Magus of the Library - Vol. 8 Ch. 39 - Solitude of a Hundred Years

[MangaDex]

 

[MonkeyMonkeyMonkey]

thanks for TL!

 

[dokidoki]

I wonder how long till they do something about that traitorous fairy, curious if they even know he has mind control powers because if they do its fucking WILD they'd let the dude roam around

 

[rererereza]

Thanks for the Translation

 

[alacaelum]

Wow... that IS a world-ending secret.

Man... despite the feeling of wanderlust this series has, this world is not the land of rainbows and cotton candy, we know about a lot of the terrible things that happened, but knowing that the current peace is supported by a lie brings a whole new meaning to it.

That is a heavy situation.

This masked group is very well organized and scarily big... they can't just have popped up from the ether in a few years.

I wonder how long till they do something about that traitorous fairy, curious if they even know he has mind control powers because if they do its fucking WILD they'd let the dude roam around

Even if they know, they can't just go around deposing a high-ranking official of a sovereign nation without cold hard proof, the Library already faces a lot of scrutiny just by doing their "assigned" job, if they directly interfere with something like that it would be disastrous.

And even if they had the proof for that, they still would need to tread lightly, this is a moment in their "history" were a lot of factors are converging.

Most of the Magis not being heroes, many of them being already dead and some too close to death's door and not able to defend themselves, the many sociopolitical circumstances around the world evolving... truth be told even if this truth wasn't true, they still would be in a sensitive moment, and chances that no conflict happened were already extremely low.

 

[claudio_rolna]

Thanks for the TL, here to support!
and finally! we now know why this manga has the "Written by Sophie Schwimm" because all that's happening is a retelling of what actually happens throughout Theo's life!
It's Isayama levels of foreshadowing

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[twincubus]

magus of the library, now with political intrigue

i'm really glad we've spent this much time setting up the library and it's role in politics and what it represents in the entire continent, because now we get to truly understand what all this strife means and what the fall of the library could entail

 

[ickdrasil]

Oh that is a great twist

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[sirmidor]

In case you do more translations for this series (thanks btw): The translation only ever refers to Sedona with 'they' or 'their' or 'them', but Sedona has appeared since chapter 1 and is a woman. It easily happens more than 10 times this chapter, even in contexts where the speaker definitely knows her, and it reads very unnaturally (especially awkward on pages 8-10 where it's just rapid fire).

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[batattoe]

Damn, so the Haupi magi defeated/sealed the Emissary while all the other magi ran away like cowards; and since the Haupi magi died and they lost the strongest fighter, the Hyron felt comfortable going on a genocide spree, especially since they could stop the 6 magi from intervening by threatening to reveal the truth.

Very dark turn of events, eerily similar to Ubel Blatt. Can't wait to read the whole backstory.

 

[alacaelum]

In case you do more translations for this series (thanks btw): The translation only ever refers to Sedona with 'they' or 'their' or 'them', but Sedona has appeared since chapter 1 and is a woman. It easily happens more than 10 times this chapter, even in contexts where the speaker definitely knows her, and it reads very unnaturally (especially awkward on pages 8-10 where it's just rapid fire).

Wait... Sedona is a woman? I swear Sedona was referred to as a male... but admittedly, I may be misremembering that a lot.

But on maybe a not-so-considerate observation of my part... some women in this manga do have very "masculine" features but are communicated to be women.

I didn't think much about that because... meh, this series clearly has a lot of different biotypes, so who am I to judge... but Sedona being a woman really caught me by surprise.

 

[alacaelum]

Damn, so the Haupi magi defeated/sealed the Emissary while all the other magi ran away like cowards; and since the Haupi magi died and they lost the strongest fighter, the Hyron felt comfortable going on a genocide spree, especially since they could stop the 6 magi from intervening by threatening to reveal the truth.

Very dark turn of events, eerily similar to Ubel Blatt. Can't wait to read the whole backstory.

Interestingly, the Haupi themselves don't seem interested in revealing that fact.

The Haupi steward even went out of his way to interfere after all that debacle... says something about their culture.

The complexity of society in this series is scarily "alive".

 

[alacaelum]

magus of the library, now with political intrigue

i'm really glad we've spent this much time setting up the library and it's role in politics and what it represents in the entire continent, because now we get to truly understand what all this strife means and what the fall of the library could entail

I hope this series keeps to this pace for years to come, I love seeing some action and the one in here promises some cool moments, but those only have true meaning when the slow burn moments take their time to develop.

I even thought Theo's early life in the village was a little too glossed over, but I think it was a necessary sacrifice to not slog down things too much, and what came after was simply amazing.

 

[CheesiBoye]

I found this yesterday and had myself reading through it since, finally all caught up. For anyone who wants the same world-feel and same fantasy allegory political commentary and dont mind reading 1000+ pages (5 or 6k at this point) id recommend the Stormlight Archives series by Brandon Sanderson.

This work really reminded me of the similarities if theme between them, although it (Stormlight) is more abstract about how it goes about discussing the time period it's being written in (as in as a metafiction and the meta of it being a work of fiction written and inspired by the current real world political climate) they both do the same idea of presenting similar concepts within a fantasy world that a vaguely reminiscent of issues in our current time.

Both this and that had me engrossed to rush through reading them whenever I got to the end of one book/chapter.

 

[Trulvir]

Wait... Sedona is a woman? I swear Sedona was referred to as a male... but admittedly, I may be misremembering that a lot.

But on maybe a not-so-considerate observation of my part... some women in this manga do have very "masculine" features but are communicated to be women.

I didn't think much about that because... meh, this series clearly has a lot of different biotypes, so who am I to judge... but Sedona being a woman really caught me by surprise.

Sedona's gender is deliberately ambiguous according to the author on Twitter.

 

[sirmidor]

Sedona's gender is deliberately ambiguous according to the author on Twitter.

I went back to chapter 2 where Sedona is drawn with a slightly protruding chest (page 11) and repeatedly referred to as 'she' by her fellow Kafna. Call it non-canon, but in the original oneshot Sedona is very explicitly female with a sizable bust. I think the author settled on a more androgynous design for the series, but the declaration that Sedona is 'free' and can be interpreted either way comes off more as a way to avoid contradicting fans, whichever their interpretation was.

 

[libermn]

Thank you for the translation!

 

[doomrider7]

I went back to chapter 2 where Sedona is drawn with a slightly protruding chest (page 11) and repeatedly referred to as 'she' by her fellow Kafna. Call it non-canon, but in the original oneshot Sedona is very explicitly female with a sizable bust. I think the author settled on a more androgynous design for the series, but the declaration that Sedona is 'free' and can be interpreted either way comes off more as a way to avoid contradicting fans, whichever their interpretation was.

Pretty sure the "Sedona" in the one-shot was an early younger Xtoh Seros, but with a blend of both their personalities. It's the same for Cauicha having a much closer personality to Medina's and Anzu being more similar to Nanako in her rage towards those who abuse books.

Damn, so the Haupi magi defeated/sealed the Emissary while all the other magi ran away like cowards; and since the Haupi magi died and they lost the strongest fighter, the Hyron felt comfortable going on a genocide spree, especially since they could stop the 6 magi from intervening by threatening to reveal the truth.

Very dark turn of events, eerily similar to Ubel Blatt. Can't wait to read the whole backstory.

We don't fully KNOW what exactly happened in terms of the battle and the full context of why they fled. Were they cowards? Was it an order from the Haupi magus? A failed last ditch effort gone awry? Was the Emissary actually not evil at all like some underground beliverLegit curious about all of the this and what REALLY went down.