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whimsicallyenchantedrose · 2 years

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Fridays—Chapter 171: The Analysis, chapter 4

Pairing: Captain Swan

Summary: A series of unrelated, fluffy one shots featuring Killian Jones and Emma Swan and the relationship that makes us all swoon. Will contain both canon and AU stories. My contribution to Operation Rainbow Kisses and Unicorn Stickers (aka, my attempt to drown out the season 4 finale angst with ridiculous levels of fluff.)

Other Chapters: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (65) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (76) (77) (78) (79) (80) (81) (82) (83) (84) (85) (86) (87) (88) (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) (94) (95) (96) (97) (98) (99) (100) (101) (102) (103) (104) (105) (106) (107) (108) (109) (110) (111) (112) (113) (114) (115) (116) (117) (118) (119) (120) (121) (122) (123) (124) (125) (126) (127) (128) (129) (130) (131) (132) (133) (134) (135) (136) (137) (138) (139) (140) (141) (142) (143) (144) (145) (146) (147) (148) (149) (150) (151) (152) (153) (154) (155) (156) (157) (158) (159) (160) (161) (162) (163) (164) (165) (166) (167) (168) (169) (170) (172) (173) (174)

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Note: Big thank you to @jrob64 for making the above art for this story!

Emma took one last look in the mirror, fluffing her hair and touching up her lipstick. She nodded, pleased with the look she’d managed to achieve. She’d taken far longer than she’d like to admit choosing her dress for tonight’s date with Killian. She wanted to look nice, but keep it a touch on the casual side, not wanting to scare him away anymore than she no doubt already had with her paper.

She’d landed on a yellow, thigh length shirt dress with tiny black polka dots, black buttons down the front and a thin black belt. During class, she’d caught him looking at her hair more than once, and so she’d opted to leave it down, beach waves teased the slightest bit for some extra volume.

She imagined him running his fingers through her tresses, letting the hair slide gently through his fingers as he brought her toward him for a kiss. Would he be that bold on a first date? She rather doubted it, but she wanted it. Oh, how she wanted it.

There was so much she wanted, and she hoped, given enough time and enough dates, she’d get all of it.

Emma supposed she should be a touch freaked out that she was already thinking about long term with Killian, but she wasn’t. All of this felt right, and she couldn’t wait to begin the relationship that she hoped would span many, many years.

With one last tossel of her hair, Emma turned off the bathroom light and stepped into the common room of the apartment. She couldn’t help but chuckled as she came face to face with Mary Margaret and Ruby, huge smiles plastered across their faces.

Mary Margaret raised a camera to her eyes and snapped away as Emma came fully into the room.

“What are you doing?” Emma asked with a laugh.

“Somebody has a big date tonight,” Mary Margaret said in a singsong voice, “and I thought it needed to be documented with photos.”

Emma rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “Don’t oversell it. It’s just a first date.”

“It is not just a first date, and you know it,” Ruby countered. “You’re head over heels for that man already, and if what I saw at lunch this afternoon was any indication, he’s just as far gone as you.”

Emma felt her stomach swoop. She couldn’t deny it. She was far gone for Killian. “Yeah, well, don’t you dare scare him off or there might not end up being a second date.”

“I don’t know, Emma,” Mary Margaret said, snapping another picture from a different angle. “Ruby’s right. Killian does seem to be really into you. I have a feeling it would take a lot more than our good-natured ribbing to scare him off.”

Their conversation was interrupted by a tentative knock at the door, and Mary Margaret squealed, clapping her hands in delight. “He’s here!”

Emma shook her head, smiling at her friends’ antics, feeling her heart begin to pound in anticipation of the night ahead. She opened the door, and promptly lost any and all train of thought she might have had.

Killian looked amazing. Dark, black jeans, royal blue button up, black sports coat, hair artfully mussed. He grinned a touch self-consciously as he held a single, long-stemmed red rose out to her. Emma felt a rush of desire, the strongest urge to simply pull him toward her and kiss the holy hell out of him.

Probably not the best way to start the date, although, if she had anything to say about it, that urge would certainly play itself out at some point during the evening.

“Swan,” he breathed, “You look…”

She grinned at him. “I know,” she said cheekily.

He chuckled, stepping forward to offer her the rose he carried. She took it, bringing it gently to her nose and inhaling the luscious aroma. “Thanks.”

After taking a moment to put the rose in water, Emma grabbed a coat . “Shall we?” she asked.

“Absolutely,” he answered, guiding her from the apartment with a hand to the small of her back.

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!” Ruby called from her perch on the sofa.

“Pretty sure there’s nothing you wouldn’t do, Rubes,” Emma answered with a laugh.

Her friend winked at her. “Exactly.”

With another laugh, and a shake of her head, Emma stepped out the door, sharing a smile with Killian.

“Sorry about them,” Emma said as they walked down the flight of stairs and Killian gestured to a black chevelle. He led her to the passenger side, gallantly opened the door, and helped her inside. “They mean well. They’re just a little…much…sometimes.”

He smiled fondly at her as he slid into his seat behind the wheel and started the engine. “They only want your happiness, Swan, and I certainly can’t fault them for that. I…I only hope I can provide that for you.”

He was so self-deprecating, and had such a low opinion of himself. They’d need to work on that. One day she hoped to show him how very much he mattered.

“You’re already succeeding on that front,” she reassured. His resulting smile was utterly delighted.

“So,” Killian said, turning toward her. “Where are we headed, Swan?”

“I booked us reservations at that little Italian restaurant downtown,” Emma said. “Belle Notte, I think it’s called.”

“Never been there,” Killian said with a nod, pulling away from his parking spot on the street and heading in the direction she’d indicated, “but I’ve heard it’s quite the romantic spot.”

“I hope so,” Emma answered. “I was hoping to pull out all the stops and really make an impression on this date.”

The smile he gave her was nothing short of absolute adoration. “Emma, I assure you. You can’t help but make an impression. I’ve no doubt the smile wouldn’t leave my face even if you’d planned on staying in and eating cold left-overs whilst wearing sweats.”

The drive to the restaurant was short, only a few minutes, and they filled the time with small talk. Once parked, Killian hurried to her side of the car to open the door, and after he’d shut it behind her, she reached out and took his hand, lacing their fingers. He looked startled for a moment, but he didn’t pull away. Indeed, after a moment, he squeezed her hand, a delighted grin joining the twin spots of color on his face.

A smiling hostess showed the two of them to their table, and true to form, Killian held her seat for her before taking his own.

“Such a gentleman,” she murmured, reaching over and taking his hands in both of hers as soon as they were situated. She couldn’t help herself, just wanted to touch him, be connected to him. This pull she felt between them was so strong, so irresistible it almost scared her.

Almost.

But she felt so good, so utterly and incandescently happy being here with him, that there was no room for fear or any other negative emotion.

“I strive to always be a gentleman, love,” he said. “My brother taught me the importance of treating a woman with respect.”

“I didn’t know you had a brother!” Emma said, caressing his hand with her thumb.

He glanced aside, the shadows filling his eyes for just a moment. “He passed some years back.”

She felt like an absolute heel. “Killian, I’m sorry,” she said. “If I’d known, I’d never have brought it up.”

He smiled gently at her, waving away her concerns. “Not at all, Swan,” he said. “It was long ago. The pain has faded enough that I can remember him fondly.”

A waitress stopped by their table, giving them menus and listing the specials of the night. As soon as she’d walked away, Emma turned toward Killian. “Should I order us some drinks?”

He glanced aside, scratching at the back of his ear. “No, I…I don’t think so.”

“Afraid you’ll find me even more irresistible after a few libations?” she flirted.

He reddened further, even as he grinned. “No,” he answered. “I’m fairly certain it’s not possible for me to find you any more irresistible than I do right now. You, love, are extraordinary.”

This time Emma’s cheeks reddened as she smiled at the compliment.

“It’s just…” he went on, looking uncomfortable again. “I’m sort of…allergic…to alcohol. Never touch the stuff.”

It was odd. He seemed beyond embarrassed to admit the fact, perhaps even ashamed. She shrugged. “It’s no big deal. We don’t need booze to make for an enjoyable night.”

“Really?” he asked, eyes widening. “I’ve endured more than my fair share of mockery for my preference for goats milk over hard liquor.”

There it was again, his low opinion of himself. It was long past time to begin moving him past that.

“Killian,” she said, lacing their fingers and squeezing his hands. “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you. You are…honestly, you’re kind of amazing.”

He colored even more. “I’m not so sure about that…”

“Well, I am,” she said firmly. “So how about you take my word for it? Whoever it was in your past that made you feel less-than was an idiot, and they didn’t have a clue what they were missing.”

His eyes softened at her words, something big and overwhelming–gratitude? Hope?--shining from them.

“I have to admit, goat’s milk is kinda a weird substitute for alcohol,” she chuckled, “but hey. To each their own.”

Dinner was an enjoyable affair. The food was good, and the conversation was even better. As they talked and laughed, sharing tidbits about their lives, their hopes and dreams, Emma found herself enjoying everything about Killian. It was more than just the animalistic attraction she felt toward him. She genuinely liked him; enjoyed his company; felt that above and beyond the romantic feelings they might have for each other, they could become deep and lasting friends.

Emma knew that regardless of what their relationship might bring–whether it worked out or didn’t–she wanted to keep him in her life.

When dinner finished, neither of them wanted the evening to come to a close, and so they opted to go to a local park, holding hands as they strolled through the nature pathways under the stars. It was a magical night, with romance in the air, though Emma suspected there was truly nothing special about the night or the air. It was the man she was with. He brought the butterflies just with his smile.

When had she gotten so cheesy? She was so into him it was ridiculous.

By the time the evening chill began to descend upon them, they returned to his car, knowing the end of the date was fast approaching.

He didn’t start the car immediately, instead gazing sightlessly down at the steering column, looking like he was warring within himself. Finally he turned to look at her, and there was trepidation in his eyes. He seemed to be girding up his courage to say something to her, and Emma felt a hint of unease.

Didn’t he enjoy tonight as much as she did?

“Emma…:” he began, drawing out her name.

“Killian, whatever it is, just tell me,” she said, feeling the unease grow at his strange behavior. “If you aren’t into me or whatever, it’s okay. I can handle it.”

His eyes widened. “I’m making a right mess of this,” he said. “Of bloody course I’m into you. This has been…well, it’s been the most enjoyable evening I’ve spent in years. It’s just…remember how I told you I don’t, um, pillage and plunder on the first date?”

“Yeah?”

“Well, it’s…um…it’s more than that,” he admitted. “I’ve actually…well, I’ve never slept with a woman. None of my past dates have ever gotten that far. And…I just hope it’s not a problem for you if we take things slowly. It’s not that I’m not attracted to you. Gods, but I am! It’s just…”

He broke off, shrugging self-consciously.

Her heart turned over, the tenderness overwhelming her when he glanced aside.

She reached up, turning his face toward her, meeting his eyes. “Killian, trust me, it’s not a problem. I’m not exactly all that experienced either.”

“You’re not?” he asked. “A woman as beautiful and desirable as you?”

She smiled gently at him. “I mean I’ve had long make out sessions, some heavy petting, that sort of thing, but I’ve never, you know, given all of myself to any man.”

He looked surprised, but he reached up and took her hand, squeezing gently.

“It’s not that I’m some sort of prude or something,” she said. “It’s just…”

How did she explain this?

“Aye?” he prompted. “It’s just what?”

“Killian, I told you I grew up in the foster system, right?”

He nodded.

“I never met my parents. Have no idea who they are or why they gave me up,” she said, “but I like to imagine they had this epic love story, that they were like, I don’t know, Snow White and Prince Charming or something. I like to imagine they didn’t want to give me up, but something–some outside force or curse or something–separated us, and one day I’ll find them again, and I’ll be inspired by their love for the ages–both for each other and for me.”

He cupped her face, caressing her cheek with his thumb.

“I know it’s stupid,” she said, “and I’m not naive. I’m sure the truth is nothing like that, but…I wish it could be. When I think about having sex with a guy, I want it to be like that fairy tale I imagine for my parents. I want it to mean something, not just be the scratching of an itch, not just something you do because you’re dating somebody or because you find the other person hot. When I sleep with a guy, I want it to be because I am truly, genuinely in love with him. So no. I have no objection to us taking this thing as slowly as you want.”

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They stood awkwardly before her apartment door a few minutes later. Emma had never wanted a night to end less, and yet she knew if she invited him inside she would find it very difficult to abide by his desire to take things slowly.

The question was, just how should they bring this evening to a close?

Killian shuffled his feet awkwardly one to the other, looking aside, and Emma could read him well enough by now to know if anything more was going to happen tonight, she’d need to be the one to make it happen.

Every fiber of her being wanted something more, and as she’d never been one to stand on ceremony, she went for it, grabbing him by his lapels and dragging him to her. She’d surprised him; she could tell, and for the barest fraction of a second, he froze, but then he was kissing her back, tentatively bringing one hand to the back of her head and holding her to him, wrapping the other arm around her waist and pulling her close.

From the first touch of her lips to his, it was like a fire erupted within her. This was bliss. This was heaven, but she needed more.

Opening her mouth, she swiped her tongue against the seam of his lips, and he gasped in response. She took full advantage of the moment, plunging her tongue within the confines of his mouth. His resulting moan was the single most sensual thing she’d ever experienced in her entire twenty-two years of existence.

She pulled him even closer, so close that she could feel the rumble of his moans against her chest, could feel the evidence that though his mind and heart wanted to take things slowly, his body very much did not.

It was time to end this–unfortunately–before they both completely lost their heads and started going at it right out here in the open. With great difficulty, Emma pulled her mouth free, resting her forehead against his, because she needed a minute.

(More than a minute, really. More like a lifetime, but it was far too early in the relationship to have those kinds of thoughts.)

For several moments, they merely stood there, foreheads pressed together, both breathing so heavily they sounded as though they’d sprinted up ten flights of stairs. Finally, Killian took a step backwards and smiled, looking into her eyes with awe.

“That was…” he began.

“Even better than I imagined when I wrote about it,” she said with a delighted giggle.

“Aye,” he agreed, his smile, if possible, widening even more.

She reached over, ran her hands from his shoulders down to his hands, linking their fingers, and stepping back into his space. She wanted nothing more than to surge up and take his lips again–kissing Killian Jones was addicting as hell–but with restraint she felt she really deserved a medal for, she resisted.

“May I ask you something?” she murmured instead.

“Of course.”

“Will you go out with me again?”

His smile grew, and really, what more answer did she need?

After murmuring goodnight, Emma slipped inside, leaning back against the door, closing her eyes and smiling in utter rapture. She’d told him she wanted a fairy tale, and this evening had been as close to one as she could ever imagine getting. Her heart was so full, she doubted it could contain another drop of joy.

Perhaps this was the infatuation stage of the relationship. Perhaps things would eventually cool down to something of a slow burn between them, but she was determined to bask in the joy of falling in love for as long as she was able.

“Looks like someone had a good date,” Ruby said from her spot on the sofa.

Emma looked over and barked out a laugh. Both Ruby and Mary Margaret sat on the sofa, excited smiles on their faces, looking every bit like parents waiting up for their daughter after her prom.

“Nah, it wasn’t a good date,” Emma said with a happy sigh as she plopped herself down on the couch in between her two best friends. “It was quite possibly the best date in the history of dating.”

“Tell us everything,” Mary Margaret said excitedly. “I want all the details.”

And that was a request Emma was more than happy to agree to.

Notes:

–I accept no responsibility for the cavities you may have gotten from the ridiculously sugary fluffiness of this chapter. I just wanted to try to capture the joy and euphonia of the very beginning of a relationship.

–In canon, I loved how supportive Killian was of Emma, how much he believed in her and built her up at every turn. But at the same time, I kind of hated that we didn’t get as much of Emma building up Killian. I get it; I really do. Her walls being as high as they were, it was very difficult for her to let her guard down enough to do so, but I wanted to kind of reverse the roles in this au. Killian was the one who needed to be supported and believed in and built up, and Emma was more than happy to do it.

–BTW, in this universe, there is no Neal, because 1. In my opinion any universe where Neal does not exist is a good universe and 2. While this version of Emma has some walls, she doesn’t have as many as in canon. In my opinion, in canon Emma’s difficult upbringing in the foster system of course scarred her, but it was what Neal did–not only leaving her but framing her for his crimes–and its subsequent consequence–being forced to give up her son–that truly cemented the walls around her heart.

–I have an exciting announcement for you! As you all know, smut is not my thing, and I don’t feel comfortable writing it, but jrob64 has agreed to take up this story universe and write a companion piece in which we get a glimpse of just what it was that Emma wrote in her mistaken paper–and we get to see Emma and Killian act them out. You can find her story here

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whitecatlegend · 3 years

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Master Post

This is the master post of all the chapters translated so far. You can also find all the translated chapters here on Mangadex

UPD: The list started getting long, so I’m grouping them 10 chapters in a line, sorry if it’s less convenient for navigation.

UPD 2: I now have the printed version, so I’m going to organize the chapters by arcs as per the printed volume (the names are just my own invention to distinguish the arcs somehow).

Donghua

Complete season 2 hardsubs

Season 2 soundtrack

Bonus content:

What is the Dali court?

FAQ:

History of the manhua | Story timeline (as of s2) | s1e03 document | Li Bing’s title |

Spring Festival Special

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

Alternate Universe stories:

| 4 (Ace Attorney p.1) | 5 (Ace Attorney p.2) |

Main story:

Arc 1 - Meeting the Dali Court

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |

Arc 2 - The Black Cloud (Yi Zhihua investigation and Cui Bei’s curse)

| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |

Arc 3 - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Li Bing’s Medicine and Alibaba’s Exam)

| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |

Arc 4 - The Birthday Banquet

| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 |

Arc 5 - The Aftermath

| 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 |

Arc 6 - The Bozhou Massacre

| 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 |

Arc 7 - The Case’s Conclusion

| 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 |

Arc 8 - The Truth of the Past

| 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 |

Arc 9 - Lies Uncovered

| 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 |

Arc 10

| 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 |

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yyh4ever · 3 years

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Togashi’s Comments from the Table of Contents (1990-1994)

WSJ #44 (1993) to WSJ #1 (1994)

Volume 16: Chapters 139 to 148

ᐊ Volume 15: Chapters 129 to 138 Volume 17: Chapters 149 to 158 ᐅ

1993

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°44 (October 18, 1993)

★ Chapter 139. "The Factors for Fascination!!" (魅きつける理由！！の巻, Hi Kitsukeru Wake!!)

*Togashi-sensei is the judge of this month’s Hop Step Award. In Part 1, he talks about Gag Manga. Translation here.*

Table of Contents:

"The change of seasons. A change in my physical condition for the worse...I continue to write while fighting the pain." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 季節の移り変わり。体調に悪い方向の変化が・･･。苦痛と戦いながらの執筆はつづく。〈義博〉

T/N: Togashi has complained in some past TOC that the cold intensifies his lower back pain. With the arrival of the fall, his physical condition probably got worse.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°45 (October 25, 1993)

★ Chapter 140. "Reasons He Can't Win, Nos. 1-3!!" (勝てない理由　その１～３！！の巻, Katenai Riyū - Sono 1~3!!)

*Togashi-sensei is the judge of this month’s Hop Step Award. In Part 2, he talks about Romantic Comedy. Translation here.*

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"A new "Yu Yu" project is underway behind the scenes. It will be announced soon, so please look forward to it..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 『幽遊』の新企画が水面下で進行中。近々発表するので、楽しみにしていて欲しい…。〈義博〉

T/N: Togashi is talking about the second Yu Yu Hakusho movie: "The Poltergeist Report", released in spring 1994.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°46 (November 1, 1993)

★ Chapter 141. "They Were Seven!!" (七人いる！！の巻, Nana-nin Iru!!)

*Togashi-sensei is the judge of this month’s Hop Step Award. In Part 3, he talks about Sports Manga. Translation here.*

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"I tried the Super Famicom Jinsei Gekijou Dokidoki Seishun-Hen with "Yusuke". He became a splendid thief..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 SF/C人生劇場ドキドキ青春編を“幽助”でやってみた。見事立派な泥棒になった…。〈義博〉

T/N: "Daibakushou: Jinsei Gekijou - Dokidoki Seishun Hen" (Great Burst of Laughter Theater Life: The Heart-Pounding Adolescence Chapter) is a competitive multiplayer board game released by Disco on July 1993. It is possible for the player to set their character's name. The purpose of the game is to earn "life experience" through various experiences in the six years of Life Academy (an integrated middle and high school) in Life Village. One of the worst endings for the protagonist is "Thief" (no good abilities and low morals).

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°47 (November 8, 1993)

★ Chapter 142. "Koenma Gets Serious!!" (コエンマの本気！！の巻, Koenma no Honki!!)

*Togashi-sensei is the judge of this month’s Hop Step Award. In this final Part 4, he talks about Fantasy Manga. Translation here. The winners were announced in the WSJ N°2, 1994.*

Table of Contents:

"A mantis barged into my workplace. It's been about 15 years since I've seen a real one. It probably escaped from a female..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 仕事場にカマキリ乱入。実物は約15年ぶり。多分メスから逃げてきたのであろう・・・。〈義博〉

T/N: Female praying mantises are famous for attacking and cannibalizing their mates during or after a sexual encounter.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°48 (November 15, 1993)

★ Chapter 143. "The Ultimate Aura!!" (究極の闘気！！の巻, Kyūkyoku no Tōki!!)

Table of Contents:

"I went out to buy some ink and bought just books. This time, I left the house to buy the ink for sure, and ended up buying a game." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 インクを買いに出て、本だけ買ってきた。今度こそと家を出てゲーム買ってしまった〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°49 (November 22, 1993)

★ Chapter 144. "Unstoppable!!" (止められない！！の巻, Tomerarenai!!)

Table of Contents:

"My physical condition is still the same. I think I'm going to take the plunge and get a full body checkup. What will become of the results...?" - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 相変わらずの体調。思いきって、体全体をチェックしようと思う。結果はいかに…。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°50 (November 29, 1993)

★ Chapter 145. "When Everything Stood Still!!" (全てが止まった瞬間！！の巻, Subete ga Tomatta Toki!!)

Table of Contents:

"I impulsively purchased a study-aid book for Upper Elementary students. Ehehe, I really was such an idiot." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 衝動的に小学生高学年用の学習参考書を購入した。えへへオレってバカだったのだ。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°51 (December 6, 1993)

★ Chapter 146. "Into the Demon Plane!!" (魔界への突入！！の巻, Makai e no Totsunyū!!)

Table of Contents:

"Volume 15 of "Yu Yu Hakusho" is scheduled to be released on December 3rd (Friday). The main content is the first half of the current series." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 12月3日（金）にJC「幽☆遊☆白書」⑮巻が発売予定。現シリーズ前半部が主な内容。〈義博〉

T/N: Current series: "The Black Chapter Arc". According to the Shueisha's Official site, volume 15 was released on December 2nd 1993.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°52 (December 13, 1993)

★ Chapter 147. "The Despair Continues...!!" (絶望の続き・・・！！の巻, Zetsubō no Tsudzuki...!!)

Table of Contents:

"There is a store on the tier of a road I often walk that is always closed. Actually, I don't know what this store is. Let me in." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 よく通る道の一段にいつも休業中の店がある。実は何の店かもわからん。入れてくれ。〈義博〉

1994

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°1 (January 1, 1994)

★ Chapter 148. "Moment of Awakening!!" (覚醒の瞬間！！の巻, Kakusei no Toki!!)

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"I am 27 years old now. Nobunaga was that age in the Battle of Okehazama, and I'm enjoying playing a game about it..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 今27歳である。信長はその年に桶狭間で戦い、オレはそれをゲームで楽しんでいる…。〈義博〉

T/N: The Battle of Okehazama was a battle between Oda Nobunaga and Imagawa Yoshimoto in 1560. It took place in Okehazama, Owari Province, located in today's Aichi Prefecture. Nobunaga defeated Yoshimoto and established himself as one of the front-running warlords in the Sengoku period. Nobunaga was born in 1534, so he was about Togashi's age when he fought in Okehazama.

*On March 4, 1994, Volume 16 (Chapters 139 to 148) was published!*

▼ Togashi’s comment from the dust jacket of volume 16. Translation by VIZ Media.

ᐊ Volume 15: Chapters 129 to 138 Volume 17: Chapters 149 to 158 ᐅ

#weekly shounen jump #table of contents #yoshihiro togashi #Yu Yu Hakusho #volume 16 #chapters 139-148 #WSJ 44 (1993) to WSJ 1 (1994)

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Is it possible to make a DC Manga re-read? I have watched the Anime 4 times over and want to now go through all the Manga chronologically, Including things like Zeros tea time, Special Releases and Wild police stories. Is that possible? does something like that already exist?

(Last updated: December 1, 2023)

I just made it for ya. Here ya go, all relevant Conan stuff (not including Yaiba or the movie special manga versions) in chronological volume release order. Where volumes were not possible, chapters are listed instead. (Chapters are listed for each volume entry in the parentheses.):

Magic Kaito Vol. 1-2 (1-13)

Detective Conan Vol. 1-2 (1-19)

Magic Kaito Vol. 3 (14-20)

Detective Conan Vol. 3-13 (20-130)

Special Vol. 1 (1-9)

Detective Conan Vol. 14-16 (131-160)

Special Vol. 2 (10-17)

Detective Conan Vol. 17 (161-170)

Special Vol. 3 (18-27)

Detective Conan Vol. 18 (171-180)

Special Vol. 4 (28-38)

Detective Conan Vol. 19 (181-190)

Special Vol. 5 (39-52)

Detective Conan Vol. 20-21 (191-211)

Special Vol. 6 (53-61)

Detective Conan Vol. 22-23 (212-231)

Special Vol. 7 (62-75)

Detective Conan Vol. 24 (232-242)

Special Vol. 8 (76-86)

Detective Conan Vol. 25 (243-253)

Special Vol. 9 (87-96)

Detective Conan Vol. 26 (254-263)

Special Vol. 10 (097-108)

Detective Conan Vol. 27 (264-273)

Special Vol. 11 (109-118)

Detective Conan Vol. 28-30 (274-306)

Special Vol. 12 (119-129)

Detective Conan Vol. 31-32 (307-328)

Special Vol. 13 (130-143)

Detective Conan Vol. 33 (329-339)

Special Vol. 14 (144-154)

Detective Conan Vol. 34-36 (340-372)

Special Vol. 15 (155-166)

Detective Conan Vol. 37-38 (373-392)

Special Vol. 16 (167-178)

Detective Conan Vol. 39 (393-403)

Special Vol. 17 (179-190)

Detective Conan Vol. 40 (404-413)

Special Vol. 18 (191-204)

Detective Conan Vol. 41 (414-424)

Special Vol. 19 (205-214)

Detective Conan Vol. 42-43 (425-446)

Special Vol. 20 (215-226)

Detective Conan Vol. 44 (447-457)

Special Vol. 21 (227-238)

Detective Conan Vol. 45-46 (458-479)

Special Vol. 22 (239-248)

Detective Conan Vol. 47 (480-490)

Special Vol. 23 (249-260)

Detective Conan Vol. 48 (491-500)

Special Vol. 24 (261-272)

Detective Conan Vol. 49 (501-510)

Special Vol. 25 (273-283)

Detective Conan Vol. 50-51 (511-532)

Special Vol. 26 (284-295)

Detective Conan Vol. 52-53 (533-553)

Special Vol. 27 (296-305)

Detective Conan Vol. 54-55 (554-575)

Special Vol. 28-29 (306-325)

Detective Conan Vol. 56 (576-586)

Magic Kaito Vol. 4 (21-28)

Detective Conan Vol. 57-59 (587-619)

Special Vol. 30-31 (326-349)

Detective Conan Vol. 60-63 (620-663)

Special Vol. 32-33 (350-373)

Detective Conan Vol. 64 (664-674)

Special Vol. 34 (374-385)

Detective Conan Vol. 65-66 (675-696)

Special Vol. 35 (386-397)

Detective Conan Vol. 67-68 (697-718)

Special Vol. 36 (398-409)

Detective Conan Vol. 69-73 (719-773)

Special Vol. 37 (410-421)

Detective Conan Vol. 74-76 (774-806)

Special Vol. 38 (422-432)

Detective Conan Vol. 77-84 (807-893)

Special Vol. 39 (433-444)

Detective Conan Vol. 85-88 (894-937)

Special Vol. 40 (445-456)

Detective Conan Vol. 89-90 (938-959)

Special Vol. 41 (457-467)

Detective Conan Vol. 91-93 (960-992)

Magic Kaito Vol. 5 (29-36)

Special Vol. 42 (468-478)

Detective Conan Vol. 94 (993-1003)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 1-2 (01-12)

Special Vol. 43 (479-489)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 1-2 (01-20)

Detective Conan Vol. 95 (1004-1014)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 3 (13-18)

Detective Conan Vol. 96 (1015-1025)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 3 (21-30)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 4 (19-24)

Special Vol. 44 (490-500)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 4 (31-40)

Detective Conan Vol. 97 (1026-1036)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 5 (25-30)

Detective Conan Vol. 98 (1037-1047)

Special Vol. 45 (501-511)

Wild Police Story Vol. 1-2 (1-13)

Detective Conan Vol. 99 (1048-1058)

Special Vol. 46 (512-522)

Detective Conan Vol. 100 (1059-1069)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 5 (41-47; 50-52)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 6 (31-36)

Detective Conan Vol. 101 (1070-1080)

Special Vol. 47 (523-534)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 6 (48-49; 53-60)

Detective Conan Vol. 102 (1081-1091)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 7 (37-42)

Detective Conan Vol. 103 (1092-1102)

Special Vol. 48 (535-545)

Detective Conan Vol. 104 (1103-1113)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 8 (43-48)

Not Collected in Volumes Yet:

Detective Conan File 1114-1118

Detective Conan File 1119-1122

#mailbag #Anonymous #skyechan answers questions #manga question

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Total Appearances: 843 Volume 16 Appearances: 123 Volume. 16, Chapter. 143

#haikyuu!!#haikyū!!#haikyuu yamaguchi #yamaguchi tadashi

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Yu Yu Hakusho -- Volume 16, Chapter 143 "Koenma Gets Serious!!"

Buy me a ko-fi!

DO NOT DELETE CAPTION!

#yusuke #yusuke urameshi #urameshi yusuke #koenma #koenma yyh #yu yu hakusho #yyh #personal edit #shut up clint

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TRC Translation Notes Volume 16 (Chapters 117 - 124)

Even more fantastic translation notes from the even more fantastic @giniroangou.

Highlights include: Kamui vampire antics, Fai being a sweetheart, clone explanations, real understanding of what the seal was, insight on Xing Huo, and oh my lord Fai is a sweetheart.

Chapter 117

p.5 - The word Kamui says aloud is “nakami” (the contents/substance) but it’s written with the kanji for “soul” (tamashii/魂).

p.16 - It’s ambiguous (especially at this point in the chapter) but I’m fairly certain Kamui is speaking to Subaru here. His last line is, “Or were you pulled in by this thing’s sleep?” He expected Subaru to wake up once the feather’s power vanished and is concerned that Sakura’s soul is keeping him asleep now.

p.21 - Kamui’s tone is less questioning in the original text - it’s more like, “You’re game, aren’t you?”

p.22 - Kamui’s clarification here is just a change from katakana to kanji - エ to 餌 - so the word is still spoken as “e.” I have to assume communicating through telepathy allows him to convey the meaning of his words through something other than pronunciation. The kanji 餌 means “esa,” which is bait or animal feed. I think the use of the word “game” is a clever way to preserve the ambiguity of the term in earlier scenes, but I believe most people in the fandom prefer the word “prey.” Both lean more towards the word “emono” (獲物) in meaning, but that could easily be something CLAMP was hoping to evoke here as well and given the context either word feels appropriate as a translation.

Chapter 118

p.36 - Just a subtle correction, but Kamui says that Subaru fell asleep immediately after they arrived in Tokyo.

p.42 - There is a difference between Syaoran’s line here, “I will give them all back to her,” and his similar earlier lines. The verb he used in the earlier scenes was “torikaesu” (取り返す), which as I explained before means to take something back. In this scene, he uses “torimodosu” (取り戻す), which means roughly the same thing, but with a stronger implication of returning the feathers to where they came from. He also adds “subete” (全て) or “all of them,” where before he didn’t clarify, which I would interpret as a hardening of his resolve rather than a true difference in meaning.

Chapter 119

p.53 - To elaborate a little on Kamui’s explanation, he’s saying that beings who live off of blood keep “game” (in the sense of keeping an animal) to serve as their food supply.

p.54 - After Kamui learns that Syoaran doesn’t belong to Fai, I interpreted his line as questioning whether Syaoran belonged to Seishirou instead. The wording is ambiguous enough that I suppose he could be asking whether Fai works for Seishirou, but that wouldn’t have been my first instinct.

p.55 - I feel like the translation takes some of the punch out of Fai’s words here. They feel a lot sweeter in the original text - I actually started tearing up, lol. It’s not a huge difference, but what he should be saying is, “You’re wrong. He’s a really good kid.” ...this is never going to sound as nice in English as it does in Japanese but at least this should be slightly better?

p.59 - Lava Lamp is described here as Clow Reed’s blood relative (no mention of being his heir) using the same word that was used earlier to establish Fei Wang as part of that lineage as well.

Syaoran is described in the translation as an “image,” but the original Japanese word was “utsushimi” (写身). I discussed this word a bit back in chapter 66, since Ashura uses the same word with different kanji for feather-Yasha. To repeat what I said back then, the original word “utsushimi” is a form of “utsusemi,” meaning one’s transient body/existence, but it’s not written with these characters. The verb “utsusu” when written as 写す means “to duplicate/imitate,” so when it’s paired with “mi” (身/body), it implies a replication of a previously existing body, as is the case here. The popular fandom word for this is “clone,” which I feel encompasses the concept much better than the official translation.

This may already be implied in the translation, but Fei Wang says that Syaoran was created in order to gather the feathers.

p.62 - In the Japanese text, the implant isn’t Lava Lamp’s soul but his heart/spirit (“kokoro”/心). I think it amounts to the same thing, but this word allows for a little more focus on the potential to feel emotion, particularly love.

p.64 - The translation on this page is kind of unclear. Basically, the magic Lava Lamp used to implant his soul also caused clone Syaoran to fall apart if his eye was removed (as you’d expect from one of Clow’s bloodline, Fei Wang says.) The main reason Fei Wang decided to send Syaoran out as is was because it would have been too difficult to create another copy that held the same power as the original.

p.65 - Fei Wang describes Sakura specifically as the key to the power of the ruins.

Chapter 120

p.68 - Lava Lamp wasn’t just growing older. Yuuko uses the word “seichou” (成長), which refers to both growth and development. It’s often used to describe someone becoming more mature or improving their abilities.

p.70 - A correction to the first line on this page: Lava Lamp awakening is equivalent to the seal on Syaoran’s eye breaking. The first event inevitably causes the second.

p.71 - A tiny bit of key information got lost in the translation here. After confirming that Xing Huo sent Lava Lamp to Yuuko, Fei Wang says, “Considering your origin, I suppose it can’t be helped. And besides, you’re another one of my failed creations after all.”

p.72 - This line should be, “I guess you can’t hear me anymore,” which makes a lot more sense all things considered.

Chapter 121

p.99 - I feel the need to mention that there are no exclamation points or question marks in Kurogane’s original dialogue on this page. It’s not like family members getting eaten is anything new for him, haha… ha.

p.100 - Syaoran’s line here is, “I’m taking his right eye too.”

p.110 - Kurogane isn’t talking about Fai being able to smile, but about the kids being able to smile. It’s a callback to the conversation Kurogane and Fai had in Piffle (conveniently featured in one of the flashback panels here). Fai changed in order to do whatever he could to preserve Syaoran and Sakura’s happiness.

Chapter 122

p.122 - Lava Lamp specifically says that Fai tried to return Syaoran’s soul ALONG WITH his left eye. I’m assuming Fai managed to implant the soul within his own eye before Syaoran took it, hoping that by eating the soul along with the eye Syaoran would be restored. If you ever wondered why Fai didn’t even try to fight back, here’s your answer.

p.124 - VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTER NOTE about Lava Lamp: I’m thrilled you noticed that he isn’t using Fai’s name. Lava Lamp’s speech style is totally different from Syaoran’s - it’s something that isn’t nearly as apparent in translation, but in the Japanese text it establishes them instantly and obviously as separate personalities. Lava Lamp, like Kurogane, rarely uses other characters’ names. There are exceptions, but after so many chapters of hearing Syaoran say “Kurogane-san” and “Fai-san” it’s quite striking to see that disappear altogether in Lava Lamp’s speech. He also uses more casual language overall, which again creates a strong contrast with Syaoran’s persistent politeness. Mostly it makes him feel more mature, and it puts him on a more equal standing with Kurogane and Fai. (I’ll mention here as well: autopilot Syaoran doesn’t use polite language either.)

p.127 - Lava Lamp doesn’t just say Sakura is precious to Syaoran, he says “That Sakura.” Also, the official translation finally starts using “heart” here instead of “soul” but it’s still the same word, as I discussed earlier.

p.132 - Kurogane doesn’t ask for his sword in this scene, but he’s not specifically asking for Syaoran’s either. He just wants a sword, lol.

Chapter 123

p.143 - The use of “I am betting” in the translation doesn’t have quite the right nuance, IMO. When Lava Lamp implanted his soul into Syaoran, he knew it would only be temporary. He was taking a gamble and placing his hopes on Syaoran being able to grow his own soul before he inevitably lost the one Lava Lamp gave him.

Chapter 124

Cover page - “The Value of Life” isn’t a mistranslation, but I would probably translate this title as, “The Price of Life.” The word in the title is “taika” (対価), the same word Yuuko uses when she makes deals with people.

p.169 - There are not supposed to be any exclamation points on this page. *sighs deeply*

p.170 - I believe this is less that Lava Lamp doesn’t know where Fei Wang went (I don’t think he went anywhere?) but that he doesn’t know where he was being kept in the first place.

p.171 - The translation isn’t as consistent, but the original text differentiates between Syaorans by putting quote marks around the original Syaoran’s name, so it always looks like 『小狼』. There’s technically no difference in what people are calling him, but as readers we can still differentiate, and I suppose it implies a different emotion/perception on the speaker’s part.

p.176 - Kurogane’s anger is a little quieter in the original text - his line starts with an ellipsis and doesn’t have any punctuation at the end, which I feel evokes the underlying grief a bit better. He also brings back the same phrase he used in his conversation with Fai in the previous volume - “hara wo kukuru.” If I reference back to my translation of the earlier line, this one would be, “...who told you to resign yourself like that.” In the Japanese version it’s obvious Kurogane is seeing his own hand in the decision Fai’s just made and now that it’s too late he’s basically saying THIS ISN’T WHAT I MEANT.

#excuse me Im too thrilled over finally understanding Xing Huo #AND FAI #Oh my lord his precious soul #these translations are a gift #Giniroangou #who is the actual best #liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #vol 117 #vol 118 #vol 119 #vol 120 #vol 121 #vol 123 #vol 124 #my syaoran my syaoran and me #speech nuances! between syaorans!#Im so happy!

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Ok, so with episode 13 of Tokyo Ghoul :RE now being out, I can safely say that my prediction of what they’d do was off the mark. I’d certainly have liked it, but hey, sometimes you just don’t hit the mark. Anyway, since then, I’ve rethought the approach they’d take. Rather than 2 arcs made up of 6 episodes each, with the second arc merging a lot of events, I suspect there’s just gonna be 1 arc that gets cut, and we’ll rather get 3 arcs in batches of 4 episodes.

So after the cut, here’s my thoughts on how I believe they’ll organize it, some things I pictured in my head better than others.

Episode 14: 68-76, Cochlea half of 81.

Opens up on the Cochlea invasion and Furuta seeing Kaneki on the camera. Cut to Hinami and Kaneki, title card at the end of 69, first half chapters 69-72, second half chapters 73-76 and second half of 81, ending with Kaneki breaking Arima's quinque from 81, and then Furuta revealing his kagune and countering Eto.

Episode 15: 77-87.

77 is cut except for the ending (Suzuya vs. Kurona already started in episode 13). Opens up with 78/79, Mutsuki's backstory and death of Torso, with Torso's backstory heavily abridged, Urie finding Torso's corpse (end of 77) and getting the info of the death of the special class. Title card after Arima slits his throat, first half 78-83, second half covers 83-85 up to the reveal of the dead Special Class mystery and Akira/Houji vs Tatara starting, move to 87 to finish Suzuya vs Kurona and set up a cliffhanger on Takizawa choking Akira, followed by the rest of 85/all of 86.

Episode 16: 88-98.

Mostly a condensed version of volume 9, with some changes: Koma and Irimi don't show up (remain dead until Spieldose), Amon flees and doesn't get captured by the Qs, Matsuri gets attacked on the ship by the clowns so there's no one left in Furuta's way (I believe this is the reason why Matsuri content from the early parts of the arc was cut).

Episode 17: 99-103, first half of 104, end of 116, 117-119.

Kaneki forms Goat in the intro, opening plays. 100-103+first half of 104 ("people without things to protect never fight to their last") make up the rest of the first half, but Matsuri's moments+references to the Clown Siege are cut, Furuta's already in power, and The Great Wheel saves Akira without tha lab infiltration. Second half is the end of 116 plus 117-119 with references to the Clown Siege events cut. Intro to the Oggai, Rize's fate revealed, and Touka going to talk with Akira mark the end of the episode.

Episode 18: 120-128.

Mostly straightforward adaptation, 120-124+implied 125 cover the first half, timeskip is moved ahead to 126 and the wedding is contrasted with the brutality of 127. Ends with the reveal of Furuta's plan+Ayato witnessing the remains of the underground city.

Episode 19: 129-133, 24th ward parts of 134-136, 139, intro and Kaneki/Tsukiyama talk from 140.

First half is 129-132, focusing on Kaneki and Touka's romance+Kaneki's failure to act, first half ends with Urie's "we'll become terrorists", Touken wedding and the expedition leaving. Second half focuses on the attack on the 24th ward. Ending of the episode is the Kaneki/Tsukiyama talk from 140, Touka running into Juuzou, and the meeting of Urie/Iwao with Furuta at the CCG offices.

Episode 20: CCG half of 136, 137-138, 141-146.

A few noticeable changes: Timeline-wise, this happens at the same time as the 24th ward assault. "Furuta" in the CCG offices is revealed to be Donato at the end, Clown Siege reveal merged (Mikito and Iwao captured Donato). The fate of the White Suits is just implied, Yomo vs. Tooru/Aura is greatly abridged. First half covers up to the first half of 143, as Kaneki gears up to fight Juuzou. Second half is the rest of 143, and 144-146, ending with the flashforward from episode 1 (Urie sees Dragon right after the battle, everyone comes back to witness the devastation, ends with Touka looking at him). Some other scenes of characters surviving Kaneki's devastation, like Suzuya's survival shown in 148, are pushed ahead.

Episode 21: 147-156.

First half is 147-151, with content generally abridged. Second half covers 152-156. No major changes, but first gen Qs interactions in the second half are prioritized, with second gen Qs dealt with mostly offscreen.

Episode 22: 157-165.

First half 157-161. Opening theme after 157, title card at the end of 158, then rest of the first half. As Kaneki attempts to swim through the gates, we cut to Touka finding him and cutting him out with the Qs aiding her last second, first half ends with Furuta and V making it to Rize and the source of the toxin. Second half is 162-165. Interactions are slightly abridged and the timeline is more linear. Episode ends with the Donato-controlled Eto entering the battlefield, mirroring episode 22 of part 1 (episode 10 of Root A).

Episode 23: 166-172, 175.

Yet again, no major changes. First half is 166-169, ending with Uta revealing his Kakuja. Second half is 170-172, but following Donato's death, we move right to 175. Following the cliffhanger of Eto and Naki's return, we move on to the end of 172, with Furuta and Kaneki's fight starting and Furuta's counter to Kaneki mirroring Furuta and Eto from episode 14.

Episode 24: 173-174, intro to 175, 176-179.

First half up to 176, dealing with the Kaneki-Furuta fight underground. Second half 177-179. Wishlist of changes (because I dunno if they’d happen, but I wish): Showing Ayato actually rescue Kaneki, Eto's fate being less vague and her getting a bigger role in the ending to mirror the first episode of the season (major players were Kaneki, Furuta, Eto, and Ayato)/because it’s Eto, less exposition and more showing what characters are doing in the ending.

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We’ll see how this ends up. But I’d actually rather like this. Sure, there’d be compression and cutting, but I didn’t mind the way they did it in episode 13 considering that I feel they still had a hang of what makes the series what it is. And it’s not like they haven’t made changes that I wouldn’t consider positive, the new version of the Kaneki-Eto conversation that we got in episode 13 was something I legit really liked. But anyway. Those are my thoughts on it. We’ll see how it pans out.

#Tara Says Stuff #tokyo ghoul #tokyo ghoul re #tgre spoilers #tgre anime

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#awwwwwww #ryou bakura #yugioh #yu gi oh #volume 16 chapter 143

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Apparently Volume 15 of :re didn't come with a release date for Volume 16, which is pretty unusual since there's typically always a release date for the next volume. Plus the anime more than likely being a 1 cour (12 episodes), which is usually around the amount of chapters in a volume. Not to mention in the past I remember the TG anime aired after Part 1 ended, and a similar situation is occurring now for the :re anime, so this is all incredibly suspicious. Part 3 sadly might happen.

Is this our new routine for every volume since volume 11. I’m serious it started with volume 12 and 13 and 14 and 15 and now 16 SAVE ME.

Jk. I do understand why people are suspicious this time and don’t think it’s ridiculous. But I still sincerely, sincerely doubt it. The amount of chapters in a :re volume is usually 10, not 12. But sometimes it is 12. But anyways. Here’s why I think people are overreacting to this:

Ishida cannot end :re in one volume. If that was his plan, the hell is he doing building up to this final arc? If there was going to be a Part 3, it should have ended at 143. This is a realllly random point to end it when he’s been building up ROS becoming ghouls and dragons.

And the thing about that arc is: there can’t be another arc after this one because how the hell can it get any better than Rize and Furuta and Hide and everyone from the beginning back? That’s part of Judgment as an arc. Where exactly do we think the manga can possibly go after this with Rize and Furuta as the final bosses? This is the climax. Unless it’s like a giant set up wherein we have like a shonen training arc for Kaneki and then this but also everyone will be dead by then because the situation in Tokyo looks like pretty urgent.

But remember when I said people have been freaking out since volume 11? Here’s why, in reverse order:

Volume 15: vol 14 announced the final arc, also it initially had an incorrect price. Idk.

Volume 14: TG ended with volume 14; the release date of the possible final chapter was suspicious.

Volume 13: 143 & 144 need I say more

Volume 12: (and this is key) This was released one month after volume 11. Did we ever get a reason for that? No. All this to say is volume release date weirdness is nothing new. It’s happened before. Maybe with manga & anime stuff Ishida just doesn’t have time to. do a volume cover. Or maybe his brother’s getting married or something. My guess for now, barring any announcement, is that there’s just a delay in releasing 16.

Honestly Ishida has shown he doesn’t care about paralleling when it comes to volume numbers or number of chapters; why would he care about ending :re when the anime ended just because the initial manga ended then? No one’s going to remember release dates when it’s over.

But you know what he has shown he cares about? Numbers within the actual story, as they relate the end of the mangas with 143 being divisible from 1000 approximately 7 times and naming 1 of :re Bone. I’m still pretty certain it’s going to be 204-6 chapters. That seems perfect for what we have left to cover.

When it comes to predicting the end of :re, I’m not focusing on the outside factors (whether volumes have been announced, etc.) I prefer to focus on story reasons. There’s no way to do a well written part 3 continuing Kaneki’s story at this point. I really don’t think it’s going to happen.

#ask hamliet #tg theory #tg meta #Anonymous

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crystaloccult · 6 years

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Hekate Resources

Note: I pulled this list from here. It is not my own but thought Tumblr would find it useful.

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I've had this for some time and though it might be useful to others who are sworn to Hekate or at least interested in her. I have purposely omitted some items due to language usage or audience focus, aimed at 3 - 10 years of age type thing. It's a large list and reflects my own biases and interests regarding the subject of reference material for Hekate / Hecate. ..............................

Books, Articles and Various for Hekate / Hecate reference

Section 1: Books

01. Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate's Roles in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature (American Classical Studies, No by Sarah Iles Johnston, 1990, 200 pages. PB, ISBN 1555404278 // ISBN 155540426X 02. Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece by Sarah Iles Johnston, 2013-PB, 352 Pages, ISBN 0520280180 // ISBN 0520217071 03. Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) by Sarah Iles Johnston, 2005, 322 pages, ISBN 9004144978 04. The Goddess Hekate by Stephen Ronan, 1992, 166 pgs, ISBN 0948366214 05. Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion by Ilmo Robert Von Rudloff, 1999, 176 pages, ISBN is 978-0-9696066-8-0 / 9780969606680 06. Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads by Sorita d'Este, 2009, 194 pages, ISBN 1905297238 07. HEKATE: Keys to the Crossroads - A collection of personal essays, invocations, rituals, recipes and artwork from modern Witches, Priestesses and Priests ... Goddess of Witchcraft, Magick and Sorcery by Sorita d'Este, 2006, 156 pages, ISBN-13: 9781905297092 // ISBN: 1905297092 08. HEKATE Her Sacred Fires by Sorita d'Este, 2010, 308 pages, ISBN-13: 9781905297351 // ISBN: 1905297351 09. Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Sun & Moon--A Comprehensive Guide to the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, Her Myths, Powers & M by Sorita d'Este, 2005, 156 pages, ISBN-13: 9781905297023 // ISBN: 1905297025 10. Thracian Magic: Past and Present by Georgi Mishev, 2012, 338 pages, ISBN 1905297483 11. Rotting Goddess: The Origins of the Witch in Classical Antiquity by Jacob Rabinowitz, 1998, 154 pages, ISBN 157027035X 12. Crossroads by Greg Crowfoot, 2005, 188 pages, ISBN 1593303025 13. Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2009, 200 pages, PB, ISBN 1449917046 14. The Cults of the Greek States, Volume II [Vol. 2] by Lewis Richard Farnell, CHAPTER XVI - HEKATE pp. 501-519, ISBN 1236589580, Online ISBN: 9780511710438, Paperback ISBN: 9781108015448 15. Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations by Karen Tate, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-1-888729-17-7 // ISBN-10: 1-888729-17-1 16. Hecate I: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery (2nd Edition) by Jade Sol Luna, 2009, 260 pages, ISBN 1442184515 - Hecate I: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery (1st edition) Paperback – October 31, 2008 by Jade Sol Luna (still being sold) 17. Hecate II: The Awakening of Hydra by Jade Sol Luna, 2009, 326 pages, ISBN 0615344755 18. Triple Hekate mainly on votive reliefs, coins, gems and amulets by Elpis Mitropoulou (Very rare have not found a copy yet printed 1978), Pyli Ed, 1978 19. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World, by John G. Gager, Softcover, 1999, 296 pages, ISBN 0195134826 // ISBN 0195062264 20. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae, Volume 2, Part 2, Charles Thomas Newton and Richard Popplewell Pullan, CHAPTER XXIV pp. 554-572, Original Publication Year: 1863, Online ISBN:9780511910302, Paperback ISBN:9781108027274 About Lagina – Historical reference 21. The Temple of Hekate at Lagina, by Ahmet A. Tirpan – Zeliha Gider – Aytekin Buyukozer pg 181 – 202, Dipteros und Pseudodiptoros, BYZAS, Veroffenllichungen des Deutschen Archologischen Institits Istanbul, ISBN 978-605-5607-74-6 (English) 22. Labraunda and Karia, Proceedings of the International Symposium Commemorating Sixty Years of Swedish Archaeological Work in Labraunda, The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities Stockholm, November 20-21, 2008, ISSN 0346-6442 // ISBN 978-91-554-7997-8 - The Archaic architectural terracottas from Euromos and some cult signs by Suat Ateşlier, Pg 279 - 290 23. A N O D O S, Studies of the Ancient World, 6-7/2006-2007, CULT AND SANCTUARY THROUGH THE AGES, (From the Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity), - DAŞBACAK, Coşkun: Hecate Cult in Anatolia: Rituals and Dedications in Lagina pg 143-148; - SÖğÜT, Bilal: Naiskoi From the Sacred Precinct of Lagina Hekate: Augustus and Sarapis, PG 421-432 24. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, edited by Hans Dieter Betz, 1997, 406 pages, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-04444-0 25. RITUAL TEXTS FOR THE AFTERLIFE, Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston, 2013, 296 pages 26. ANCIENT GREEK CULTS, A guide by Jennifer Larson, 2007, 320 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0415491020 ISBN-10: 0415491029 27. Magika Hiera, Ancient Greek Magic and Religion, Edited by Christopher A. Faraone & Dirk Obbink, Oxford University Press, 1997, 312 pages, ISBN 0-19-504450-9 / ISBN 0-19-511140-0 28. From Artemis to Diana: The Goddess of Man and Beast, 12 Acta Hyperborea 2009, Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2009, 585 pages 29. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden, Oxford University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-19-513575-X; ISBN 0-19-515123-2 30. CHALDÆAN ORACLES, Translated and Commented by G. R. S. Mead (1908) version uses Hecat where later re-releases indicate Hecate. 31. Women’s Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook, ROSS SHEPARD KRAEMER, Editor, Oxford University press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-517065-2 (cloth); 0-19-514278-0 (pbk.) 32. Greek Religion by Walter Burker, – July 26, 1985, 512 pages 33. Various catalogs and Literature about Coin Collecting & Numismatics. A great deal of info and depictions of Hecate / Hekate on coins, tokens, can be discovered in the literature. These are just a few of the many journals, books, reports that are available. Requires a bit of determination on the part of the researcher to identify and discover how the coins reflect religion, economics, culture, geographical, etc influences. An underutilized source of information on many gods / goddesses. - A Catalog of Greek Coins in the British Musuem, 28 Volumes - ERIC - The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins – 2005 by Rasiel Suarez - COINAGE AND IDENTITY IN THE ROMAN PROVINCES, Edited by Christopher Howgego, Volker Heuchert, Andrew Burnett, Oxford University Press, 2005

Section 1a: Books more LHP in focus

01. Queen of Hell by Mark Alan Smith, 2010, 02. The Red King (Trident of Witchcraft) by Mark Alan Smith, 2011, 03. MAGICK OF THE ANCIENT GODS, Chthonic Paganism & the Left Hand Path by Michael W. Ford, 2009, 254 pages, ISBN 978-0-578-02732-6 04. Book of the Witch Moon: Chaos, Vampiric & Luciferian Sorcery, The Choronzon Edition by Michael W. Ford, 2006, 456 pages, Hecate Queen of Witches, pg 98 - 107 05. HECATE'S WOMB (And other essays) by Jason Perdue, 2004, 146 pages

Section 1b: Have heard both good and bad reviews of these books

01. The Witches' Craft: The Roots of Witchcraft & Magical Transformation by Raven Grimassi, 2002, 282 pgs 02. The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan, 3rd edition, 1997, 384 pgs 03. Hecate - The Witches' Goddess – November 4, 2011 by Gary R. Varner, PB, 120 pages (more bad than good reviews on this one) 04. The Temple of Hekate - Exploring the Goddess Hekate through Ritual, Meditation And Divination by Tara Sanchez, 2011, 192 pgs, ISBN 1905297491 (Myself I’d not recommend it) 05. Goddess Connections Workbook Hekate [Kindle Edition] by Tara Reynolds, 17 pages

Section 1c: Books questionable history and / or heavily MMC influenced (Not ones I’d recommend)

01. Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess Paperback – May 22, 1992, 304 pages, by Demetra George 02. Hecate: Queen of the Witches or Wise Crone? (Celebrate the Divine Feminine; Reclaim Your Power with Ancient Goddess Wisdom) by Joy Reichard, Chapter 13, 2011 03. Queen of the Night: Rediscovering the Celtic Moon Goddess by Sharynne MacLeod Nic Mhacha, 2005, Forth Lunation (chapter 4) 04. Goddess Enchantment, Magic and Spells Volume 2: Goddesses Love, Abundance and Transformation by Carrie Kirkpatrick, 2011, Chapter 4, pg 68-77 05. Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths Paperback, by Charlene Spretnak – August 3, 1992, 144 pages (This book has been compared to Robert Graves THE WHITE GODDESS in the author’s ability to suggest opinion as historical fact) Feminist seem to endorse it while historical based opinions find it to questionable. 06. Hecate (Monsters of Mythology) Library Binding, by Bernard Evslin – September, 1988, 87 pages (Most reviews and such suggest incorrect info and best to just toss it, part of his Monsters of series of books) Could not bring myself to read it entirely. Publishing date of 1988 suggests part of the issue’s presented, theories which are no longer endorsed or supported.

Section 2: Historical / Archaic / Modern Plays & Poetry

01. The Homeric Hymns (HYMN TO DEMETER) by Homer 01a The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays by Helene P. Foley, 1993, 320 pages. 02. The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes 03. Medea by Euripides 03a Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art Paperback, by James J. Clauss (Editor), Sarah Iles Johnston (Editor)– January 12, 1997, 376 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0691043760 ISBN-10: 0691043760 04. Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N) by Hesiod (Author), Glenn W. Most (Translator) – 2007, 308 pages, 05. The Orphic Hymm to Hekate 06. IDYLL 2: THE SPELL by THEOCRITUS 07. Ovid – The Metamorphoses - book vii & The Epistles of Ovid 08. John Keats – To Homer & On the Sea 09. William Shakespeare’s Plays - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 - King Henry VI. Part I., Act 3 Scene 2 - Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2 - Macbeth, Act II, scene 1 - King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1 10. Pausanias' Description of Greece II.30.2 11. The Comedies of Plutus by Aristophanes 12. The Aeneid by Virgil, Robert Fitzgerald translation 13. Hymm to Minerva by Proclus – Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries by Thomas Taylor, 1891, Pgs 225 – 227.

Section 2a: Historical / Archaic / Modern Plays & Poetry more LHP

01. Aleister Crowley Invocation of Hecate 02. Invocation of Hecate , Queen of All Witchcraft

Section 3: Academic research articles

01. A Group of Marble Statuettes in the Ödemiş Museum” – Part of The Stone Artifacts of the Ödemiş Museum 02. Structure, Sculpture and Scholarship Understanding the Sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina, Amanda Elaine Herring, University of California (L.A.), 2011 03. Apollo, Ennodia, and fourth-century Thessaly by C.D. Graninger, Kernos 22 (2009), Varia 04. Karian, Greek or Roman? The layered identities of Stratonikeia at the sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina by Christina Williamson 05. SANCTUARIES AS TURNING POINTS IN TERRITORIAL FORMATION. LAGINA, PANAMARA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATONIKEIA by Christina Williamson 06. City and Sanctuary in Hellenistic Asia Minor. Sacred and Ideological Landscapes by Christina Williamson 07. Hekate: Bringer of Light by Shelly M. Nixon, California Institute of Integral Studies. 08. Hekate with Apollo and Artemis on a Gem from the Southern Black Sea Region by MANOLIS MANOLEDAKIS 09. HEKATE: HER ROLE AND CHARACTER IN GREEK LITERATURE FROM BEFORE THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C. by CAROL M. MOONEY, B.A., McMaster University February, 1971 10. PLATO’S X & HEKATE’S CROSSROADS, ASTRONOMICAL LINKS TO THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS by George Latura, Independent Researcher, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. XX, No X, pp.xx-xx 11. Medea, Cytissorus, Hekate, they all came from Aea. Historical and Cultic Evidence from Hellas in the Golden Fleece Myths, Debbie Turkilsen and Joost Blasweiler, Publisher: Arnhem (NL) Bronze Age, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-820497-1-8 2014 Arnhem –Sydney 12. The Hecate of the Theogony, Jenny Strauss Clay, 1984, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 25: 27-38 13. A Portrait of Hekate by Patricia A. Marquardt, in the American Journal of Philology, Volume 102 14. DOG SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN GREECE: FROM THE SACRIFICE RITUAL TO DOG TORTURE (KYNOMARTYRION) by Manolis G. Sergis

Section 4: JSTOR articles

01. Diana Nemorensis by Andrew Alföldi, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 1960), pp. 137-144, Published by: Archaeological Institute of America, Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/502539 02. Hecate: A Transfunctional Goddess in the Theogony By Deborah Boedeker Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) Vol. 113, (1983), pp. 79-93 Published by: American Philological Association, Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/284004 03. Hecate: Greek or “Anatolian”? by William Berg, Numen Vol. 21, Fasc. 2 (Aug., 1974), pp. 128-140 Published by: BRILL Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3269561 04. The Running Maiden from Eleusis and the Early Classical Image of Hekate, Author(s): Charles M. Edwards Source: American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1986), pp. 307-318 Published by: Archaeological Institute of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/505689 05. Empousa, Dionysus and the Mysteries: Aristophanes, Frogs 285ff Author(s): Christopher G. Brown Reviewed work(s): Source: The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 41, No. 1 (1991), pp. 41-50 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Classical Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/639022 06. Crossroads, Author(s): S. I. Johnston Reviewed work(s): Source: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 88 (1991), pp. 217-224 Published by: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn (Germany) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20187554 07. The Chthonic Gods of Greek Religion Author(s): Arthur Fairbanks, Source: The American Journal of Philology,Vol. 21, No. 3 (1900), pp. 241-259 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/287716 08. A Portrait of Hecate by Patricia A. Marquardt, The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 102, No. 3 (Autumn, 1981), pp. 243-260, Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/294128 09. The House-Door in Greek and Roman Religion and Folk-Lore Author(s): M. B. Ogle Source: The American Journal of Philology,Vol. 32, No. 3 (1911), pp. 251-271 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/288616

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Fukigen na Mononokean Ch. 51

We finally get a peek and learn some interesting information! Here’s to hoping we finally get to see Aoi next month.

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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 51 - Heap of Drawings

Page 1

Yahiko: I'm pretty sure it was a human with this kinda feeling!

[This human is...]

Page 2

[Ashiya's father...]

[Ashiya Sakae.]

Abeno: (A gakuran...)

Yahiko: When I went to Aoi's place to play,

This guy was there.

Yahiko: When I asked him, “Who are you?”

Page 3

Yahiko: He said, “I'm a servant of the Mononokean.”

Abeno: ......

Yahiko: I think he told me his name, too, but... I forgot.

Abeno: Is there anything else you remember?

Yahiko: No...

Abeno: You don't know whether this human has passed away, either?

Page 4

Yahiko: I don't know.

Yahiko: I don't keep track of whether every human

who doesn't bother to play with me could still be alive.

Page 6

Ashiya: Eh!?

Ashiya: Yahiko!? Transformed into Sakae?!

(Abeno: So noisy...)

Page 7

Ashiya: I wanna see, too! Mononokean! Go to Seiryuji Temple!

(Ashiya: I'll confirm if it's the real thing!!)

Abeno: I had to play with him all morning, day, and night. If you don't give him some kind of tribute, he's not gonna transform for you, you know? (I've been with him since the day of the cultural festival...)

Ashiya: ...Sakae's face... what was it like?

Abeno: He had blank-looking eyes...?

Abeno: And...

Abeno: He was wearing a school uniform, and looked to be about our age.

Ashiya: He was in high school?

Ashiya: Yahiko met him that long ago...?

(Then he must know something about the reason for Sakae's disappearance 16 years ago)

(And why he only came back home once after that, three years later...)

Page 8

(More over...)

Ashiya: ...Did Yahiko know anything about when Sakae died?

Abeno: No...

Abeno: He didn't play with him, so Yahiko didn't even remember his name. (It seems he just barely managed to remember what he looked like.)

Ashiya: (If you don't play with him, you'll end up completely forgotten?!)

Abeno: They only met that one time,

So Yahiko's pretty much unrelated.

Page 9

Abeno: For the purposes of our investigation, Aoi is the only one who's connected.

Ashiya: What are those books...?

Abeno: These are all of Aoi's written reports for work.

We might be able to get an idea of the circumstances of Sakae's death with these.

Ashiya: W-

Ashiya: When was it!?

Page 10

Abeno: First, look at this.

Ashiya: This is...

Page 11

Ashiya: A drawing of a demon...?

Abeno: This is a demon that Aoi exorcised.

Abeno: But, what you should be looking at isn't that...

Abeno: It's this “cat.”

Ashiya: Eh...? Where...? Ah, it's really there! A hidden cat...! (I didn't notice it at all...)

Page 12

Abeno: There are other pages with this same cat drawn on them.

Ashiya: Let's see...

Ashiya: I found it!

Ashiya: There's one here, too...!

Ashiya: And here...?!

Abeno: That report has the first cat.

After that, there are a bunch of cats scattered throughout.

Abeno: The total number is 209... (I shouldn't have overlooked any.)

Ashiya: (He was tirelessly working on this Where's Wal** like assignment on his own. (If he said something, I would have helped...!))

Abeno: Before this point, there were decorative drawings hidden inside the portraits of demons.

I've looked at many of these sketches.

Abeno: But the timing and amount of appearances of this cat, when checked again Yahiko's testimony...

Page 13

Abeno: This cat symbolizes...

Abeno: The times Ashiya Sakae was working as a servant of the Mononokean.

Ashiya: ...Sakae was...

Ashiya: A servant of the Mononokean...!?

Abeno: There should be a written record of everyone who was ever employed by the Mononokean, but I haven't found anything in the reports.

Abeno: It seems Aoi was not only hiding it from the Legislator, but the Mononokean as well.

Page 14

Abeno: I can't say for certain why it was kept secret, but it's probably because Sakae was a human....

Ashiya: (I see...) There are demons who hate humans in the Underworld, too....

[For example...]

Abeno: Yeah...

Ashiya: ...But...

Ashiya: The fact that Sakae was employed by the Mononokean just like me...

Ashiya: I only met him once when I was little, so I felt like my connection to my father was pretty weak...

Ashiya: But this makes me feel a little closer to him.

Page 15

Abeno: .......

Abeno: In the Underworld Era, night 48, cycle 27, volume 11.

Request acceptance report number 143.

Abeno: That's the last request with a cat drawn on it.

Page 16

Abeno: The 143th request's report doesn't mention anything out of the norm.

Abeno: The next request, number 144, is the same.

Abeno: These two requests, when converted from the Underworld calendar to the Human world's...

Abeno: Took place 16 years ago...

Abeno: On November 1st and November 2nd.

Page 17

Ashiya: The day Sakae first disappeared was...

November 2nd...

Abeno: In autumn, 16 years ago...

Abeno: So the time period matches up with that story, after all,

Mononokean?

Page 18

[I don't recall the exact date, but it was fall...]

[I think it was a little before I met Itsuki.]

[There was a request to exorcise a demon, and so Aoi went out.

A long time passed, and I had been worried because Aoi didn't come back...]

[It must have been horrible, because Aoi finally returned

and was wounded.]

[I tried to find out what happened, but Aoi only dodged my questions, and I wasn't able to get any details.]

[But when I kept asking insistently...]

Page 19

Mononokean: “I sat vigil at a cat's side.”

[...Aoi said that,]

[While crying.]

Page 20

Abeno: The last picture of the cat... and Aoi's words...

The day Sakae disappeared...

Abeno: If we take all this into account...

Abeno: Ashiya Sakae passed away on November 2nd.

Page 21

Abeno: Between the 143rd and the 144th reports, there's traces of many pages being torn out.

Abeno: The day Sakae died must have originally been written about here...

Ashiya: That's not possible.

Ashiya: Three years after that...

Ashiya: When I was three years old, he came back, you know?

Ashiya: My mom and my sister met him.

Ashiya: Those two wouldn't have been mistaken.

Ashiya: That was definitely the real “Sakae.”

Page 22

Abeno: That was probably Aoi, taking the form of Ashiya Sakae.

Ashiya: ...Huh?

Page 23

Abeno: Aoi was...

A talented demon, unlike any other.

Abeno: Among anything that exists in the human world,

Abeno: Aoi has a unique and godlike ability to change into whatever could be visualized.

Abeno: Even humans who can't see demons are able to perceive Aoi.

Page 24

Ashiya: Then...

Ashiya: The person I always thought was my father is...

Ashiya: ......

Page 25

(Aoi-san...!?)

Page 26

Ashiya: ...I see...

Ashiya: That's why he disappeared so soon afterward...

Ashiya: ..Going as far as to transform into a dead person...

Ashiya: Why did Aoi did appear before us?

Page 27

Abeno: ...I wonder.

Abeno: I've only looked the reports concerning what happened 16 years ago, but...

The reason for showing up three years later in that form....

Abeno: Aoi is the only one who really knows.

(November 2nd... Looking at the 144th's report...)

(What was written for it is very much “normal”...)

(Maybe there are other unique markings left in demon portraits...)

Page 28

Abeno: ......

[Could there be some meaning in this stupid-looking drawing...?]

Abeno: What was Aoi thinking...?

That idiot...

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“There was something about the folks at Anteku. Everyone was full of life, you know. Always smiling. And you fit right in with them. You finally found a place where you belonged. You were happy, I wanted to do what i could to keep you that way. I tried to protect you guys, i really did. But who would've thought it would end up like this? I wanted to help so you wouldn't take the burden all by yourself. You see, you don't always have to be the hero, Kaneki.“

- Hideyoshi Nagachika, Tokyo Ghoul √A (Ep. 12)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for September 30-October 1, 2017. The times are a-changin’ for several shows as Tokyo Ghoul showcases the finale of √A, while Zenigata manages to lock up Lupin, but has difficulty in throwing away the key, and Naruto wraps up the Pains Assault arc as Nagato stands down to Naruto, among other great moments.

On Twitter, Toonami as well as every show would successfully trend in the US during their respective East Coast airings. Meanwhile on Tumblr, Toonami would trend as well as JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Hunter x Hunter.

Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Super would come up short this week, failing to trend in some capacity this week or getting on Nielsen Social’s top 5 list, ending a streak that has lasted (holiday marathon nights aside) since June 17.

Huge news for Sword Art Online this week for those that haven’t heard. Just as Toonami was beginning in the East Coast, Aniplex had announced that a season 3 of the series is indeed in the works. And after a 3 year hiatus from television (2 since it last aired on Toonami), SAO is coming back in a big way.

Season 3 will be fully focused on one story arc, titled “Project Alicization”, which takes place shortly after the events of Mother’s Rosario that ended season 2 as well as the events of the Ordinal Scale film (which takes place in between). Alicization runs from Volume 9-19 of the original light novels, and considering that the previous 2 seasons covered the first 8 volumes in total (with roughly 2 volumes max per story arc), this will be the longest story arc in the franchise to date. It is presently unknown how many episodes there will be or if Alicization will required to be split into several cours (as was seen with Durarara x2, Gundam IBO, and My Hero Academia for instance) due to its length.

This new story arc will take place in a new fictional video game titled “Underworld” and will feature two new characters to the story, Eugeo, and Alice. For obvious spoiler reasons, I can’t say much story-wise until the time comes, but you’ll likely be hearing much more about those two and this upcoming story during the show’s run-up in the months to come.

There’s more to it. Aniplex has also announced that a side story to the series, “Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online” is also in the works. Based off the light novel originally published in 2014 and written by Keiichi Sigsawa of Kino’s Journey fame, as the title suggests, this new series is directly related to the Phantom Bullet story arc seen during the first part of season 2. However, instead of following Kirito and Sinon in their mission to stop Death Gun, this side story will introduce a new crew in GGO.

You can see the promos for season 3 by clicking here and Alternative GGO by clicking here.

No word yet on when these two new additions to the franchise will premiere, but given the success of Sword Art Online seasons 1 and 2 previously on the better cartoon show, no doubt these new additions to the franchise will be ones to watch for to Toonami to potentially air at some point ahead. We’ll keep you posted on the developments ahead, but as with all potential shows, if you do wish to see Sword Art Online return to the block for Project Alicization, Alternative GGO, and perhaps even Ordinal Scale as well, continue supporting the show and the block overall as always and let Toonami and Aniplex know (ex. Toonami's Facebook and Tumblr message boxes, among other places).

In terms of trending, SAO 3 would trend worldwide as a result of the announcement.

Ever since the original manga made its debut on Weekly Young Jump back in 2011, Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul would go on to make a big impact on the anime and manga scene, becoming a regular best seller on both sides of the Pacific, with 25 volumes combined and counting. Tokyo Ghoul would be adapted into a anime series by Studio Pierrot, with part 1 airing in Japan from July 4 to September 19, 2014, and part 2: √A or Root A airing from January 9 to March 27, 2015, which also helped the series reach new heights in terms of popularity.

Given the show’s success, it came at no surprise that Tokyo Ghoul would regularly be among the most requested shows for Toonami to eventually acquire. Despite this, it would take several more years before it would get its shot on the better cartoon show, and on March 10th, 2017, Toonami announced that it finally would beginning on March 25th. However, this airing would come with a catch. The catch that One Piece’s Toonami run would have to be canceled to make way.

Of course, Tokyo Ghoul isn’t the reason One Piece was booted, as I mentioned during the OP retrospective 26 weeks ago, declining ratings combined with the high costs of airing the show and fans wanting a shakeup to the block made its continuation on the better cartoon show unsustainable, and Tokyo, Ghoul was just merely next in line to air, so to speak. Understandably, One Piece fans were very upset at this move, and some have questioned Tokyo Ghoul’s presence on the better cartoon show, with critics arguing that the anime’s quality being not up to par to the manga, among other things. Nonetheless, One Piece’s downfall and Tokyo Ghoul’s rise as Toonami shows, combined with Sword Art Online’s continued success, and Naruto’s resilience, may well be defining examples (Toonami-wise) that acclaim doesn't mean much if you don't have the ratings to back it up, and perhaps vindicates something Toonami head Jason DeMarco has said: “television is a democracy and people vote with their eyeballs”. We always hate it when something like this happens, but the moral of the story is to support your favorite shows, or watch them leave as well.

During the show’s 24 episode run, the show would successfully trend on Twitter in some capacity during all 12 weeks of part 1’s run, including in the US during 11 weeks as well as worldwide during week 1. Things were a little slower during Root A on the other hand, with the show trending in the US for 6 out of 12 weeks. The show would also trend on tumblr for 9 weeks of its run (8 of them during Part 1), including during the week before its run as the show was being promoted.

As those that have read the manga would tell you, the anime has made quite a few notable changes from the original material, with Tokyo Ghoul Root A diverging from the manga by around Volume 6. The manga continues on to this day with 12 volumes total of Tokyo Ghoul, as well as its sequel series in Tokyo Ghoul:re with 13 volumes/143 chapters and counting. For those interested, Viz Media has translated and released part 1 in US shores and is currently working on releasing Tokyo Ghoul:re, with the first volume set for release on October 17.

In addition, there’s a brand new live action film adaptation, which premiered during Anime Expo and released in Japan on July 29th. Funimation will be showcasing the new Tokyo Ghoul live action film from October 16-22 in select theaters. Click here for more information.

But that’s not all. There has been some developing news released this week regarding a continuation or reboot of the anime, with the announcement of an adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul:re in the works, set to premiere sometime next year. Before this announcement was made on Thursday, publisher Young Jump has announced that they will have plans to reveal new information regarding what is next for Tokyo Ghoul on October 12, and assuming that this wasn't the announcement released in advance, we may hear more regarding this new series then.

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It is currently unknown how the creators will address the previously mentioned diverging of the story from the manga, whether the show will just start off from the Root A ending and work their way back to following the manga, much like a Shonen Jump long runner returns to canon, or follow a similar path several other Toonami shows took when they were continued, such as restarting from the beginning much like FMA Brotherhood, or have Root A “retconed”, similar to Blue Exorcist when episodes 18-24 of the original series were ignored from the canon when the Kyoto Saga began. Of course, this is all just speculation at the moment, but it will be interesting to see how the story continues with this in mind.

Nonetheless, as I mentioned with Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, and Sword Art Onilne among potentially many others, given the show’s success, I think it is safe to say that Tokyo Ghoul will be a potential candidate to make a return to the better cartoon show for this new series. Assuming Funimation and Toonami can successfully negotiate and pull off a broadcast dub, Tokyo Ghoul may likely make a return as early as next year. Of course, it’s too early to say anything on this matter, but as with all potential shows, if you do wish to see Tokyo Ghoul:re on the better cartoon show, continue supporting the show and the block as always, and let Toonami and Funimation know.

Regardless of what happens, Tokyo Ghoul was a pretty interesting ride, for better or for worse, and given recent news and its continued support, I doubt we will be hearing the last from Kaneki, Touka, Hide, and the Anteku. What happens next should be an interesting one, and we’ll keep you posted.

Of course, we haven’t heard the last from Mikazuki and the Tekkadan, as Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans makes its return to the better cartoon show for Season 2 tonight at 12:30am Eastern, while Naruto Shippuden will begin the Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha story arc, and Lupin the Third continues the 2nd half of Part 4, among other great moments.

We’ll see you again then as always, but we do wish a Happy 25th anniversary to Cartoon Network. From all the good times and despite the bad times, From the Cartoon Cartoons and later the Cartoon Network originals, to [adult swim], Boomerang, and Toonami, CN has brought fans both young and old many great shows and allowing us to enjoy the great medium that is animation. Thanks for the memories, and here’s to many more.

Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

United States Trends:

Toonami/#Toonami [#7]

#DBZKai [#24]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [#7]

#TokyoGhoul [#4]

#HunterXHunter [#8]

#LupinThe3rd [#5]

#Shippuden [#6]

#OutlawStar [#6]

#CowboyBebop [#6]

#AttackOnTitan [#7]

Worldwide Trends:

SAO3 [#9]

Tweet Counts:

Toonami [6,219 tweets]

#Toonami [3,246 tweets]

#DBZKai [1,226 tweets]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [2,625 tweets]

#TokyoGhoul [2,275 tweets]

#HunterXHunter [1,989 tweets]

#LupinThe3rd [1,491 tweets]

#Shippuden [1,063 tweets]

#OutlawStar [1,013 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#toonami

#jojos bizarre adventure

#hunter x hunter

Notes and Other Statistics:

#HunterXHunter: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @Mike_Daniels76 started the trend in the US.

#CowboyBebop: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @XavierWoodsPhD started the trend in the US.

Special thanks to @coreymbarnes, @jmb70056, and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

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