ルリドラゴン ・ Ruri Dragon Volume 3 offshoot book club! 🐲

Ruri’s not gonna comment on those, uh, horn covers she’s got on for half the chapter?

Not sure I want to see where those last two pages of the chapter are taking the plot. This series is supposed to be heartwarming…

That omake page… her name is seriously “Blackswamp Night”? You sure that’s not a chuunibyou name? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Chapter 19

Is it really a good idea to carry someone who is vomiting poison with their mouth next the back of your neck like this? I mean, later it says the poison doesn’t affect humans, but they didn’t know that at this point.

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More to the point, how come sensei, who was right there, left it to the smallest kid in the room to carry her?

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Yeah, I would have also carried her differently, one holds the arms, one holds the legs

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Remind me not to ever fall ill in your presence. :stuck_out_tongue: I imagine Japanese school sickrooms have a stretcher somewhere in their arsenal - just use that.

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Week 5 - Chapter 20

Start Date: 2025-08-22T15:00:00Z

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… What? How on earth is breaking her horns meant to be revenge? Why not pull her teeth while you’re at it?

Though I can’t say I entirely disagree with black-hair girl - having those things waving around my face right at eye level would definitely unnerve me.

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Im also interested to see the logic. Maybe it’s meant to make her feel guilty somehow.

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I’m not sure but I think they wanted to pretend to do it, but then it broke surprisingly easily?

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Week 6 - Chapter 21

Start Date: 2025-08-29T15:00:00Z

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Ok, I feel a little better about the whole thing with the reveal towards the end of the chapter that they called Ruri’s mother about it first, though I’m still not clear how it was supposed to be revenge. The comments that Ruri makes to Kamata while they’re in the middle of it definitely drive the point home, but they weren’t really part of the plan to begin with.

One timing point I’m unclear of: is the final panel of page 122 saying that one of her horns (the right one, I guess?) was already cracked before they even started the whole operation?

(Also, what’s bugging me now is that despite Ruri kneeling in open space, completely surrounded on all sides by other kids… somehow when the horn breaks, there’s suddenly a painting underneath her.)

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Yeah. I don’t know if it was supposed to be like them directly responding to her criticism by dealing with the horns she called gross. Making it a big deal to make things awkward for her.

And yeah, they were in front of everybody, so not sure how they managed to “pre-break” one horn, unless it was just like that from everyday life.

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I kinda got the impression that the horns break off naturally over time and regrow, like a deer’s horns or something, but I’m not sure if I’m just making that up. This chapter just happened to occur as the horns were on the verge of breaking anyway.

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