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I’m reading along
I’m still reading the book but I haven’t reached this chapter yet
I’m behind again, but this time by choice at least. Probably going to intentionally stay behind this week while I read other stuff and then catch up later.
I empathised, because that’s pretty much how I felt when you guys started book 2 and I didn’t get hold of a copy until you were several chapters in.
Just a few things I didn’t get
p.258 lower right - what is シャバ?
p.259 central left - what does 得した気分 mean?
And below that - does 世はすべてこともなし mean ‘all’s well with the world’?
p.270 lower left - what is Aika saying here?
This was such a weird chapter. Was it supposed to be obvious that Aika sneaking out was part of her story before it jumped back to her telling the story on page 267?
@hachiken For me best comedy moment of the chapter was definitely the arrow pointing to Alice on page 268 saying さっぱりわからない人.
Reckon my favourite comedy moments in this chapter are the omake pages that came with the original printing. Since it originally appeared in Aqua volume 2, but Alice wasn’t introduced until Aria volume 3, the omake panels feature the other characters looking at her, saying “and who on Earth are you?”
I’ll have another look at my book when I get home, but it was always pretty plain to me. Though, to be fair, I first read this chapter several years ago.
Aye, but not as unrefined as the last chapter of Aqua, which really makes me wonder exactly when it was written. I guess it was added as a bonus chapter for the tankobon, but why would you use a character who’s introduced so much later?
