Thanks for the translation, Kay.
I hope the screenwriter at least stops adding "new characters" or "new conditions." I don't know how far "Teenager Mercenary" will go, and I know the animation has been commissioned (hopefully it'll be good).
But I've already noticed a pattern in the story:
- Ijin acts within a specific group
- The "strongest" member of the group fights against him
- Depending on the situation, that person either becomes Ijin's "colleague" or starts pursuing him
(this is actually kind of standard in stories of this type)
- Some new group is included (school, corrupt right-wing politician, family, "underground" (nightclub owner like Cha Dusik), police, the Numbers, the Camp, the Forest, the mercenary community, drug dealers, the "Shadow Society," etc.)
I won't deny that I started following the series because I thought it would oscillate between school relationships and Ijin's past paramilitary actions. I didn't imagine the story would focus more on Ijin "correcting the underworld."
In fact, I even imagined the story would end when Mad Dog was killed by the Numbers.
And I also won't deny that I even like how the story is told, otherwise I wouldn't be here today. But like, It's getting a little tiring.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next chapter features Dusik talking to Kuroha. And chapters after that, it will probably be some story related to family and/or school.
(By the way, has anyone counted how many days Ijin has been studying in the series?)