I'm ded, this chapter killed me. I love Mask so much.

"They are called the three lights of the devil exactly because they won't let you through smoothly"? the japanese seem to love giving out weirdly grandiose nicknames. I'm pretty sure in america we would just have called them "those damn lights", or maybe "Those f$%king lights", if we were really pissed.

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"They are called the three lights of the devil exactly because they won't let you through smoothly"? the japanese seem to love giving out weirdly grandiose nicknames.

I'm passably certain that was just Mask being... Mask. (She draws cheesy manga, remember.) Also lowkey chuuni. >_>

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Mask is low-key the prettiest girl in the series. Also midoriri x hibiki is my favorite underrated couple.

"They are called the three lights of the devil exactly because they won't let you through smoothly"? the japanese seem to love giving out weirdly grandiose nicknames.

I'm passably certain that was just Mask being... Mask. (She draws cheesy manga, remember.) Also lowkey chuuni. >_>

Fair enough.

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Lucky >o>

Mask and Vampire are one of my favorite couples so far
Or at least the most interesting
They have such a unique and interesting dynamic

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Kaoru, the pussy-master

Could it be that the events with kaoru, "unusual" that mask observes like the light that turns green just when kaoru passes, or that only kaoru is not drenched by the passage of the car and the cats that mike gathers around make her take kaoru for a kind of "divinity" ... we know that mask gives all her respect and her name only to people she admires or who interest her and even if she knows how kaoru behaves she gives her her name and surname!
I will say that as the expression of "little girl" kaoru full of hope, it smells good for their future relationship ^^

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Mayoi has been revealed as a top! Those hidden power levels are pretty impressive.

Kaoru might indeed be the reincarnation of some divine being hahaha, Bou chan can't keep her eyes away now, and it was so easy to ignore her before. And now that Kaoru was given the permission to call her name the distance will shrink more and more, and Mayoi is ready for that,

If Kaoru is a divine being, then what that makes Mayoi who can defeat her with just one touch?

Meanwhile Midori and Hibike still at the door of their future together but very adorable... Well I do hope they open the door already, they can't compete with the MahiMahi when it comes to cuteness so that spot is taken.

Thank you very much! this just keeps getting better and better and that includes the credit pages hahahaha

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How can a manga get better and better, it is really good and this manga got really awesome when Mask joined. And I read the raws of the next chapter and understood most of it so I'm happy I'm progressing

Every time there’s a Hibiki/Midori chapter, I’ve already forgotten they existed, but I still enjoy them as they come.

I kinda see why we didn't get a characters or chapter page this volume, it would have given away way too much!
Also, aren't we into volume 16 territory by now?

After rereading ch 210 like 3 times I finally got what’s going on. Mask wanted really badly to be the “lucky one” who was the cause of all the good things that happened: the rain stopping, the green lights. But as the events progressed and the lights threatened to turn green on her and a car came by and splattered her and everyone except Kaoru, she realized Kaoru was the special one, not her. Mask seems to have this desire to be special and exceptional.

Put another way, Mask seems to be incredibly jealous of people who can move through life with ease. Onobi, who seems to pop up new and innovative ideas every single day because that’s just who she is. Kaoru, who moves through life gracefully and unaffected. They’re the people “who have it”. “It” being talent. In contrast, Mask struggles a lot with her art and finding inspiration. She’s not any more graceful than any of her classmates. She struggles, and when surrounded by people who seem to do the things she wants to do with ease, she gets feels inferior and inadequate.

But she’s able to put a ripple in that. She has this profound effect on Kaoru where she’s able to disrupt that god level of grace. Perhaps part of her is relieved by that. But I also think part of her is disappointed because she holds “special” people up as untouchable geniuses who she cannot be. Mask definitely has a few issues left to work out.

She’s starting to see Kaoru’s special side as well as all the flaws she initially saw. She’s beginning to respect Kaoru a little bit more because of that, or at least acknowledge Kaoru has peaked her interests.

Maybe Mask begins to see Kaoru as a way to reach the genius place because she can see Kaoru is affected by Mask.

I think once Mask finally achieves something with the help of Kaoru as her inspiration, or once Mask finally sees her idols as humans with flaws just like her, she might be able to move forward with Kaoru.

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^ I think you got it, spot on.

By the way... "Tokino Mayoi?" Seriously?
"Toki no mayoi?"
That sounds like "Lost in time." Like, someone was travelling through time and got lost.

Mask confirmed time traveller!

^^^ sounds about right, that's more or less what I meant with "critical mass of frustration" earlier. Though I'd add there's probably also an aspect of Mask (grudgingly) recognising her own fascination with Kaoru.

What's interesting about the exchange between the two is how it plays out like nothing so much as a challenge. By turning on the flirt herself and somewhat melodramatically giving out her full name like that Mayoi is basically throwing down the gauntlet and declaring "I'm done running; come at me if you dare, Nee-sama." (Kaoru is naturally delighted.)

Ofc as tends to be the case with idol-worship she's also quite ignorant of the private troubles the "special people" she puts on a pedestal actually have like everyone else, like Onibi's own creative struggles (and the often quite strange things she does to get through them) and Kaoru's neurotic predisposition for bizarre and extreme reactions to serious emotional upsets...

By the way... "Tokino Mayoi?" Seriously?
"Toki no mayoi?"
That sounds like "Lost in time." Like, someone was travelling through time and got lost.

An appropriately chuuni-sounding name I should think o3o

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An appropriately chuuni-sounding name I should think o3o

You said it before me, you Fasty McFastpants, you. d(´∀`)b

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After rereading ch 210 like 3 times I finally got what’s going on.

Thank you for this post because I read it just after waking up (excited to behold it), then I read it again and I still had no idea. Thankfully there are people paying attention to this long term, much better than I am. I really appreciate the analysis!

It’s come to my attention that, likely due to it being 200ish chapters in, people are starting to forget that VE is ultimately a coming of age story.

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^ ???

Every single reaction between mask-chan and kaoru makes me feel so blessed to be alive in a time where I can read this manga. I just love this.
The TL people are a bunch of awesome beasts too. I even look forward to their next credit page lol.
to think that I was once put off by the ecchi elements in the first pages this manga...
I kinda got the wrong idea about how it would go. I'm glad I came back to give it a try again.

Nene posted:

^ I think you got it, spot on.

By the way... "Tokino Mayoi?" Seriously?
"Toki no mayoi?"
That sounds like "Lost in time." Like, someone was travelling through time and got lost.

LMAO!!!!

shadesan posted:

I kinda see why we didn't get a characters or chapter page this volume, it would have given away way too much!
Also, aren't we into volume 16 territory by now?

We just don't have it yet. Chapters come from the online version which releases chapter after chapter. We'll see the cover once it's going to be published as a volume. Well, we know who is going to be on the cover though.

We don't really know where v16 starts...

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