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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Chapter 114

Thank you for waiting! This month, we explore more of that world...we hope you like it!! 🍓🍓🍓

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Release!

Given | ギヴン

Mangaka: Kizu Natsuki

Chapter:  Final

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At long last, we’ve reached the final chapter of Given.

It wasn’t always smooth sailing, but thanks to our awesome team members—as well as many lovely souls who helped us along the way—we pulled through.

And thank YOU for all your support!

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CHAPTER UPDATES

STATUS: COMPLETED

STAGE: REVIEW

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CHAPTER FIVE:

PUBLIC RELEASE

TODAY IS THE DAY!

AND I AM SO EXCITED! AH! ANYWAY ~ ENJOY CHAPTER FIVE! A LOT HAPPENS WITHIN CHAPTER FIVE, AND I AM JUST SO VERY HAPPY. ONE STEP CLOSER TO CHAPTER SIX! AS ALWAYS IF YOU SEE IN ERROR WITH THE CODING, MOST POSSIBLY, ITS DUE TO CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION, SO YOU MAN HAVE TO TRY THAT AGAIN.

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W.C - 14K

C.C - 90K

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NEW WITH CHAPTER FIVE

— PAST OPTIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT

— UPDATED LAYOUT

— SOME GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION

— INTRODUCTION TO NEW CHARACTER

— MORE CLOTHING OPTIONS

[HEAD COVERINGS FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND GENDER NEUTRAL, ADDED ACCESSORIES, ADDED CLOTHING CHOICE, NEW BODY CHOICES]

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Merry Crisis Chapter 4: Boxing Day

Public release is OUT!

Thank you so much for playing :) I absolutely can't wait for you guys to play it!

Might have to replay if your saves are funky, otherwise, you should be good to go! Click here for the previous post for more info on the chapter!

(+55k words, total: 152k words)

“Morning after” scene with Shay if you chose to stay over

Mountain bike ride with Shay if you chose to go on it 

Flashback of The Incident with Qiu 

Reunion dinner with your classmates, and meeting Qiu again for the first time

Alternate scene with Qiu if you chose not to go for the reunion dinner

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Ch207 (p3), You've known me long enough

We get a vague understanding of what life was possibly like for Artie before coming to F. O. L. Orphanage...

...and we learn that Artie and Theo already knew each other before then, too.

But what does Artie mean by telling Theo to not "get scared now" after knowing Artie so long? Afraid of holding a gun... or afraid of Artie? Makes me wonder what Artie did before they both ended up in that orphanage!

Before Artie can elaborate (though he probably wasn't going to right then anyway), he and Theo realize more staff are headed their way.

Of course, that fan translation of the above page was very wrong about what Doll says. She doesn't say she will find a way to keep him/make him hers. No one calls anyone "baby". 😮‍💨 This does not, however, rule out the possibility that Doll tries to have Snake turned into a bizarre doll, if he dies. We do have to worry that bizarre doll Snake might turn against Finny and our earl simply because Finny left him to die. Same problem if Snake somehow lives (which I highly doubt); he could feel abandoned and choose Doll. Snake remaining loyal to our earl might not matter, though; Undertaker could turn him into a basic bizarre doll in order to simply show him off to our earl -- and possibly Finny, too -- later, just to make them feel worse about his death.

The fan translation of the next page isn't nearly as bad. The language here is more formal, but the gist of it was right:

I agree with @fwippysays, who said Finny might be thinking back to his master being arrested, then comparing it to now with Snake dying, because these are moments when Finny feels powerless to help those he cares about.

I hope Snake hears Finny's heartfelt apology for leaving him behind. Thankfully, the snakes are there to witness this: that Finny wanted to destroy Doll and take Snake with him. It's just that he felt he had to focus on their mission, otherwise Snake's death would be in vain.

Now what? Kill the approaching staff?

If Snake dies, I hope the snakes paralyze Doll and find the kids outside. Then they could burn the barn down. No bodies, no bizarre dolls.

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IT HAPPENED!!! HER CONFESSION!!!

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Chapter Eleven - Public Release

Welcome to Chapter Eleven! Find out what everyone has been screaming about. This is the second to the last chapter, everyone and a lot is about to be revealed. For spoiler purposes, I will be tagging all spoiler asks with #end game spoilers. Please adjust your settings if you do not wish to see them. They will be starting to be posted in a few days.

Again, I cannot thank you all enough for the endless support you have given me. I have such nerves with this chapter and the last to be released. I hope that you all are with me for this wild ride.

Zinnia

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Play The Numbers Game Chapter 1: Welcome to the Team by clicking here!

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so, I have no impulse control! And Chapter 1 has been beta'd (big thank you to the bullies beta testers who caught all the unhinged typos and mistakes i made <3) and I just wanted to release this so bad... so here it is! Some mistakes might still get corrected as I go, but yeah, here it is!

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THE ONE WHO MADE RED CHAPTER ONE IS RELEASED!!

It is finally here, my friends! After months of waiting, I give you chapter one and the prologue !! If you see any errors, please tell me! I hope you enjoy your adventure^^

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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Chapter 112

Thank you for your patience! We hope you enjoy Chapter 112.

(Also available on our MangaDex.)

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Release!

Given | ギヴン

Mangaka: Kizu Natsuki

Chapter:  柊 mix_20

Link: Google drive ; MangaDex

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NINE BLOOD DANCES

FEBRUARY 17TH - COMPLETED

THE [REDACTED]’S HOLY LIGHT

FEBRUARY 24TH - COMPLETED

THE WARDEN’S ENDLESS & THE ARMADILLO’S LOVEBUG

MARCH 2ND - COMPLETED

THE DRAGON’S TREASURE & THE ANGEL’S SONGBIRD

MARCH 9TH -

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CHAPTER FIVE RELEASE DATES

It's been so long since I last updated!! I'm sooo happy to finally post and share chapter five cause I've been so happy and Excited. Literally running laps! Especially with the new character introduction! Be ready for Monday 😩.

Early Release - Three Weeks - November 6th

The [REDACTED]'s Holy Light Tier

Early Release - Two Weeks - November 13th

The Warden's Endless Tier

The Armadillo's Lovebug Tier

Early Release - One Week - November 20th

The Dragon's Treasure Tier

The Angel's Songbird Tier

Public Release - November 27th

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Merry Crisis Chapter 4: Boxing day

Hi all, the early release to the chapter on ko-fi is out now! Whoop!!

As always, thanks so much for your support, love you guys and can't wait to hear what you guys think! ❤️

More on the chapter and what you can expect here.

The chapter is ~55k words, bringing Merry Crisis to a total of 152k words!

Head over to my ko-fi to support me if you like :)

There will be some bugs and errors still, I think, but do send them in and I will work to push out updates/bug fixes when I get home from my trip on Monday.

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Ch209 (p4), The queen of tragedy

⚠️ Long post ⚠️

You might be wondering where that heading comes from. I'll get to that in a bit....

So, we are back to recent events, where Finny and Doll fight over Snake, each one claiming the other is the enemy. Both parties are involved in deception; he wonders why they helped him but lied the entire time. Out of the circus troupe, he seems to have been closest to Doll, and she never told him the truth about the circus. He also becomes particularly close to Finny, who immediately likes his snakes, but Finny doesn't inform him about the true fates of his circus friends. Then there're our earl and Sebastian, who lead him to believe the circus members are still alive and just on the lamb.

Why would the people closest to him all lie to him?

Then we get a couple scenes before his and Finny's assignment begins.

But this flashback switches from what Snake is recalling... to what a reaper is reviewing. Born March 15 -- the Ides of March -- to an actress named Sarah Kemble. More on her at the end. Death on December 9, 1889, from blood loss.

The expression on this (new to us!) reaper's face makes me wonder what he's thinking. He says "no additional remarks", but I believe he's thinking some additional thoughts.

He must realize there's something odd about Doll, who is holding Snake's body and grieving over him. Doesn't he realize she's a bizarre doll? Has he not taken note of the blood transfusion equipment in the room down the hall? What about all the veins popping up all over her body? Hasn't he been informed about the search for Undertaker and his moving corpses?

Does he not yet have info from Othello regarding Layla/Al? We have to keep in mind that this is all probably happening around the same time that Ronald and William are taking Layla/Al into custody, so this reaper might not be fully informed and so might not know what all signs to look for.

Besides, Ronald is sent to Norfolk ahead of the impending deaths, because there was word a bizarre doll is stationed there. He just has to figure out which person it is. Ronald can't tell who the bizarre doll is just by looking, so he has to wait and see who starts acting like one.

This reaper apparently isn't sent to investigate FOL Orphanage, suggesting HQ didn't have similar intelligence regarding a bizarre doll there. If he's not looking for one, he might not bother to take much notice of Doll's appearance or the medical equipment.

Everything is happening at about the same time:

Mey-Rin and Ran-Mao are heading to their next meeting spot while Polaris makes his report to real Ciel and Undertaker. Heathfield is arrested, and the legal investigation there is still underway.

Ronald and William are dealing with Layla/Al, with the intention of taking her back to HQ for examination. Baldo, Lau, and the others are still planning their getaway; they have not yet escaped the sanatorium.

Othello is probably at HQ, working out the finer details of the transfusion machine he has just recently confiscated from the underground facility at Bath. Beyond that, the dove he sent back to HQ might be the only call for help he's requested to deal with Undertaker.

And this reaper is (as far as I can tell) just responding to the assigned task of collecting souls from Snake, Susan, and the head matron. He really might not be in the loop about Undertaker and his moving corpses... just yet.

This gives an easy setup for him to go about business as usual and leave Doll to her grieving. If he doesn't confront her and just leaves, she can ask Undertaker to turn Snake into a bizarre doll -- even if it's just to be her companion. Undertaker would see old goals of revenge in Snake's cinematic records and could potentially turn him against the Phantomhives, through creation of his "episodes" by cherry-picking the memories and goals that would compel him to seek that revenge again. If that happens, we could get Snake confronting our earl and Sebastian... where Sebastian fulfills the implied threat he makes (to Baldo, about any servant who turns against their master) in ch51.

So, there's that.

Then we have a couple other things to discuss: the current date and Snake's mother.

It's December 9, 1889. This works great with my Mother3 theory, which states the contract should end before our earl is officially 14 years old. December 13, 1889 is the eve of that birthday, and it's also a Friday the 13th. This is highly symbolic because of when his father is born and when his paternal grandmother dies. I'm sure there are absolutely zero coincidences in this.

We will go back a few days (again) for the start of our earl's and Sebastian's assignment in Brighton, then we will catch up to December 9th with them. During this time and soon after, they will receive word about the other three assignments, as word trickles in. Or perhaps they are bombarded with all the reports in quick succession. Then we've got another four days for them to finish not just their own assignment but also their contract. Perhaps their assignment finishes around the same time as the others. If so, they have three or four more days to address whatever they have learned.

Now onto Snake's mother. She's based on a real person, or a combination of a few people in a notable family. My own initial research pulled up a Fanny Kemble, who was a British actress who lived in this time period but was too old to be Snake's mother. She bore a daughter named Sarah (Kemble) Butler, but Sarah wasn't an actress. Fanny was well known as a former actress and an abolitionist -- who separated from her husband (Butler), partly over disagreement about slavery -- and returned to the stage, where she renewed her focus on the works of William Shakespeare... performing public readings of his plays.

Discussing the chapter in Discord, I got word -- from @mjmj2994 -- about a Sarah (Kemble) Siddons who was an actress, though she was from the mid-18th to early 19th century. Her mother was also a Sarah Kemble. Turns out that Sarah Siddons (née and a.k.a. Sarah Kemble) was an aunt to the Fanny Kemble I'd found! Small world, eh? Anyway, Sarah Kemble/Siddons (wiki article here) became known as the "queen of tragedy" for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth and other Shakespearean tragic characters -- including numerous cross-dress performances as Hamlet himself. Even though Yana-san would have to change the timeline to fit our Sarah Kemble, this is most likely the historical reference for her. Here's more information about the Kemble family line and their extensive involvement with the acting industry.

Our Snake comes from an esteemed family of actors, and I suppose we are to assume he's an issue who was so quickly covered up and forgotten that he was perhaps never even named. Who was his true father? And how did he come to have such strong snake-like traits? We might never know.

Now we wait to see if this reaper does anything about Doll. And then onto our earl and Sebastian in Brighton!