^^That's a translated Slavic loanword that only has any currency owing to a certain recently popular fantasy franchise ya know. And I'll be mighty surprised if that isn't exactly what 99% of English-speakers think of when they hear the word, presuming they recognise it at all.

You're thinking of warlock - which doesn't really see much use outside Dungeons & Dragons which likes digging up more obscure words to use in classnames and whatnots (see also the sharp distinction it draws between the factually interchangeable terms "wizard" and "sorcerer").

^I should think Tolkien, a Professor of English Language and Literature and an ardent philologist, knew perfectly well the proper usages of his vocabulary. :|

Odds are pretty good he was also very well aware of the distinct regional variations in gender distributions in the historical European context. Dude was erudite, yo.

Also popular modern folklore usage does not equate actual meaning because most modern peeps derive their ideas about such from fucking Disney cartoons and similarly authoritative sources. (You may note at least one of the illustrative quotes at M-W blithely regurgitates the usual erroneous commonplace about the role of the Inquisition...)

^as your resident history pedant I'd like to point out "witch" was and is IRL very much a gender-neutral concept - and occupation for that matter, where it overlaps with "local hedge wizard"

^"Sorry Shenhe, the smug troll energy is just too powerful."

"Even the crabs were leering."

Sauron, obviously, likes to watch ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Ending be like ENTERING ELECTROSPHERE

...but really, might as well Epileptic Trees it as a particularly bizarre alien abduction or "spiriting away" gone postmodern gone techy. Would make as much sense as anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

y'all, i think they like feet

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Ending took a hard turn to the Twilight Zone.

Not even surprised tbh.

Also the last monster is who I think it is right?

The oni? The world wonders. o3o

Much hypothermia and many frozen nipples were to be had this Christmas day.

disregard necrosis
aquire swag

I second this. the neighbors have more interactions with Nakano then the other two.

What a bizarre and arbitrary criterion.

^It's just one of those Shipper Things™ ┐( ˘_˘)┌

...Does anyone know what's happening now?

Things. :v

Well, I'd expect them to start hashing out their relationship issues now; they (or at least Nana) seem to be more comfortable doing that in the VR.

Minami is making a face like "please tell me this whole family isn't like this" kek

^if memory serves (though it's been a few years) it's basically an elaborate kinetic novel at core; your only actual choices are in regards to the particular order you view the vignettes.

Nana appears to have been filled with DETERMINATION :o

This was such a normal high-school yuri chapter I was like, “WTF am I reading?”

"Waiter, there seems to be straightforward vanilla slice-of-life in my mindbending science fiction trip."

That's what everyone's saying. I don't see it.

Considering the escalating degree to which the matter has been bugging Ataru lately and her having pretty much hit critical mass right in the previous chapter I'll be extremely surprised if this isn't her finally coming clean.

Plus I'm tolerably certain that even in Japan you can't just up and form a company with somebody without first getting their name (and probably that weird seal thing they do there) on all kinds of red tape, which as far as I am aware has yet to happen.

Finger lickin' good

Not surprised orcas that bother in the first place would prioritise the liver, as it's a veritable oil tank and thus quite the energy snack (sharks don't have swim bladders so the very large oily liver serves as a buoyancy aid). Kinda the same logic as eg. woodpeckers mainly just eating the brains when they raid bird nests.

And this concludes today's episode of "Nature Is Fucking METAL"

Ei wtf her house's that opulent temple complex 'bout fifty meters behind you across the chasm, you need to recalibrate the Shogun's eyes or smth -.-

Then with lillies blooming all around them they'll join hands, look deep into each other's eyes and declare they will be best friends for life and retire to their separate rooms to sleep.

That's so hardcore!

same energy

^^"just the tip...!" :v