Well at least the drama was sorted, still wondering what the entire point was. oh well.

to get them to confess their feeling for each other

I think also it sort of forced Master to drop her act of detachment and commit.
Plus we learned more about human-beastkin relations on a societal level from these past two chapters than from the rest of the series.

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I thought Marie was in love with her master! Not Mel!

I think it's been pretty clear from the beginning that Marie is in love with Mel. Most of their conversations since at least chapter 9 reflect that.

I was just glad that this all was resolved so quickly. It would've been very annoying had their parting been dragged out for several chapters.

That said, there's only the one chapter left, which is also kind of saddening.

Actually, having the phone die would be a good moment to lead up to a reunion. Right as the phone dies and Ap is trying to figure out what to do have Hana return to the village.

Now I'm imagining some kind of cargo cult scenario...

The best inference we can make is that the tribe is mostly uncontacted and prefers it that way, but certain members travel to a nearby town or village for supplies they might need. (Saw it in a youtube video about uncontacted tribes in the amazon)

That makes sense. At least it explains how she's keeping that phone going.

There must be a small town or something on the island that has electricity.

I kind of get mixed impressions on that front. On the one hand, no one seems that surprised to see a phone. On the other hand, they respond to outsiders by trying to violently chase them away, which really makes me wonder how they would even get along with any nearby towns that might have electricity.

^ What kind of a savage are you?

There needs to be a tag for short stuff like this. It would help warn me about not putting in the effort to read it when an artist fails to publish work that envelops the readers in a good story.

The short four page stuff is something new to this site.

I’d give some slack if there’s a tag for “new artist” too.

When you click on the work, all the pages are listed in a column to the left of the reader. Usually they're even numbered for your convenience. Here's a tip: if you click on a work and the numbers don't go high enough for you, you can always just go back and avoid wasting your time.

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What a surprisingly topical manga.

You mean because of that missionary?

Yeah, couldn't stop thinking about that while reading. Kind of a funny coincidence, considering the artist posted it online over a year ago.

What a surprisingly topical manga.

i like how the last page seems heartwarming at first but then you think about it some more and realize she's basically saying "I'm glad you're the one feeling insecure in this relationship instead of me" and that's kinda messed up. Well, that's Naoko Kodama for you.

On the other hand, they both got exactly what they asked for. I think that makes a good ending in of itself.

On second thought, nope. Back to square one.

Why do people keep saying that?

Because they have poor reading comprehension.

Actually, big boobs are not that interesting. Either for the groper or the groped.

Speak for yourself.

Momose and Kouhai will meet and get involved in an ass-groping relationship.

Then we'll get thighs with the next two girls introduced.

It's not too late!

Now that she realizes her error she'll apologize and promise to never do it again; Harumi of course agrees and they just become normal friends.

The End.

That would actually be a really funny conclusion. So much so that it'd almost be worth it.

Aren't smaller breast on average more sensitive than larger breasts?

Isn't that just one of those bullshit lines porn authors like to say? Like how would you even determine if that was true or not?

Who said there can't be character development in an ecchi gag manga?

This is more character growth than in many proper romance stories.

Yea. I was just wondering in general, since this is so common in manga.

It usually doesn't make much sense. It's one of those things that you just have to accept in manga, like a character being so abysmal at cooking that they don't even realize what they're making is inedible.

Nah, I want to see more characters (Rivals?) introduced to the mix to spice things up. And I mean characters who get physically involved in their groping antics. The author hasn’t really done anything with the kouhai or Momose yet. I’m starting to leave these chapters unsatisfied...

Momose and Kouhai will meet and get involved in an ass-groping relationship.

Then we'll get thighs with the next two girls introduced.

Has anyone ever used it to actually get a advice for a friend? And is there anyone who doesn't immediately assume they are talking about themselves?

Not in such a transparent fashion, but it's not hard to slip in something kinda like it during a conversation. It's all about how you frame it. Asking for advice for a friend is too obvious. Talking about how you worry about a friend and what happened to them and pretending not to know all the details helps.

This blatant fictional version though? I think you'd have to be denser than a neutron star not to catch on. lol

In her defense, it's not like she was planning ahead about how she'd ask for advice. Her friend kind of jumped on her and she had to make it up on the spot. That said, she might as well have just told her up front it was about her since that attempt at lying was pathetic.

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Actually the one that's ignoring things is you. You're hiding behind the text and ignoring all the context as well as Sato's actions regarding her desire to trust Shoko.

Well, whatever, enjoy your fanfic.

Shouko doesn't know that Shio has been abducted nor does she know she's imprisoned. And no, it's not the right thing to do to blindly interfere in a situation that she knows full well she doesn't properly understand.

Of course she knows. Shio's family is looking for her. There are posters all over town. Asahi told her Shio was missing. Any reasonable person seeing Shio alive would assume she had been abducted. And the assumption was proven correct.

Well you say that, but if Shouko hadn't taken the picture and had been a lot calmer, more sympathetic, less judgemental and y'know, generally more trustworthy, I don't think it would have happened. Satou wanted to be able to trust her.

Satou herself says that she had already decided not to trust Shouko, since introducing her to her aunt. Now you're just ignoring the text and making up your own story to blame Satou's behavior on Shouko.

All Satou cares about is protecting her life with Shio. From that perspective, killing Shouko was the correct move. Leaving her alive would be too much of a risk. However, it was morally repugnant. All of the other things she did were, while awful, somewhat justifiable. The artist she killed was in the process of strangling Shio. The guys she killed/mutilated in the park were violent thugs. All the people she's lied to and manipulated were really messed up, and sort of deserved what she did to them (sometimes they even deserved much worse).

The moment she kills Shouko is the moment when her obsession leads her to do something truly evil. The entire point of this chapter was to show Satou finally crossing the line.

You are making an angel out of Shoko now. The whole reason that she took Shio picture and sent it to Asahi, was to prove that she has a lead toward Shio. Most likely to get him to come back to her. Do you seriously think that if she was not killed, she won't give Satou's address to Asahi?

Maybe. Shio was abducted and kept imprisoned in an apartment. Satou was sending information to her relatives to let them know she was alive. That's just the right thing to do.

You accuse Satou of child abduction. Then you promote child abuse in the same sentence by proposing to send Shio back to her abusive mother (regardless of her reasoning) and her homeless brother. Conflicted much?

Satou committed child abduction. That's simply a fact according to Japanese law. Obviously her mother is abusive and unfit to care for Shio, but that doesn't mean she's suddenly up for grabs. An no, I'm not "promoting child abuse" nor proposing anything. When did I say I thought Shio should go back to her mother? I just said that Asahi has a right to know that his sister is alive.

Satou would have killed anyone who saw her and Shio together? Why her aunt still alive then? Mitsuboshi? Why didn't she just kill Shouko right away, and instead of trying to get her to unlock her phone? If Shouko didn't act suspicious, take the picture and refuse to show who she sent it to, she would have lived. Satou KNEW that it's harder to kill someone than to manipulate them. That's the central of her yandere archetype

She only went to her aunt out of desperation. She only let Mitsuboshi live because she knew she could manipulate him. He wasn't a threat to her. He's completely fucking insane to the extent that know one would trust him, plus he doesn't know where she lives. Neither of those two seemed particularly interested in reporting Satou to the police, or getting her back to her family. Shouko is different, and she now knows where Satou lives. She was dead as soon as she walked to that apartment, whether or not she took that picture.

Obviously Satou would've preferred to get the phone unlocked so she could see who she sent the picture to. Imagine the alternative, if Shouko hadn't taken the picture. She's in Satou's apartment, alone. Did anyone else know she was coming here? Did she tell anyone about her suspicions? If she just suddenly disappeared, would anyone ever come to suspect Satou?

With the picture, Satou's faced with a difficult choice: let Shouko live and potentially face arrest and capture immediately, or kill her and buy a few days to pack up and leave.
Without, Satou's choice is much easier: let Shouko live and potentially face arrest and capture immediately, or kill her and make the problem completely disappear.

See? That picture was probably the only reason she lived as long as she did. As evidenced by Satou's line right before she kills Shouko, she had already decided she would never trust Shouko again long before she ever took that picture.

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Shio had no legal guardian anymore, she was completely abandoned. Taking someone that has no legal guardians anymore isn't a crime. And Satou never intended to adopt her anyway, no matter if the viewer likes it or not, Satou sees Shio as her lover.

That's not how "legal guardian" is defined. You cannot legally absolve yourself of your responsibilities to your children just by leaving them on the street anymore than you can legally adopt a child just by finding them on the street. Shio's legal guardian is still her mother. Even if her mother died, a relative would become her legal guardian, or she would become a ward of the state. She wouldn't simply exist in a state of limbo without any legal guardian.

Likewise, it doesn't matter what Satou thinks about Shio or what her motives were. Her actions constitute child abduction under the law.

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She took her from the street, which means she didn't actually kidnap her (kidnap, verb: abduct (someone) and hold them captive. Satou is doing no such thing).

Taking in and raising a child when you are not their legal guardian is a crime. It might not be legally considered kidnapping if the child willingly goes with you, but it's still child abduction, and is definitely illegal in basically every country, and under international law as well. Adoption is a strictly regulated process of transferring legal guardianship. If you take in a child without going through that process, you're committing a crime.

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On the different note. When will manga characters learn that "telling my biggest secrets to someone, when they're asleep" is the worse idea ever? You can't know for sure whatever they sleep or not and you have no guarantee they won't suddenly wake up. Every single time character attempted it, it always failed and doomed everything.

You could explain it by saying that some part of he wanted Master to hear. Actually, I think that's the only thing that really makes sense here. It's not like she had planned to say anything. She didn't think it through beforehand, she just felt overwhelmed by emotion in the moment.