Kaguya Wants To Be Confessed To 44
Jesus Christ, this chapter hit really hard. It kinda solidifies my belief that "tonal whiplash" as a lot of people say, where a manga/anime does not have a consistent tone, is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, if written well, I often find this to be something Japan is incredibly good at that makes their emotional impacts hit harder. After all, characters you legitimately enjoy or laugh with/at you are much more invested in and as such when bad stuff happens to them it effects you much stronger than if you had them consistently shat on.
So it works for Kaguya because we've learned to like these characters a lot and they have made sure to have hints of Kaguya's shitty family situation riding along in the background for a while (in a smart way as it was oftentimes used to explain a comedic event as to why she would be so obtuse or ignorant of normal things/react in the ways she does). So you know that there have been hints of dark stuff behind the scenes and this doesn't come out of nowhere or seem directly out of place. The same reason a manga like Helck can turn emotional or the reason I like Sora No Otoshimono so much.
So yeah. This chapter was brutal. You get some really good paneling of white text on a black background to stand out even harsher, Hayasaka's visceral "Fuck him" while Kaguya sits there holding back her emotions, the rising excitement of everyone putting it off a day to go with her, the specific words the head maid used (that of all people, Kaguya, would act unacceptable) and...Jesus that Twitter page. That was somehow sadder than everything else.
Luckily we get the amazing shot of the President at the end. Fuck yeah President.
Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake! 12
I think the reason the ecchi in this works a lot is because both of the main characters are pretty cute when they interact and mix up the archetypes they're based on a little; Amano is the dopey THICC airhead but has shown that she likes Ma-kun and has done very subtle things that show she likes him (and isn't lying to herself about it either) and Ma-kun is the super studious takes learning seriously no friends type but he'll still go out of his way to help her or stop other people from looking at her because he's actually a bit of a closet perv and kinda doesn't want anyone else to see those things.
The last couple pages were some 100% pure grade vanilla extract.
Also, THICCCCCCCC
Purgatory Dead Roll 5
The twists, they are too much captain. We're going doooooowwwwnnnnn. Smart strategy by the MC tho, he adapted real quick to knowing that surviving isn't the way to win the game.
Not sure why she's so broken up about losing the game, that just means she can continue to kill in the next game.
You Will Hear the Voice of the Dead 5
Jesus that was creepy. But on a positive note nobody died? I sorta felt the mom friend would but instead she's just searching em out. Funny enough. But man, this manga is really good at evoking an atmosphere you'd see in Ito or Drifting Classroom or something. Just...has a really old fashioned type of horror, even if it is gory at times like newer ones. Just disturbing.
Read some other shit but I can't remember off the top of my head and this Pokemon isn't playing itself.
