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SirKibbles
Feb 27, 2011

I didn't like your old red text so here's some dancing cash. :10bux:

doomrider7 posted:

Those kind of chapters that focus on the day to day normalcy are the best. Really gives things a real life world feel.

It's important because when a character goes " I want to protect this peace" or " I don't want this to happen to anyone else" or " I want another war"

You have the exact context for what they're talking about it's not a hypothetical

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TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
Also provides a fun time scale fact that in universe it's only been a few months since the cruise arc.

A Sometimes Food
Dec 8, 2010

TwoPair posted:

Also provides a fun time scale fact that in universe it's only been a few months since the cruise arc.

I mean Anya's school terms kinda set that up anyway.

Pelican Dunderhead
Jun 16, 2010

Ah! Hello Ershin!
Pillbug


I am glad that Yor came to the same mindset as McMahon :shobon:. He's good people.

Pelican Dunderhead fucked around with this message at 00:35 on May 27, 2025

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

Captain Invictus posted:

a surprisingly charming little side chapter.

This is heartwarming, though it also raises a death flag

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Failed my 2025 Anime Resolution
Ch 117

Really enjoyed this one a lot

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008



Gravy Boat 2k
Yor friggin kicks rear end

Supersonic Shine
Oct 13, 2012
No goddamn way, he almost literally said "When You were partying I studied The Blade"

I Am Fowl
Mar 8, 2008

nononononono
God what an amazing fight with this smelly volcel assassin.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
"do you dare ignore your landlord's greetings?!" lmfao

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

the guy being in teacup by himself with his arms crossed is killing me lmao

Agronox
Feb 4, 2005

Yor is so cool

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

That's the best chapter in quite awhile.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
It may be cliche but I love the "protagonist loving kills the bad guy... but actually no their power just scared the spooked him so bad" moment.

Also Yor's hair pulled back is a cute look. I get that most of it usually is but I think this is the first time we've seen her two big front strands pulled back too.

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin
The moose just wandering away made me crack up

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Darth Walrus posted:

Given that Garden has thus far been treated as a (relatively) sane good-guy organisation, I assume that their plan by pairing up Hemlock and the Thorn Princess on this mission is to have the latter forcibly administer a chill pill to the former. We're in the ironic situation where our space-case assassin been put in the experienced, level-headed mentor role.

Yup, reckon I called it. Yor was totally put on this mission to give Hemlock a reality check after he started becoming too much of a weirdo for the Garden.

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


thetoughestbean posted:

The moose just wandering away made me crack up

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:


You didn't study the blade well enough, Hemlock.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you
I didn't realize Hemlock was a dude until this chapter.

Desumaytah
Apr 23, 2005

Intensity, .mpeg gritty, Intelligence

MonsterEnvy posted:

I didn't realize Hemlock was a dude until this chapter.

Right here with you. This chapter felt like it was on a mission to point that out. By the end, I was like, "I get it, geez."

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

"LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"
Despite the fact that this was a pretty cliche "power of friendship bonds don't make you weak" fight, it was executed really well.


This was such a good gag.

I also didn't realize Hemlock was supposed to be male.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
For a guy who cut all ties to his barber, he does have great hair.

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

Electric Phantasm posted:

the guy being in teacup by himself with his arms crossed is killing me lmao

yeah, i kind of thought this character was bleh, but seeing that gag made this whole fight worth it

Der-Wreck
Feb 12, 2006
Friday nights are for Wapner!

TwoPair posted:

For a guy who cut all ties to his barber, he does have great hair.

Well, he does trim his bangs.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

yeah, i kind of thought this character was bleh, but seeing that gag made this whole fight worth it

Also, he was a vehicle to make Yor do cool poo poo, which is always a positive.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

Darth Walrus posted:

Yup, reckon I called it. Yor was totally put on this mission to give Hemlock a reality check after he started becoming too much of a weirdo for the Garden.
The order of cause and effect does not work there. Hemlock volunteered after Yor was assigned initially to the mission when the Garden was actually going to assign someone else. If anything, he was always looking for an opportunity to prove that the blade was stronger than merrymaking.

stuker
Jul 9, 2003

yeah i think hemlock viewed yor's status in the garden + doing so while getting "soft" as an opportunity to prove his philosophy was the correct one

i think it's likely shopkeeper was aware and let it happen, but he seems much more aligned to yor's side of non-assassin activities

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

The dialogue exchange between Yor and Hemlock also reveal extra details about the Garden. Unlike the spy agencies, there is no or barely any need-to-know basis. It seems that the details of Yor’s “cover”, family, friendships, and missions are known to everyone else in the Garden. Given how candid Yor was to the Shopkeeper about even starting new activities and friendships, I expect candor is part of the organization’s mantra. They probably know many details about most of each other. I wonder if their real names are the only things withheld, or it is just general policy to refer to each other by their aliases.

PsychoInternetHawk
Apr 4, 2011

Perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.
Grimey Drawer
The Garden seems like a way to bring in "do your extended family and friends think he's right for you?" plot points to a character who doesn't really have either of those things

like it sets up the obvious "you can't love him, he's not like us!" cliche with the joke being that Loid is secretly in fact just like them

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

PsychoInternetHawk posted:

The Garden seems like a way to bring in "do your extended family and friends think he's right for you?" plot points to a character who doesn't really have either of those things

like it sets up the obvious "you can't love him, he's not like us!" cliche with the joke being that Loid is secretly in fact just like them

You know there's probably an alternate timeline where Loid ends up like Hemlock.

Rand Brittain
Mar 24, 2013

"Go on until you're stopped."

Electric Phantasm posted:

You know there's probably an alternate timeline where Loid ends up like Hemlock.

I mean, Hemlock is basically Loid, only without Loid's professionalism, just an inflamed incel ego that masquerades as professionalism.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you
Loid doesn’t view isolation as a good thing however. He knows his job requires lots of communication and allies.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

:yeah:

Mirage
Oct 27, 2000

Trigger warning

pshoo

Ran Rannerson
Oct 23, 2010
I think the funniest possible way for this to go forward is for Hemlock to demand to be "friends" with Yor and become another member of the larger cast so he can learn how her merrymaking and welcome home kisses can make him stronger.

I mean we have plenty of Loid's associates, we should get to have more of Yor's who aren't Yuri. Maybe he can end up in a love triangle with Nightfall and Daybreak.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Ran Rannerson posted:

I think the funniest possible way for this to go forward is for Hemlock to demand to be "friends" with Yor and become another member of the larger cast so he can learn how her merrymaking and welcome home kisses can make him stronger.

I mean we have plenty of Loid's associates, we should get to have more of Yor's who aren't Yuri. Maybe he can end up in a love triangle with Nightfall and Daybreak.


He's gonna get a haircut and we'll only recognize him cause Keekee is pecking at his head.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1024513?timestamp=1750604797721

118, this was a rollercoaster

Supersonic Shine
Oct 13, 2012
Man, I love this series. Yor getting into a life-or-death battle barely even fazes me but her getting ready to have a serious conversation about her marriage has me on the edge of my seat.

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A Sometimes Food
Dec 8, 2010

loving lost it at Yor having to adjust Hemlock's range.

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