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Those were seeds that Shizuko's grandpa had selective bred personally - mentioned after the rice harvest chapter. He also gave her knives at a young age and taught her how to butcher animals. Grandpa seems to have unintentionally arranged many convenient things. How very lucky of her to have...

@icekatze Agreed.

The cardinal seems to be acting differently this loop? Maybe he restarted as well?

@smape that is a good summary. The only thing I currently wonder is if Cardinal Richelieu, the dead-eyed long-haired clergyman, somehow also remembers the loop in fractured memory or in clear whole. His actions somehow feel like they are changing too, but unlike Shuli he is advancing...

This is the 25c store-brand pop version of Mieruko's Coca-Cola. Prey's pacing and alternating between daily life and the tension of being hunted is nowhere near as good. You don't get a chance to really appreciate the characters or the unique monsters because there is too much horror, as...

Dumb but entertaining.

This is kind of like a mediocre ghost story your camp counselor takes 30 minutes to tell, but it just wasn't worth the time to hear it. Pass on and find something that's more intriguing. This one is all okay visuals but the characters, psych, and world are puddle deep.

Appreciate the high quality translation.

This is probably one of the top five manga being published right now. It is incredibly good. It sits up there with drugstore soliloquy and Mieruko-chan for sure.

Even if there is a better explanation in the original for her feelings, it's okay for Maomao to be a bit immature and rush judgements about people - she's not that old and being raised around a brothel, even a nice one, could definitely warp your perceptions about men. Maomao did jump to...

I really liked how the game World of Horror crossed over Lovecraft and Japanese ghost stories and urban legends. But this I expect will be a typical Chinese power fantasy. I'm still going look at the first few chapters just in case the author has a spark of originality because they are using a...

Thirsty Fans: "Please, some fanservice!" Author Watsuki: *Page 25*

The expected happened. Cause of Death: Knew too much about the protagonist. Rip, Detective, you seemed like a righteous guy. Maybe the baddies will have a cool body disposal technique to deal with you.

Emotionally, this manga tells too much about how the characters feel rather than just pacing a bit slower and showing it through interactions. The narrator is way too heavy handed. The revenge tale isn't bad, but with the narrator carrying the characters, the passionate burning feeling of...

I like thief/heist manga.... but someone who has seen the raws, please @ tell me if this is going to be mostly "old man detective being hungry for the young boy thief", so I can bail out now. I figured I'd let the first chapter slide, but the red flags are flying high.... 😐