Iâve been feeling a bit burned out lately, and that has reduced my reading time quite a bit, so my progress with the VN has been very slow sadly =._.= That being said, at least I finished chapter 2.
Chapter 2
Where we learn that Erika and Suoh have one other thing in common: they get really bashful when receiving compliments.
Another fun Erika-Suoh moment: Erika immediately protesting when Suoh makes a joke, saying that itâs her specialty
Chidoriâs empathy levels are off the charts at this point! By Flowers 5 she would have evolved into an esper and read minds.
Suohâs fixation with the difference between monkey and orangutan was particularly endearing
I canât be the only one who canât get enough of these two flirtingâŠ
Erikaâs cat-ness is not only in her smile!
So, I didnât give this a second thought when I read it back in English, but I was very surprised by the japanese version explaining that what gave away the fake Nerine threat-letter was the letter âaâ. Like, this is a Catholic school, but Iâd still expect people to write in japanese, no? So why âaâ and not ă?
Best moment of this chapter: Suoh realizing that a certain someone is in love with Rikka
Then we get to the mystery. There were quite a few things I found very confusing:
When Hokama-senpai recalls the events that happened during Yuzurihaâs first year, she mentions that Yuzuriha gathers some people and they perform the Bloody Mary ritual. Her account actually says that people did perceive something strange in the painting of Mother Mary, which I found really unexpected - after all for Suoh the only strange thing happened because of the twins trying to quit school. I didnât quite get what exactly Yuzuriha wanted to prove by performing the ritual (it would have made more sense if nothing had happened, probably?)
Then thereâs the showdown between Suoh and Basquiat, which is even more strange.
So previously, Suoh had tried to get Basquiat to talk about her foster parent in the church, but Basquiat just went quiet and walked away at what seemed a really innocent question (about how he was like) to which she could have easily just answered with some generalities.
Yet when they meet here at the end of the chapter Basquiat is very strangely cooperative. Certainly, they are not talking about Basquiatâs family this time, but Basquiat has a confession oath to protect, and they are talking about events that donât really concern Suoh (I mean, they do, but not from Basquiatâs point of view). Itâs actually personal (and Iâd argue sensitive) information regarding a former student and teacher. Thereâs no reason for Basquiat to break her oath. Itâs not even related to an event that might currently be affecting the school of the students in any way.
During this scene Suoh insists that to get to Mayuri she needs facts and not only suppositions, and thatâs why she needs Basquiat to confirm her reasoning⊠but that also feels weird. Suohâs current reasoning easily leads to investigating more about the previous æšæŹ teacher - I donât see how Basquiatâs confirmation of the events would have changed Suohâs actions much.