A surprisingly satisfying end... But. Thinking about it some more. The fact that Takahashi apparently can survive as a worm no problem, and only ate and wore people to find human things (music, and in itou, friendship), is... Well. Then why did Itou insist on being eaten. She's worried about Takahashi and it really does seem that for some reason even the worm is about to die...? Don't know why. But then why does Itou continue to want being eaten. Because she thinks Takahashi is more human and kinder than she is. But smash cut to now - she's learned lots about normality and humanity so. She can do the same. No reason to give away her body.
In a way Mr. N's arc is much more thematically logically resolved. Really loved that move.
But I really loved the way Takahashi almost killed Itou. That was very emotional. Kinda beautiful.
Itou's grandma hanging out with some monster who creates a moral free theme park (??? What.) was also... Strange. And the implications could have done with some more exploration.
I guess the manga definitively came down on the side of human morality (dont disturb other people's normality - which I feel like is a VERY Japanese kind of way to put it). It's important to be social and lie and learn to do these things because it is important to be kind to people and that is human. I guess Itou's grandma didn't agree cos she never taught theme park man that.
Theme park man seems to have set up the whole soap thing though... Which Itou was taught about by her grandmother, which is a kinda nice coming together of things. Not sure theme park man was sincere in his speech I guess.
This manga was surprisingly effectively dramatic, quite funny at times, and that's all because the yuri really carried it. I really quite enjoyed it
Thanks for the translation translators! The translation notes were also very interesting!
