Ura Baito: Toubou Kinshi - Vol. 8 Ch. 92 - Snow Festival Staff ③

[MangaDex]

 

[jaaaace]

Wtf this arc is amazing. The build up in part 1, Hama’s fever dream in part 2, to Yume’s “what would Hama do” in part 3 with Toda’s final realisation after the crescendo. It’s so weird and I love it

 

[ChocoPies]

So the whole village was already sacrificed?

 

[SMAXZO]

So the whole village was already sacrificed?

More like there never was a village...the God just made the villagers and made them think they've been icing people when really, they're just pawns, a plaything..

 

[ilusatus]

That disturbing..

 

[BreadBunny]

Probably one of the scariest arcs so far, like they're always at the very least together, so an entire chapter of Hama being alone without Yume's nose to guide her. And then the reveal that she's trapped in the illusion and Yume manages to save her by literally just thinking "what would Hama do, what would she notice, how would she solve this mess"

It's a really strong arc to show how much they've been through and how much not just Hama but Yume can rely on her partner too.

 

[gundulgondrong]

the prime minister was just another pawn, that entity almost rule japan

 

[cromat]

did they seriously kill a god?

is this foreshadowing that yume and hama will finally be able to take an active role to stop atrocities and avenge their friends rather than simply escaping with their lives every job?

 

[cromat]

More like there never was a village...the God just made the villagers and made them think they've been icing people when really, they're just pawns, a plaything..

nah, god didnt make the villagers, thats the girls realization at the end. the villagers were real people before, thought they were using the god, but it turns out the god had turned them into ice people/killed them ages ago and they didnt realize they were omae wa mo shindeiru

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapters.

 

[FogChinatsu]

She's definetly related to Q

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Cool job this time.

 

[farranpoison]

So this arc was about a village that was cursing people for hire using a god's power to ice them (literally) but it turns out the village and everyone in it were the ones that had already been iced but they didn't know it, and when Yume burned the shrine, the god decided it had enough playing around and melted the villagers.

Welp.

 

[cromat]

So this arc was about a village that was cursing people for hire using a god's power to ice them (literally) but it turns out the village and everyone in it were the ones that had already been iced but they didn't know it, and when Yume burned the shrine, the god decided it had enough playing around and melted the villagers.

Welp.

no i think yume killed the god so when the god died, so did its powers and whatever it created with its powers.

 

[HCO]

Jesus, that was a good one.

 

[Sonaldo]

So the whole village was already sacrificed?

No. The villagers thought they're sacrificing others when in reality, they're the sacrifice and the gods is using an illusion of them to pull in more sacrifices.

 

[Sonaldo]

Yeap that's creepy. Also Ooya needs to be a recurring character for real. Her realization when Yume found out about her smell (anybody else thought she's part of the village when Yume said that?) of smoke is adorable lol

 

[zawarudo]

Yamu has that Daidai energy

 

[LupusVir]

I wonder where Yamu had that lighter stashed...

 

[LupusVir]

So a village started worshipping a god a long time ago, using the god's power to assassinate people in exchange for sacrifices. At some point, or maybe over time, it preyed on them as well, until eventually it was perpetuating the illusion of a village, made out of snow. Even the illusory villagers believe they are real. And interestingly, it didn't actually control its illusions. They worshipped the god because they chose to for the benefits. We know it doesn't control them because the girl actively works against it, and her father did as well and was killed by the villagers for it. I don't even think it can selectively kill one of them, or else it wouldn't keep the unruly ones around. They appear to be able to have kids and age and die normally. So maybe illusion isn't the right word for it. They are real people made of snow, kept real by the god's power.