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    Clevatess - Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no Yuusha - Vol. 3 Ch. 18 - The Crown's Princess Sorrow

    Although Clevatess himself might be making a blunder which is interesting. He said "Dorel is just a smallfry" because he's convinced that only another King could possibly be behind it and be any sort of threat. Perhaps that's even true, but it could also be that humanity has in fact advanced...
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    The Holy Grail of Eris - Vol. 11 Ch. 54 - To Determine the Truth

    "Magic?" "Yes, it's a special magic spell." "I CAST FIST!" What ho, muscle wizard! :haa:
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    Killing Me / Killing You - Vol. 5 Ch. 21 - Village Of Scattered Flowers

    And thus onwards to the finale of their journey through the end of the world. This has turned into a really powerful series for me, straightforward yet with depths to it, a lot said even when not a lot is actually said, deeply melancholy and true to the setting but with some real beauty as well...
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    The Holy Grail of Eris - Vol. 11 Ch. 53 - It Can Be Cruel at Times

    I agree that this would probably be the most cutting line Scarlet could give, one of the few things that would truly get through. Not simple selfishness or outrage at being framed or the like, but anger that he'd assume she wouldn't herself shoulder the Castiel responsibility and honor in the...
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    Legend of the Galactic Heroes (MICHIHARA Katsumi) - Vol. 3 Ch. 29

    One thing I always enjoyed about LoGH is the multidimensionality hinted at across so many of the core characters and feeling of time, of the shifting currents and clashing interests of the age. Even the emperor, who would be so easy to make a completely contemptible and foolish figure, is not...
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    Legend of the Galactic Heroes (MICHIHARA Katsumi) - Vol. 3 Ch. 27

    Nice intro to arguably one of the most pivotal characters in the series despite coming relatively "late". It's very interesting reading this all again so many years after the anime, yet page 6 (pg127) instantaneously brings to mind and well captures the action that ultimately turns into one of...
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    Killing Me / Killing You - Vol. 5 Ch. 20 - Journey's End, Forms Of Love

    This journey continues to land the emotional hits with a strange, melancholy yet beautiful sort of grace. Not overdone, no huge statement, just living through the twilight of the world, people being people with their own emotions, despair and dreams. One step after another onward until the end.
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    Rosen Garten Saga - Vol. 11 Ch. 68 - Finals ~Rose Prinzessin~

    Awesome, and here we go. Author has an amazing ability to keep the hype balanced just to make it all the stronger, to blend slower moments and give the audience (and characters) time to breath and reflect before they leap back into it. And good luck in your virtual character meet fighter game...
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    Shadows House (Official Colored) - Ch. 199 - Upbringing

    Wow, informative to see a bit more of the background, and also get a true view of how deep Anthony's twisted determination and willpower runs. There have been hints for quite awhile, but now we see he is bone deep born and raised as an absolute, "ends justify the means" machiavelli figure, a...
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    Peach Boy Riverside - Ch. 65 - Mid Oni and Middle

    I like the use of "duty" here as letting Middle subvert expectations and what we've seen so far. The Oni transformation seems to mess with emotion, both heightening desire to fight/kill and undermining the memories and such that form emotional foundations, again with a flow towards violence. But...
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    The Holy Grail of Eris - Vol. 11 Ch. 52 - Ernst Adelbide's Reminiscence (Part 3)

    Well plotted, they were truly backed into a corner there, and refreshingly they actually recognize that they screwed this up badly to end up in such a position at all. All the choices by that point were bad, but some of the many various lines of prep left them with a few remaining cards to play...
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    Rosen Garten Saga - Vol. 11 Ch. 67 - Unrest ~Impotenz~

    I continue to be in awe of this manga. There's so much depth and thinking that's clearly gone into it, the author is simultaneously doing such zany twists on everything but also remaining incredibly true to the original Nibelungenlied and deftly weaving in lore, references and details galore...
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    【Oshi no Ko】 - Ch. 154 - 15-YEAR LIE

    Kinda repeating from last chapter, but I think this would be (combined with answering the justice system) a pretty satisfying setup for "revenge" if it was just Ai and the woman who raped him he had killed. They've completely destroyed the foundation he'd used to justify himself, and they've...
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    【Oshi no Ko】 - Ch. 153 - FICTION

    Putting aside a critical matter for a moment, to some extent it's both more fitting and better revenge (mixed with redemption) if Aqua gets through to Kamiki that this wasn't fiction and that his whole basis for things was wrong. If he makes him truly and deeply regret it even while he's...
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    Killing Me / Killing You - Vol. 5 Ch. 19 - Theatre Of Pain

    Love the creativity and effort by the author, and also that really takes me back to the 80s, long before I had a console and before my first computer. Those books were a lot of fun as a kid, a different taste of "interactivity" even alone, and inspired more then a few of us to try our hands at...
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    Ragna Crimson - Ch. 75 - Aura Control

    Fun chapter, as @Qwest said it's nice to have a bit of thought put into the details of systems in a universe like this, helps with immersion and emergent effects later. Also from a plot pov nicely lightens things as in IRL war. The situation is very hard, and they might all die, but they can...
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    Shadows House (Official Colored) - Ch. 197 - Anthony

    Great banger chapter, thanks for the TL! There was plenty of speculation about potential for foreign agents and so on, but this was simultaneously built up to pretty well while still being a genuine surprise that explains a lot. And Anthony's strategic options here are brutal but extremely...
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    Shadows House (Official Colored) - Ch. 194 - Undercurrent

    Holy moly, what a chapter! "Undercurrents" certainly is a fitting title, a whole bunch of threads of the past and present are all coming together and the various forces start approaching the point of (heh) moving out of the shadows. Even introduces yet another potential side: Yep, particularly...
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    Ragna Crimson - Ch. 74 - A Half-century

    "Their" being the cult's. The dragon kings may have even more advanced options that actually perfect it, or make it work with sheer raw power. Though it seems they cannot revive their kin. But Crimson obviously has very advanced technology available to him, some of which dates from the modern...
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    Ragna Crimson - Ch. 74 - A Half-century

    As far as Leo yeah it's not like it's not telegraphed given that she's on a giant magic circle like we saw the Silver Armament Corps using for its mass teleportation. Seems most likely it's some sort of special training thing, where someone can be killed over and over again by Gil then get their...
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