I think it's more like shifting and controlling who dies. Like if a 'good' person were to die, he would use his powers so that a 'bad' person dies instead.

I think it's more like shifting and controlling who dies. Like if a 'good' person were to die, he would use his powers so that a 'bad' person dies instead.

The problem with that conclusion is that it doesn't match up with the Prez's actions in the manga proper. Every time we see him attempt to kill somebody, he generates a completely new corpse to do so.

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We lost...

Can't wait for the inevitable 5-page long argument on what "yuri" actually means. (/s)

Did my ship just sink?

Hmm the "confront" with Akira's father happened way earlier than I imagined, I thought it would have an arc of it's own

Btw, before anyone thinks that Akira died, her preminatory corpse is laying on the ground on a completly different position from how she is laying in the last panel

My guess is that she isn't going to die but unfortunately will have some kind of major injury :\

I am. Screaming. Right now.
Gods I hope she’s okay.

shes probably fine cause of the corpse placement someone else mentioned but if she does die im dropping this shit so fast

Akira's growing self-doubt also got a lot of focus in the past few chapters so it would be strange to just cut that all off here.

If Akira dies I'm dropping this.

Akira's growing self-doubt also got a lot of focus in the past few chapters so it would be strange to just cut that all off here.

That's one of the main reasons I'm sure she's alive. But an injury is going to make her feelings of uselessness a hell of a lot worse. This could be a turning point where Satsuki starts getting confronted with the value of saving people. It wouldn't surprise me if Akira's dad manages to get away with this and Akira takes the student council up on their old offer to kill him, fearing for her own safety. And with everyone believing more people need to die to stop the deaths, Satsuki would have a tough time talking anyone out of it.

But everything's sort of reaching a fever pitch at this point so it's tough guessing at the structure of the rest of the story. It could be that it's all set to wrap up in the festival, with Satsuki's momentary vision calling back to chapter 1, but there's still so many subplots unresolved and main points that remain mostly mysteries. I keep thinking back to Shi ni Aruki's finale taking up around half the manga. In any case somebody's bound to die soon.

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I had this feeling that they clearly were talking too long to move out of the fathers' house,and voila,the result of that manifested immediately after.

She did manage to reduce the force of the fall and blow by quite a bit,so they'll probably make it out just fine.

But if they hospitalised with only two days to the festival...

So uh, does this remind me of how Tokiko’s best friend from Walk Of Death died? I’m so glad this manga is a lot lighter than Walk of Death.

So uh, does this remind me of how Tokiko’s best friend from Walk Of Death died? I’m so glad this manga is a lot lighter than Walk of Death.

Ironically in this one, getting hit by a car might be what saves the best friend.

So now will Satsuki have to choose between protecting Akira in the hospital from her father or going to the school to try and stop the massacre? I would think that Akira would get Amnesia from this and forget her relationship with Satsuki, however we're already doing amnesia with Seo so I don't think the author would repeat that plot point.

Holy shit we really just went there....
Pray for our girl Akira

So now will Satsuki have to choose between protecting Akira in the hospital from her father or going to the school to try and stop the massacre? I would think that Akira would get Amnesia from this and forget her relationship with Satsuki, however we're already doing amnesia with Seo so I don't think the author would repeat that plot point.

Satsuki getting hit with a more personal trolley problem is gonna be crazy

Well shit, this has escalated quickly. No matter what the author says, Akira is still Satsuki's future wife, as far as I am concerned, so I am happy Satsuki got to protecc her. There is no way they aren't both injured, and I am really hoping that will be enough evidence to finally put Akira's home abuser behind bars...

Akira no!

No Akira noooooooooo

We lost...

Sadge
But at least they didn't completely reject it like some other people cough Kozue Amano cough

Also, what ever happened to Komachi? I thought she was gonna gave a bigger role but she disappeared completely after a few arcs.

Komachi comes and goes like a sleep paralysis demon. A lot of major subplots fade in and out, like Akira's dad, but I think Ryoko might have a hard time writing Komachi for extended periods without the other girls realizing how dangerously weird she is. Last time we saw her she was throwing Satsuki off a roof and now Satsuki's daydreaming about going on a festival date with her, complete with a sneaky heart balloon. But this little arc with Ami could be a good way to on-ramp Komachi back into the plot since they're best friends.

At the very least Ryoko's having fun with her. When Ami first proposed the bug eating cafe, Komachi was the only one in class not disgusted. And of course she gave her a vote.

Man I had completely forgotten about her letting Satsuki fall.

Also, I wouldn't call Komachi reliable, but I wonder why Satsuki never told her about the premonitory corpses, given how often she was involved with them.

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Sadge
But at least they didn't completely reject it like some other people cough Kozue Amano cough

If you want a more accurate translation, it's more like "I don't go out of my way to read yuri, but I do often find myself really getting into manga from people who draw it." It's not a rejection of yuri by any means. I still wouldn't hold my breath for Liar Satsuki to get an explicit yuri ending, but the only reasonable outcomes are for it to stay as subtexty as it is or everyone to die.

Also, I wouldn't call Komachi reliable, but I wonder why Satsuki never told her about the premonitory corpses, given how often she was involved with them.

Back when they were saving Sensei, Komachi just naturally joined the team as Satsuki's hall pass. Some people assumed Satsuki told her off-screen but I doubt it. I think what happened is Komachi never questioned anything and Satsuki never questioned her not questioning anything. Those two get along like matches and gasoline; Satsuki's naivete and history of social rejection causing her to gladly take at face value the crazy girl who approves of everything. She hasn't considered that she'd need to explain the whole story to Komachi.

It's like when Satsuki saved Komachi recently. Satsuki tells her she's going to die, Komachi says Okay! (I'm going to die then!) and Satsuki is so happy someone easily trusts what she's saying. They're never really on the same page but Satsuki sure thinks they are.

The fact that Satsuki could walk onto Akira's hospital room and see an preminatory corpse is really scary...
We pray that Akira recovers

Who was the class rep girl again? Her appearance was so sudden, that I, for a moment, thought that Satsuki is now a ghost, so nobody can see her.

The fact that Satsuki could walk onto Akira's hospital room and see an preminatory corpse is really scary...

Yeah, it took massive guts to look into that room. But as far as I can tell, there was no premonition there, right? If so, Akira is safe for at least another day...

We pray that Akira recovers

Word.

PS: Also, note the complete lack of parental concern about Satsuki being hospitalized. Akira's father is a massive asshole, but at least he'll go to jail: what Satsuki's dad is doing is far more insidious...

Satsuki is now a ghost, so nobody can see her.

This sounds crazy, but I had the same thought while reading the chapter.

PS: Also, note the complete lack of parental concern about Satsuki being hospitalized. Akira's father is a massive asshole, but at least he'll go to jail: what Satsuki's dad is doing is far more insidious...

Nah, i think he was there but not for too long, he is a doctor and has showed that he values life as much as Satsuki so for him to not have gone to check on her its kind of contradictory