>At last, the three set off for Moge! Meanwhile, around that time, what is Palma doing on Yamato...?Chapter drops in a few minutes, will dump.
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>>289989042>Don't push yourself too hard, you'll ruin your health.>As long as you're smiling and alive, I'm happy.>Moge's souvenir... abbreviated as "Momiya-Ge", look forward to it.>-Tokio
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>>289989092>>289989076MTL so grain of salt, wait for TLanon.
I really don't understand why Ishida keeps using such awful 3DCG all the timesurely the ability to set his own schedule means that he can take as long as he wants to properly draw everything, right?
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>>289989245Uh that's itFinally
>the entire chapter is about both Tokio and Palma flirting while being irrensponsible assholes
>>289989282They both seem to be doing their jobs pretty responsibly, yeah?
>>289989292Yeah. One of them is creating a drug that may cause an "aaaa i love Palma" zombie apocalypse and another leaves his own squad members to fend for themselves Sato style.They are perfect for each other.
>>289989245nice work whoever summoned Ricardo last thread
>>289989310I wouldn't know I don't have the TL yet.
Ricardo is probably still one of a few choujins that can do damage to Tokio, i wonder what would be his version of Tokio's nightmare now? Dead Palma?
>>289989326>>289989245I too thank that guy (tho it was to be expected considering the Ume art Ishida did back in October... V6 had Octopaper merch, then they returned in V8)
>>289989245Glad my HERO finally showed up again.
>>289989042btw she call's this thing "Nuu-tan" and it has Nude's buck teeth
>>289988760>>289988775>Short hairBOOOOOOO
>>289989042>>289989415>That's NudeJESUS CHRIST PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISERY
>"Because the person I love is fighting on the front lines.">"As long as you live and smile, I am happy,"This war is the only reason Palma is not pregnant yet.
>>289989415>>289989441why the fuck does he look like this now
>>289989245HOPE bros we are next
>>289989465Ishida started playing/reading "I have no mouth and I must scream" but had enough mercy and gave Nude a mouth
>>289989465He was barely holding it together after less than a year, it's been multiple now so she probably got "creative" in keeping him alive.
>>289989441The chapter states that he's happy.What an insanely cool twist on a typical mad doctor trope, she genuinely wants them all to be well.>>289989465This is caused by taking her blood for too long. Smaller doses are safe, but anything more leads to the subject becoming deformed and getting a strong familial bond with Palma.
>>289989465because she is evil and will flip, its in the bloodscreenshot this
>>289989486>The chapter states that he's happy.Fuck off Palmium, put him out of his misery, he can't go on like this
Gueltan side: cool iron soldiers, heroic dragons, modern tech, top tier living conditions, medicine advancementsYamato side: a death god, a mad scientist with a mutated zombie army, a mentally unstable prophet...who are the good guys again?
>>289989479>>289989245now that I think about it last time we saw Hume was in a ramen place
>>289989532Now that would be fucking hilarious.
>>289989486>This is caused by taking her blood for too long. Smaller doses are safe, but anything more leads to the subject becoming deformedHarris bros...
>>289989245I hope Ricardo teams up with Tokio
>>289989556Getting a nightmare choujin on his side would be perfect for Tokio.
>>289989422>disliking messy bob cut, the sexiest haircut in existence
>>289989588I liked the messy impossibly massive ponytail
>>289989173Reminder that this is the first time he has smiled since the timeskip.
>>289989618Christ he's ugly...
>Palma is smelling the letter and noticing Tokio's scent on it
>>289989465He is on so much mad scientist drugs
>>289989465>Bodily metamorphosis, bone proliferation, abnormal tissue formation>Administered groups form intense emotional bonds toward her>Protective desires, sense of belonging, devotion>The long-term risk of personality alteration remains unknown>Subject 'N' has been exposed [to her blood] for the longest period>Continuous blood transfusions have caused abnormal activity and personality deterioration>'N' displays an intense maternal affection>This emotion is less dependency and more akin to worship>'N' perceives her not as a mother, but as 'God'Christ
>>289989220UBREGA BROS??? WHY IS HE RUNNING AWAY?
>>289989972His boyfriend isn't here, it isn't worth itNo really, he noticed Tokio's missing
palma has been having sex with other men in Tokios absence, this chapter confirms it
>Tokio loves the Palma's present and defends it when Arulu calls it creepy>says that the important thing is when something comes from heart even if it's clumsy>Arulu immediately remembers ShadowlLove these character interactions.
>>289989930I hope someone blows Nude up in front of her
>>289989972Felt nervous when Tokio didn't show up so he left.
>>289990033t.shirou who got rejected twice in two pages
>>289990009Makes sense desu, in a conventional war you'd immediately be concerned why the enemy's strongest force disappeared to flank and press some weakness in your forces, or the pathetic display in its absence some sort of trap. They wouldn't know Tokio's just AWOL on a field tripVulture Squad survives another day.. for now
>>289989930Even Palma herself considers P-Nest too fucked up to administer but the war forces to make sacrifices because the drug seems to be insanely powerful.
>>289989930I've wondered for a while why Palma called her ability 'an abomination of Bill Morth's blood' when it seemed she was able to revive people just fine. Guesss we know now!(wonder if this is what happened to the Mister that she apologized to in her backstory too then - since we can assume she had already found out about and began to be fearful of her ability from reviving people back in Morth)
>>289990165I'm sure she had an idea, but these past few years in story she's had the opportunity to fully study and experiment with its effects in a functional lab setting. And they're pretty spooky fucked up.
>>289990165It's interesting that while her ability is clearly a weak perversion of Bill's, her gentle personality that simply longs for a family and companionship makes it even more fucked up because if you take too much of her blood, you start viewing her as a mother or a god to protect. She also hates when her zombies suffer, so her ability makes them happy... replacing their initial personality.Genuinely a cool and well written power, among the best in the cast.
Rhetoric will fuck Shadowl's niece
>>289990386She is already turning him into Shadowl
>>289990386why did you ai upscale that image
Rhetoric will become a world-class athlete by the end of this arc lmao
>>289990413She has a very strange way of showing affection
>>289989346i'd think Sato would have shown similar things to Tokio many times during their training so he would be immune/unresponsive to it
>>289989441Who's Nude again?
>>289989022Complete Hartleyfication
>>289990938Opium Dealer Card Games Palma's buddy
>>289990263I wonder if Zora's blood changed her original power somehow over time
>>289991053I almost remember him but not enough to feel bad. That must've been back in the 30s or 40s, right?
>>289989245I missed them.
>>289988760>>289988775WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ISHIDA????
>>289988760>not long hair PalmaFuck this gay earth
>>289989245Ishida has granted my wish
>>289990965Lucky for Tokio Palma is a choujin
Why is this thread so fucking dead?
>>289992080Its 3 in the morning
>>289988775>Basetetol>Turbo Raiser>...Wonder if it could use dried mackerel?>SPRI's new drug set.>And also...>bag: dried mackerel>the handmade scarf>I stayed up late making...>...or its fudged up>remains attempt>*scarf?: Life (or live, survive, whatever sounds more charm-like)>that ended up>a charm thingy...>Agh, there's no way!>How could I send this?!>It didn't even make it for winter...>90% gross probability!>But maybe Tokio would be happy anyway...?>No hold it, it's a hand-knit charm!! It's sooo!>Ooooooo!>Chief.>>289988792>Eck, a zombie!!>Indeed.>A zombie you made, in fact.>Who are you talking to?>The morning conference is starting.The practical use data for the new drug has arrived, too.>Wha?!>Where did the time go?!>Geez, it's always conference this, meeting that!>Now I gotta put off the packing 'til night!>Hey, you!>Yes?>Give me your honest opinion...>on this!>What even is that? It's gross.>I knew it?!>Ahaha?! It's totally gross?!>Wahaha...ha...haha!>>289988815>*big stretch>*small stretch>*tap tap>*fwoosh>>>289988827>Kh...>*pf>*psh>*psh>*wsh>*wsh>You're tensing up too much.>>289988842>Right.>Emotions can narrow your vision.>You'll no longer see the opponent, only yourself—>Keep your impulses under control.>Otherwise it will become your shackle.
>>289988862>That's quite the workout.>How about you put in a little work yourself?>Hmph>As you wish.>>289988884>"The black beast>chuffs from the shadow's recess.">All while listening to the sound of your striking fists>akin to a lullaby.">How was it?>What even was that?>It's a poem.>Okay.>Hey!>We're goin', kids.>Ready whenever!>Fine by me.>Giving it hell with your morning practice, huh.>If anything, it wasn't enough.>That's Azuma's star pupil for you.>Glad to hear it.>>289988901>The land routes to Moge are all held by Guelta.>Can't avoid Guelta's warning net by sky, either.>So that's why we're going to Moge>by sea route.>A boat, huh.>Yep.>What about Gueltan forces in the waters?>No doubt they got some.>But,>it's safer than beelining through the land covered with troops,or carrying you guys through the air with them hot on our tail.>Makes sense.>Boats do breed romance between man and a woman, after all.>The sardine, too, swims in the sea, after all.This is probably? a reference to the saying "Rather than a sea bream's tail, better a sardine's head" saying. And if it's not, it's lost on me.>Does that mean you're looking forward to the boat trip as well, Arles?>N-Not really... I'm past the age of getting excited from baots.>Oh really, now?>>289988901>Alrighty, I'm going on ahead.>Uh?>We rendezvous at the north port.>We're setting sail in three days.>Don't be late.>Shant,>don't ditch Retty, ya hear?>Um?>Wait!>How long is it gonna take?!>Asso Port>On Foot: 18 days>By Car: 20 hours>Huh? Hey!>Ditching me is disobeying an order!
>>289988929>Oh yeah.>Forgot the telegram.>Pardon me, sirs, may I ask where you're headed?>Oh, certainly, we're going east...>Perchance, are you...>The lord vulture whomst hails from Higo...?>I am deeply obliged for the generous succor you provided to my migratory kin the other day.>Think nothing of it.>Then...if you're heading east anyway,>could I bother you to carry out a little favor for me?>Yamata Perfecture North City>Research WardPretty sure Viz translated North City as Kita City, so whichever you prefer. Same shit.>>289988945>Special Pharmacology Research Institute >Chief Palma.>Good morning>Morning.>Test group C.>After administering the PT regeneration factor "Nest,">the bodies became superactivated.>Self-repair of damage that would conventionally take several days>completed in just two hours.>There was clear improvement in sustained combat ability.>The time it takes for injured personnel to return to the field>will be significantly reduced.>...However,>there are still issues before its frontline distribution.>>289988957>It's Nest's addictivity.>Following cessation of administration, >severe psychological instability and self-destructive impulses were observed.>In addition, there is physical mutation and bone proliferation due to over-activation...>Abnormal tissue formation...>And lastly, what remains an unknown variable is...>Nest's "matrofixation".>Test subjects exhibit an extreme psychological dependence...>toward Shishinegura Palma, the administration source.>Protective urges, attribution response, dedicatory nature—>the adminstered group forms a powerful attachment to her.>While nothing problematic has been ovserved at present...>...the risk of "personality alteration" over long-term application remains unknown.
I like Rhetoric
>>289988760Man I was looking forward to her design. Way to ruin it.
>>289988969>"Subject N" can be said to be the individual exposed to Nest for the longest duration.>Continuous blood transfusions resulted in progressive abnormal activity and personality alteration...>N exhibited strong matrofixation.>This emotion is closer to "worship" than dependence.>It perceives her not as a mother, but as a "god".>While uncertain if this could be called fortunate, the test subject itself shows no signs of pain whatsoever.>Rather, there is even the possibility that this euphoria is eroding N's own personality.>Restricted to short-term application, Nest is effective.>However,>personality erosion brought about from long-term application cannot be overlooked.>We will adjust the dosage incrementally and begin experimental usage starting with low-concentration groups.>We will ascertain if the manifestation of matrofixation can be suppressed while retaining the regenerative effect.>Treatment Room A2>>289988984>Take the painkillers before it becomes unbearable, okay?>These antibiotics are for morning, noon, and night.>...Sorry for keeping you here so late.>It's fine.>To you soldiers, day and night make no difference, doesn't it?>Haven't you been working all day?>Conferences, research, treating us...>...What's driving you so hard?>It's because the person I love is fighting on the front line.
>>289989003>Could you be talking about...>Me...?>Oh, no-no, definitely not.>I'm working my hardest hoping things can get even a little bit easier on him...>Man, I just wanted to try saying that once...>You're incredible.>You're incredible, too.>If it was just off 2 centimeters this time, too, you'd be six feet under, yet like a phoenix...>Well, yeah.>It's all over once you're dead.>Yep, don't die.>*snicker>...That medicine is the one I've heard about, right?>Whoever it uses it falls in love with you, doc, right?>Wha?!>It's a rumor on the front line. There're guys who say they actually used it...>Th-This is a low concentration dose, so...>I don't think it'll have much of a reaction...>...So rest assured.>>289989022>I wouldn't mind even if it did.>That way I'll get a reason to fight my all like you, right?>...No.>Haha, shot down.>Don't die on me.>...I'll do my best; I am a phoenix.>I'm jealoous of your boyfriend.>>289989042>I get scared...>...at times.>I want to heal them,>but it feels like I'm breaking them instead.>Is this the right thing to do...?>Am I really being helpful to everyone...?>Nu,>this did end up pretty ugly...>didn't it.>>289989076>Yaawwn>For me?>"To Palma. We're departing Higo for Moge.">"No idea if Moge has mailboxes or not.">"Don't worry about sending me care packages for the time being".>"If there are mailboxes, I'll send you a postcard.">"Don't work yourself too hard, you'll ruin your health.">"I'd be happy as can be if you can live with a smile.">Oh, I can see the port from here.>"Look forward to the Moge souvenior...Mouvenir for short.">"Tokio">>289989092>*sniffa sniffa>Smells like bird...>I'mma make this today's topic...>Huh?>You'll delivery a response for me?>But...>...Don't fret it?>The next day>Higo - Assoh Port The GPS spelled it slightly differently from the title card so I guess I'm spelling it differently too.
>>289989117>Shant didn't leave Rhetoric in the dust, right...?>She needs to be able to protect Retty...>Hm?>Oh, it's you...>Salutations, hero.>What happened to going east?>I've hence been to and fro.>For you, good chum.>Sorry for the trouble.>There's not much, but you can have this.>Macadamia nuts.>It is of no bother at all! profound privilege to give a lending wing to a hero!>And I am met with extravagances such as this!>>289989137>That golden hair looks as if woven from early spring sunlight.>Even to my avian eyes, she is a lovely and beautiful woman.>Such brilliant color makes ones instinctively want to sweet her to one's nest.>Haha, right on.>Now then, I shall take my leave.>Sure thing, take care.>Kurohara!!>Sure took your time, Shant.>Where's Retty? You didn't ditch him, did ya?>He's lying around right outside town!>Completely drained!!>I'm impressed you managed to get Retty here in 3 days.>How'd ya do it?>You're the old who told me to...>I pulled him with my shadow,>*back Leaaave meeee>and made him run until his lungs collapsed.>>289989153>I had him Raise after respiratory failure or cardiac arrest.>Still kicking?>Hurry up and stop your heart or breathing.>Once his whole body was reset, I made him run again.>*above Pleaase leaaveee meeeee>How in the world>could you be so cruel?>Because I was told we depart in three days.>What is that? That weird—>(gross)>...thing.>Dummy,>that's what makes it great.>Ya can't get this just anywhere.
>>289989173>I don't need pretty things.>Even if it's a bit ugly,>having heart put in it is what makes me happy.>If you keep looking for flaws chasing after perfection,>things are gonna get real boring real fast.>You'll end up not being able to see the good things.>That's a bad trade, isn't it?>Arles.... In all things—>Oh!>Now where are you going...?!>Relax, I'm not ditching you.>Gonna go fetch Retty.>You go rest. I've booked us a room, it's the Seagull Inn, in 512.>In all things,>The grosser it is, the better it isViz used "cringe" here last time.>That is absolutely not true...>>289989189>I meant for them to just run a bit for stamina training...>But she really went and made him run the whole distance...>Though her style was a bit spicy.>That's Azuma's star pupil for you.>Saved me the trouble of needing to go pick them up. Lucky & Happy.>Problem is>Ely's Retty (bold).>I'm dead as dirt...>You good?>You're really gonna die on the way if this keeps up.>>289989205>Gwah!>>289989220>Upper left sky, at 3!>Abandon the tower! Prioritize the civilian block!>3rd Formation, intercept!>We're pulling out.>But, if we press them now...>Something's off.>We've made plenty of gains. Pull back the troops.>Why isn't he coming out?>What are you scheming—>Vulture.>Ubrega's retreating!>Damage report!>Tend the injured!>>289989245>On the Higo front, the 01 Flying Column repelled an assault led by Ubrega for the 57th time total, forcing a retreat.>This marks a year and a half that the 01 Flying Column has continuously held a defensive line.>That Vulture unit is nuts, ain't they...>I hear their captain is strong as hell.>Kurohara the Vulture, right?>Higo's guardian deity.>Cheers to Vultures!>...Heya, Ume.>Did we just stumble in on the goldmine?
Found it ironic that Tokio gave the two stooges an absurd order just like how Sato would give him.>>289989245It's also no wonder Tokio isn't looking around to spot the obvious chtulhu in the room since that reporter has massive tits.
>>289992346God, I missed the bird talk so much....
>>289992378Bird rizz is too strong, Tokio could learn a thing or two from them, kek
Reminder that Ishida made this Palma's theme song in the volume OSTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWXRIJTp8YThe lyrics are probably why.Since Ishida decided to make this chapter fuckhuge, we're probably going on a month break now since it put us at 189 of the 204 volume pages, leaving 15 pages for padded content and extras.For the record, volume 16 was at 13 pages for extra shit, 8 of which were substantial ones and the rest filler whatever.
>>289988901>ACK!!
>>289992389Thanks for translations, anon. Was waiting eagerly for this one!
Was a lab full of zombie scientists on anyone bingo card?
>>289988945Are they taking out Nude's hearts and cultivating them? Who else would have a heart that fucking big? Has science gone too far or not far enough?
>>289992346>Test subjects exhibit an extreme psychological dependence...>toward Shishinegura Palma, the administration source.>Protective urges, attribution response, dedicatory nature—>the adminstered group forms a powerful attachment to her.I wonder if this Sora's influence. Palma's zombies attacked her before and were trying to eat her like people on Morth did with each other.
>>289989173Oh no, she already starts seeing her uncle CHADowl in him...
>>289989245RICARDO AND UME? MEETING TOKIO?BEST CHAPTER HANDS DOWN
I really hope Ricardo is going to be on friendlier terms with Tokio now, their relationships were funny during the kidnapping arc.
>>289989346I think that at this point it would be reverse - Tokio is the worst matchup for Ricardo, since he's now kinda fragile mentally and could just slip into CHAOS with one nightmare attack.
>>289990938The sexy girl that had a "naked wrestling" match against Tokio.at least in his imagination
>>289989646He's just dead inside, Anon.
>>289992848They are such cool dudes too
>>289991076I was suspecting that too with all that "mother" brainwashing. Especially since we already saw its potential power with "geass".She's now literally a Zora 2.0, "creating" new "children" by sharing her own blood. Minus the prophet powers.We already saw that Zora could "symbiotic beeastification" her believers, with Palma all that's left is to put her into some dangerous situation.The moment she feels danger, all the zombies and people with her blood will probably beastify and do everything in their power to protect her. Kinda reverse situation to her Hyena arc.
>>289993050It's a hard tell, since when they first started trying to eat her, she didn't have Zora blood in her, but the zombies did. I thought part of the condition was that the zombies were also reaching choujin levels of supercells, which was healing them from the sedative and inducing a berserk state.
>>289992389Thank you TLAnon!I think I'm gonna buy some macadamia nuts to snack on....
>>289988760>>289988775>>289988792>>289989076>>289989092>PLEASE CARE ABOUT THE BLONDE BIMBO!!! PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if Tokio and Palma even met personally, or they spent 3 years doing these old fashioned letters from the front.Extremely sweet either way. Tokio looked genuinely happy when he was talking about Palma's charm.
>>289992887>Palma's blood is too strong>But Nude, who took it for years, produces his own diluted version now>By distilling Nude's organs, the "safe" P-nest is madeHe became zombie Jesus, but god, the price for it is horrifying.
I love these two. Arulu is such a brat.
>>289989346Probably his dead family. Kinda surprising his mom didn't appear when Ricardo first used his ability on him, given the weight of the trauma - maybe Tokio repressed it so hard even his own brain refused to manifest itAgreed with the others I really don't feel Ricardo could dent him now though, even if Tokio still has his demons. He was a simpering teenager when he first fought Ricardo - this bitch been through Sato's training, lost his friends in Iwato, and on the frontline of an all-out war for years.Even if Ricardo has levelled up in the years since, at worst Tokio'd just go into chaos and negate all psychic attacks. Ume's probably a much bigger threat, given she was already OP at the start of the story, and now the baby wheels are off
>>289993500Ume has a strong power but she's helpless against foes who have armor, and Tokio has armored wings. Plus i think they are on completely different levels as choujins now, Tokio demolished Jing's clone army like it was nothing and that shit was insanely powerful compared to what Ume has displayed 3 years ago.
>>289993391Ishida forcing fan service like this just feels wrong. Like with all due respect if he's gonna be doing this shit then at least do it for Ely
>>289992389Appreciated,hope Ume and Ricardo join the new team,that would be amazing
>>289993519I dunno about that, Jing levelled up a LOT in the years that passed. Ishida seems to be enjoying expanding the world by showing how much its characters have grown in power, including the villains.Ume's ability to make anything that replicates actual matter from paper is heavy slept on. She made a paper dynamite stick and it blew up. Imagine if she makes a paper adamantine harpe, or a paper nuke
I wonder if Yubiko and Chandra are somehow involved with whatever's happening in Moge
Character Stats as of this chappy. I have a feeling instead of outright fight, Octopaper is just there to do recon for Guelta (since Queem always pays better) the same way they did for Batista in Poppy Arc
>>289993448The blonde dude is the same type of character as the female Q that was somehow able to create fans out of her kagune. I don't get why we need to see the randumb character appear again and again.
>>289993522I mean, he has shown Ely naked twice too, once during an intense battle. It's just probably weird (and less enjoyable to draw / less profitable) since she's midget sizedLet's just be glad she's growing into an actual character (beyond fanservice/romantic interest) more slightly, with her complex about her ability
>>289989245Our heroes have returned at last.
>>289993796Who is the one with Sato for some reason?
Imagine being a wounded soldier and a doctor helping you is some ridiculously hot half naked chick who literally can't shut up about her feelings for some soldierMust be tough
>>289994034Seiko Kiira aka lie detector aka another of Ishida's horrible timeskip character development haircuts.
>>289994034The Lie Detector chick was introduced in chapter 17 to interrogate Nari then in 42+43 to interrogate Palma with Azuma
>>289994034Lie detector chick. She was the one interrogating snake chick at the start of the manga. Theory goes YM plopped her next to Sato to keep him on his toes because they don't see him as trustworthy either lol
>>289992389Thanks
Tokio pretty much indirectly confirmed this chapter that Rhetoric's choujin ability inherently has no fighting ability, since he's counting on Arles to save Retty's ass, and only expects Retty to learn to run.
>>289994162I think he's a bard, someone who can empower others.
>>289994092Retarded discord theory.
>>289988957>those using Palma's blood become attached to her
>>289988984>the person I love is fighting on the frontlineAhhh, war drama!Inject it straight to my veins!
>>289989117I fucking love all the birds-communication in this chapter.And they're all gentlemen!
>>289989137She refuse to make sled and force him run along with her.
>>289989153>tired? Kill yourself and recoverAzuma... your disciple is merciless.
>>289989671Tokio now smells like birds.
>>289988969wtf my guy didn't deserve this
>>289995348When was the last time we saw something like this in anime/manga? 86? Gosick?
>>289995833He wanted it.
>>289995848Violet Evergarden has a lot.
>>289995833He would be dead for 3 years now if it wasn't for Palma. He's in a shitty condition but he's happy and alive.
>>289995833Bucket disagrees. No joke dude ruined Nude in both life and death
>>289988760>>289988775>>289989042>>289989076>>289989092Tokio is so lucky
I wonder what would be Arulu's reaction when she realises the charm is from Tokio's girlfriend. She's a shoujo manga fan after all.
>>289988760>>289988775disgusting short hair
>>289990965Tokio and Palma have everything Batista and Hartley lacked. The visual parallel is interesting.>Tokio is free to decide what he wants from life so he grows into his own person instead of being buck brocken by fate repeatedly, so he's not resentful or stuck inside his little mental bubble>Palma is a choujin so there will be no problems with child birth, seems to be as much of an endearing, horny scatterbrain as Hartley>both have high-ranking positions within the organization instead of wageslaving so nobody can even dictate them how they want to live their lives
>>289988912ah, good old sato school of "figure it out yourself"
>>289996471>Tokio with his granson 40 years laterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jurRARvxEbY
>>289988775Palma jacking off her hyena cock
>>289988815Arulu sexo
>>289988842Why did she stop when she thought about Tokio here?
Who did it better?
>>289997263Azuma crushing on Ely is so weird to me, he shouldn't be crushing on anyone it feels fucking wrong idk how to explain it
>>289997329Tokio get over it he never wanted you
>>289997329Nah i think the manga communicates it pretty well why he fell for her. She can keep his sperglord tendencies in check and he gains someone he can genuinely help unlike Tokio who is out of his reach.
>>289997262She was remembering feeling (unintentionally) judged by Tokio for living and breathing only for revenge. Azuma's advice that she's recalling can be taken as telling her to focus less on herself and more on the enemy, the opposite of what Tokio told her (to be motivated by dreams and life outside the fight)
>>289989245I wonder if Ishida will make Ume and Ricardo the villains again or this time will make them assist TokioRicardo said this oportunity was a goldmine, but would they want to curry favors with Guelta or Nanasu?
>>289997329War robot shit, you think he shouldn't feel affection after it's already been implied that he viewed Tokio as a possession and not a genuine friend.
>>289997579They only work for who pays better, so Queem
>>289997579Depends on whether they are antagonistic towards Guelta. It may be possible they pissed off someone there and now have no place to be, so they will try to get into Tokio's good graces and rehabilitate themselves as Yamato citizens.
>>289997263>Imperfect handmade gift she stayed up to make for her hubby continents away fighting a war, bringing the first smile to his shellshocked face since timeskip>Plastic thing he ought from the department store, wishing her luck for upcoming exams she never got to take, and probably Ice's dogtag on his collar now
>>289997612that goes for jing and whatshernamewe don't know about these two yet
>"I'd be happy as can be if you can live with a smile."
>>289997763Anon, that's how they've been SINCE INTRODUCTION>Ume only cares about the money>Ricardo only follows Ume
>>289997764It really looks like she's gonna get fridged just for his wee wee suffering huh...
>>289997800But what about Ricardo's nightmare?
>>289988775Aww, I somehow just now realized on the first page Palma's in the process of preparing another personal care package stocked full of homesnacks and healing drugs to send to Tokio - which Tokio later says to pause sending bc he's going to Moge (damn, fuck sharing with the squad huh)I thought she was just being a messy neet finding snacks between her work belongings lol
>>289997858That doesn't change shit, they still did crap for money as we had seen with them hunting Hume after that dream mention
>>289997874Good catch.
>>289997874What an awesome detail. I'm starting to like their relationships more than Touka and Kaneki.
>>289997701Anon I like Ricardo and wish he were a bro, but that's a stretch. They're so gonna sell out info on Nanasu's hero's whereabouts to Guelta for money for that sweet sweet Guelta plastic surgery (note Ume still wearing her mask, her facial scars seem to be a notable sore spot for her)Don't forget they never got to exact revenge for being btfo back at the motel, too. Even if it was Azuma who was responsible, they probably have a vendetta against YM as a whole
Does Tokio know Nude is now a blob with a reset personality?>Nude becoming friendly with Palma after Daizo might've not been him getting development but rather a result of the Geass making him attached to her
>>289998073To be fair both Palma and Tokio felt pity towards Nude even before the timeskip. But what's an alternative, to kill him?
>>289998120> But what's an alternative, to kill him?YES, put him out his misery let him rest
>>289998050Tokio will convince Ricardo to let go of Ume and follow his own heart on the matters(copium)
>>289998157But he's so happy living with his goddess
>>289989092I think she's just somehow reading the bird's body language here, but I wonder if Palma got talk-to-animal powers as a Beast. She can already talk to the dead though - kinda feels like it'd turn messy if she started hearing dead animals tooWe've gotten snakes/reptiles with Nari, birds with Tokio, bugs with Michelangelo - but I don't think we've seen a beast choujin talking to mammals yet (unless Azuma and the hyena counts)
Ricardo dying will break my heart.
>>289988760Still best girl.
>>289998337Ah yes he's so "happy" to have fully lost all agency and become a veggie. Truly bleak subhuman existence; who's gonna be the hero to put him down?
>>289997329His feelings for Ely are really interesting now with him being a clone of Queem and she is Sora's successor
>>289998348She was giving food to rats during her first "date" with Tokio but i don't think she can talk to them. They've been using birds to communicate likely for years so she simply knows the body language.Still holding to my theory that Azuma has a latent beastification power and he will become a Lion which will fuck with his Queem programming.
>>289997329Anon, she STOLE his heart.....
>>289998348>I think she's just somehow reading the bird's body language here,She is and it's honestly not that hard to decipher seagull raising its leg awaiting a message
>>289998414>shipping Queem x Sora
>>289998047At least this time we won't have everybody loving and listening to the Talker because she's author's pet.Nowe we have the power of brainwashing drugs!
Ricardo is the next X
>>289998489I have a feeling he will refuse that position wholeheartedly.
>>289998073Didn't he say something along the line of "I'm alive to make sure you are happy" when she was talking about her beastification training and how she's gonna woo Tokio?I was thinking it was kinda a sibling-like banter there, but maybe he truly was starting to feel the side effects there?
>Azuma can't even see Ely while Palma and Tokio have this wholesome wartime romance full of back and forth care
>>289998424Depends if the "purification" from his "handler" worked or not.
>>289998318He probably yearns for plastic surgery too sadly , so he'd do it without Ume too anon. He doesn't love himself like us monsterfuckers would
>>289998523"You know what, maybe I will be the become X"Said Ricardo as he saw that with this power he could enhance the boobs o̶f̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶i̶r̶l̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ Ume
>>289998430Yeayea, it was the 'but don't fret it / keep it simple' part that made me read into it. Maybe the TL was more along the lines of 'keep it light because I'm a tiny bird'
>>289998573That was very clearly interrupted by the mock awakening considering>Tokio (who took Xember) being the only one able to feel his specific signal both in beast isle and tower of mourning>Azuma (just like Tokio) being able to feel Palma chaos signal after she injected herself with Xember>Being affected by the causality like Tokio Hume, and the Three Stooges (all with Sora blood)
>>289998589Honestly? I never felt that he hated his face. He seems like a guy that wholeheartedly accepted himself just as he is. He also accepts Ume as she is, but understands how much trauma she got from the scars and that's why he carries around spare masks.
>>289998665Yeah, but even when he went full Chaos there was no animalistic motif anywhere. Palma instantly got the beast traits during it.It seems like he got basic prophecy and call sensing (maybe even animal talk) powers but nothing more.
>>289998733Anon that was because he had a MOCK (as in fake) awakening, you know the risky because high chance of reset emergency systems the Queem Copies got in order to make sure the vessel doesn't fucking die Azuma hasn't had his real awakening yet
>>289998665Good point with the causality thing, curious why he was affected when it should have been purged at a cellular level.Unless it was interrupted as you suggest, pretty funny how it further trips up Jing and Tawashi's silly plan to get new hearts just to spite YM. Like cmon, you were bleeding from your eyes and foaming, goofballs. Just upload yourself into cyborgs
>>289989245El Grande Pulpo.
>>289998348I think she can talk to rats. She did talk to one in her lab before turning into hyena. She was like "I can't believe you like sunflower seeds." Although I do find it weird because she wasn't a beast at that time but she was still able to talk to an animal. Same goes to Azuma, he isn't even a beast later but was able to communicate with a hyena. Clearly its not just beasts and insect choujins who can communicate with animals. It depends on their complex ig.
>>289989003>Palma, breasting boobily in her doctor's office with just a labcoat over her breasts in front of injured soldiers"w-w-whaaat?? the soldiers are all falling for me and are joking that i give them love potions? whaaat my zombies have a growing fixation on me??"
>>289999488>singlehandedly causes the combat morale to drop around Yamato because all soldiers know she's taken by some gigachad
>>289998553Hundreds will die to the Azuma switchup
>>289998665Yo don't disrespect Simon who did feel Azuma's signal in beast isles. Give him some credit at least.
>>289999586Simon and Tokio (at first) felt Yubiko's signal, Azuma hadn't activated his cloak yet (which Tokio did feel another signal)
>>289999662
Since Tokio and Palma are two legitimate Mark candidates, since Tokio has gained the Choujin Slayer, it's entirely possible Palma has inherited the mother-child blood bond.Their kid will be just Sora again.
>>289999437Good memory! I checked though, and it seems the rat was probably dead already, seeing how she chuckles about it wanting seeds when 'it doesn't even have a stomach'. Maybe she could always talk to animals if they are dead too? Assuming the rat was a zombie she resurrected (A rat seems like a perfect pet for her now that I think about it.. Rats live notoriously short livespans after all, so being able to bring it back endlessly.. well, until it starts to Nudify..)
>>289989220I can't believe people still fall for Kongming's ruse
>>289999662But isn't it kind of indicating how this ability is specific only to Tokio and he can differentiate anyone else just as he can differentiate Azuma or Palma (who took Xember)? He can sense people around him. I always thought Azuma sensing Palma's signal was due to the chip he attached to her body but if it's because the purification process failed and hence he felt her call due to the bond that Sora's blood apparently creates among her children, it'll be interesting.
>>289999854That's true. Just imagine a blob sized rat haha. I do wonder if zombies turning into blob is something that only started happening after zora's blood but it's sad that she was resurrecting rats to talk with and had no (non-zombie) human interaction other than maybe Batista or random customers for two years.
Palma's puffy eyelids are ugly
>>290000337The fucked up zombies were a result of Xember interacting with her power in the first place. Then, she injected Xember into herself. It twisted her power.
>>290000337Definitely (regarding the human interaction part). Was rereading and it's both amusing and sad how Azuma faking politeness made her day so much she brought it up to BatistaNot to mention her obvious lack of practice in socializing, let alone deceiving Azuma when they first met
>>290000393I wonder if this is why she couldn't command the Xember zombies (xembies) to stop. Especially when she was able to subconsciously control Nude later on, compared to this directed command. The necromancy control does seem to be from XemberThere was definitely always something up with her powers though - it did something that fucked up Morth even further, led to her caretaker's suffering, and compelled her to swim across the ocean to run from Morth
>>289999531>A rumor spreads saying Palma will date you if you become stronger than Tokio
>>290000693Right... wasn't her control over zombies first shown in her chaos state?
>>289992378How can pigeons be this much of bros?
>>289992389Gross is better. Cringe is too irony poisoned of a term at this point. >>289997579>>289997701>goldmineThey're going to tattle.
>>290000693>>290002031Yeah, she got zombies under control and forced them to listen to her after she went chaos mode.Sora gave her a power boost.
>>289993522>forcing fan service?
Palma's fashion may be related to Morth's culture. Who knows how weird a society of pseudo immortals was.
>>289989220Is no one going to comment on how a couple jetpack boys are suddenly riding fucking dragons? Does Ubrega have a symbiotic beastificaiton or what the fuck am I looking at? I was fine with Ubrega being the lone standout but now there's at least 3 fucking dragons.
>>290006405They have someone who can literally 3d print soldiers on their side, won't be surprised if he can create these creatures too.
>>289989130I think it’s the artstyle making the assets stand out aggressively, he’s blended them well before in Tokyo ghoul
>>290006507Honestly I just kind of assumed Nomnimer was just modifying living people into iron soldiers. Why make something from scratch when you can just swap a few existing ones around, you know?
>>290006627Gueltans seemingly have a fuckload of money and very advanced medical tech, so he's doing what any proper mad scientist should: having fun.
I speedread this mangay a while ago thinking it was done, but it's one of those "will eventually go on hiatus forever or author will die before it" kind of things. No big loss anyway, everything post-Zora is boring.
>>290006783>will eventually go on hiatus forever or author will die before itThe manga doesn't take that many long breaks like Beet, HxH and D. Gray-man what are you on about? >speedreadOh that explains it
>>290006783What are you even talking about? Ishida, despite technically not having a schedule, has one of the fastest and most consistent releases schedules. He's released 16 volumes, soon to be 17, in under 5 years; how many other mangaka can and have done that? I don't know about you, but the other series I follow barely release one volume a year.
>290006783How many (You)s do you usually get for this low-effort swill?
They haven't shown the two Mikes post time skip right?
>>290008720Nope, but the two are kinda useless so they're probably benched in Nagamata with Arthur.
I hope we will get more details about their interactions over these three years. It seems like they have been keeping in contact for a long time now. I wonder when it all started and who initiated it. Did she send him a care package first?Either way, this absolute chadette has seemingly succeeded at her main goal.
>>289988760she's purty...
>>290005191I would concur from Palma's story about Morth showing its original people as hippies, but by the time she came into the world Morth looks post-apocalyptic, with the dudes taking care of her wearing gas masks and cloaks. I think Palma is either a nudist or finds Nanasu's climate hot lol, she liked those tits half-out working on corpses in Minami too
>>290010107Palma also never really had a normal childhood or any kind of socialization, it's possible nobody complained about her fashion taste and now it's too late.
>>289988760Palma my beloved
>>289988815h-hot
>>289988901Adapting Sato methods. Good.
Please don't be an enemy this time, you're too cool to be just an obstacle again.
>>289988969Muh blood... Muh Palma...
>>289989042Why YM doesn't care about ethics?
>>289989245>Ume and Ricardo are backhell yeah
Tokio doesn't really have any chemistry with Palma, at least from his side
why did Guelta II start with Nanasu first instead of the rest of Great East Asia?
>>289989003>labcoat with nothing under itIs she trying to seduce the entire army or something?
>>289988760>>289988775>>289988792ISHIDA YOU PIECE OF SHIT STOP TRYING TO INSERT YOUR SHORT HAIR FETISH INTO EVERYTHING GIVE HER FUCKING HAIR BACK AAAAAAAAAARHHHHGG
>>290012421it's nip custom for a girl to cut her hair short upon reaching adulthood
They still have comfirmed if Tokio's sister is dead yet right?
>>290012704Anon I...
>>290012704Ackshually I wouldn't be surprised if we see her again as Sato's mindraped sexslave
>>290011150>Why YM doesn't care about ethics?Because everyone pretends to care until their slice of the pie is endangered, this case being YM's territory
>>290012466>it's nip custom for a girl to make herself ugly upon reaching adulthoodThat explains their population crisis.
>>290012791I miss A-Gravity Boys like you wouldn't believeI'm really liking Roku so far but its comedy style is closer to Witch Watch
>>289993391But I care, I have a Palma folder.
>>290014459sameyeah, it's not nearly as funny as ABstill better than bitch botch though
>>289992389Thank you very much for the translation>>289989245Really damn solid chapter, the vulture boys survived, this is the first time since the time skip Tokio acts like our Tokio aside from that Ely comment last chapter, bird talk and Palma is still cuteI'm sad for Nude but at least he isn't suffering and still cares for Palma even if warped
>>290015245But I like Witch Watch though, not as much as Roku since the dynamic with the curses are more fun but still
moge
>>290016160Heh
>>289989486>The chapter states that he's happy.On the same sense a caretaker tells their relatives the dementia ridden stage 3 grandpa is calm while he's suffering the 7 layers of hell inside their own skin bwuh
>Palma chappySHAN'T BE READIN'
>>290016717lowest test post itt
>>289988760NISIOOO
>>290010107>>290010320>her fashion sense came from the gravure book she found among the ruins, thinking it was the normal fashion magazine
>>290011150You mean human (bleh) ethics or glorious Higher Ethics?Either way - they are at war and Nest is hard carrying them all, so they don't look at what happens in the lab.
>>289988775>>289988792>>289989092with the way things are going these two will FUCK immediately if they reunite in any sort of informal meeting
>>290011150I don't think they know what happens in lab... or with Nude for that matter
>>289997579>make Ume and Ricardo the villains againI really think that would be redundant,if he wants to make them into jobbers to show us how much stronger Tokio has grown that would also be very redundant.
>>290018441Anon they are just gonna be scouts like last time>Ubrega has noticed Tokio's missing from the Higo frontline>Labin is wary of Arulu and KoemoriJust give Guelta free info on Tokio an co's whereabouts and plans
>>290011150Any military would kill for a drug that enables soldiers to just reattach their limbs and get completely healed within hours. Nest is absolutely insane even if it's going to hurt people in the long run. Assuming it works on normal humans, it basically gives them a pseudo-Raise.
>>290018854She's basically become Opium now
>>290019013It's funny because she's a legitimate Mark candidate who was empowered by Sora's blood, yet she developed a power reminiscent of Sora's own obsession in life. It both gives people addiction AND warps them physically.Hell, Tokio and Palma represent two opposite spectrums of Sora's power - death through Choujin Slayer and life through mother-child link.
>>290019161>warps them physically.Sora's blood did that, too. These dipshits that somehow all got the same choujin form are all XEMBER users.
>>290018503Yeaaah,probably.I don't imagine Ishida is that creative to write them having a relationship dynamic as a team with Arulu,Tokio and Retty.Them being a team is a pipedream
>>290019284>looks dumb as fuck>but it's still having one more giant hand you can punch withEven the shittiest Sora's power is still really good, eh.This certainly beats being one of the pole bros, or a mothman.
>>290018503Agreed regarding their motives here, but it'd be lame if they got this cliffhanger reveal, but don't get to have any presence other than being the rationale for Guelta being alerted to the field tripOn the other hand, I think Ume and Ricardo are both smart and not cocky enough to trifle with the guy everyone knows is the strongest soldier in the continent. They'd just rather dip and just get money for snitchingMy money's on Arulu recognizing them as criminals on the list like she did Jing and calling the squad to apprehend them before they escape. Tokio probably will make up a reason to sit aside to let her and Rhetty handle it as another test (and bc he's lazy) - so he doesn't just oneshot these goons and take away all the stakes
>>290011150They're in war AND losing.
She's gonna get btfo'd for this like last time and it will be great
>>290020650I don't think she would ever be able to get over it if Tokio were to use the drug, or even worse, her blood.
>>290006914uh, weekly manga get 4-5 volumes released in a year
>>290020763>only sends him bastetol and turboraiser, medicaments with no apparent side effectsAt least she knows Nest is not ready. Although if Nest is a result of a union of Sora and Palma's power, i wonder how Tokio's body will even react to it.
>>290020377>Arulu vs Ricardo>Ricardo transforms into "having fun and embarrassing yourself"
>>289988760>>289988775Short hair = goodImproved.
>>289992389>Something's off.>We've made plenty of gains. Pull back the troops.>Why isn't he coming out?>What are you scheming—>Vulture.Kek, I saw this coming
>>290022673>Tokio will go down in history as one of the greatest strategists
>>289992389>Ely's Retty (bold).What
>>290022824Arulu is Azuma's student, Koemori is Ely's
>>290022926>Azuma has completely overloaded his student>Ely didn't do jack shit with Koemori>Tokio employs the sadistic Sato school of tutorshipYamato Mori is fucked with them as seniors
>>290022926The fact that he knew kinda proves he still keep tabs on Ely kek.Poor Azuma.
>>289989076>epistolary romance Kino
>>290024523With an additional element of birds raving about how beautiful she is.
>>290020889The most iconic weekly manga still actively running right now, One Piece, only released 3 volumes in the past 12 months. They also have fuck all for bonus content in or for their volumes.
>>290020763Remember, her moral view on life and death is death should go away and any state of living is better than being dead. To her, death is an illness meant to be cured. She's also already wanted to go with Tokio in case he kicks the bucket so she can zombify him.
>>290025408Think of the glittery nesting material that golden hair would make! It would attract so many hens! It would attract better if it were longer.
>>290026183I don't think Tokio wants to be a zombie and lose all of his agency (ironically he never became in the story itself considering how much he relies on a higher power to give him direction, Azuma, Ely, Sora, Sato even Palma)>Pic related might actually be Palma vaxxing him with P-Nest>P-Nest forces the users to become extra attached to Palma worshiping her like a God"I want to become your meaning" suddenly gets a very creepy implication
>>290026363>he never became "independent"*
>>290026363Well, she is actually on her way to become his meaning in a very healthy way - she sends him care packages, they seem to exchange very heartfelt messages, and she seems to be the only person capable of provoking a smile out of him. I doubt she would want to replace it for the fake worship Nest gives, especially since she actually does think about the ethical concerns it raises.
>>290022673Some source hits Guelta that Tokio is in New Jersey and boom Higo is gone in seconds
>>290026470The now doesn't matter, what matters is that shit (that should be shut down alongside Nude) is gonna get spread to the frontlines getting opium-like addicts (like the soldiers claiming joking they took the vax) And considering higher ethics Sato who wants Tokio to bomb rush Guelta, raise him to power, and Tokio still larping as Sora, bro is gonna get addicted >You may not like it but Blobkio is a destination
>>290026656Tokio is THE superhuman of the story - which means he will completely reject the paths, morals and practices of older X. I doubt he will repeat the same oopsie as Sora and Queem.
>>290026745Bro is currently addicted to smoking to larp as his dad, he's not rejecting shit
>>290026820The smoking is an act of connecting with his father, he literally had to force it on himself.
>Azuma is seething that Ely is not talking to him.>Meanwhile, Tokio has a wholesome romance with Palma. Plus the fact he know Retty is Ely's protégé means they still talk to each others.Holy KWAB
>>290026864Yes and? Doesn't change the fact that he chose to get nicotine addiction. He's not rejecting shit
>>290026939 He literally behaves like him now. Smoking is an element of his larp. It's not an addiction.
>>290021838You've lost your mind if you think that Marilyn Monroe haircut is superior to pic related,seek help.Also this butterfly type hair band improves everything like magic
>>290022673No reason to stay when his boyfriend isn't there...
