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 Chapter 31 to 32>>290159804
Noo, Petra's thread died!
>Her tiny gardenthis chapter better be about her pubes
>>290213888kek
Damn!
Poor Claes
Chapter 33 end!
>>290193157It's not a ghost, it's just Jean hallucinating.
>>290214467Makes sense. Just felt like one
>>290213855Very sexy Triela!
>>290215335She is the best!
>>290213919it feels like ages since Triela's been in a chapter. Not sure whats happening with Triela's eyes here though, is she averting her eyes from Claes because she's unhappy to tell Claes to move her stuff out of Petra's new room? Is she trying to look at Hilshire even though he's not within her field of vision? Is she just not pointing her face at Claes and looking at her from the corner of her eyes? WTF?
>>290216251I missed Claes and Angie though so its nice to see them again
>>290216251might be me reading too much into it but what i got from her is a little jealousy towards Hillshire wanting to give a present to another cyborg so she gives Claes one of her bears as a partner/handler (in a way to keep her away from her own handler?) that's why Claes mentions feeling envious in the next page
>Merchant of VeniceIt's been a while since I read this, wonder if there's some reason this was referenced in particular, maybe in a small way because it matches the crime and retribution motief of this chapter?>Caligula bearI guess somewhere around two years have passed since Triela's gotten the Augustus bear from Mario Bossi. >Cyborg heightsClaes is almost as tall as Petra and Henrietta and Rico only look to be 1 head shorter than their handlers so they're also close to being fully grown. >Petra doing ballet exercises on scaffolding by the Duomo di Milanocall me a faggot if you have to but for fanservice I liked this better than the half naked catfight she had in the showersno translators notes this volume, so if you want any background on anything you're going to have to help yourself
Will Ferro ever have her moment? I liked her comment about neighbors.
>>290218072Ferro doesn't ever rise above background character. She's more the stoic lady agent Aida can pull out to fulfill random mob roles within the agency without having to depend on using random mob characters.
>>290218072She isn't on the character sheet anymore. She is too stuck up to be there. >>290214120>Alessandro forced to drive a Smart while the Croce brothers roll around in Porsches and G-Wagons.Sounds a bit unfair.
>>290218748I assume he carefully chose it to give the impression he wants people to have
>>290214331Thanks OP.
>>290218748The Croce brothers come from an obscenely wealthy family of connected politicians, and Sandro's a trade school dropout with a people watching hobby. As >>290219224 pointed out, he probably wouldn't own a fancy car even if he could afford it, but even Marco and Hilshire drive very boring, normal cars.
>>290214296My girl
>performing maintenance. We'll be back soon.wait, please, don't leave me, alone, again.
When did Claes get that 5 years and 30cm growth spur?
>>290220026kek, I tried to use a free web based model to generate a funny Triela pic, but it couldn't do even that. Pixiv has some genuinly nice generations of gunslinger girl characters though.
>>290216691no I think the explanation spelled out in the dialogue is true
>>290214097thought it was a balding head at first
need triela daughter
>>290219410Glad you enjoyed, anon!
>>290214157Rigo sbodded :DD !!
>>290227128Our protagonist...
how long until the prince of pasta?
>>290227159Is she really?
>>290227353Si
>>290227185We have another two full volumes of Petra and Sandro first..
>>290227353No. The Croce bros are the focus of their storyline and I'd say it's the "main" story of the manga. Henrietta is a supporting character within this story.Triela is the focus of her own story, which is also quite substantial.Sandro and Petra are another separate story.Then there's the story of the agency itself. I'd group the Angelica stuff under this category.
Petra is the deadliest gunslinger girl; she killed these threads.
>>290213940Would she really use a double-negative?Anyways, I wonder how keen Claes would be in the sort of surveillance Petra is being trained for.
It's dead Jim!
Chapter 34 "Promises"This seems like it'll be a sad one!
She looks taller here
Unluckiest terrorists ever!
Hope she doesn't breakdown
Petra is quite competent as an agent!
Lets see how she performs in this new combat situation. Seems conditioning truly is more flexible now, since she could decide to use the gun on her own.
>>290232241Wow, early.
>>290232880Somehow didn't feel too sleepy this time so I decided to start earlyHope I don't regret it the rest of the day
Welp, that backfired
>>290222006Agreed.
>>290232868Nice boat
>>290214157positively gushing
>>290232962Henrietta just imagined Giuseppe putting makeup on her. Wonder if she's gonna ask
Cavalry is here!
Overall their mission went really well
Chapter 34 END!
>>290232596Petra's outfit is so much better.
why does OP keep calling Jose Giuseppe
>>290233135She truly got those model looks.>>290233181Eh just for fun, first translation in chapter 1 called him Giuseppe. But it was a low quality translation and on anon's recommendation got this one with better scans where he's called Jose.Dunno, Giuseppe rings nicely
>>290233049Petra's fully artificial tummy and thighs...
>>290233404She is a cute cyborg model
With all these disappearances you'd think these guys would stop wearing blue shirts, but no
>>290234744Agreed, they aren't that smart. I wonder if it was a simpler time, it looks like people used to trust each other more too
>>290232267>Jean hates being at a beautiful lake enjoying life when he could be killing Padanians.
>>290232499Yeah, Claes grew up at least 30cm in a short time
>>290232834TOTAL PADANIA DEATH
>>290235291>>290235144"What if they're just tourists?""Kill them all, let God sort them out!"
>>290235374I see no issues with that logic. All northerners are Padania unless proved otherwise. Südtyrol is the exception because those are G*rms
Recently had a dream where Hilshire told Triela she'll likely die the death of a martyr, when the time comes.
>>290235144>'Padanians could be here,' he thought
>>290233181Not OP, but just joining in for fun. Jose (ジョゼ) and Jean (ジャン) aren't Italian names. They're French and Spanish renditions of the biblical names Joseph and John. Italian renditions with similar phonetics (remember Japanese katakana is a phonetic language) would be Giusi (ジョゼ) and Gian (ジャン). Obviously we're all consuming this story through a American localization by an American publishing company, right now but I remember reading fanscanlations that made different localization choices.
>>290233135really? they're kind of wearing the same thing, a crop top with a vest or jacket and a short skirt with a belt? do you like Petra's color combination better, or just the form of her coat/shirt/skirt? >>290234744honestly sandro's criminal profiling seems a bit like astrology. why would covert terrorists carrying explosives all wear the same color?especially given that these people are expressly trying to leave the country unnoticed. >>290235204I mean Triela went from not even having all 7 dwarves (bears) to having her 3rd roman emperor. It's safe to say 3 chrismasses have passed.
Claes' dad was so based. I miss him.
>>290239694He was probably a Padanian terrorist.
>Southern Italians are so desperate for government handouts they'll join left-wing death squads and exploit little girls to kill good, honest Northern Italians and steal the fruits of their laborPadania did nothing wrong
>>290238542The form. I actually thought Claes's outfit looked alright here >>290232543 (though still not as good as Petra's), so I guess the addition of the jacket and the leathery shine on the skirt are what turn me off. What I like about Petra's look is that it's more casual and sporty in a youthful, teenage girl sort of way. This preference of mine is also why I'm not big on the makeup (wouldn't say that I hate it, but I think they look better without it; of course, I do understand it was useful for the sake of making their act more convincing).
>>290240486I don't know anon, he seemed depressed after he was discharged from the carabineri. to me it seems like an obvious suicide two 9mm shots to the back of the head.
>>290241212Many such cases. Sad!
>>290241212What was he expecting unironically to happen?
What if the actual reason Jean is upset all the time isn't his dead sister, but that no one will sit with him after dark because his glowing attracts too many mosquitoes
>>290242018that's kind of the thing you do when you work for a buisness and you have moral qualms with the direction. you make them known and if nothing can be done and you cannot conscientiously do your job then you offer your resignation and or talk to the press and act like a whistleblower.honestly the SWA is a shitshow of an organization. Elsa was an outright liabilty and Henrietta looks like she's going to run into the same issue. the mindcontrol produces unpredictable results. Angie is breaking down. Hilshire is an impractical desk jockey. Jean is an irresponsible maverick. Jose has the worst qualities of both. they're counteracting internal investigations, killing journalists and using extreme force with minimal evidence on suspected terrorists. It wouldn't be strange if the cyborgs are the only ones who die young. >>290242018maybe he expected exactly what happened? His daughteru getting to live a peaceful life free of violence while reading books from his personal library, gardening, painting, watching films and hosting tea parties with her roommate for the younger cyborg cohort.
>>290238542>why would covert terrorists carrying explosives all wear the same color?You go to enough protests, demonstrations, and meetings, your wardrobe will reflect it. Most of their casual wear shirts are probably Padania Blue and they don't even notice, kinda like how people in service industry have a bunch of beer and liquor tshirts, or teachers have a bunch of shirts with their school colors and mascots. The bigger tell was the known Padanian operative who procures weapons and explosives handing them a suspicious briefcase.>It's safe to say 3 chrismasses have passedIt's probably not more than six or seven months since Triela met Mimi. Emperor #1 was given at the same time as Dwarf #7, and the other two were likely rewards for a job well done. Shit, she probably go Caligula shortly after icing Pinocchio.
>>290237206Are there no official romanizations?
>>290244710Thing is, he was Jean's and Jose's CO in the carabineri. Surely he knows what Padania means to the Croce brothers and what it means ratting the SWA to the press.
>>290244911>It's probably not more than six or seven months since Triela met Mimi.You might be right but I still like the idea of Hilshire, being so German that you can use his gift giving like clockwork.>>290245149>Are there no official romanizations?Seven Seas is an offficial buisness that aquired the rights to the manga? If you leave the romanization to the Japanese you get things like "Attack on Titan" when the intended meaning is something along the lines of Attack Titan/Assault Titan.
>>290242018even if he expected to die, what else is he supposed to do? keep working for the evil agency that abuses brainwashed child soldiers?
>>290232663>Petra is quite competent as an agent!>>290232703>hands Claes a Taurus
>>290245540I meant in the raw text of the manga, obviously.
>>290243355Jean is a lonely soul
>>290248922Why does everyone hate Jean?
>>290232241Ah, this is already shaping up to be something painful.
>>290246225>hands Claes a TaurusShe wasn't expecting Claes to fire it anyway. Placebo gun
>>290213932Random tidbit -- many of the cheaper Steiff Bears are made in Tunisia, not Germany.
Damn, he got the worst possible case. Jean is gonna be bad cop and WORSE COP
Chapter 35 "Lingering Hope"Meanwhile the others wait their turn
He seems like he'd investigate the wellfare agency, will they turn coat?
Damn Southern hillbillies coming up north to steal our jobs and get gibs!
This sure got political
>>290256390What's the outcome of all this? Does Italy still hate itself irl?
>>290256583I'm curious about that too. One anon says he traveled to Italy so hopefully he comes up and tellsSeems like the whole world is like that lately
Fuck missed several chapters/threads. Thanks for dumping anon. Good to know they're called Steiff bears...will browse the archive. hennie is a cutie as always.
>>290256592That would be me. The South for vacationing is great. Outside tourism, there is NOTHING going for it. Milan might as well be in another planet compared to Naples and further down.There is a reason thr Carabineri and armed forces have infinite recruits from the South.Still fully recommend going there, but really Rome is the border of "civilization" outside tourism
>>290256605So this is what 'light' conditioning looks like. Meanwhile Rico or Henrietta would be going 'yep yep, whatever you say'.
>>290256614Enjoy, anon!
>>290256752They put on the glowie outfits
>>290256415He acts really gay sometimes.
Chapter 35 end!
>>290256605kek so she endured the conditioning so long just to prove a point
>>290256583>>290256592italian here: first of all, padanian terrorism wasn't a thing, like ever. Nor northern independence: they just wanted to keep more taxes money instead of having the government distribute it evenly with the south. Lega nord, the IRL padanians, started getting popular in the early 90s, when all political terrorism (fascist and communist) already basically ended.About the distrust for the goverment, it goes back to when italy became one in 1861, and the Piedmont's royal family forced a lot of new laws and taxes on the rest of the country. Also you know, fascism, and after that about 40 year of centrist government make it so that the average italian doesn't really like the authorities or paying takes, but I won't go as far as saying that people hate it with a passion, it's more a dislike >>290256648it's not like there are no industries in the south, but the difference with the north is still so great a lot people emigrate there to this day because wages and standard of living are better
>>290256329>>290256355>>290256390Really Alessandro? Making your cyborg smoke?Up there with Hilshire letting Triela drink wine
>>290257179To be fair he wants her to pass for an adult when he goes on missions. I think that's also why he requested she be made taller.Henrietta could never enter a bar to spy on people for example.
>>290257151How true is it that Italy is more divided with several families vying for power like George R. R. Martin states in his "war of the roses" research?
>>290257179>Up there with Hilshire letting Triela drink wineif she's just having a bit with her dinner, what's the problem?
>>290257322not really? I mean, if we are talking about major economic families, like the Berlusconi (media empire), Agnelli (Fiat, Ferrari) and Ferrero (Nutella, Kinder etc) just to name a few, I guess it is true they want to be the richest in Italy, but it's not like they are in an active war or trying to undermine each other. They just do their own interest and sometimes they help each other, sometimes they clash. But this is probably like this in every part of the world
>>290257322if you are talking about Mafia, yeah that is a thing and they still kill each other from time to time, especially Camorra
>>290257436Martin said in an interview he took Italy as his inspiration for his series because political families were constantly at war with each other so I wondered
>>290257501i can't seem to find it, only george talking about italian immigration, if you can link it here I'll check it
>>290257501>martin is part italian>My paternal grandfather came over from Italy as a childI would have never guessed
>>290257501maybe he meant in the middle ages and the Renaissance, because at that time families governed city states and Italy was basically Westeros . But it ended in the 1600
>>290257674What is the government like nowadays? Is it in any way similar to gunslinger girl's? Are there glowies?
>>290257151will the messina bridge ever be built?
>>290257732>What is the government like nowadays?basically the same as always, they say they are more on the right, but not really.>Are there glowies?used to be like 3 agencies, mostly in contrast with each others, not it's just 2: AISI and AISE.Weird thing still happen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maggiore_boat_incident>Out of the four people who died, two had been currently working for the Italian Intelligence Service,[3] and one for the Mossad.[5] All people on board, except the captain and his wife, were employees or ex-employees of intelligence or defence services.[4][6][7] The ten Israeli survivors were flown back to Israel on a military aircraft before questioning could take place>>290257798no, it's just propaganda
>>290258019Wonder if Jean would be in there
Petra starts to investigate the SWA. Will they survive?
