Toukyou KINOKO: Sekai Ranking 1-i no Komyu-ryoku Saijaku JK - Ch. 10 - Understood
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Man...
I guess the author decided to drag this event out even more. But I see the author's objective now, at least. He's dragging it out so they can be rescued by those rushing there in the helicopter.
That way Kino's identity won't be revealed, but she'll become suspected, and thus entangled with the high-rankers.
Though my guess from last chapter still stands. She hasn't noticed her friend nor any of the other hostages yet.
I guess the author decided to drag this event out even more. But I see the author's objective now, at least. He's dragging it out so they can be rescued by those rushing there in the helicopter.
That way Kino's identity won't be revealed, but she'll become suspected, and thus entangled with the high-rankers.
Though my guess from last chapter still stands. She hasn't noticed her friend nor any of the other hostages yet.
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Ahh, it must be nice for cultists when they fail to kill a teen girl and then their glorious leader also can't kill or harm a stupid teen girl that isn't even resisting.
It means it's not their fault and their leader can't complain since he also couldn't do it!
It means it's not their fault and their leader can't complain since he also couldn't do it!
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I do think there's a point wherein a person can be such an imbecile and so critically unaware of what's going on around them, that it breaks any sense of immersion for the story and risks ruining any investment in the story on the part of the reader.
So while Kino's effective invincibility and exceptional social & situational idiocy are the focal point of the gag of the story, we also have a supremely serious situation wherein a cult is slaughtering people in the name of bringing about more powerful monsters in order to overthrow "a tyrannical government". And we see people being murdered prior to Kino walking in and allowing herself to be tied up and then struck with multiple weapons under the guise of "this way I won't be fired".
Which I hope means that Named Characters are also allowed to die, and not just the "bad guys" - because otherwise life is worthless in this story because the one person who could save everyone in the room, and more broadly Japan at large, is an oblivious moron. I cannot in good faith believe that she would assume that being struck by weapons like this is "just part of the job", especially if she took two seconds to spot her friend also tied up in her same position and put "2 and 2" together about how her friend would also ostensibly be getting this treatment after her.
That said - the friend's uncle who ...didn't want to believe that No. 11, who forcefully cut ties with his organization and went awol to start "a religion (why the fuck is it not classified as a cult)"? Should not be allowed to keep his job. I don't care how circumstantial the evidence may be, he admitted that he didn't move sooner because "I didn't want to believe he'd do that".
So blood's on his hands now, too.
I guess I'll see this particular arc through. But I suspect this is just going to become "people will be allowed to die except for "the good guys with names" and random innocent civilians whose deaths would invite bad reviews from readers (like the little girl in the first chapter), and everything will be fine because Kino the Strongest Dumbass will show up and, after misunderstanding until the 11th hour, proceed to accidentally save the day and learn nothing from the experience". And while I'm sure there are a good number of readers who will enjoy this, I guess it means I would have one less title to try and keep up with.
I'm definitely taking this too seriously, but the tone of the manga when it's not centered on Kino being an idiot kinda reads as such, and that dissonance bewteen the protagonist and everything else around her is going to make this more and more of a slog to read the more the world is bent to accommodate Kino's continued naivety.
But thank you for the TL. Your work remains quality and isn't reflected by the quality of story being told.
So while Kino's effective invincibility and exceptional social & situational idiocy are the focal point of the gag of the story, we also have a supremely serious situation wherein a cult is slaughtering people in the name of bringing about more powerful monsters in order to overthrow "a tyrannical government". And we see people being murdered prior to Kino walking in and allowing herself to be tied up and then struck with multiple weapons under the guise of "this way I won't be fired".
Which I hope means that Named Characters are also allowed to die, and not just the "bad guys" - because otherwise life is worthless in this story because the one person who could save everyone in the room, and more broadly Japan at large, is an oblivious moron. I cannot in good faith believe that she would assume that being struck by weapons like this is "just part of the job", especially if she took two seconds to spot her friend also tied up in her same position and put "2 and 2" together about how her friend would also ostensibly be getting this treatment after her.
That said - the friend's uncle who ...didn't want to believe that No. 11, who forcefully cut ties with his organization and went awol to start "a religion (why the fuck is it not classified as a cult)"? Should not be allowed to keep his job. I don't care how circumstantial the evidence may be, he admitted that he didn't move sooner because "I didn't want to believe he'd do that".
So blood's on his hands now, too.
I guess I'll see this particular arc through. But I suspect this is just going to become "people will be allowed to die except for "the good guys with names" and random innocent civilians whose deaths would invite bad reviews from readers (like the little girl in the first chapter), and everything will be fine because Kino the Strongest Dumbass will show up and, after misunderstanding until the 11th hour, proceed to accidentally save the day and learn nothing from the experience". And while I'm sure there are a good number of readers who will enjoy this, I guess it means I would have one less title to try and keep up with.
I'm definitely taking this too seriously, but the tone of the manga when it's not centered on Kino being an idiot kinda reads as such, and that dissonance bewteen the protagonist and everything else around her is going to make this more and more of a slog to read the more the world is bent to accommodate Kino's continued naivety.
But thank you for the TL. Your work remains quality and isn't reflected by the quality of story being told.
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How is Kinoko so dense? It rivals Administratium.
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I think Kinoko doesn't realize what is going on because she underestimates herself all the time, she doesn't realize how truly strong she is, and she has likely been too strong for weapons in ages, so she probably thinks they are just playing around.
After all, if they really wanted to kill her or hurt her, it would hurt...or they wouldn't use such fragile weapons, she has become so strong that murder attempts genuinely don't register as murder attempts.
After all, if they really wanted to kill her or hurt her, it would hurt...or they wouldn't use such fragile weapons, she has become so strong that murder attempts genuinely don't register as murder attempts.
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i usually never said this but....is she ret*rded ???
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She is imperviuos and immune to...intelligence.
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For one chapter, it was fun. Now it became ridiculous, not even worth a meme. There is a limit on drag out that she's so mentally challenged to realize that it's a fucked up situation. Everything to allow the rescue to come.
Thanks for the tl
Thanks for the tl
Even her friend is crying because of how stupid she is. My god.
I guess this is how its gonna go for future chapters huh?
Kino gets roped into something dangerous, thinks its normal for Tokyo or somehow thinks its her fault for some god damn reason. And then other people save her.
All the while she goes around being OP and being dense as fuck until the manga ends.
I know, other manga do the "dumb protagonist" trope too but somehow Kino makes it super annoying.
Idc if she doesn't see her friend because she is super tunneled vision right now. People are fucking trying to kill her with deadly looking weapons and she thinks its "work equipment". Yeah no. Kino wasn't dropped as a baby to get this braindead, she was flailed and kicked around but somehow survived because of how dense she is.
I guess this is how its gonna go for future chapters huh?
Kino gets roped into something dangerous, thinks its normal for Tokyo or somehow thinks its her fault for some god damn reason. And then other people save her.
All the while she goes around being OP and being dense as fuck until the manga ends.
I know, other manga do the "dumb protagonist" trope too but somehow Kino makes it super annoying.
Idc if she doesn't see her friend because she is super tunneled vision right now. People are fucking trying to kill her with deadly looking weapons and she thinks its "work equipment". Yeah no. Kino wasn't dropped as a baby to get this braindead, she was flailed and kicked around but somehow survived because of how dense she is.
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