LOVE-BULLET - Vol. 2 Ch. 12 - A Cupid's Territory

[Granite13]

... she says as she is standing on one foot. It's small touches like this that make the great manga artists stand out.

 

[Carn109]

Damn that is some good action

 

[minerkey]

Man, Ena's brutal

 

[arcosapphire]

I know everyone is head over heels for this series, but it still feels awkward to me. Like I'm here for some cupids to sort out complicated love problems, but instead they're punching each other all the time for no good reason. And the action is fine on its own, but why is it embedded in a story about a completely different sort of thing? I just feel that the drama and the action are really mismatched.

The constant fighting doesn't even make sense, really, given that there are no consequences. They're all fine within seconds. Nothing is an actual threat, so why are they always threatening each other? And why are they so hostile to begin with? They're all in this together and they're on the same side (of love). To me, the hostility has never made sense beyond being a flimsy excuse to have conflict and action.

It's like reading a sports manga about an underdog team trying to win the championship, except all the teammates are inexplicably beating each other up every other chapter. I just don't see the appeal in that, even if it's "well choreographed".

 

[brisketsweep]

inee posts new art for each of the main Cupids on their birthdays and Chiyo's birthday art from February confirmed she's the old Cupid in Chapter 0's prologue. There were hints with Chiyo's line in Chapter 9 saying Kanna has "only" been a Cupid for a handful of years and her general physical resemblance to the Cupid in Ch 0, but the birthday art 100% confirmed it.
View attachment 21753The fashion of the humans in Ch 0's prologue looks to be Meiji/Taisho era, so Chiyo's been a Cupid for around 100 years at the least.

I WAS CORRECT HAHAHAHAAA

 

[MelonManic]

Noice, so I wonder if their actually close in battle or she was just holding back

Have a noice day

 

[LTalon]

I wonder what happens when you snap a cupid's neck. I assume they won't die, because, well, they're already dead. At the same time, I'm pretty sure snapping the neck is threatening, because Ena clearly was trying to threaten Chiyo here.

I imagine just like it takes a bit to recover from being shot, it might vary how long it takes to regenerate from a wound of varying severity. Cupids are essentially spiritual beings so maybe it's all based on morale and a Cupid's will to keep moving forward--which being totally paralyzed or suffering a lethal wound would be pretty demoralizing.
If nothing else, having your neck broken really hurts.

 

[LordTartaros]

I know everyone is head over heels for this series, but it still feels awkward to me. Like I'm here for some cupids to sort out complicated love problems, but instead they're punching each other all the time for no good reason. And the action is fine on its own, but why is it embedded in a story about a completely different sort of thing? I just feel that the drama and the action are really mismatched.

The constant fighting doesn't even make sense, really, given that there are no consequences. They're all fine within seconds. Nothing is an actual threat, so why are they always threatening each other? And why are they so hostile to begin with? They're all in this together and they're on the same side (of love). To me, the hostility has never made sense beyond being a flimsy excuse to have conflict and action.

It's like reading a sports manga about an underdog team trying to win the championship, except all the teammates are inexplicably beating each other up every other chapter. I just don't see the appeal in that, even if it's "well choreographed".

True enough. But idk about you but if I were to become an immortal cupid, i’d probably mess around and beat up other cupids for fun to alleviate the boredom especially if doing so has no consequence whatsoever. Heck I bet it would be a popular hobby among cupids with bands or fighting clubs.

That or I’d become a neet and do anything except my job.

 

[space_sancho]

I know everyone is head over heels for this series, but it still feels awkward to me. Like I'm here for some cupids to sort out complicated love problems, but instead they're punching each other all the time for no good reason. And the action is fine on its own, but why is it embedded in a story about a completely different sort of thing? I just feel that the drama and the action are really mismatched.

The constant fighting doesn't even make sense, really, given that there are no consequences. They're all fine within seconds. Nothing is an actual threat, so why are they always threatening each other? And why are they so hostile to begin with? They're all in this together and they're on the same side (of love). To me, the hostility has never made sense beyond being a flimsy excuse to have conflict and action.

It's like reading a sports manga about an underdog team trying to win the championship, except all the teammates are inexplicably beating each other up every other chapter. I just don't see the appeal in that, even if it's "well choreographed".

You have to remember that the Cupids aren't on the same team yet (Chapter 0 takes place after every chapter released so far). Chiyo, Koharu, and Kanna have trespassed on Ena's territory (and presumably interfered with her mission), so that's where the fight has sparked from in this chapter. We can't consider them "on the same team" in a sports manga, the equivalent place we're at right now is the "gathering the team arc". The manga's monthly so it may seem like a lot of story/time has passed, but we're quite literally only on the second volume and second major mission covered by the story. We haven't even met any named Cupids outside the 4 main ones yet so there's yet to see if they'll be fighting other teams over one mission, though I would expect so since Ena helps justify the friendly fight within the team in Chapter 0 by saying it will serve as practice for Koharu for when they have to fight enemy Cupids in the future.