After reading this chapter, I stopped and looked up the name of the Labubu guy because Zukin’s teeth reminded me so much of the early Labubu design sketches I’ve seen that I thought this might be by the same person. (This is not the case.)
This was my exact reaction 😭 I was like, “Huh, is the melting thing a metaphor for dating someone who a disability or a mental illness and the balance of understanding your/your partner’s limits while still doing the things you love?” And then the murders started.
I don’t fully get the ending to this one. I assume it has to do with the sex toy maker Sakurai murdered — a fox was posing as her father to get revenge on her? Her leg looks like that to mimic the teeth of a trap closing on a fox’s leg? It’s kind of an abrupt pivot to the explicitly...
The shift from interpersonal jealousy, murder, and ghosts to “nothing’s grosser than a CROSSDRESSER!!” is so fucking jarring, especially after how gayness was portrayed sympathetically earlier.
Oh INTERESTING. So Bena is an oni (or something like it), huh. I wonder how Danzo got his hands on him…
I am confused a bit by page 16 - contextually, it seems like “Should I remove the gag?” should be more like “Why did you remove the gag?” since we see the gag removed on page 14.
You know, it’s nice to see a bit of non-malicious gray from time to time. I hope Chashao and her owner have a long, happy possession together. (She’s even bringing him luck like calicos are supposed to ;_; )