And in universe it was only a few months.It's an artifact of adaptation. In the manga, from the reader's perspective, Sorawo kept her sightings of Satsuki a secret for over two years (chapter 36 - 62). In the light novel, the same development (from volume 2 to 3) took 1 year and 1 month for the Japanese version, and three months for the English version.
Me think it has to do with Toriko being blinded by her foundness for Satsuki, whilst Kozakura is just neutral.I have more questions about 'Satsuki' now thanks to Kozakura is it something wearing her skin or imitating her like Sorawo thinks? Or is it actually her and Kozakura just had a twisted vision of her?
Also acknowledging their existence seems to give otherside entities more power to affect the mundane world. Belief seems to be a key part of how they exert influence so despite the seeming irrationality of denying something right in front of you it serves a practical, desperate purpose.I think it's reductive to say Sorawo's motivation to not talk about Satsuki is purely out of jealousy. Yes, that's part of it, but she's also distinctly worried Toriko will act irrationally or do something incredibly dangerous if she hears about this--she does have rational reasons to think it might be a bad idea to tell Toriko. In fact, Toriko DID react in a really dangerous way to discovering "Satsuki" was in the same room as her.
I had been waiting so so long for this part of the story to finally get adapted/illustrated. The imagery given in the novels just sounds so sinister and brutal and I'm glad the manga did it justice.This chapter, along with a bit of next chapter probably, might just be one of my favorite scenes from the novel. Something about Runa screaming "Mom!!" gives me goosebumps, and the rest is brilliant too. The atmosphere of those plains was also perfect
It's honestly probably related. The monsters take the appearance of scary things and Satsuki is what the MC fears the most.
I have to agree with this honestly. This comment kinda reminds me of an anime named "mieruko". It's about the protagonist having the ability to see spirit (in which all of them look like a monster instead of like a ghost), and she chose to ignore their presences as best as she could because acknowledging them will only means trouble for her. I guess this could justify Sorawo's action a little lolAlso acknowledging their existence seems to give otherside entities more power to affect the mundane world. Belief seems to be a key part of how they exert influence so despite the seeming irrationality of denying something right in front of you it serves a practical, desperate purpose.