Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga Mieru - Vol. 8 Ch. 70 - Release

[MangaDex]

 

[Beltaro]

Hey now we get to test if someone dying will save everyone.
And a heads up, Ryoko warns chapter 71 will be on the shorter side.

 

[Xorn]

"I tried being good!"
"Wait, I actually planned all of this and I'm evil as hell!"

hmmm. Writing seems a bit off there. Shock value for the sake of shock.

 

[danwolf01]

A cliffhanger like this one should be a crime...

 

[JustReadingShit]

Seo you can't just steal this then betray:

 

[Saon]

Welp, there's a famous quote of "you get what you fking deserve!" and while I pity the guy, if the thought process we see at the start really belongs to Seo then he is the maker of his own demise.

Also... gut wound is usually extremely painful and actually takes a while to die from. Sup Author-san?

 

[Colorsparks]

"I tried being good!"
"Wait, I'm actually evil as hell!"

hmmm. Writing seems a bit off there. Shock value for the sake of shock.

Yeah that was a bit odd, like why show us her internal monologue if you're going to contradict it? She could also be lying right now I guess.

 

[slacke]

Hope this teach Satsuki a lesson that not all life worth saving.

 

[Angstrom]

Yeah that was a bit odd, like why show us her internal monologue if you're going to contradict it? She could also be lying right now I guess.

Yes, I think she's just lying on top of another lie. Or maybe not and I'm just crazy.

For now, let's just wait and see.

 

[thehypesreal]

When your thoughts contradict your actions

 

[Mocmeo01999]

Da hoes in this manga are all crazies, saving them only extend the suffering

 

[Beltaro]

"I tried being good!"
"Wait, I'm actually evil as hell!"

hmmm. Writing seems a bit off there. Shock value for the sake of shock.

"Why bother being good if you're going to treat me like I'm evil anyway. I might as well just be who you want me to be."

There's enough evidence Seo had inner conflicts about morality even back before her 'memory loss'. It's my assumption she didn't like being the queen bitch but somehow felt stuck in the role. Faking memory loss was the perfect chance to restart, but nobody forgave her. And if she's going to get killed for it she might as well kill back. Not like she doesn't have experience, considering she used Michiru to nearly kill Miho. Which we still need to learn the reason behind.

I do however think Seo genuinely appreciated Satsuki's faith in her. And I believe she's intentionally twisting the knife with her, whether to stop Satsuki from feeling sorry or to lose herself in this persona and stop thinking about how fucked up a betrayal it is. It's also important to note the monologue from the beginning happens while Seo is unconscious. Don't treat it as exactly what she's thinking right now, but more of her general feelings.

Also... gut wound is usually extremely painful and actually takes a while to die from. Sup Author-san?

I'm assuming he got stabbed in the abdominal aorta, after last volume's arc about it, and Komachi would have given Seo plenty of stabbing pointers.

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[brainman]

I mean, at least she stabbed someone who deserved it, and who just tried to murder her, after murdering others, so fair's fair.

 

[CommonTruth]

rip Prez, time to move on to the real villain

 

[Kuroe_Asayuki_15]

Prez had it coming, I won’t feel bad for him if he dies

Poor Satsuki tho, this is going to it her hard

 

[Kuroe_Asayuki_15]

"I tried being good!"
"Wait, I actually planned all of this and I'm evil as hell!"

hmmm. Writing seems a bit off there. Shock value for the sake of shock.

To be fair, right after that she thought about what was even the point of being good if she was going to be treated as an evil person anyway.

My interpretation is that deep-down Seo wanted to change and become a good person but Prez treating her like a villain even after she tried to be good made her think that it was all for nothing, so, she went back to being evil

 

[Gustbk]

Finally things paid off!

Glad that even if the Prez finally died, Satsuki was able to tell him off finally get him to understand how evil he was being. I guess his dying/being out of the picture would be the best way to move the plot forward since he was taking too much attention from the actual interesting characters.

 

[Piamette]

"I tried being good!"
"Wait, I actually planned all of this and I'm evil as hell!"

hmmm. Writing seems a bit off there. Shock value for the sake of shock.

Yes, I think she's just lying on top of another lie. Or maybe not and I'm just crazy.

For now, let's just wait and see.

Don't see them as lies but internal battles. The monologues aren't expressing carefree stuff, you don't think about something if you're satisfied with it; you don't think about how you just want to change if you're not feeling pressed to be what they think you really are.
And while she did plan things to some extent with Komachi, she could have still had doubts about whether she really should be pursuing it, as everyone does about anything they set themselves to do in life (especially a teenager who's planning murder)... until her struggle was replaced by a solid resolution right this chapter.
I don't think that's bad writing. It could've been handled better, possibly, but that's not bad writing.

 

[Sandrascarlet]

I wanna believe Seo doing this as a redemption and hasn't hit him enough to kill him... I don't wanna think the prez was right