This might be corny, but I really want all these characters to get along with each other. I've loved most of the designs from Sabbath and these group of four, so I really don't want any of them to be the bad guy

This might be corny, but I really want all these characters to get along with each other. I've loved most of the designs from Sabbath and these group of four, so I really don't want any of them to be the bad guy

I wouldn't say it's corny, and I agree with you. So many fun characters and designs in this manga, I want them to all be friends lol

I assumed the prince was a girl, non-binary Afab or a trans man with the witch council misgendering them. They called them 4 troublesome girls so that's where I went.

Moon fits the Boyish stereotype/trope pretty closely, so that's what i assumed was going on. Loosely it's like butch or tomboy, but the trope has its own pretty defined visuals. Check out the Boyish squared Butch x Butch anthologies for more of that

Tae wol's outfits are pretty clearly inspired/taken from Takarazuka Revue as well, a famous troupe of all women actors. I guess that's all aside from Sal Jiang setting up the obvious crushing on prince character to gay awakening storyline, but maybe she's intentionally misdirecting

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This is great to wake up to. You don't know what you've got until it (she's) gone/taken by someone else, huh Hanako? Seems a little uncomfortable with all that PDA for Sadako and seeing Tae-wol didn't change her mind. I love how she tries to pretend her first feelings for Sadako weren't intense attraction before she found out she was a witch and her prejudice kicked in.

This series is always throwing me for a lovely loop. Now I'm wondering what comes next since they're not that antagonistic to each other. Some lines here imply a larger world at play and I can't wait to see that.

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Mone who is the only one here who can tell Sadako has a long ass history of murdering people and like you know it's completely fair for her to fail to understand why everyone else is seemingly cool with it.

And like, Sadako isn't dangerous, she isn't malicious, she wouldn't (knowingly) hurt a fly But she sure got a lot of people to stop moving while still hiding in her house. She's really not that scary if you look at her but Mone can see something deeper and that part stinks of death.

Hanako is also not a witch, and thus indeed just a random human the sabbath got involved in all this. Admittedly a weirdly strong magic resistant human but, I'm sure the witchs of Sabbath are glad not to be saying as much right now.

I can't wait for next chapter!

Mone who is the only one here who can tell Sadako has a long ass history of murdering people and like you know it's completely fair for her to fail to understand why everyone else is seemingly cool with it.

And like, Sadako isn't dangerous, she isn't malicious, she wouldn't (knowingly) hurt a fly But she sure got a lot of people to stop moving while still hiding in her house. She's really not that scary if you look at her but Mone can see something deeper and that part stinks of death.

Hanako is also not a witch, and thus indeed just a random human the sabbath got involved in all this. Admittedly a weirdly strong magic resistant human but, I'm sure the witchs of Sabbath are glad not to be saying as much right now.

I'm pretty sure she's still going to turn out to be a witch, and her strange resistance is going to have something to do with how hard she's in denial of it. Like, her hatred of being a witch is so strong that it's subconsciously channeled all her power into rejecting all things magical or something, which also had the side effect of passively supercharging her muscles and making her super durable because she's just that full of passive magical energies hyper specialized into protecting her and doing nothing else.

The magical equivalent to the concept of a "martial artist" who's foregone any martial training in favour of building up enough sheer power and stamina to the (inhuman) point where techniques no longer make a difference against them.

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this story is juggling me from chapter to chapter but as long as its sal jiang doing it, i think i'll be fine

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/wicked_spot_ch10#12

this hanako panel is interesting to me, she's not even blushing at tae wol considering the last chapter. was one earnest hug between sadako and marina enough to shake her to her core lmao

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Mh, so you can give girls powers and turn them into witches, I guess?

Will be interesting to see whether the 4Ms actually tag along. Nothing's fundamental changed about why they left in the first place, so why this incredibly convoluted "plan"? Sabbath obviously knew where they were. All seems a bit strange.

Pyoro posted:

Mh, so you can give girls powers and turn them into witches, I guess?

Will be interesting to see whether the 4Ms actually tag along. Nothing's fundamental changed about why they left in the first place, so why this incredibly convoluted "plan"? Sabbath obviously knew where they were. All seems a bit strange.

The 4 of them seem to know the Sabbath members, so if they had gone themselves, the 4 could have made a fuss among humans.

Looks like Sabbath needed them all in that specific house with a leyline running under it to make a move.

Pyoro posted:

Mh, so you can give girls powers and turn them into witches, I guess?

Will be interesting to see whether the 4Ms actually tag along. Nothing's fundamental changed about why they left in the first place, so why this incredibly convoluted "plan"? Sabbath obviously knew where they were. All seems a bit strange.

The 4 of them seem to know the Sabbath members, so if they had gone themselves, the 4 could have made a fuss among humans.

Looks like Sabbath needed them all in that specific house with a leyline running under it to make a move.

Yeah, we know they're around here but if we approach they'll flee or cause a major fuss; infiltrate them, group them, get their guard down, then we'll pounce. Seems reasonable. What they do now that they're "caught" is the question. The witches don't seem to have harmful ideas--kind of treating these 4 like disobedient children who ran from home.

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SrNevik posted:

Pyoro posted:

Mh, so you can give girls powers and turn them into witches, I guess?

Will be interesting to see whether the 4Ms actually tag along. Nothing's fundamental changed about why they left in the first place, so why this incredibly convoluted "plan"? Sabbath obviously knew where they were. All seems a bit strange.

The 4 of them seem to know the Sabbath members, so if they had gone themselves, the 4 could have made a fuss among humans.

Looks like Sabbath needed them all in that specific house with a leyline running under it to make a move.

Yeah, we know they're around here but if we approach they'll flee or cause a major fuss; infiltrate them, group them, get their guard down, then we'll pounce. Seems reasonable. What they do now that they're "caught" is the question. The witches don't seem to have harmful ideas--kind of treating these 4 like disobedient children who ran from home.

The black witch seems to be about to teleport the group with her flames to bring them back to "Sabbath". For a good scolding I guess? Sabbath doesn't seem a murderous organization.

An interesting fact: Oni are shapeshifters, and when they try to deceive humans, they can masquerade as either gender, regardless of which gender they are in they're unsuited form. Since this manga is already playing with gender identification and roles, it appears that Sadako is a Yamauba (magic using "female" oni) and Hanako is the "male" oni (known for its monstrous strength).

Damn, I thought things were wrapping up peacefully but I guess shit is about to hit the fan. I hope everyone survives whatever happens...

I checked out the tags on the page for the raws and those are some interesting tags. (This is though Google TL)

Female
Battle/Action
Yuri
Female protagonist
Modern
Friendship/Companions
Adventure

Battle? oh that's interesting haha

Oh here comes the battle part...

I still think this going to be some kind of magical girl-like plotline where Sabbath is gathering a bunch of witches to fight the true big bad.

I'm pretty sure she's still going to turn out to be a witch, and her strange resistance is going to have something to do with how hard she's in denial of it.

I hadn't paid enough attention in my initial read, as otherwise I'm not sure how I missed the obvious; but she's the reason Tae-Wol is transforming in the first place (can't sustain her magic as she's around her too much). So it isn't just that she's relatively resistant to magic, it's more that she's annulling magic that comes into contact with her, even if it's someone else's.

I don't think that's very witch-y. I remain somewhat convinced she's on the "witch hunting" side of things ("genetically", so to speak ^^).

I continue to feel like the writing is ... telenovela-esque? Chapters are paced briskly, hopping from cliffhanger to cliffhanger, but somehow still lacking substance in between?

The "reveal" of MMM isn't really rewarding for the reader (people here posted under that assumption since a couple chapters) and Marina's anger (the ominous "You deceived us, huh?") is instantly redirected away from the main characters onto sabbath and then resolved with a shounen curbstomp.

The MCs lack both romantic and general agency. There's no time to dwell on the main pair's relationships, let alone the side couple(s) and potential love triangles. (A picture may say more than 1000 words, but there's only so much you can put into Sadako's faces when plot happens to her. Like, I'd be interested in how she justifies those feeling to herself, she hated Hanako just the day before.)

Not to mention how they stumbled upon their target. It's more like they were the ones being found; was this even necessary for Sabbath if they could teleport right to their doorstep? GM, your game is super railroad-y.

In a way I feel like reading a fanfic: I'm supposed to care for and know the characters already, so the author is free to write drama and whacky hijinx for them to get involved in, or expand the world's lore.

I mean, I'm still reading this, but more in the lowbrow way I reserve for certain manhuas. And I don't believe Sal Jiang wants to write literary fastfood.

It’s interesting to read comments from people that are far harsher critics than I am rip the series apart. Though ultimately my opinion remains the same, where for me I enjoyed the chapter and thought it was good. I’m looking forward to more, and maybe eventually I’ll get to a more critical place with the series but for now I’m still loving it.

It’s interesting to read comments from people that are far harsher critics than I am rip the series apart. Though ultimately my opinion remains the same, where for me I enjoyed the chapter and thought it was good. I’m looking forward to more, and maybe eventually I’ll get to a more critical place with the series but for now I’m still loving it.

You're not less critical just because you like it. Having issues with a story isn't really a positive or negative, so I wouldn't try to find faults if you don't see many. I've noticed students sometimes feel it's more intellectual to have criticisms and often make up small nitpicks to feel more literary--not that you would do that. It just came to mind.

I'm also looking forward to what's coming and don't share much of the criticisms I've seen here. Generally I've noticed the same critical takes for other Sal Jiang works but when they're done and the wider audience becomes more apparent the general sentiment has not nearly been the same. So we'll see how this one goes and if it follows the trend. It feels like we have a lot more to learn; the world has been building with each chapter.

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It’s interesting to read comments from people that are far harsher critics than I am rip the series apart. Though ultimately my opinion remains the same, where for me I enjoyed the chapter and thought it was good. I’m looking forward to more, and maybe eventually I’ll get to a more critical place with the series but for now I’m still loving it.

You're not less critical just because you like it. Having issues with a story isn't really a positive or negative, so I wouldn't try to find faults if you don't see many. I've noticed students sometimes feel it's more intellectual to have criticisms and often make up small nitpicks to feel more literary--not that you would do that. It just came to mind.

I'm also looking forward to what's coming and don't share much of the criticisms I've seen here. Generally I've noticed the same critical takes for other Sal Jiang works but when they're done and the wider audience becomes more apparent the general sentiment has not nearly been the same. So we'll see how this one goes and if it follows the trend. It feels like we have a lot more to learn; the world has been building with each chapter.

I think what you're saying makes sense. Also yeah I think in coming chapters we're going to see a lot more of the world building, characters getting fleshed out along with their relationships, and I'm optimistic about Sal Jiang delivering.

Alright, I feel dumb. Does that "Pacific coexistence" on page 8 refer to something I've forgotten, or is that just a wild auto complete error?

I do think it's supposed to be "pacifistic" yes.

Alright, I feel dumb. Does that "Pacific coexistence" on page 8 refer to something I've forgotten, or is that just a wild auto complete error?

It's a word that can mean "peaceful" (like in "pacifist") although it is generally more associated with a certain puddle that is, ironically, anything but peaceful.

It’s interesting to read comments from people that are far harsher critics than I am rip the series apart. Though ultimately my opinion remains the same, where for me I enjoyed the chapter and thought it was good. I’m looking forward to more, and maybe eventually I’ll get to a more critical place with the series but for now I’m still loving it.

You're not less critical just because you like it. Having issues with a story isn't really a positive or negative, so I wouldn't try to find faults if you don't see many. I've noticed students sometimes feel it's more intellectual to have criticisms and often make up small nitpicks to feel more literary--not that you would do that. It just came to mind.

Also it's not like even objective shortcomings invalidate your enjoyment of something. Some people seem to believe they're only allowed to like things with deep literary value and consequently will start seekign reasons on why their favourite story is actually a contender for a nobel prize in literature, Perhaps admitting to flaws in something you like is no different than owning up to flaws of your own.

In the end taste is subjective and what some people can easily overlook is a dealbreaker for others. Try getting a normie into anime & manga to see it yourself.

I hadn't paid enough attention in my initial read, as otherwise I'm not sure how I missed the obvious; but she's the reason Tae-Wol is transforming in the first place (can't sustain her magic as she's around her too much). So it isn't just that she's relatively resistant to magic, it's more that she's annulling magic that comes into contact with her, even if it's someone else's.

Kamijou Touma, but I don't want to cave his skull in with a crowbar.