagyeongsu read: 25 chps Kokoro O Korosu Houhou read: 12 chps ********** Uratarou read: 26 chps ********* Rokudou no Onna-tachi read: 45 chps Hisohiso - Silent Voice read: 6 chps Dark Heaven read: 5 chps Lover Boy read: 17 chps ******** Warehouse read: 36 chps

All About Lust read: 25 chps

A Man Like You read: 23 chps

Happiness (OSHIMI Shuzo) read: 26 chps

****** Higanjima read: 114 chps

Mahou Tsukai no Yome read: 41 chps

Glow! read: 5 chps

***** Holiday Love read: 59 chps

***** Gunjou read: 24 chps

***** Houseki no Kuni read: 59 chps

Datte Maou-sama Wa Kare Ga Kirai dropped

Tadaima, Okaeri read: 5 chps

***** Tadaima, Okaeri Kagayaku Hibi read: 4 chps

Totsugimasen Kara! read: 5 chps

Kashikomarimashita, Destiny read: 5 chps

Talk To Me read: 11 chps

Darenimo Naisho de read: 3 chps

****** Ghost Wife read: 58 chps

***** arifureta shokugyou de sekai saikyou read: 14 chps

Feng Yu Jiu Tian Ch.5.2 DROPPED

Moyashimon Ch.10 DROPPED

******* Sabishisugite Lesbian Fuzoku Ni Ikimashita Report read: 5 chps

****** Lookism read: 105 chps

***** Innocent Rouge read: 50 chps

Kami Darake read: 2 chps

Mad Cinderella read: 11 chps

***** Tomino no Jigoku read: Vol 1 chps 3

Servamp>Ch.27.5 DROPPED

Devilman read Vol 3 1.3 chps

Miss Kiryu Doesn't Know What Love Is read: 6 chps

Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains read: 66 chps

World Teacher – Other World Style Education & Agent read: 6 chps

****Tomodachi Game read: 23 chps

Sekinin Torasete! read: 2.5 chps

Aka To Kuro (katsura Komachi) read: 2 chps

Black lagoon read: 63 chps

Yasashii Anata read: 1 chp pg 109

Yononaka Wa Bokura Ni Amai read: 12 chps

NeNeNe read: 7 chps

***** Royal Servant read: 39 chps

*** Sodatechimaou read: 50 chps

***** Devils Line read: 52 chps

If you Hate me that much read: 31 chps

Paradigm Shift read: 1 chps

Kurui Naku no wa Boku no Ban Beta read: 5 chps

***** Moon-led Journey Across Another World read: 28 chps

***** Kami-sama, Ki-sama O Koroshitai. read: 27 chps

??? Principle SACHIMO (Side Hentai) read: 4 chps

Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku read: 23 chps

*** 5-nin no Ou read: 1 chps

*** Their Circumstances read: 5 chps

**** Maou-jou de Oyasumi read: 44 chps

Gods X Myself X Brides read: 2 chps

Goodbye Harlequin read: 3 chps

Vinland Saga read: 143 chps

***** The Fable read: 8 chps

***** Sheriff Evans' Lies read: 29 chps

****** Kiyona Yubisaki, Bukiyona Tsumasaki read: 3 chps

My Male Friend read: 12 chps

Sanctuary Vol.7 Ch.4 : Vol 07

Circle (wang Zi Ying) Manhua read: 48 chps

**** Kusuriya no Hitorigoto read: 2 chps

Geten no Hana read: 8 chps

Nanba MG5 read: 24 chps

Ashita wa Docchi Da! read: 11 chps

**** Tensai Family Company read: 36 chps

Kami Tori Yawa read: 5 chps

***** Rengoku No Karma read: 16 chps

**** Undercover read 6 chps

**** Musuko ga Kawaikute Shikataganai Mazoku no Hahaoya read:28 chps

Unfather read: 4 chps

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita read: 28 chps

***** Yakusoku no Neverland read: 66 chps

hiniiru read: 16 chps

Drifters read: 51 chps

**** Pop Team Epic read: 32 chps

**** No Guns Life read: 19 chps

Hyakujitsu no Bara read: 12 chps

Bakuman read: 34 chps

**** Hidamari ga Kikoeru read: 19 chps

**** Scent of a Witch / trace of a witch read: 31 chps

**** Save Me read: 53 chps

How Sweet is a Sugar Daddy read: 12 chps

*** Cherry Blossoms After Winter read: 31 chps

** Otte Otte, Koi O Shite read: 2 chps

******* Kuzu Seito to Stalker-sensei read: 7 chps

Dekiai Keiyaku read: 1 chps

Stalker Danshi read: 1 chps

Seito Kaichou ni Chuukoku read: 55 chps

Yume No Kodomo read: 6 chps

Ranma 1/2 read: 27 chps

Bungou Stray Dogs read: 32 chps

Mahou Shoujo Site read: 80 chps

Juuyoku Porno read: 4 chps

Please, Marry Me!! read: 4 chps

Aniki no Shigoki! read: 4 chps

Kangoku Jikken read: 28 chps

Sengoku Vamp read: 8 chps

****** Tongari Boushi No Atelier read: 17 chps

***** Kumo desu ga, nani ka? read: 28.2 chps

Eto Royale read: 10 chps

Isekai De "kuro No Iyashi Te" Tte Yobarete Imasu read: 28 chps

***** Musume no Iede read: 21 chps

***** Kokuei No Junk read: 13 chps

**** Desert Punk read: 103 chps

Hadakeru Kaibutsu read: 5 chps

**** banana_fish/v08/c002/13

asagao to kase-san read: 4 chps

Saga (comic) read: 53 chps

****** Ohana Holoholo read: 21 chps

****** To Your Eternity readL 74 chps

Jigokuraku (Yuuji Kaku) read: 21 chps

Biorg Trinity read: 17 chps

**** Kimi no Knife read: 55 chps

Nibun no Ichi Boyfriend read: 5 chps

Prince, Don’t Do this! read: 133 chps Escape Devildom read: 55 chps

*** Delicious in Dungeon read: 47 chps

Out (Makoto Mizuta) read: 43 chps

gokushufudou the way of the house husband read: 17 chps

Haruka 17 read: 129 chps

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50 Years of Books to Remember by The New York Public Library

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He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited ... - 6. The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore by Marianne Moore Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer noted for her irony and wit. - 7. The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith The Affluent Society is a 1958 book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. The book sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post-World War II America was becoming wealthy in the pri... - 8. The Tin Drum by Günter Grass Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath, who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and... - 9. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by journalist William L. Shirer, is the first and most successful, large scale history of Nazi Germany in English for a general audience, first published in 19... - 10. The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor The Violent Bear It Away is a novel published in 1960 by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter of the novel was published as the ... - 11. A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally... - 12. Another Country by James Baldwin Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin. The novel tells of the bohemian lifestyle of musicians, writers and other artists living in Greenwich Village in the late 1950s. It portrayed many ... - 13. Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung Memories, Dreams, Reflections (original German title Erinnerungen Träume Gedanken) is a partially autobiographical book by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and associate Aniela Jaffé. The book details ... - 14. The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford The American Way of Death was an exposé of abuses in the funeral home industry in the United States, written by Jessica Mitford and published in 1963. Feeling that death had become much too sentime... - 15. African Stories by Doris Lessing - 16. Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr. Why we can't wait is a book by Martin Luther King, Jr. about the civil rights struggle against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically in Birmingham, Alabama. - 17. For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell For the Union Dead is a 1964 poem by Robert Lowell, published in a book of the same name. It was written in response to Allen Tate's 1928 poem Ode to the Confederate Dead. Robert Gould Shaw and th... - 18. Children of Crisis by Robert Coles Children of Crisis is an award winning series of 5 volumes by child psychiatrist and author Robert Coles published by Little, Brown and Company between 1967 and 1977; a social study of children in ... - 19. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning car... - 20. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and pub... - 21. The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer The Armies of the Night (1968) is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning nonfiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled History as a Novel/The Novel as History. Mailer essential... - 22. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut An anti-war science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier called Billy Pilgrim. - 23. The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago is a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn based on the Soviet forced labor and concentration camp system. The three-volume book is a massive narrative relying on eyewitness testimon... - 24. The Power Broker by Robert Caro The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1974 biography of Robert Moses, "New York City's Master Builder", by Robert Caro. In the years since its publicat... - 25. Poems: Selected and New, 1950-1974 by Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the [20th] century." - 26. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a 1974 nonfiction narrative book by Annie Dillard. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. The book is about Dillard's experiences at Tinker Creek, which is located in Virg... - 27. A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, published in 1978, is a work by American historian Barbara Tuchman, focusing on life in 14th century Europe. To provide a central figure in her swe... - 28. The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," "Th... - 29. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is the name of both a 1981 collection of short stories and the title of a story within the collection by the American writer Raymond Carver. Plots from... - 30. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould The Mismeasure of Man is a 1981 book written by the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002). The book is a history and critique of the methods and motivations underlying biological det... - 31. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel by Isabel Allende. Initially, the novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers, but became an instant best ... - 32. 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Jesus Taught In Their Synagogues Being Glorified By All

Luke 4:22 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

22 And all were all speaking well of him, and marveled at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

John 7:32, 45-46 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”

The chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards [officers] to arrest Jesus but they failed in their mission. They had to return to chief priests and the Pharisees empty-handed. The chief priests and Pharisees demanded an explanation:“Why did you not bring him?” Really, this is a great question considering that Jesus would have offered no physical resistance? The temple guards explained: “No one ever spoke like this man!” These officers were so impressed with the teaching of Jesus that they could not bring themselves to arrest this peaceful man.

Those temple guards were not alone in their marveling at the teachings of Jesus. The Gospels tell us that people came in great numbers just to hear Jesus speak. The people in his hometown of Nazareth “marveled at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth.” (Luke 4:22) Several times Jesus spoke from a boat to large crowds assembled on the Seashore of Galilee. (Mark 3:9; 4:1; Luke 5:1-3) On one specific occasion, a “large crowd” stayed with him for several days, even going without food.—Mark 8:1, 2.

What was it exactly that made Jesus such an outstanding teacher? His love for humanity was the primary reason. In addition, Jesus loved the truths that he conveyed, and he felt great empathy and pity for those he taught. However, Jesus also had a remarkable grasp of different teaching methods. In several blog articles (THE GREAT TEACHER Series), we will discuss some of the effective methods that he used and how we can imitate them. We all have spoken to highly-educated persons, who use words that are far above the understanding of their listeners. However, what these ones do not understand is, if they do not make themselves understood by others, how can his listeners benefit from what he has to say. As a teacher, Jesus never used high sounding language, i.e., words that were above the understanding of his listeners. Imagine, we are talking about the Son of God here. Jesus at twelve-years-old sat before the greatest teachers in Judaism and astounded them. Imagine the range of the vocabulary he had at his disposal but never used. Even though Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had an infinite knowledge of everything, he thought of his listeners, not of himself. He knew that many of them “were uneducated and untrained men.” (Acts 4:13) In order to reach them with his message, to teach them, he used a vocabulary and many teaching styles that they would understand. However, while the words may have been simple and each to understand, the truths that they conveyed were profound.

In a previous CPH Blog article, we looked at the Sermon on the Mount, recorded at Matthew 5:3–7:27. Think about it, it may have only taken Jesus just 20 minutes to deliver that sermon. Still, the teachings therein are deep, getting at the very heart of such matters as adultery, divorce, and materialism. (Matthew 5:27-32; 6:19-34) throughout this sermon, though, there were no complicated or high-sounding expressions. In the Greek, there is hardly even a word that even a young child could not easily understand! There is little wonder that when he completed his sermon that the crowds the crowds “were astounded[88] at his teaching” (Matthew 7:28), which likely included many farmers, shepherds, and fishermen.

Astounded: (Gr. ekplēssō) This is one who is extremely astounded or amazed, so much so that they lose their mental self-control, as they are overwhelmed emotionally.–Matt. 7:28; Mark 1:22; 7:37; Lu 2:48; 4:32; 9:43; Ac 13:12.

Jesus often used clear, short phrases, uttering sayings that were simple but deep in meaning. 1,400-years before printed books, he thus imprinted his message that could not be removed or forgotten on the minds and hearts of his listeners. Note some examples: “No one can serve two masters; . . . You cannot serve God and money.” “Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.” “you will recognize them by their fruits.” “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.” “All who take the sword will perish by the sword.” “Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Matthew 6:24; 7:1, 20; 9:12; 26:52; Mark 12:17; Acts 20:35) Even today, almost 2,000 years after they were uttered by Jesus, such powerful sayings are easily remembered by most Christians and unbelievers.

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THE SECOND BOOK OF MACHABEES. - From The Latin Vulgate Bible

Chapter 12

INTRODUCTION.

Chapter 12

The Jews are still molested by their neighbours. Judas gains divers victories over them. He orders sacrifice and prayers for the dead.

1 When *(Year of the World 3841, Year before Christ 163) these covenants were made, Lysias went to the king, and the Jews gave themselves to husbandry.

Notes & Commentary:

Ver. 1. No explanation given.

2 But they that were behind, viz. Timotheus, and Apollonius, the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and besides them Nicanor, the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to live in peace, and to be quiet.

Ver. 2. Timotheus and Apolloinus. Others of the same name were slain before, chap. x. 37., and 1 Machabees iii. 11. (Worthington) (Calmet)

3 The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews, who dwelt among them, to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them.

Ver. 3. No explanation given.

4 Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them.

Ver. 4. No explanation given.

5 But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God, the just judge,

Ver. 5. No explanation given.

6 He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.

Ver. 6. No explanation given.

7 And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.

Ver. 7. No explanation given.

8 But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them,

Ver. 8. Designed. The heart is the source of sin, and God thus punished the intentions of the Jamnites. (Haydock)

9 He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set the haven on fire, with the ships, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem, two hundred and forty furlongs off.

Ver. 9. Off, or ten leagues. Jerusalem was on elevated ground. (Calmet) --- A furlong is about the eighth part of a mile, (others say the fifth, or a thousand feet) so that the fire was seen at the distance of thirty or forty-eight miles. (Worthington)

10 And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen, and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians, set upon them.

Ver. 10. No explanation given.

11 And after a hard fight, in which, by the help of God, they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising to give him pastures, and to assist him in other things.

Ver. 11. Rest. Greek, "the Nomades," (Haydock) who dwelt in tents, and lived on plunder, (Strabo xvi.) like Ismael, Genesis xvi. 12.

12 And Judas thinking that they might be profitable indeed in many things, promised them peace, and after having joined hands, they departed to their tents.

Ver. 12. No explanation given.

13 He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin.

Ver. 13. Casphin; Chasbon, or Hesebon, 1 Machabees v. 26., and Numbers xxi. 25. It was famous for its waters.

14 But they that were within it, trusting in the strength of the walls, and the provision of victuals, behaved in a more negligent manner, and provoked Judas with railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.

Ver. 14. Spoken. The enemy generally reviled the Jews.

15 But Machabeus calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without any rams or engines of war threw down the walls of Jericho, in the time of Josue, fiercely assaulted the walls.

Ver. 15. World. Thus setting a pattern to virtuous generals.

16 And having taken the city by the will of the Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a pool adjoining, of two furlongs broad, seemed to run with the blood of the slain.

Ver. 16. No explanation given.

17 From thence they departed seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa, to the Jews that are called Tubianites.

Ver. 17. Characa, or Carcar, Judges viii. 10., and xi. 3. (Calmet) --- Tubianites, "religiously good;" probably the Assideans, (1 Machabees ii. 42.; Worthington) or inhabitants of Tob. (Haydock)

18 But as for Timotheus, they found him not in those places, for before he had dispatched any thing he went back, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold:

Ver. 18. Things. The Jews had retired to Characa or Dathema, so that he ravaged the country and left garrisons, which were cut in pieces. Judas soon after with 6000 routed Timotheus, though he had 122,500 men, 1 Machabees v. 8, 27, 43.

19 But Dositheus, and Sosipater, who were captains with Machabeus, slew them that were left by Timotheus in the hold, to the number of ten thousand men.

Ver. 19. No explanation given.

20 And Machabeus having set in order about him six thousand men, and divided them by bands, went forth against Timotheus, who had with him a hundred and twenty thousand footmen, and two thousand five hundred horsemen.

Ver. 20. No explanation given.

21 Now when Timotheus had knowledge of the coming of Judas, he sent the women and children, and the other baggage, before him into a fortress, called Carnion: for it was impregnable, and hard to come at, by reason of the straitness of the places.

Ver. 21. Carnion, or Asteroth Carnaim.

22 But when the first band of Judas came in sight, the enemies were struck with fear, by the presence of God, who seeth all things, and they were put to flight one from another, so that they were often thrown down by their own companions, and wounded with the strokes of their own swords.

Ver. 22. No explanation given.

23 But Judas was pursued them close, punishing the profane, of whom he slew thirty thousand men.

Ver. 23. No explanation given.

24 And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived.

Ver. 24. Deceived. Greek, "if they slew him, would not be regarded," (Haydock) but slain without mercy. (Calmet)

25 And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren.

Ver. 25. No explanation given.

26 Then Judas went away to Carnion, where he slew five and twenty thousand persons.

Ver. 26. Carnion. Greek adds, "and the temple of Astergata," (Haydock) the idol Astarte, or Derceto of the Philistines.

27 And *(Year of the World 3841, Year before Christ 163) after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls, made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts.

Ver. 27. No explanation given.

28 But when they had invocated the Almighty, who with his power breaketh the strength of the enemies, they took the city: and slew five and twenty thousand of them that were within.

Ver. 28. No explanation given.

29 From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem.

Ver. 29. Scythopolis. Formerly called Bethsan, (Challoner) near the lake of Tiberias.

30 But the Jews that were among the Scythopolitans testifying that they were used kindly by them, and that even in the times of their adversity they had treated them with humanity:

Ver. 30. No explanation given.

31 They gave them thanks, exhorting them to be still friendly to their nation, and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks being at hand.

Ver. 31. Weeks of Pentecost, celebrated seven weeks after the Passover, Leviticus xxiii. 15. (Calmet)

32 And after Pentecost they marched against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea.

Ver. 32. Gorgias, who had been twice defeated, chap. x. 14., and 1 Machabees iv. 1. (Worthington) --- Idumea. Grotius would read Jamnia. But he might govern the southern parts of Juda, (Calmet) then occupied by the Idumeans. (Haydock)

33 And he came out with three thousand footmen, and four hundred horsemen.

Ver. 33. No explanation given.

34 And when they had joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews were slain.

Ver. 34. No explanation given.

35 But Dositheus, a horseman, one of Bacenor's band, a valiant man, took hold of Gorgias: and when he would have taken him alive, a certain horseman of the Thracians came upon him, and cut off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to Maresa.

Ver. 35. Maresa. Syriac, "Samaria," as the Vulgate has, 1 Machabees v. 66.

36 But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle:

Ver. 36. No explanation given.

37 Then beginning in his own language, and singing hymns with a loud voice, he put Gorgias's soldiers to flight.

Ver. 37. No explanation given.

38 So Judas having gathered together his army, came into the city Odollam: and when the seventh day came, they purified themselves according to the custom, and kept the sabbath in the same place.

Ver. 38. Place. Probably without the walls, Numbers xix. 2, 17., and xxxi. 19.

39 And the day following Judas came with his company, to take away the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen, in the sepulchres of their fathers.

Ver. 39. Following, on Saturday evening, or on Sunday. --- Fathers, with those of the same nation.

40 And they found under the coats of the slain, some of the donaries of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbiddeth to the Jews: so that all plainly saw, that for this cause they were slain.

Ver. 40. Of the donaries, &c. That is, of the votive offerings, which had been hung up in the temples of the idols, which they had taken away when they burnt the port of Jamnia, (ver. 9.) contrary to the prohibition of the law, Deuteronomy vii. 25. (Challoner) --- All such things should have been destroyed, (Josue vii., and 1 Kings xv.; Worthington) or melted down. Perhaps the soldiers intended to bring them to Judas. He excused them charitably, and hoped that their temporal chastisement might have served to expiate their fault.

41 Then they all blessed the just judgment of the Lord, who had discovered the things that were hidden.

Ver. 41. No explanation given.

42 And so betaking themselves to prayers, they besought him, that the sin which had been committed might be forgotten. But the most valiant Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forasmuch as they saw before their eyes what had happened, because of the sins of those that were slain.

Ver. 42. Forgotten. Syriac, "imperfect." Greek, "effaced." (Calmet) --- Some copies, "that they might not, on account of the sin committed, be entirely blotted out." (Aldus; Usher) --- They were convinced that some sins might be forgiven in the other world, particularly when the living interceded. (Calmet) --- The Jews began to pray for the dead after the captivity, (Grotius) when the prophets had more clearly explained what took place after death. (Calmet) --- Yet the doctrine and practice might still be as ancient as the world. (Haydock) --- If it had not prevailed before, Judas would never have entertained such sentiments. (Worthington) --- The Jews admit a sort of purgatory for "the prevaricators of Israel," which differs from hell only in duration. They assert that the damned of their nation are exempt from suffering on the sabbath. (Bartolocci; Leo v. 10.; Tirinus; Estius) --- Some Christians have supposed that the sin here specified was mortal, and the deceased in hell, yet prayer might be of service to them. Origen (Prin. iii. 6.) thought that even the devils would one day be liberated. St. Augustine (Ench. cx. 29.) says prayers "are of service, either that the remission may be entire, or surely that damnation itself may be more tolerable." Most understand this of purgatory: but several explain it of the damned. (Rrot. Bened.) --- A mass was formerly composed for this purpose, tolerabilia fiant ipsa tormenta: and some monks prayed for certain robbers slain, "that their pains might be diminished by the severe judge." (Aldrev. xxi) Excommunication might be taken off from the deceased. (St. Gregory, Dial. ii. 29.) --- Purgatory is for venial sins. (Ibid.[St. Gregory, Dial.] iv. 39.) This doctrine is proved beyond reply by various controvertists. (Calmet)

43 And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection.

Ver. 43. Twelve. Greek, "two." Syriac, "three." St. Prosper. reads "12,000 talents." Sacrifices for the dead were not enjoined, but the practice was then established, and this author takes every opportunity of proving the resurrection against the Sadducees, who then began to appear. The Church of Christ has adopted the same practice. See Bellarmine, Serarius, &c. Our adversaries confess that such was the opinion of the Jews, and of the ancient doctors of the Church. But they declare it superstitious, and deny the authority of these books, which has been sufficiently established. Could such holy personages authorize superstition? Would Christ and his apostles have tolerated it? St. Paul prayed for Onesiphorus after his decease, 2 Timothy i. 16. See Matthew xii. 33., and Luke xvi. 9., and 1 Corinthians iii. 13., and xv. 29.; Eusebius, Life of Constantine iv.; St. Epiphanius, hær. lxxv.; St. Cyprian i. ep. 9.; Tertullian, &c. (Calmet)

44 (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead)

Ver. 44. No explanation given.

45 And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.

Ver. 45. With godliness. Judas hoped that these men who died fighting for the cause of God and religion, might find mercy; either because they might be excused from mortal sin by ignorance, or might have repented of their sin at least at their death. (Challoner) --- Charity requires us to judge thus, when there are no positive proofs to the contrary. (Calmet) --- Pope John VIII answered the bishops of France, that those who died fighting against infidels were saved. (Mabil. T. iii. An. Ben.) --- Judas might entertain the like hopes, though they are not always well grounded. (Haydock)

46 It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.

Ver. 46. Holy. This text is so clear, that our adversaries judge it best to deny the book to be canonical. As that has been authentically proved, (Preface) we shall only add that the Greek version, though differing in many points, is here as express as the Vulgate, (Worthington) 45. "considering that the best grace is laid up for those who sleep in piety. Holy and pious is the thought. (Haydock) Wherefore he made reconciliation (or expiation) for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin," or punishment due to it. (Worthington) --- Sin is often taken for the punishment; and this effect of mortal sin may be remitted in purgatory, when the person has sincerely repented in this life. (Haydock) --- To pass over other proofs, we will only mention St. Augustine (hær. liii.) and St. Bernard, (Cant. lxvi.) who plainly account those "heretics," who deny purgatory. It is also worthy of notice that Judas, who acted thus charitably, was the high priest and defender of the true faith; and that the Jews still pray for the dead, as the book Mahzor, published by Genebrard, 1569, evinces. There they say, "Let him rest in peace," and "ye angels of peace come forth to meet him." But this is acknowledged by Munster and Fagius, (in Deuteronomy xiv.) and by Whitaker. --- Sins. Go to 1 Machabees vi. 18. (Worthington)

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