This is just one of those stories with an interesting premise, but quickly just derailed...
Like what's even going on anymore...

This is just one of those stories with an interesting premise, but quickly just derailed...
Like what's even going on anymore...

I really wouldn't say it's derailed. It's always been a mystery, and a slow burn of one at that, but the hints have been very consistently building over time, with every chapter revealing something new. Of course we don't have the full picture of what's going on yet, figuring that out (and possibly also what to do about it) is what the entire story is about.

Love how much detail is packed into this manga. It's fun to unravel everything. I'm glad it actually stuck to it's premise and took it seriously rather than devolving into more typical plot points. There's still so much we learn each new chapter.

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Also who is Ange even giving fanservice to in pg2? The ghosts??? (I'm pretty sure it's just Dorothy being goofy but i couldn't help but notice lmao)

I believe they were doing a livestream with the group.

Aw, but that's not nearly as fun

Just binged/caught back up to this entire thing. Didn't even notice it was on hiatus until the new chapter dropped.

I'm invested so fucking hard right now.

Also, I have no idea if this manga is helping or just making my Signalis induced brainrot worse.

I regret reading unfinished works once again, I'll be back by 2028 and by that time it's hopefully finished and it won't get axed, also that teeth cam from ange was scary lmao

NEW

• Mizu face reveal!
• Michi gained/recovered supernatural xray nightvision.
• Honda did something to Masaki she hasn't been forgiven for.

Karasuma has some weirdly incomplete knowledge of Michi. She seemingly recognized Mini Michi, yet couldn't identify Michi's AAA(MA?) seal. She's mildly surprised at Michi's supernatural sight, but not wholly shocked she could do it. It's likely part of whatever powers Michi lost with her memories. But then Karasuma was unaware Michi is a fan of her dead girlfriend's idol group. Which is a real ??? even for the goofy out of touch exorcist lady.
I'm getting the impression they weren't that close even if Karasuma is protective of her. And I've been chewing this thought since last chapter: what if Karasuma was a friend of Michi's mom? Hell, what if the time Karasuma failed Michi was her mom's death? Total speculation but it would explain her current distantly protective relationship. It would line up if Karasuma knew Michi when she was younger but not during the period Michi was with Aizawa.

It's also very curious Karasuma is here for "reconnaissance" and doesn't act when Mizu strangles another girl on stage. Instead she reassures Michi it's going to be fine. So what does Karasuma know that she's allowing this to happen? What is she really here to observe? Obviously Mizu is a harmful spirit, but I only see 2 conclusions: either Mizu is powerful enough she can't be exorcised so easily or Mizu is connected to something larger. Either way she needs Mizu to expose herself.

Anyway, fucking harsh. Non thinks Ange strangled her. I think Tear didn't recognize it was Ange in the dark until the last second (rather than accusing Ange of being possessed). Honda thinks Masaki hates her, and we don't even know enough there to say that's untrue. And of course Ange has to come to terms with what she unconsciously did. Not even mentioning how the unstable titular ghost is going to take the news. Usually when a chapter is this dark and has this much going on it's the end of the volume.

We're certainly trending in a horror direction. Hard to imagine things going back to fluffy slice of life, and this still isn't nearly as bad as it can get. Not that Dorothy won't find plenty of excuses to squeeze in humor. But like I've said, the status quo needed breaking to advance the mystery. Michi can't keep lying to herself that things will work out if she stays passive. Dorothy did say Honda vs Masaki will be the main event this volume, so I expect next chapter to touch on what Honda needed "forgiving" for. And Dorothy also said we'd learn DeLphi's past, probably as Tear tries to salvage the group. I don't know how she can manage at this point. But Mizu might not let them stop.

Something about Ange strangling Non is more disturbing to me than all the previous ghost shenanigans. It's physical, it's deadly, and maybe moreso that Non is completely innocent to all this. We've been in relatively safe waters so far - as freaky as Aizawa gets on occasion it never felt like she was putting Michi in mortal danger. Danger Michi was already a little steeped in. That legless ghost in ch8 got her, but again it wasn't so violent. And the festival was more of a metaphysical threat. This is Mizu baring some fangs and Dorothy burning bridges. If Non's not safe no one is.

Masaki's still unreadable. It's becoming clear her habit of "always saying the wrong things" isn't an accident. She really has no interest in the concert even if she seems to like DeLphi. And can she actually tell they're cursed? Her bitterness to Honda is the real thing, but maybe she isn't holding as much a grudge as Honda thinks? She seems disappointed Honda gave up on her dream. Whatever, I like the darker side of her coming to light.

• If Karasuma has the same sight-beyond-sight Michi now does, there's a legit excuse for always keeping her eyes closed
• On page 14 you can see Mizu's left eye if you look close enough

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No notes and great comprehensive analysis. Also, I think this is one of the darkest chapters we've seen so far, pretty much all of the humor is front-loaded into the first few pages.

I am confusion once again

Well shit, this went dark really fast.

That was... darker than usual. I expected Ange to be the next victim of Mizu, but I guess not, she was a proxy.

Also there's something odd with Masaki's timing. Is it a coincidence that her anger flared up at the same time Mizu acted ? Or is whatever ties Masaki, Honda and DeLphi something that involves whatever happened and is happening ?

And of course... There's still something off about Mizu's motivations. She seems to be angered by the memory of Aizawa, which puts a question mark on whether she could be the killer.

ngl, the "let's sing the missing idol's song while waving her colour" thing would TOTALLY work IRL as a way for the show going on (as it must).
I just wish the rest of this tale would make a tenth of that much sense. If not for those recaps, I would be lost, more so than "an octopus at a garage", as the Spanish idiom goes...

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Too many questions in my horror yuri... When will they make out?

Also I'm all for shipping wars AnTear vs NonTear but that was maybe too violent as a resolution !

Lol. That meme at the end. But Karasuma did say that she was there for reconnaissance, not to fix anything.

If they don't come up with something quick 3 will quickly become 2 and then what's stopping it from being 0

What a way to do that reveal...

Each chapter is just opening more and more questions, but apart from more obvious ones, I'm kinda confused about why Karasuma wanted to prevent Michi from seeing Mizu(?) and then comforting Michi saying "it was going to be fine"?

Does that mean that Michi somehow has a connection to Mizu that could potentially trigger some repressed memories? And what repercussions would that have?

I might be overinterpreting things, but it just seemed odd to me how Karasuma was babying Michi in that moment.

ABSOLUTE PEAK!

Karasuma Idol is too cute

This is a really wild guess, but what if Masaki bound Mizu's spirit to Delphi in a similar fashion to Aizawa being bound to Michi? If it happened and was deliberate, that could be why she seemed so nonchalant about what just happened.

When I started reading this I was thinking "Oh, romance with a cute ghost girl". Never expected it would get complex like freaking Bokura no Kiseki, which requires a wall full of notes connected with coloured strings and arrows, elaborate conspiracy-theory style, to parse what's going on.