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Yes, please.Can't we sacrifice this girl to do something about Cross!?
Yes, please.Can't we sacrifice this girl to do something about Cross!?
I feel that that thing will happen and just skip fast reading those chapters pages, just why bother if they forgive a psych... some bulliesLike I & many others predicted, they got 0 punishment even if Cross is the typical nice guy MC. I would've settled for all of them getting detention or extensive remedial classes (something that will acknowledged that they did something fucked up even if the intention was to "protect" him) but no point arguing over spilled milk. I can assume he's going to get new equipment in the future if the monster parts are used but we'll see. Thanks for the chapter.
Less. They didn't have to explain anything to the authorities. And they just said "I'm sorry" to lose all guilt.Knew it was gonna happen but it still doesn't make me any less upset
How to get away with Murder in 5 steps or less
I think the issue lies in her words and how she acted - growing seemingly more unhinged with each appearance and escalating her threats towards the MC... Then she decides to get her entire gang - fully armed - to jump him once he is isolated in the woods...I wonder if some of the author's intent was lost in translation, but the girl and Co clearly weren't trying to kill the MC.
In the chapter before the whole thing goes off, she states they are going to "half-kill" him which is not "kill" by definition.
And her throwaway thought about "we gotta catch him or we're getting expelled" was most likely implying she wanted to beat him up to the point where he would be too scared to snitch on them (i.e. regular bullying, which was the theme of the arc)
A degree of confusion is understandable but claiming "murder" without a shadow of a doubt is misguided.
You are creating a false narrative and then complaining about it.
Idk man, half-killing him and leave him to struggle in the middle of the forest sounds like a murder to meI wonder if some of the author's intent was lost in translation, but the girl and Co clearly weren't trying to kill the MC.
In the chapter before the whole thing goes off, she states they are going to "half-kill" him which is not "kill" by definition.
And her throwaway thought about "we gotta catch him or we're getting expelled" was most likely implying she wanted to beat him up to the point where he would be too scared to snitch on them (i.e. regular bullying, which was the theme of the arc)
A degree of confusion is understandable but claiming "murder" without a shadow of a doubt is misguided.
You are creating a false narrative and then complaining about it.
People are jumping to conclusions exactly because they aren't reading into what's being said.I think the issue lies in her words and how she acted - growing seemingly more unhinged with each appearance and escalating her threats towards the MC... Then she decides to get her entire gang - fully armed - to jump him once he is isolated in the woods...
Ironically, at least in the translation at hand, the word she uses isn't "kill" either. Insisting on using "crush" instead of a "kill" is yet another indication readers chose to overlook.It is the fine line between someone saying "I'll kill him" meaning beat him savagely, and "I'll kill him" meaning take his life. For a little while, it was hard to tell which way she was aiming.
And during the "Reinstatement Exam", he was dueling the girl fully armed.Also they literally wielding their swords
That literally didn't happen, which is exactly my point.and tried to kill him in previous chapter
I have no idea where this confidence comes from when the story clearly wasn't heading in that direction, the characters have openly stated it's not going there, and then it evidently didn't go there.Thats definitely not a regular bullying
Nope. Possibly the translator has created an unfaithful narrative. But we are responding to the narrative that was presented to us.You are creating a false narrative and then complaining about it.
yea, it would’ve been a lot better if it showed her bullying escalating over time or something. like they could make it look like originally it wasnt that bad but it just kept getting worse and worse until it got out of hand or somethingI think the issue lies in her words and how she acted - growing seemingly more unhinged with each appearance and escalating her threats towards the MC... Then she decides to get her entire gang - fully armed - to jump him once he is isolated in the woods...
In many other stories this would absolutely be attempted murder by an early antagonist.
We do now have the benefit of hindsight to see that a past trauma imprinted on her absolute importance of power - which led to her initial bullying of Cross... She was young and very stupid, so violence and cruelty was all she could think to use to dissuade his goal. This lead to her taking this stance as normal habit and she went full on jerkass until current events shocked her system hard enough to break routine.
It is the fine line between someone saying "I'll kill him" meaning beat him savagely, and "I'll kill him" meaning take his life. For a little while, it was hard to tell which way she was aiming.
Not that she has made up for any of this by a long shot. I don't blame anyone for disliking her. I'm hardly a fan myself...
tfw no consequences