That was a very "convenient" chapter.

Yes and no.

I was referring to all those things. Daddy Priest deciding to tailing his daughter (having a GPS tracker ready too? And she's just making presents) ... he then easily deduces her daughter's lover is a refugee (I guess every single foreigner is, eh? ^^) ... and then he gets saved by making a call to his daughter which really seems unnecessary.

The only thing that'd have made this even more plot convenient is if he figured out she was the one who confessed to him regularly.

That was a very "convenient" chapter.

now i'm wondering if the priest has some covert history. it seems like he might have some knowledge of tradecraft.

I think the reason he feels like a civilian to her and thus wasn't instantly on her radar is just that he IS a civilian ;)

Rose is a professional, but she might get ambushed

Archbishop seems to be pro-refugees though, while the shady organization (and the country in general) seems to happily abuse them. So I wouldn't be surprised if he sacrifices himself so she can do her job, but gives her a piece of information (or somesuch) that'll turn her against the organization.

When you're chasing a tiger without thinking what you'll do once you actually catch it ...

Or something.

... that tailing scene was nonsense. What was the point of that? If you want to apprehend her, do it right away. If you don't, then, uh, why are you trying so hard to follow her? Everyone's just bored, or what? ^^;

Besides, the thing about trains is that they have known destinations. They kinda are the worst getaway vehicles ...

Yeah, agreed. So far it could have been either way but here it's obvious it's deliberately creating these situations where there's some thin excuse to say "oh look it's not meant that way".

Whether that's fun for more than three chapters is a different question ^^;

The idea is interesting but if you wanna do that give that guy some plausible character development ...
... dunno, guess I'll stay around and see whether any more happens there ^^;

Also, what's with all the "ma'am"s? Weirdly formal.

... is this also going to turn into hard-boiled violence? It is, isn't it?

Also, do real organized criminals usually treat their incredibly deadly killers like shit?

It's yet another tattooed-sorta-yakuza-style victim so the chances that this is some shady government organization that feels above repercussions is steadily increasing ...

Me, on p4: Just for once I want a character to go "what are you talking about?! This isn't some magic trick where the ropes are tied to come loose conveniently! Of course I can't get up!"
The manga, on p5: ...

Okay, you got me. 10/10.

If that cross doesn't have some microphone or whatever in it I'll quit pancakes.

It feels like the telling of this story has become more disjoint. Is there a chapter missing or something?

It's always been rapidly jumping forward. Getting two chapters that are directly following each other is very rare in this series ^^;

Judging a band by their English skills; yeah, guess it makes sense, but I still find that hilarious.

Yeah, taking somebody's glasses and telling them they look shit with them on is the best way to seduce someone; definitely ^^

"Japan's most dangerous city. Just last week, 73 people fell to their death, committed suicide, choked on artichokes, or had fatal accidents with gardening tools. 'It's just bad luck', police officials say. Moving on to the weather ..."

I wonder if we ever learn whom they are killing. Is this supposed to be that sorta "government hires criminals to secretly murder criminals" thing?

Why you should not apply Machiavelli to your budding high school romance, part 43.

Also, is Rose Russian? Sure as hell doesn't look Chinese, but there's not a whole lot of "mainland" that has honkies where you can come from when arriving in Japan as a refugee which ISN'T Russia.

Manga/anime assassins are always from Siberia. It is known.

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I'd be more concerned about the grooming if I was her.

There's a reason she's talking to a Catholic priest, obviously. ;)

In an office setting I'd say in most people that would be seen as somewhat informal. Not necessarily because it's such a crazy bold thing, but same as, whatever, shorts or whatever. Just a matter of "appropriately formal" wear.

When your manga has such a deep existential crisis it temporarily turns into a novel ...

Wouldn't be crazy if the priest had a dark past he was trying to atone for as well.

Either he or the mom of the girl surely had something going on.

I really hope the mascots are up to something interesting; now that we're done with this arc (presumably).

So this is where children kidnapped from war torn countries with no families or access to school end up. Interesting documentary. Very educational.

I wouldn't be able to take an explicit version of this manga. It'd just be ... too much.

Did this really need some random half-baked (ha) drugging subplot? Oh, and including some equally random "obviously, ladies wouldn't masturbate" thing ... in some random ecchi manga, because that really makes sense.