The Duke of Death and His Black Maid - Vol. 5 Ch. 61 - Journal (2)

[MangaDex]

 

[Acolytus]

I know they have magic and all of that but I'd question the wisdom of pissing off the guy who can insta-kill you with a mere touch.

I really liked the bro moment between Zain and the Duke.

 

[Hounder]

Middle finger FTW.

 

[tettratettra]

I also want to stick my finger.

 

[jak]

So Dulles wears a mask.

 

[etherealsonata]

@Acolytus Well she's clearly hiding something based on her actions.

She can probably remove the curse but won't out of some grudge or spite or something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Salfaro]

"He's sticking his ring finger up in panel 1 lol"

Is this a translator comment add-in? Because Zain only has 4 fingers, so while it might not be his exact middle finger, it's not really his ring finger either. Since he has 3 fingers + a thumb (really claws), it's probably closer to a middle finger than a ring finger.

 

[Doomroar]

I am not a big fan of romance manga, in fact i kind of hate the genre, and can't really stomach a lot of things with it.

So for me this is probably the first time reading such a mold breaking thing, and it is something so simple, so rational, so organic so normal yet so damn alien.

The female protagonist just asked the male character about what exactly they are going to protect them from.

I have always found it weird and think it is some sexist bullshit and a roundabout way for the male characters to express themselves, and badly at that, so instead they come and say that they will protect them, but from fucking what? generic romance don't even have bullies in them, people don't even stub their toes, sadness only exist in the form or romantic misunderstandings, they are made of fluff and cookies, hearths and so much corniness that i wonder if what they want to protect them is from the diabetes in the air.

And sure lately they have twisted it on adding "protect her smile", as an equally stupid way of saying that they want to make her happy, but that's just a cope out to keep a that alive.

In here however there's a legit concern for danger, and she still ask about it, it is funny the one manga that could have gotten away with the stupid trope actually acknowledges in universe how weird saying such a thing is, and is such a small detail i wonder why it is so rare.

 

[balenol]

>she's the little girl in the story before

THE PLOT THICKENS

 

[kuma]

lot of things happened behind the scane!

 

[Kaarme]

@jak
Wasn't that obvious from the beginning?

 

[laststand0810]

WOW THE SKELETON IS NOT THE SKELETON ANYMORE! TIEM TO FAP BOOOOOOOOOOOIS!!!!!

 

[knightcky]

She deserves the middle finger

 

[pandatime]

That's some..
Interesting magic Zain i wont lie

 

[Pen3]

@doomroar i don't get wedding vows either, why does it include protecting. Truck-kun isn't even real.

 

[Towering]

She's not a real skeleton? What a boner killer.

 

[Doomroar]

@Pen3 I understand wedding vows, they originate from political and religious contracts, they demand a set of responsibilities from the couple in order to satisfy the demands of a family or god, that's why they require a legal or religious authority to supervise and validate the union and thus the contract, it has jack shit to do with love, when marriage was invented the couples didn't even had to knew each other before, and they became each other's assets and you have to protect your assets in that context it makes sense, it is an economic transaction, there was no need for romance and courting, things were settled in what is pretty much a court of law with god as the ultimate witness, and the tradition stuck with us.

Now that we have more freedom there's no real reason to keep following that tradition, specially if people are getting together not to get richer, nor to make their family more influential, nor to satisfy a god, but because they have fallen in love, and if they are doing it for love then what kind of romantic confession is "i'm going to protect you?" is kind of threatening even, it puts the relationship in a power scale in which someone will lose access to the protection benefits if they don't return the badly expressed feelings of affection, is practically blackmail, which become even more absurd when you realise that Truck-kun is not even real!

 

[Bladestone]

@Salfaro

I checked this, his hand is inconsistent. Sometimes he has four fingers, sometimes three (plus a thumb).

 

[Mnuchinboo]

Zain and the Duke are fucking bromance so hard rn. For the witch idk if she would anger a dude that has the power to kill anything with a single touch or a dude who is in love with someone.

 

[kitsushouten]

Aaaah the duke is such a kind person. I would like him to confer with Alice about the events that transpired but I think he is nervous and has the best intentions.