Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. - Vol. 5 Ch. 26

[MangaDex]

 

[JeezyHungry]

damn ok

 

[E_Kun]

Well, both cooked but only one is the true og

 

[SuperOniichan]

Oh my god, girls! You are too dramatic.

 

[Lunasol]

What the hell are you talking about, gurl?
I kinda get it but what the fuck is your problem? You didn't even ask her about her number of games.


Now you are dying for "NOTHING".

 

[KuroZer0]

…that was anticlimactic.

 

[dixiegray03]

Girls will play 40 deaths game to have a homoerotic showdown with their one-sided rival instead of going to therapy

 

[MagnaDrake]

Somewhat a fitting death for such a shallow character.

 

[ErikTheRed]

GG

 

[KCfr149]

I didn't read the novel but does Mishiro really die here?

 

[SuperOniichan]

I didn't read the novel but does Mishiro really die here?

Yes, in the anime, her character arc also ends here. Although she still appears in flashbacks. It's just that in the LN and anime, she gets relatively much attention in the first volumes/episodes, so in the manga, the fact that their confrontation essentially ends half a chapter later feels rather weird and anti-climactic.

Girls will play 40 deaths game to have a homoerotic showdown with their one-sided rival instead of going to therapy

If I were a deep-reading reviewer, I'd say this is all a very subtle metaphor for how bad people are at managing their mental health and time management in real life, lmao.

 

[le3]

It's just a game

 

[Virescent]

Funny twist to have her busting her ass for some epic showdown meanwhile MC was taking a break. A fitting death.

 

[Ignore]

Gotta say, the premise is solid, but no matter how hard the mangaka tries, none of the characters make me care about their motives or what happens to them.

 

[solamente]

both are blonde and wearing bath robes so I'm surprised that it's possible to create a legible fight scene in these conditions. congrats to the winner, whoever that was

 

[Lightbrand]

Yes, in the anime, her character arc also ends here. Although she still appears in flashbacks. It's just that in the LN and anime, she gets relatively much attention in the first volumes/episodes, so in the manga, the fact that their confrontation essentially ends half a chapter later feels rather weird and anti-climactic.

If I were a deep-reading reviewer, I'd say this is all a very subtle metaphor for how bad people are at managing their mental health and time management in real life, lmao.

Wait do they die for real in the game? Or simply can't participate any more?

Because being able to "survive" with limbs and organs gone because the foam technology, and clear a level and get fixed up outside and participate again made it unclear.

 

[feignedremoteness]

Wait do they die for real in the game? Or simply can't participate any more?

Because being able to "survive" with limbs and organs gone because the foam technology, and clear a level and get fixed up outside and participate again made it unclear.

they die for real. Yuki’s mentor is specifically a VERY odd exception for being able to survive what happened to her in Candle Woods. (I think the serial killer type girl in that game also had a lot of mods? but it’s not the norm. basically characters can tank damage if it’s “blood loss” due to the foam, but other forms of damage (oxygen deprivation, poison, electricity, dehydration, starvation, brain damage) can still kill them. theoretically damage to “non vital” organs like the stomach or liver would still kill a girl if it was a long enough game for it to matter.)

there’s an interesting afterword from another author analyzing the deaths in this volume and mentioning the “anticlimax” of this death, it’s in volume 2 of the light novel.

 

[Njin]

Morals of the story: Cherish what you have, and pursue the relationships you want instead of waiting for the 'perfect' time. Otherwise you might get disappointed, or you end up having nothing at all

... at least that's how I'd interpret it, if I had to try to find a deeper meaning. There seems to be this recurring motif of failed connections. Multiple girls forming these short-lived apprentice-master relationships before outliving their masters, some of the more timid girls growing dependant on the older ones then dying, now some sort of onesided rivalry-crush...

Maybe the story is supposed to be a fucked-up coming of age story, where the cruel reality crushing your hopes, dreams, and human ability to connect is symbolized through the inescapable death games. I wonder if the LN features vivid descriptions of their outfits - if the manga was the original I'd say it's a little too eye-candy focused to warrant assumingthe story is anything more than fanservice.

 

[Lightbrand]

they die for real. Yuki’s mentor is specifically a VERY odd exception for being able to survive what happened to her in Candle Woods. (I think the serial killer type girl in that game also had a lot of mods? but it’s not the norm. basically characters can tank damage if it’s “blood loss” due to the foam, but other forms of damage (oxygen deprivation, poison, electricity, dehydration, starvation, brain damage) can still kill them. theoretically damage to “non vital” organs like the stomach or liver would still kill a girl if it was a long enough game for it to matter.)

there’s an interesting afterword from another author analyzing the deaths in this volume and mentioning the “anticlimax” of this death, it’s in volume 2 of the light novel.

Damn, because here Mashiro lost all her limbs and some organs and because she manages to clear before dying, she then can gets fixed up outside (because she's an ojou and have the resources) and gets to reparticipate now just dies by drowning.

 

[youkonos]

Yes, I've read the novel and it's even more anti-climatic there. Honestly, I would suggest staying away from the novel entirely. Scenes jump around all over the place and the characters are EVEN MORE shallow than the manga. At least here you have nice art to look at.