Don't know how Saki can win this.

With repeats you can theoretically do anything, but I did have the narrative suspicion that it wouldn't happen here.
... the only thing is: with the pace of this manga, it's not like in a year or two we'll be back at nationals so she can try again. It'll take decades ^^#

Even though I generally disagree with the takes about this being oh-so-confusing or anything, I can't help but be reminded of Seifuku no Vampiress Lord. That one struggled too much because the setup was too slow and meandering, imo, so it never had a chance to get to the bigger plot. This one kinda tried the opposite but went too far that direction for many people's tastes, with throwing new stuff at people quite quickly when people wanted a more focused narrative, so it's now also dead before really getting to the wider plot.

Clearly not easy getting the balance exactly right.

Hopefully at least a nice final chapter of some description.

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Ruruna's humans are really getting out of hand. She really should try teaching them some discipline ...

Considering Wakanas suggestion when Yura was being disobedient. That may backfire and make things worse

Exactly.

How convenient that she forgot to give her a thing; now she has a reason to return ...

Ruruna's humans are really getting out of hand. She really should try teaching them some discipline ...

Just casually turning school girls into nude cyborgs ... ?

At some point they are just going to throw fireballs at each other over the mahjong table or something; the level of outright confirmed fantasy just keeps increasing ...

Yeah, definitely the other guy. Boo, hiss, boooring.

Everyone has mysterious radar powers in this world ...

With that Chekov's Gun being SO obvious it might be funny if nobody actually shows up.

Doesn't seem like a manga that cares that much about the details of the setting, tbh. The heroine just casually walking around despite technically being hunted is not really making any sense either

Few people buying some copies isn't going to change that. Shame, really feels like any creative attempt - especially when it's not immediately romance - just dies right away.

Ribbon-chan is adorable and I'm going to assume her mom created her before she died?

Yeah, I immediately assumed that Mom made Ribbon to aid Miyamoto. Maybe specifically with the android-killing gun in mind?

I'd love if it somehow is actually the Mom's mind in the robot. Last minute way to escape getting killed or something. ... probably too much to hope for though.

This is a gag manga, it's always been silly.

Silly isn't the same as stupid, or devoid of logic. And if it's a gag manga then it's also supposed to be funny. Like maybe Future-Herself turning up with a laughably bad disguise might've been funny. Or it actually turning out to be just a coincidence (expectations subverted!). Or her Future-Self could be crazy different. Or there could have been a dozen Future-Selfs all turning up at this very moment because they just happen to all travel back to the same time. Or something. Certainly you can make more out of this than "everyone's a moron".

Is the stupid bit that Kako didn't figure it out herself?

Yes? I mean, sure, you might not go "this is definitely the case", but at the very least once all the "suspicious" talk (or ordering identical food, and whatnot) is happening she should go "wait a minute", surely?

Oh come on. A time-travel story where a person who looks exactly like you (but older) shows up, knowing various stuff, etcpp. I get what the chapter is trying to do, but that was a bit too stupid to actually work.

The story introduced essentially a witch-anarchist faction, along with mentioning "oni" in Japan causing trouble. Now they are in Japan; there's a witch causing/amplifying chaos. ... is this really that hard to read? Seems like perfectly ordinary setup and payoff.

Also, this is Sadako effectively becoming the monster Hanako was always accused of, so that's also just going full circle as well.

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I'd find them calling it off (well, not like they are dating now, but you know) and breaking the red string interesting. That'd imply that fate isn't absolute; you still gotta put in the effort. And then once this "burden" is gone maybe they can figure things out by themselves.

It's been too long. Is my memory at fault or did Mom date Atsushi in the original, and through him got to know Akira? While here it seems she knew Akira first.

The downside of this being resolved is that going by usual romance manga logic this probably means that the story will end in the next few chapters ^^#

I'd title the p.1 bottom panel "loyal dog and owner".

"No, I haven't forgotten the whole Shouya thing. Just haven't thought how to handle it ..."
p.22 panel 1 accidentally contains a message from the author to their editor as a line for the protagonist cough

*also the second sentence is clunky. Should probably be "decided" or "thought through/about" or something.

I'm starting to feel the nun has no better grasp on reality than Rurururuna-sama ...

Just pull a gun and shoot her.

I was confusing this with the other kinda-innocent-girl-ends-up-with-hostess manga at first ...

Insane plot development. Love it.
... but how does a ghost lose hair in the bathroom? :p

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Pyoro posted:

Mh, an actual witch-conflict plot in the background(?). Unexpected, I gotta say. Feels a bit ... lazy to just them die while sitting around? When everyone frequently teleports as they want ...

I think only one character has been shown with the ability to teleport others and she seemed unwilling to send anyone into the fight.

Hm.
Sadako can (at least) travel through devices, and the Fire Witch seems to have wanted to do the teleporting before Sadako ran away (she then teleports herself and her partner to the Sabbath base I'm pretty sure); and yeah Boss Lady can clearly teleport others and herself.

Also; she picked up Sadako and Hanako by remote-viewing, basically; so I was thinking more like doing something to save that witch / people than necessarily going to fight them.