Alright lets try this! One chapter everyday until we die.>The Social Welfare agency, a government sponsored corporation is in the business for saving orphaned or abandoned children who are terminally ill or injured beyond the point of saving.>Using cybernetic implants, the Agency uses a process called 'conditioning' to turn orphaned children into emotionless killing machines with hardly any memories, no human comfort and no free will.>Follow the life of Henrietta, a girl who barely survived a brutal attack that killed her family and who was saved and repaired by the Social Welfare Agency. Despite her conditioning and programming, Henrietta still has the heart of a young girl. She has not completely forgotten how to love, yet the very emotion is contrary to her training and programming. Can the Gunslinger Girl survive?Chapter 6 to 15https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/289683304Chapter 7 to 21https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/289788027Chapter 22 and 23https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/289947953Chapter 24 to 30>>289998808
Damn, she's fucked!
Life can be cruel like that
kek
Titties!
>>290160401I feel kinda bad for her boyfriend though, wonder if he'll keep waiting for her in Russia while she's here doing all sort of stuffAlso funny to just be examining someone's body like that.
Impressive!
All done and ready to kill!
Chapter 31 end!
>>290160467so they just lied that they would cure her and turned her into a cyborg?
>>290160960Yeah, glowies gotta do glowie things
>>290160352>>290160367I wonder how they handled the muscle and the height aspects.
>>290160337damn they practically are gally or motoko brain-in-jar full cyborg
>>290160960>cureshe had localized bone cancer, there was an estimated <10% chance an italian hospital could remove it without having to amputate her leg and then graft some donated bone into its place to help her make a full recovery. She probably got flagged for the child trafficking program after she came to Italy without relatives, is my guess though Rico (She was French?) and Triela did expressly get baited into coming to Italy by the social welfare agency. >>290161189I'm more curious about the artificial organs. IIRC currently you can really only replace things like hart valves, some hormones and some kidney fuction via dialysis (and I suppose you can remove the appendix and pretend that it was never there.) Normally you'd need a human organ from a compatible donor and even then you'd need to supress the immune system and swap out the organ for a new one every so often.
Why did Rico and Triela get to keep their faces mostly intact but not Petra? Was her face really that mangled from the suicide jump that they had to completely reconstruct it?
>>290160960she really went to Italy for the operation but decided to commit suicide by jumping off the hospital's roof and that's when the glowies got her iirc
>>290161993Yes, the girl in the heyday of her youth with a loving boyfriend and a mentor willing to write a blanco cheque for her medical treatment abroad. She tried to kill herself only a short period after making a connection with an agent from section 2 of the social welfare agency. It's a tragedy I'm so sorry for her parent's loss.
>>290160352>the cancer STAYSno way they didn't know about it
>>290162823It really felt like they didn't fix that or care
>>290160429She had never spoke a word of Italian before right? Crazy how you can embed an entire language into someone's brain like that
>>290161917Her face is potentially recognisable, previous chapter had some footage of her taken from a Russian news station
>>290162410Glowies, am I right?>>290163168It is an impressive tech, should be used at schools
>>290163154>>290160352The doctor explicitly said they wanted her to have a long life tho
>>290163422But not too long
>>290159900How true is that "if you get to strong as a child you'll stunt your growth" shit anyway? It sounds like utter horseshit
>>290161652>Rico (She was French?)None of the girls have their original names. Only Angelica has a name that's close to her original (Angelina), and she was also the first cyborg. Both Rico and Henrietta have names derived from the Jean and Jose's dead sister, Enrica. Both of those girls are native-born Italian. >>290162823>>290163154The cancer is genetic. They know. Doesn't come up until volume 15 though.
>>290165384I suppose the kid just guessed she was French because most italians aren't blondes and most blondes are concentrated in the north on the borders with france, switzerland and austria...The Russian doctors were speculating her cancer was related to the Chernobyl power plant melt down or rather to the succesive fire and the accompanying spread of radio-isotopes.
So...they just too over her body and ruined her already ruined life?
Thanks again Signore OP. I was away on a mission and missed the chance to reply in thee previous thread. Saw anons complaining about the shift away from the main cast but this Alessandro guy seems cool, and it feels like we are overdue for some insight on how the agency works behind the scenes. Gonna miss the girls though. >>290102979>Anon in Italy criticizing the south. I hate da north.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbbMIg-Aw8E>>290116035I like how often Jose is drawn wearing t-shirts, looks very UN-glowie. Seems like he might not be suited for the work of a government agent but he'd make a good onii-chan.
>>290160467Fun facts about the name Petrushka:>It is a man's name, but specifically the name of a stock jester character. This character may be known as Punch (England) or Pucinella (Italy) or any number of other names.>This character was likely introduced by Italian folk puppetry brought to Russia in the early 19th century>Petrushka lends his name to a famous 1911 ballet by Igor Stravinsky where the puppet Petrushka falls in love with the puppet Ballerina, but loses her affections to the puppet Moor>You can watch a performance of Petrushka by the Bolshoi Ballet (the same ballet Liza was working so hard to become a part of) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVXkBIWmQQsIt's honestly kinda funny how meaningful Sandro's name ended up being for someone who insisted o knowing nothing about Petra before they met.
>>290165917Yeah, it's possible there was a genetic mutation caused by the Chernobyl disaster. Her mother was also in and out of the hospital for probably related reasons, but the cancer was still caused by a flaw at the genetic level, so as long as she kept her bones, it was always at risk of coming back. Not that it mattered to them though, even at double the lifespan of a gen 1, she still only has 6-8 years at best.
Petra thread Petra manga.
>>290170015only one chapter left in this horrid volume (I think we got two panels of Triela?) next volume OUR GIRL is on the volume cover, so i'm sure it'll be better.
>>290170339>3 page cameo in chapter 33>Supporting role in chapter 36 and 37 (end of volume 7)>Doesn't show up again until volume 9>Doesn't get a focus until volume 10You're gonna be on thin pick'ins for a while anon, though the last two chapters of the volume should be at least a little nourishing with Triela all dolled up.
>>290170015She is so cute!
>>290170015Is she best girl?
>>290171789That depends, do you like 16yo girls who fall hopelessly in love with suave 20-something ikemen that have intimacy issues?
>>290172028I do
new cyborg program for petra>no longer restricted to loli, now 16-year-olds are allowed>cyborgs are custom sexdolls, handlers pick their hair/eye/skin color and height>despite being made taller their bones aren't replaced>the conditioning is now weaker, we've seen 1st generation cyborgs lie and ignore orders but they can't overcome the preprogrammed fake love they have for their handlers>expected lifespan is increased
>>290160467The real heroine is finally here.
>>290160401Very important page.
>>290173663They're not fully replacing their skeletal structure, but that doesn't mean it's all gone. Petra would need at least one new leg due to the cancer, and it's likely her other leg and arms were replaced as well to fit her new height. We know this because of how her hip popped when she tried stretching to the point she was used to it. The hip bone itself and her scapula might be still be original though. They might even have added a spinal disk or two in order to get her up 5 or 6 cm.
Damn, Petra becomes main girl for the next couple volumes and the posts just dry up.
I do remember being confused long ago about every chapter becoming Petra Petra, hey, i'm Henrietta-ing over here.Damn the manga was still releasing i'm old now.
Once again the poll, which girl would you gunslinger? Has your opinion on any girl changed?
>>290179800Triela >>> Claes > Rico > Henrietta = Angelica > Petrushka
>>290179881Nice, Triela deserves that top spot
>>290177523Sorry was just busy
Do any of the lolis fuck their handlers?
>>290159804gunslinger girl is sexy
>>290159804Sunday is killer.
>>290163168Funny in hindsight how we made such a big deal out of Triela being trilingual, singing Beethoven, knowing how to pick locks and applying first aid when it can just all be conditioned into the cyborgs.>>290167152>Petrushka is the name of a famous puppet Nice, a repeat of the Pinocchio motif. Gunslinger Girl is starting to feel like uninspired hack writing, yes the art has improved, yes these chapters are meant to set up the rest of the story. But it just feels as though these chapters were written to sell the magazine they were published in, and keep the broader magazine audience entertained rather than tell an efficent and coherent story in a volume release.
>>290159804Ty op
>>290162823Are you retarded? Her leg had already been amputated.
>>290182400The act would be caught real fast since the girls regularly go through medical check ups. And then your boss gets in your ass about it.
>>290161917Petra is a second generation.
>>290165917Petra's pre-introduction already established that the SWA can alter appearances of their cyborgs like hair or eye color, though Rico is probably natural since she still keeps in contact with her parents.
Last chapter of the volume today!
>>290187269If that happened, do you think the boss would allow it depending your performance, reprimand you or just quietly "accident" you? Jean seems like a no-nonsense guy but may not care what you do with your cyborg provided you kill lots of Padanians
Chapter 32 "Glances"Also girl is tall!
>>290187728More like Alesso is short, if a girl about 160-170cm can reach his eye level
Man asking the real questions, kek. And answering this anon >>290182400 it seems Jean wouldn't care provided you are an effective terrorist killing machine and complete the shady missions without asking too many questions.
>>290179720I like her because Henrietta is the main girl, but I admit I'm a bit miffed they've mostly sent her on vacations while Rico and Triela have been up there in the action and actively dealing with the plot.Henrietta chapters seem to have been more about the normal girl side of things, I'd like to watch her complete more missions. Saying this as someone that doesn't know what will happen ahead, this is my first read
>>290187800He was clearly judging though
>>290187844Funny how Jean and Giuseppe made the spy anxious.
Is she the most fanservicey cyborg?
She will be sleeping in his same room?
>>290187974She is the oldest and most physically mature aside from Triela, so it's easiest to sexualize her without getting into concerns over the younger cyborgs.
L-lewd
That is powerful conditioning
reading
>>290188139silly doctors got rid of your cancer. let's reintroduce that.
why did OP stop duming the chapter half way through, did he get run over by a car or something?
>>290192127He did say a chapter a day until he dies.
>>290192127Fuck sorry for the delay, got captured by those damned Padania terrorists
PWNCH!
>>290192838Jean is quite hardworking, monitoring their performance in this mission. Petra does seem to have more autonomy compared to the previous models.
Chapter 32 end and volume end!
>>290187728I don't think open sandals are a good idea for combat cyborgs with less physical endurance
>>290192984I think its because this handler is more like a spy, so he is more into blending in rather than frontal assaults.
>>290187800Jean, when disgusted enough, drops his glowie persona
>>290192892The whole point of her series is not to mindfuck cyborgs too hard with the conditioning, and Sandro was an intel type glownigger, not a vet like the gen ones' handlers, so he prefers to be out and about rather than training in a base.
>>290159813Missed a few chaptersI cant believe Angie shot my nigga Franca I love the tragic sense of love and friendship between F&F, Pino, and Christiano and the conclusion is extremely heart-rending; the panel where Franca gets shot and they all drive off the cliff has stuck with me for years for this reason.Triela a cuteEnrica's ghost is pretty spooky; it really kinda surprised me when she first appeared in the Anime; this series feels very grounded and so it felt extremely supernatural when she showed upFinally we are getting to best girl and best boy; >Sandro asking if he can get her navel pierced and teach her to smokeMega-basedThanks for everything OP
>>290187879>Funny how Jean and Giuseppe made the spy anxiousHappens when a weekend glowie meets a real glowie
>>290192796Wouldn't the petrol eat through the plastic?Guess he does say he's an amateur
>>290193157Glad you enjoyed, anon! This new handler seems really fun. I kind of wish we got more interactions with Henrietta that weren't related to her love with Giuseppe, maybe some more missions but the cast overall is entertaining.I hope F&F survived, I really liked them.And Enrica made me feel the same, like it was from a different series.
>>290192617Good job not dying, OP. Did the Social Welfare Association save you?
>>290187844Henrietta is absolutely not the main girl. She won't get any more screentime until the final arc.
>>290193466>'Etta is not the main girl.then why does the OP say:>Follow the life of Henrietta, a girl who barely survived a brutal attack that killed her family and who was saved and repaired by the Social Welfare Agency. Despite her conditioning and programming, Henrietta still has the heart of a young girl. She has not completely forgotten how to love, yet the very emotion is contrary to her training and programming. Can the Gunslinger Girl survive?
>>290193466A shame in a way since the summary made it look like she was. Also with her being the introduction to what the Social Welfare Agency does and the plot about her family. First time I saw the anime I thought the plot would be Henrietta learning from Giuseppe and going on missions while they also tracked her family's murderers kind of like Leon
>>290159804>>290160381segs with ballerina italian animes.
>>290193596Too bad Henrietta's tragic backstory remains a tragic backstory and ends up getting both her and Jose killed when she gets a PTSD episode of it at the worst possible moment
>>290193466She's definitely the cover girl of the series, and while it doesn't get a huge amount of frame time, the throughline of her deterioration has a pretty significant impact on the course of the story and the characters.
>>290193527She was probably initially supposed to be. The synopsis of the volumes even stop mentioning her after volume 5.I went into it blind too and was super confused when she started barely showing up and the focus completely shifted to Triela and Petra.
>>290160960i thought she commited sudoku though?
>>290193735She bungled it, many such cases
>>290193769>>290193735Trying to kill yourself at a hospital is generally a bad idea.
>>290192763>bleeding>doesn't make a reflexive effort to shield his head from the fallhe's ok right?
>>290188763that's kidnapping, security officer!!!
>>290192617make SPQR great again
>>290188139I get the belly button piercing part, but why would you want someone to smoke?
>>290194613He says so right there in the last panel.
Surely all the women in the SWA, especially Priscilla won't be protective of Petra regarding Allesandro, considering how he plans and is using her for work.
>>290192838Guessing Jean didn't plan on Alessandro and Petra showing up. How would Rico and Henrietta taken this dude down in a plausible way in front of so many witnesseses?
>>290192838>Henrietta got to keep Enrica's dress.I don't think Jean likes this
>>290194945They weren't going after the amateur, they were clearly following Sandro and Petra during their unauthorized escapade to make sure they didn't fuck up.
>>290194613>but why would you want someone to smoke?every time he gets horney he can take her to a sheltered private place for a "smoke break.">>290194751Priscilla only has eyes for Ange.
>>290195722Look, it's the main character
>>290196242I don't see Petra
>>290192929>translation noteslol I've bing searched at least 3 of those things.
>>290196612I wish more manga and light novels did translation notes and appendices.
>>290197124Same but for that they'd need to have actual lore instead of being the repetitive isekai #34342122176843983
>>290197588Having owned and read the physical English LN for repetitive isekai #34342122176843983, lore isn't really the issue, it's the localization choices. For example, in The Executioner and Her Way of Life, one character gets their use of "senpai" replaced with "darling," but within the story, Japanese language and culture was explicitly imported to the world by isekaijin, so there's literally no reason to localize it. It was changed because some dipshit editor didn't think the gaijin could handle one of the most well understood weeb terms for their weeb novel, and translation notes, appendices, or even a basic footnote would have been too much.
>>290188441This guy seems more interested in testing the limits of the conditioning itself than either making a good first impression or preserving her effectiveness. No time to imprint or adjust.>>290188172>Don't I need to practice shooting.Reminds me of Claes turning up at the shooting range for no reason. This one hasn't even started yet, are they given an instinct to train as well?>>290193596Never understood the visceral reaction against AI art until just now, seeing it depict something I like. it's now clear what they mean by soulless. If this weren't such a nice daily I'd call you a sodomite and and an Indian for posting that image.
>>290199332They programmed her with a predisposition to kill terrorists, surely they'd also need to program her with the necessary mindset to improve her terrorist killing efficiency.
>>290199332I don't remember the claes scene you're referring to, she probably went there because she made a habit of it.>>290199849>They programmed her with a predisposition to kill terrorists, surely they'd also need to program her with the necessary mindset to improve her terrorist killing efficiency.no the conditioning just gave them some gun knowledge and made them loyal slaves of the agency
>>290199332Agreed, wonder if he can be trusted
>>290201182If they can implement knowledge into the cyborgs' brains, they can also implement habits and other behavior conducive to their roles.
>>290201772The brainwashing isn't all-powerful, it's explicitly stated that things like personality are barely affected.And it doesn't seem like the girls care about terrorists. The girls are obsessed with their handlers so they kill terrorists to please their handlers.
>>290192731>>290192763average female reaction upon encountering the average /a/non
Shhhh, loli is asleep
>>290201712Honestly, Sandro's particular brand of trauma and autism isn't really that dramatic. He'll do right by Petra. If anything, he prefers older women.
>>290206029Rest well, anon!
>>290207705Would you say Giacomo's brand of "autism" is dramatic?
>>290208399Giacomo is just a regular violence-loving psychopath, while Sandro has the people watching autism. I like his character development with Petra, and their relationship is cute, but Sandro's really just young Sherlock playing James Bond with mommy issues.
>Jean and Ricodaughterzoned>Henrietta and Josewould have ended up doing the most degenerate incest-roleplay shit imaginable if circumstances aligned>Hilshire and Trielacuddly, sweaty, slow, loving>Sandro and Petrushkaunfortunately, she's too young for him
>>290208720>>Jean and Rico>daughterzonedNo, Rico is a tool. She's an onahole.
>>290208802>he doesn't know
