THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER.
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EDITED! Added more below...
Don't have a lot of time here but another awesome chapter...
Ryota cradles Hidemi's body. Himiko prays. Oda holds the door handle. Pilot holds the pistol.
Oda says when I open the hatch, we attack.
Ryota thinks about Oda, the attack, Himiko, how to get revenge for Hidemi. How they may get hurt further in the attack.
Takanohashi still can't get a hold of the pilot. Tyrannos guy calls him and reams him out for screwing up. Takanohashi says it will be OK but ends up apologizing. The guy says get them back to the island, get the show back on track.
Girl in Takanohashi's chopper reestablishes comms. English follows.
Takanohashi says he'll be paid what the whole squad was going to get for getting them back to the island. Pilot says 10x that! Takanohashi agrees.
Somehow Hidemi's brain is still functioning on some level. She is imagining her old boyfriend, the one who committed suicide.
Oda opens the hatch! Ryota charges with the knife! But the pilot parries and knocks Ryota to the ground with the knife. The stungun hits the pilot but he convulses and the pistol goes off, shooting Oda. Ryota stabs the pilot in the leg.
The chopper veers right and Himiko and Oda fall out! Takanohashi says alright, two down!
Ryota yells after Oda and Himiko!
The pilot says the only thing stopping him from killing Ryota is that he'll get paid less. He says to get off.
Ryota says "Why this sort of murderous game being played!! Something is wrong!! Do you really enjoy this sort of thing!! Are we bad, bad people? Can you hear me!? Answer me!! Takanohashi!!
You want me to return here to participate again?
I can't tell the difference between the game and reality anymore, so tell me!! From pain to death!! Because you're really enjoying this thing!! Somehow please say something to the sponsor!!"
He puts down his knife.
Ryota apologizes to Hidemi but then notices that she is alive! Somehow she is still alive!
"Where am I?"
Her head is in his lap. "Where... come here... I'm lonely."
She is confusing Ryota for her boyfriend. Ryota says, "You're alive! How, your head..."
"What's wrong? What kind of monster do you see in my face?"
"... that monster is scary!"
"My god!" says the pilot!
Ryota says to Hidemi, "Don't try to move!"
Ryota says in Japanese to the pilot, "She's hurt, she needs help!"
The pilot says in English, "Shut your mouth and jump!"
In Japanese Ryota says, "Y... you!!"
The pilot starts shooting Hidemi!
"What?? Already my head..."
"Don't worry... we'll..."
Hidemi has a BIM!
"You idiot..." she says.
"That's dangerous!" says Ryota.
"Quickly... go!" she says.
"For everything up to now.. I'm sorry," says Ryota as he jumps from the chopper!
"Shit! What is that! A bomb? You've got some nerve!" says the pilot.
Pilot sees Hidemi is alive and has a BIM. She sees her old boyfriend waiting for her! He shoots her multiple times but she has set off her BIM!
Hidemi rises up from her body and into her old boyfriend's arms, her face smiling! Her boyfriend says her name and draws her near. She cries... She puts up her middle finger to the pilot with her hand holding the BIM!
Ryota is away and the chopper explodes!
Continued next month...
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So amazing this show... it gives redemption to characters like Hidemi who I thought had no possibility of it! Now to wait another month...
I can't believe I'm crying for Hidemi! But I am! My god, this is such a good manga! |