#ch167

[raccoonskoodilypoopdungeon]

[nagirambles]

Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 167

I wish the reunion was given justice. Honestly, in an ironically similar way to Jerza, Mystogan and Wendy’s relationship is also one where fate doesn’t allow them to be together. Of course, I’m not speaking this in a romantic lens. But the urgency of events always stands against them, disallowing them from ever having a proper, tearful reunion to just take in the fact that each other are alive. 

It’s wonderfully tragic, if only Mashima remembered to emphasize them at all. 

I like to think Mystogan settled in Fairy Tail because, after he left Wendy, he found Porlyusica and learned everything about this world from her, and she’s also the reason he managed to properly settle down with an ‘identity’ in Earthland. Though, I don’t like how it’s never truly explained why he never went back for Wendy. Probably because it was more convenient to leave her. 

But I wish this built into something for Wendy and Porlyusica. I wish Wendy got closer to her more than just realizing she’s Grandine from Edolas, I wish they had a similar adopted daughter sort of relationship like Porlyusica and Mystogan kinda felt like in the Phantom arc. If Chelia also joins in, it’d be cute. 

I just feel like, after Edolas, Porlyusica would also miss him, you know? He was the only one she mildly tolerated and didn’t immediately chase away, because she knew they were both from Edolas.

[gradelstuff]

This is so funny bc Tomura stopped showing an interest in attacking schools entirely after he went solo from AFO asfhj

[mikittalabs]

welp. guess i'll have to add csm to my growing list of "media i like but can't talk about because it's weird and unpalatable to most people"

[thegrunglerr]

Reading every post on the chainsaw man tag upset about ch167 going “they don’t understand you like I do funnymotor”

[catcas22]

Prince of Death ch167

Prince of Death - Chapter 167 - catcas22 - Elden Ring (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

[chidoroki]

182 Days of TPN - Day 178

Chapter 178: "To the Human World"

As sweet as it is to have Mujika & Sonju rush all the way from the capital to the GF plantation to wish the children one last goodbye, I can't help but think of the surprised Pikachu meme whenever I see this panel of Ray. He matches it perfectly.

Kinda glad we don't linger on the tragic events of the previous chapter long, like yeah, I don't need to shed any more tears about it, but also having Mujika completely switch topics as if the loss wasn't highly depressing is lowkey hilarious. Also, that one shot of the plantation shows the outer bridge again somehow even though it was clearly destroyed back in ch167.

I'm assuming Oliver, Violet & all the other GP kids already know about the golden water because Lucas might have told them about it when he ventured underground with Emma? It's not like any of them saw the literal Goldy Pond themselves since it was locked behind the door that required the WM pen to open and none of the residents had one until Emma showed up, but whatever. The only one of them I could imagine getting a peak of the golden water themselves is Nigel since he went below the windmill to set off the self destruct button in the control room that was right next to said pond. Anyways, if this is the place the Ratri clan used to transport stuff between worlds, can't y'all just use the stairs too? I dunno why but I can't imagine them using the Seven Wall method every time, or that they would even know how to complete the ritual in the first place. Emma only activated that to advise the demon god they're all ready to implement the promise and cross over.

Phil asking the very important questions that we're all dreading the answers to! Though I'm wondering again how he knew of the deal in the first place. I figure he and all the other children at GF were told about the promise off panel by the escapees sometime after they were all reunited or perhaps that little tidbit of information was something Phil heard about from Andrew. Who knows. I certainly don't. I can love this series with all my heart but by no means do I have an abundance of knowledge of every tiny detail.

I can't and won't say Emma's lying here because she isn't. She answers Phil's questions with full confidence and very truthfully, it's just.. not the full truth, which is clever on her part to just give the answers they're wondering about instead of all the extra fine details because her family definitely wouldn't allow her to carry such a burden, as they outwardly express to her a bit later.

I can imagine Emma revealing the price of the reward so casually, like "oh, the demon god actually wants you guys," or something similar which makes everyone's freak out even funnier in my head.

Thankfully, her family is off limits due to how Emma phrased the new promise to include all the cattle children to cross over to the human world, so the reward is.. "nothing." It's so anti-climatic that no one believes it. I praise Emma's master actor skills very highly and will probably do so again in a couple pages, but this undoubtedly one of her weaker performances. C'mon honey, I know the past couple days have been real hectic but surely you had some downtime between all the traveling to and from the capital to think up a better story. (and Violet totally swears there. don't even question it. perfectly in character.)

I love how everyone continues to be skeptical as the lie continues to grow. If the reward was really that simple, then Emma wouldn't have had a reason to hide the reward from Ray when he first asked about it during ch144. If it was all good news and truly free from any sort of sacrifices, then I'm sure she would've been delighted to tell him everything she and the demon god discussed.

She's certainly not wrong. Just because the cursed blood will be shared amongst all the demons so they won't degenerate, doesn't mean that'll cure their cravings for human meat. Sonju is a perfect example of that. I also love how enthusiastically everyone is nodding their heads to Norman's words. The fact everyone would give up their freedom in the human world just to stay behind in the demon world with Emma is so precious. It would've been interesting to see all the humans live normal lives (as "normal" as they could possibly get anyway) in the demon world and whether or not they could actually coexist with the demons. I guess the second season sorta did that during that final episode slideshow where it had the fullscore trio and Lambda crew stay behind for a couple years before crossing over, but that was poorly done and covered the later story arcs instead of everyone living freely so that attempt doesn't count.

It's so wholesome to see everyone celebrate like this because Emma is still telling the truth here. They really really deserve to be excited and hopeful for their new lives in the human world.

It's so reassuring to know that the boys are still feeling just as suspicious about this reward as the entire fandom did.

The doubts don't last for much longer though since Emma starts speaking from her heart and we all know how motivating and optimistic she is when that happens. Emma has lied and put on great performances in the past in order to hide her real intentions, so the fact she's being completely true to herself and her feelings here is impressive since no one, not even Norman or Ray, could detect any other uncertainties about the reward with how efficiently she puts their wondering minds at ease.

Well I'm sure as hell not. (I do love this panel of her though.)

Relativity by M. C. Escher, but make it pretty and magical.

Sorry to say but she's definitely gonna forget you, Mujika. Not by choice of course, but consequently. I'll never get over that bittersweet smile of Emma's either.

Totally gonna be bias but I'm absolutely thrilled everyone ended up in what is essentially this world's version of New York. Aside from that, I was beyond worried about Emma obviously missing as she was previously holding onto Phil's hand for several pages before everyone crossed over, but I tried hard to push away all the anxious feelings by thinking of how exciting it would be to see the kids explore one of the world's largest cities. You know, after they find our very special sunshine child first of course. That's top priority.

Favorite panel/moment:

I love how these two panels blend into one another. Makes me wanna believe that Emma was in two places at once, as silly as that idea is, but she either used the ritual to just signal the demon god that everyone's ready or took a quick trip there and back to tell Him personally. It's probably the former (since I doubt there's still an active full moon), but the latter would've been a bit funny to see her disappear for an instant then have her return just as quickly.

[huaixgyi]

so we all agree that ch167 didnt happen, right

[wiredphonez]

read chainsawman ch167. im frozen.

[hoshiumimi]

Oooo ch167

& now we see Selena Kim !! Also husbands finally meet again ~

[raccoonskoodilypoopdungeon]

oh my god yes. i love chainsaw man. i would die for tatsuki fujimoto. this chapter is going to change my life. and its going to be the best chapter ever.

[nagirambles]

Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 167

Aight but I want to rave about the outfits in this setup chapters of Edolas. 

I think only Carla’s unique fit is animated, but Lucy’s clothes are so cute here. They remind me of Sherry’s fits in Galuna especially with the unusual sleeves, which adds to the whole ‘they switched styles’ thing carried over from the end of Nirvana, I think that’s super cute. 

She loses the flowery sleeves when we get to Edolas, though.

I’ll say it louder. JUVIA. HAS. A. NEW. FIT. 

Oh my god. Look at it. She’s not wearing the hat anymore!! Her shoulders are completely off now, without the turtleneck thing! Her hat is attached by a string or is that a weird necklace? Her skirt is shorter and that never happens, are those shorts!?! I want to know what happened in the Nirvana gap, did she open up a bit more? Did she get more confident, did she make new friends that encouraged her to dress more like this? 

I’m so upset all of this untouched development for Juvia just got randomly reset after Edolas. 

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (16/07/23)

wow actually on time for once impressive myself, a p chill week, tho I wanna catch up to something again soon, only got a couple more series to do before I fulfill my goal of being caught with everything on jump and then I can start branching out to other stuff I've had an eye on for a while but anyway

blue - finale/completed

Anime

Pokemon Horizons Ep13

after 2 weeks of absence the pokemon anime is finally back, tho this one was kinda like a recap episode for half of it while the cast had a picnic. they teased the possibility of roy catching a new mon next ep but we'll see how that goes since riko isn't getting one too for the new few episodes (based on the revealed titles)

Atelier Ryza Ep3

a cute episode overall, centered around ryza using her alchemy to help people around the island now. also greatly enjoy all the ryza x klaudia food, just for me 🙏 also, when they had that magical girl transformation esque scene for when she crafted last ep I was like "that looked way too good for them to not reuse it" and they did, just significantly shortened so lol

Zom 100 Ep2

good ep, I was worried abou them being able to keep up the quality from ep 1 but even if we didn't get any fancy sakuga this time the quality was still good. the new girl is cute and kusunoki tomori did a good job as her. next ep is the mc's friend which I assume is the blonde guy from the op/ed (and that I think was cameo'd on a photo near the start of the ep), and the next ep will be the samurai girl? haven't read the manga so completely blind

Manga

Saihate Quartet Ch18 (Finale)

honestly only started reading this cause I wanted to post the tokusatsu reference panels and I'd feel bad doing it without actually reading it, and also cause it landed on a not very busy day. it was alright tho, it's a comedy so it's very "you either like it or don't", the concept is p fun but shallow, more suited for something like a oneshot I think, I don't regret reading it tho, it had it's moments

Dandadan Ch113

the climactic finale to the big alien invasion team battle, maybe anyway good chap, that flashback page with the cute okarun momo moments was good and it also had 2 of yukinobu's signature "how can this series be weekly" spreads

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins Ch33

they spent all this time skirting around the older brother's story, taking many detours along the way for other stuff. this chap they finally revealed the final piece, he was the one that saved them from dying in that one car crash that put tsubasa in a coma, dying in the process himself.. only for it to be revealed a couple pages later that he's still alive??? I really don't understand what the hell ichinose is doing, really is a sad state of affairs when this can go into the 30s when better stuff gets axed way earlier

Blue Box Ch109

lots of cute chinatsu faces in this chap and finally saw hina again after what feels like a billion years. hype for the next chap tho should be getting some very cute scenes 👀

Cipher Academy Ch32

the final match of this tournament arc is finally here and it's.. a game of that of all things? I was wondering how the hell they were gonna incorporate codes into that but they did it in a way that makes sense looking forward to how this goes

Martial Master Asumi Ch5

very cool chap, letting nito show off how strong he can really be when he's not holding back for some reason tho he's totally gonna get clapped next chap

Sakamoto Days Ch127

the first of the slur fights is over and it was really good. good guys ended up losing as I expected but at least they managed to really fuck up the girl which should make things easier in the future, tho I'm hoping heisuke is the one to take her down as payback for this fight

Undead Unluck Ch167

woulda liked to see more from this fight but it was good anyway, even got feng's backstory and the reveal that he's a negator too tho I figured that'd have to be the case. curious to see who the next member is gonna be since we're still missing quite a few

My Hero Academia Ch394

the longest fight in the whole manga is finally over sheeesh not in terms of raw chapters amount but when it started vs when it ended cause it had a ton of stuff in between, it was good tho. not much more left now, I think just all might and AFO and the deku fights are left? getting closer and closer to the end OH today was also the 9th anniversary celebration colour page, I wouldn't be surprised if they had horikoshi keep this going til the 10th anni just so they can do special merch for tha occasion but we'll see

Akane-banashi Ch70

incredibly good chap, don't really got much more I could say than that, just wow, god akane is sooooooo good. anyway now that akane's performance is done I'm p sure my previous prediction about the placements is gonna be true but ofc I still want her to win instead

[jenovacomplete]

ohhhhh i just KNOW nobody's going to be normal about asa post-ch167 are they

[mqfx]

Xie Lian cleared his throat lightly and said shyly, “It’s embarrassing to say. Because…if I were to commit a grave mistake, or get into big trouble, the first one I think of is surely him…and, this trust is not quite the same as what I have for my master and the Emperor…”

Before he even finished, he noticed Hua Cheng’s expression was off, and he trailed off.

“San Lang?”

Only then did Hua Cheng come to, and he raised his brows. “Oh. It’s nothing, I was thinking of something else. Your Highness really trusts this person so much?”

Although usually when he raised his brows he was at ease or teasing, this time it didn’t seem that natural.

Xie Lian nodded. “En… Is there a problem?”

Hua Cheng bowed his head slightly, fixed the silver vambraces by his sleeves, and said, appearing nonchalant, “Nothing major. But, a personal opinion. It’s best if gege doesn’t trust others so easily.”

[every-sanji]

Hah