Yofukashi no Uta - Vol. 18 Ch. 179 - Take Good Care of Them

[LadyTyche]

It looks like everything will go horribly wrong soon.

Hopefully the characters won't communicate on a basic level and ruin it.

 

[Mechuy]

I think this is gonna end with nazuna not being killed by love because she is a born vampire not a human turned vampire. This author doesn’t like definitive happy endings so they won’t get together just like hotaru and coconuts, maybe they’ll just separate and live their separate lives amicably. also that throwaway line about nazuna seeing those drinking guys before, that would be a cool foreshadow for a war arc against a vampire hunter org that has been tracking nazuna and her vamp group

 

[Aoi_Mizuha]

"I says" is this some slang or just bad grammar?

prob just bc hes drunk

 

[TwisterJR]

1. first time ever that I like an episode focused on her
2. Can vampires get drunk?

 

[huntercheco]

Another Hotaru disappears arc incoming

 

[lektro]

nazuna is gonna disappear for sure

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[catsdontsmile]

If you read the author notes on each volume it seems he's blindly grasping at plot devices to spice this up and keep it going when his fandom just really wants small personal episodic stories of people who live in the night with the same vibe check as the anime.... Just give me Midnight diner Tokyo stories vampire edition.

 

[lightingcloud]

Fucking stop with these last panels that look like they're going to show something else and it's a cliffhanger instead

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Nazuna really feeling it, I hope everything works out. Thanks for the translation

 

[Grimlore]

"I says" is this some slang or just bad grammar?

I took as he's drunk. But it is slang some people use yes.

 

[BluePentagram]

If you read the author notes on each volume it seems he's blindly grasping at plot devices to spice this up and keep it going when his fandom just really wants small personal episodic stories of people who live in the night with the same vibe check as the anime.... Just give me Midnight diner Tokyo stories vampire edition.

Ye, it had the perfect tone in the early chapters when it was just exploring various outcasts from Japanese society. And the the vampires had more edge to them, like how Seri was literally prepared to kill the menhera guy for no reason, which added an interesting dynamic. Supernatural creatures with a different idea of morality, the danger of the night and the stifling demands of society etc..

Not to say that it's bad or anything now but Kou is the exact opposite of a outcast now and enjoys the priveleges of vampire powers without any of the downsides.

 

[BadmanBlues]

I can only speak for myself, but I'm glad it's not just another generic slice of life with a vampiric aesthetic slapped onto it. And besides, I've never walked away from the author notes thinking that he was improvising. The thematic consistency and fairly precise foreshadowing indicates to me that he had all the major story beats planned out.

It's okay not to like the drama and tension, but that doesn't mean Kotoyama is just grasping at straws. Stories can have elements we dislike while still being well written. Edgerunners is a great story, but I have several issues with it which prevent me from liking it.

 

[jojoka]

If you read the author notes on each volume it seems he's blindly grasping at plot devices to spice this up and keep it going when his fandom just really wants small personal episodic stories of people who live in the night with the same vibe check as the anime.... Just give me Midnight diner Tokyo stories vampire edition.

I get the vibe that the author thinks he/she should insert more shounen stuff into the comic. It was noticeable with the abundance of fights in the early she-who-shaht-be-named arc.

 

[Euruzilys]

a girl...

 

[FightingBread]

i have some uneasy vibes about this mannn

 

[PartyBabies]

that was so fuckin sweet, but the implications for what’s to come..

 

[FlowerSlaughter]

Some kids have edgy phases, some kids have melodramatic ones.
The whole "take care of your friends" has a doulble meaning, in the "getting ready to leg it", but also in the "I've just realized I've been an asshole to mine", what dramatic wording Nezuna.

If Kotoyama wnat to set up more things to explore later, those coversations with all of the vampires would be a good way to do so, we've met Hatsuka's kouhai, chatted with LoveGreen again, got to know Kabura better and secured Haruka a place in the main cast.
We still have Nico (with the princess character I expect Kotoyama to come back to for another "growing up sucks" storyline) and Seri, then maybe Azami and Susuki is where we'll get back into the shounen stuff if the author prefers.

 

[Jadeite_McSwag]

that is weird that he has friends

 

[jak]

This feels like a cop out