Shadows House (Official Colored) - Ch. 223 - Removing the Veil

[MangaDex]

 

[JDSquare13]

BELLE LIVES

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

Thanks for the chapters

 

[zigzagzoot]

It looks like its time for the children to make their own decisions now. The seeds of the last few chapters have been to give the children back their agency, and it is now time for them to show their hidden depths.

Here's my shadows house bingo board of predictions.

Suzie rescues Shawn	Kate/Emilyko move to adults wing.	Lewis breaks brainwashing
Children's wing discover Thomas and Louise.	Sara backstory revealed to Emilyko and Kate	King doesn't notice rebellion as Children's wing manager
Adults wing interrogates Sara.	John or Patrick investigate Margaret's murder.	Barbara gets over Christopher

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapters.

 

[UncleKaos]

well such a bing reading but i don't mind.
Damn we are moving on faster and got an adult on their side now. but the murderer still manages to get to children wing and using them as meat shields(it is what they are in his eyes. that psycho)
but he is losing the grip that is for sure. but... he won't go down without someone suffering and dying. he does like to kill people who dares to just merely disagree with him and his plans.

 

[sgn]

I have to say I really like how the author handled Belle getting her memories back/discovering the truth here. I was really kind of bracing myself, because it feels like it's common to see characters have these huge emotional lashouts when hit by a sudden revelation. Just turning against their friends and becoming totally unreasonable because of it, and it's super annoying every time, even when it's justified (which it kind of would be, here).

I really like that Belle does have those thoughts, but ultimately has the self-awareness and maturity to reason a step further. I'm glad she didn't die because of it.

 

[LordTartaros]

I CAME GALLONS

thanks for the update

 

[Trin4life]

I don't believe/trust Joseph because the gaps in his knowledge are far too convenient.
Ignoring how convenient it is that he magically retained his human ego/memories, we only have his word that he's only one who retained his memories as a human. And, I don't believe that he doesn't know who/what Great Grandfather is if he studied the fairies/morphs so extensively. I can maybe see him regretting what happened, but I doubt he's innocent.
Thanks for the update!

 

[Cloverdex]

it's back in mangadex!! I've already read all these chapters but I hope new chapters get added here too!!

 

[Ashteron]

The current scanlation team is considering dropping the project. Further explanation.

 

[fennec]

I have to say I really like how the author handled Belle getting her memories back/discovering the truth here. I was really kind of bracing myself, because it feels like it's common to see characters have these huge emotional lashouts when hit by a sudden revelation. Just turning against their friends and becoming totally unreasonable because of it, and it's super annoying every time, even when it's justified (which it kind of would be, here).

I really like that Belle does have those thoughts, but ultimately has the self-awareness and maturity to reason a step further. I'm glad she didn't die because of it.

Yeah, it's such a complicated situation with really complex emotions involved.

It makes me think of Margaret and Maggie. They were both very isolated, so when Maggie got her memories back, she had no positive memories or bonds to fall back on while dealing with the emotional turmoil. She only had a growing distaste of Margaret and the memory of Margaret almost cutting her face, so it was easy for Anthony to manipulate her.

Belle though had Emilyko to help her through the grief of losing her twin and treat her like a human. The twins also had Kate help them work things out when they were fighting over whose face Belle was, and their fighting had stressed Belle enough to start to break down. If not for Kate's intervention, that could have been just as traumatic for Belle as Margaret with the knife, and give Belle similar incentive to hate the twins and all the shadows.

It's just so well done. After skimming all the chapters involving Margaret's past and the twins in the immediate aftermath of Belle's death to refresh my memory, I wonder if the author intentionally set up Maggie and Belle as foils. The twins were even major figures in Margaret's memories.

It really goes to show the importance of having bonds of any kind, as even without seeking out Emilyko for support, just the memories of her kindness were enough to keep Belle on track and avoid being manipulated.

 

[jinter]

The Belles are always cute

 

[_Dky_]

well its been 5 years with palmtop scans l hope another group can pick it back up fast

 

[Dudewheresmymecha1]

I have to say I really like how the author handled Belle getting her memories back/discovering the truth here. I was really kind of bracing myself, because it feels like it's common to see characters have these huge emotional lashouts when hit by a sudden revelation. Just turning against their friends and becoming totally unreasonable because of it, and it's super annoying every time, even when it's justified (which it kind of would be, here).

I really like that Belle does have those thoughts, but ultimately has the self-awareness and maturity to reason a step further. I'm glad she didn't die because of it.

I agree completely. But, in retrospect, it makes sense, and that makes it doubly refreshing: after all, they have established that the children were specifically chosen because they were brighter than their peers, along with other excellent qualities. It's sometimes a little easy to forget it, given the need for a little comic relief against the darker parts of the story (usually at the expense of poor John/Sean), and the fact that they are children, who have had most of their memories blocked, but even the "stupid" characters are shown to be very intelligent, analytical, observant, and more often than not mature and wise beyond their years - a great deal of the story is dedicated to puzzle-solving, gathering clues, and investigating mysteries and dark secrets, after all!

It feels right that Belle may have had some character flaws that didn't always bring out the best in her, and she frequently jumped to some wrong conclusions because of that and because of some traumatic experiences in an environment that's designed to turn everyone against each other, but at the end, with a little character development behind her, she was able to see the truth of things and react maturely and intelligently, setting the stage for a very satisfying rescue from friends she didn't realize she had.

And just when we were probably thinking "oh no, poor Belle, here she goes again - doesn't she EVER learn? I guess this story isn't going anywhere, after all...", at that.

That was well-played!