Yofukashi no Uta - Ch. 173 - You Awake?

[popo53414]

Van ate the blonde?

IIRC alucard got stuck in a ship and had to float to London or wherever the battle took place. He couldn't fly above the waters

 

[TwisterJR]

Of course, he doesn't know

 

[Jadeite_McSwag]

This arc has a lot of potential after that last arc which was trash, hopefully they don't ruin it and go in a bad direction

 

[burningknuckle]

..was akira always that thick?? dang

 

[RedReReader]

The last expression (rofl)

 

[Warpskaven]

Still, gotta wonder if he blurted that out because he thinks he's still asleep and dreaming, so he's essentially talking out loud to himself...

 

[dowiet]

heh

"the-fuck-did-you-just-say" face

 

[mangadoujins]

A shame that your parents allowed you to become someone who's unnecessarily rude to others.
And of course, this message applies to all the people that supported this.

 

[Microwaved_eggs]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Mikyah0409]

so who in the side characters are we getting next chapter as a filler after this cliff?

Maybe not even side characters maybe he'll just decide to go on break again

 

[noyeka]

This reeks of "never confessing for a billion chapters until the manga gets axed".
Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[sksk]

my prediction for the next chapter

"W-what makes you think that?" Nazuna says, initially flustered but then puzzled.
"Ah, well... you know... ______" Kou replies, realizing his mistake before fumbling around for an answer that will save his ass.
"But you know... I actually li--" Nazuna blurts out, trying to prove him wrong before stopping herself, reminded of what Hatsuka said in ch 172.
"Y-you know what? You're probably right" Nazuna then quickly says, meekly agreeing to Kou's half-assed reasoning.
"??" Kou is confused but doesn't press the matter.

 

[Tymo]

Bruh, this suddenly turned out to be so depressing

 

[rodrigoelp]

There are so many interesting things about this series. One of them is the contrast made with the characters.

Mahiru and Kiku had a sort of odd relationship. He fell in love with her whilst she was actively trying to fall for him. They spent a significant amount of time together until she finally understood her feelings for him. However, in that approach prior she fell for him, she told him already she would die soon. There was a finality to their relationship, where she was slowly dying with or without falling in love, but she wanted to die human.
On the other hand, Mahiru began craving a place he could belong to. His family was broken, he had a secret rivalry with Kou (even though he was his best friend) and when Kiku comes around, she is the perfect escape to everything causing him pain. She guided him to break up with his family, she guided him to break up the relationship with his friends... She guided him to isolate to the point he would only depend on her.

Now, if we look at Kou and Nazuna, the story is very different.
Kou was bored, often feeling he doesn't quite fit the role others expect out of him. Nazuna was the same, feeling she was a little of a renegade vampire, not interested in love and just trying to spend her time on fun stuff.
Kou comes from a home with a hardworking mom, that gives him a lot of liberties because she knows he will come out fine in the end, but she is still loving with her son.
Nazuna has never tried to break Kou's relationships, instead she has engaged her friends and actively get involved with them.
Her interest is in Kou's development to eventually make him her underling.
This interest and active involvement lead her to understand Kou's feelings, and eventually fall for him.
This relationship doesn't have "finality" set in stone like Kiku and Mahiru's relationship. It is filled with doubts of things that might be and fears to overcome.

I am not sure the "when a vampire falls in love, time catches up to them and they die due to accumulated time:... because Nazuna's mom fell in love with a human, she got pregnant and all prior her death (if it happened), whilst Kiku's love appeared to be aggressively harsh, though she was already in the process of dying.

I really don't know the direction this story is going to go and how it will end. Will it be tragic, revealing to us that Nazuna decides to make Kou a vampire whilst she sacrifice her immortality, leaving Kou by himself?
Will we find out Nazuna can make Kou into a vampire because he is halfway there already and it won't affect them?
Will we have a long series of plot twists, unveiling the truth behind "vampires who fell in love with humans become humans"?

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[PurpleSilky]

my le bomb...

 

[Herkoro]

Oh boy! Oh boy!

 

[catsdontsmile]

The Spanish version translated the last line as 'You can't fall in love with me nazuna-chan' which is different than 'you would never fall in love with me' Which is right?

 

[rodrigoelp]

The Spanish version translated the last line as 'You can't fall in love with me nazuna-chan' which is different than 'you would never fall in love with me' Which is right?

I would say the English translation is right (based on the auto-translation from Japanese).
I've found the Spanish translations usually would take leaps on dialogues, so I always make sure to read the English one too.

 

[parkourse]

ruh roh