Shadows House (Official Colored) - Ch. 236 - The Back Route

[MangaDex]

 

[kuma]

what a showdown

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[JDSquare13]

Ryan will be stopped by the power of lesbians

 

[Soneca]

Oh boy, we don't what Ryan's soot power is, but considering the powerhouse that is Dorothy, it's probably very menacing.

Thank you very much for the scanlation.

 

[Jayinator]

Is it just me, or does it kind of feel like they're jumping the shark here?

 

[UncleKaos]

Ryan might have a powerful soot skill but i sense that he is too arrogant to use them properly. or he is weaker than expected.

 

[AAA1]

Ryan might have a powerful soot skill but i sense that he is too arrogant to use them properly. or he is weaker than expected.

going by their personalities, all of them are arrogant but in different way. Dorothy would be the one who is too arrogant to use her power properly. she will get defeated by the children. Ryan would be the most efficient person, but because he was arrogant, he definitely would think others is a hindrance. But, because his foe is a team that got ambition to be a level 3 plus rosemary, the fight won't get too one-sided. Ryan would win but this is the chance to get to exploit his flaw to not want to get help. Joseph even though he is their ally, he is arrogant too in thinking his plan would work. Sophie will intercept kate of course. But her arrogancy in liking to see other's potential will actually make kate got stronger. Those are my thoughts to the upcoming battle

 

[Dudewheresmymecha1]

Is it just me, or does it kind of feel like they're jumping the shark here?

There have been a few chapters over the course of the story that have come about this close, but the writers always seem to pull it back on track in subsequent chapters. If they keep to that pattern, then I'll forgive it.

As for Ryan...

Spoiler: How strong ARE Ryan and the other adults?

I seem to recall that whatever Ryan (and Sophie?) are capable of, it took Thomas out, leaving him with one arm and no memory, and (one supposes) no functional soot powers (since I don't recall what Thomas' soot power was, and haven't seen him use any since he lost his memory - I don't think we've even seen him shift between his shadow and living doll form, it seems likely that he's only human now....)

So, I think it's certainly dangerous to underestimate Ryan and Sophie, and certainly Dorothy, too.

For his part, Ryan seems pretty sure of himself and his ability to take on Edward and his sidekicks, combined with Maryrose and Rosemary - I don't quite recall what Gerald's soot power is (EDIT: oh yeah, that's right: he can move/levitate objects that have been dusted with his soot!), and Eileen's exploding carrier pigeons haven't proven to be very intimidating so far, but we do know that Edward at least can be pretty dangerous, and Rosemary/Maryrose were a pretty fair challenge to at least Kate and all her friends for the Phantom arc: Ryan may well have a good reason to be so confident and arrogant as to take on all five of these characters at once, but if so, we can only conclude that Ryan is an exceptionally dangerous shadow.

Meanwhile, Joseph seems pretty sure he can handle Sophie alone, backed up by a "Soot Management" power, which I'm having a little difficulty imagining to be much help in a fight. I don't think we know a lot about Sophie, but if she's been sitting on about as much power as Dorothy, then Joseph might be at a disadvantage here.

And THAT is before we consider whatever the Grandfather might be capable of, and it assumes that Joseph and/or Thomas can be trusted, which we really have only the flimsiest reasons to assume so far. It at least SEEMS so far like Joseph is splitting up "the guards" to expose the Grandfather to Kate, and Thomas surely was hurt by Ryan and Sophie, but Thomas' loss of memory does seem rather convenient (though I suspect that's a side effect of Sophie's soot power, which I assume to be the power to eat other shadows' powers), while Joseph's actions in this chapter might also be interpreted as leading Kate into a trap (and after all, we really don't fully understand Joseph's motives for now, beyond what he's claimed to Kate: even if we assume he really is trying to subvert Grandfather's authority, it doesn't necessarily mean he's on Kate's side!)

Of all the things happening at once in this chapter, I think the open subplot that interests me the most is the confrontation between Ryan, and Edward, Eileen, Gerald, and Rosemary/Maryrose: we haven't seen Ryan's soot power on-screen yet, and we haven't seen Edward and his sidekicks actually working together yet, certainly not with Rosemary/Maryrose. And Edward and his friends are in a transitional moment in their story arc(s), while Rosemary/Maryrose has been relatively inactive since her disappearance, other than their brief confrontation with Ryan and his friends. The outcome of this little battle seems like one of the more important things the story has been building toward before moving on to the finale, so I think it should surely be a pretty dynamic turning point in the story!

What about all of you - which of the last couple chapters' subplots interests you the most?

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[gamria]

Is it just me, or does it kind of feel like they're jumping the shark here?

Jumping the shark, because of fighting? No, it's the finale the entire series was building towards.

• You've got Kate researching the layout and structure, in building and society, of the whole of the Shadows House.
• You've got Soot Powers that allows for lots of magical combat, with plenty of users being smart about them
• You've got the Adults who've been hyped to be powerful
• You've got rebels like Kate, Maryrose, Anthony and Candy who've all voiced their desires to overthrow the current regime in one manner or another, and all trying to build their own factions

It was always going to culminate in war, in revolution. The time for scheming and plan-making have to lead to action eventually, and that time is now. And even amidst their sickness, I believe Somato-sensei will deliver.

 

[Scytale]

I don't think it's jumping the shark either. Events are just accelerating and coming to a head.

I agree that I feels sudden, but at any rate, I'd much rather have that than for the author to keep milking the story and have the plot meander for chapters on end.

 

[Jayinator]

Jumping the shark, because of fighting? No, it's the finale the entire series was building towards.

The fighting and who's on what side totally makes sense. It's this specific chapter on how they will get the group to safety that felt a bit over the top.

There have been a few chapters over the course of the story that have come about this close, but the writers always seem to pull it back on track in subsequent chapters. If they keep to that pattern, then I'll forgive it.

I have noticed that too and I hope you're right at this time as well.