#suspense manga

[digitalzombie]

Ch. 6 | Blood on the Tracks | Shūzō Oshimi

[guro-man]

Doku Doku Mori Mori Chapter 4

Somewhere in the deep, deep forest, Tamagotake, an orphaned mushroom fairy, is out for revenge on the poison mushroom fairy Tsukiyotake for killing her parents. In the expansive sea of trees where life and death intersect, can the young Tamago take revenge on the hated Tsukiyo? An unprecedented mushroom suspense begins.

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[blushingguy]

Angel Sanctuary

[chocoxcaramel]

[catboykouhai]

⋆｡°✩ You're my rock star

[sophiamarieispinkbunny-chan]

Something bothers me about Fiona/Nightfall…

Okay so in my first chair analysis post, someone reblogged it saying that Fiona/Nightfall might hate Twilight and turn on him as he and Yor get close with each other  and I can actually see it happening. Right now, it’s still less likely but it’s not impossible for her to turn rogue and here’s how the manga suggests it.

She’s the one who usually let’s her emotions guide her despite appearing emotionless, like how she almost endangered Operation Strix through visiting Twilight's home without any consent from her superiors, causing for Yor to doubt her marriage with Loid.

Sylvia, her Handler, told her not to do anything but she ignores it...

She even broke that policy among fellow agents by making an unnecessary contact with Twilight...

And in this chapter, Twilight's statement suggests that Fiona/Nightfall seems to also have a problem losing her cool, letting her emotions control her and that often gets the way in her missions.

In everything she does, what motivates her is the hope to gain Twilight’s affection.

When she does something, it wasn’t because she genuinely cares for peace and other people's sake herself. She just strives for peace because it’s what Twilight wanted. It's mostly displayed in the recent mole arc chapters.

This isn't really that necessary but it's just cringey and uncomfy to me how she says Twilight is like her little toy knife, when Twilight was never hers. I really don't like this part of her personality when she thinks she knows everything about Twilight when she knows nothing about the real him, the past him and the man he's slowly becoming.

So moving on, when it finally dawns on her that she will not ever have Twilight's affection, I don’t know what she could do.

I mean it is hinted when she’s first introduced that she’s the one who’s most likely to betray someone in the agency and it might be a judgmental comment from a hateful coworker but knowing how the plot is moving right now, I know Endo could be throwing subtle details that could mean more in the future. And who knows, she might’ve done it before. When?

Let’s go back to the exchange of Twilight and Franky during Chapter 2 when Loid is finding someone suitable to be his fake wife.

Twilight stated that most of the female operatives in their agency were wiped out during the recent spy sweeps. Female agents we're the one who are mostly wiped out and Franky mentions someone must've ratted them out to the SS.

I think, this might be a wild and far fetched theory but it's not impossible, Fiona/Nightfall was the one who ratted those female agents. Why? She might have received the information for Operation Strix, considering that all Wise agents seems to know about the Operation. She probably eliminated all female agents that might've suited to be Twilight's fake wife.

Cause if you think about, it is really practical for Wise to have the wife be a spy too, it would be really convenient for the mission. However, the candidates they think are capable of being an ideal wife and mother just get outed like that in the SS and this spy sweep just happened to be when Twilight is looking for a wife.

Nightfall might've thought, finally, she could fulfill her utmost desire to be Twilight's wife. Yet Wise has a different idea. Even if she's the only female agent left, she still isn't suitable for the role and I think Handler purposely didn't pick her knowing she has feelings for Twilight and her emotion might get the best of her, thus could compromise the mission. Handler, as a former wife and mother herself, could also think Nightfall can't do the job of a wife and especially of a mother properly. So I have this hunch that Handler purposely gave her another mission at that time so she can't complain about not being picked as Twilight's wife for Operation Strix.

Yes, Nightfall might be on the good side now because she’s helping to maintain peace and she's protecting Twilight. But her main intention why she’s doing this is so subjective and dependent that I think it would really affect her judgment in the future when she realizes reality is different from her fantasies.

[astraskylark]

I did not expect them to save Falin so quickly? Where does the plot go now? Obviously the painting elf saw the dark magic circle and looks very not cash money about it sooooo is there gonna be some civil war in the dungeon ? Will they still cook and eat with Falin added to the squad now? What was the purpose of Kabru tho and will we ever see Shuro?

[tonycries]

I come bearing the truth about Tojo's nipples (gege told me) here's an epic retelling *ahem.

Toji backflipped over the curse, pulling yet another cursed weapon from Wormy. Wormy blushed as his lips brushed Toji's strong muscular fingers. Body tightening around the man's thick chest.

Quickly running behind the curse while avoiding beams of cursed energy, Toji drew his sword in a beautiful arc, before striking down. At the last second, the curse began to dodge, his slash passing through its neck and chest, instead of through the top of its head. Either way it was dead but Toji clicked his tongue as he landed, dissatisfied it wasn't a perfect kill. Toji sheathed his sword back in wormy with his back turned to the dead curse.

Little did Toji know, the curse still had a bit of life left in it. With its dying breath, the curse spat out a beam of energy, before collapsing and disintegrating.

Cursed energy hit Toji square in the back. He felt electricity zap around his back to his chest and nipples.

"What the fuck..." Toji mumbled before giving himself a once over. Not feeling any different, he called Shiu.

...

Once home, Toji got ready for a shower. Kicking off his pants and boxers, he began to peel off his skin tight shirt. Now naked, he stared in the mirror, assessing himself for any injuries like he did after every mission. As his eyes trailed down his body he noticed something odd about his chest. His nipples. Or rather, the lack there of.

Brining a hand up to his chest, Toji touched where his nipples should have been, before pinching. Smooth skin met his fingers, the usual pleasurable jolt that would run though his body was absent. Toji looked at himself in the mirror.

"The damn curse stole my nipples..." Toji said to himself in belated shock.

And scene. 😌 ty very much for coming to my TedTalk.

[13eyond13]

love it when a character that's hard to read intuitively for you has like a dedicated fandom interpreter who can just glance at their blank face in a panel and then give you a 3k word essay on their innermost thoughts & desires & fears and neatly tie it back into the themes & whatnot as if it's the most obvious thing in the world

[digitalzombie]

Ch. 6 | Blood on the Tracks | Shuzo Oshimi

[guro-man]

Doku Doku Mori Mori Chapter 3

Somewhere in the deep, deep forest, Tamagotake, an orphaned mushroom fairy, is out for revenge on the poison mushroom fairy Tsukiyotake for killing her parents. In the expansive sea of trees where  life and death intersect, can the young Tamago take revenge on the  hated Tsukiyo? An unprecedented mushroom suspense begins.

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 762: The Inter High's starting line

Pag 1

2: I'll run

4: Miyazakii!!

Good luck, Kyushu teams!!

Let's do it, Kyushu!!

Hirayama-kun, you can do it!

5: Senpai, I'll replace your empty bottle

Thanks

6: Now

7: It's starting!

Soon?

Yes!!

8: Uh... ah....

Pag 2

1: In this Inter High!!

With my own legs!!

2: How many times have I pictured this?

Ah.....

3: How many times have I imagined this?

Uh.....

Pag 3

1: Myself standing inside the course!!

2: I can't breath properly and my heart is pounding

3: Earlier, I wanted to drink but my hands were shaking and I couldn't open the bottle

4: I was about to give up

5: If.....

Pfuii.....

6: If it's a dream

If this is a dream

Pag 4

1: Please don't wake up

I've worked too hard for this!!

Pag 5

1: Five minutes until the start of the boys' Inter High's first day!!

Pag 6

1: In the front, last year's champion, Sohoku High School, is lined up!!

Sohokuu...!!

Sohoku!!

Red-head!!

Ah, there's the orange-haired guy again!!

2: Ah.....

3: Ah..... in the front......

4: Don't look around so restlessly

Ye-yessir, teh

5: O-no-da-kuun

He's so cuteee!! Look this way!!

6: Ah- those are Back-gate.... Onoda-san's!?

They're his die-hard fans

Waa, as expected!! As expected!!

Pag 7

1: But he's so nervous that he turned to completely “ignoring” them

Ohhh...!!

2: Huh!? I don't know why, but seeing Onoda-san so nervous, is naturally.... making me relax, teh

Ah!! That was his goal!?

3: No, that's just his pre-race ritual

Don't worry about it

Teh!?

4: Also lined up in the front are the members of the local team of Fukuoka, the Fukuoka Josei High School

Pag 8

1: Behind them, are Kyushu's veterans, Kumamoto Daichi from Kumamoto

Kumamotoo!!

The super express of Higo country!!

2: Fukuokaa, Kumamotoo, take the stage!!

I'm looking forward to it.!!

3: We're looking forward to your race

Do you want to say a word?

Yes, uhm.... Higo

4: will work hard!!

We'll work hard!!

Pfuii

Pag 9

1: Wh... what are the conditions!?

2: Earlier you said “there are difficult conditions to meet in order to run”...!?

Yeah

3: It's simple.... but hard

4: Sugimoto, the fact that you're running in the Inter High

5: means that Sohoku now has seven members

6: Despite the rule that says that each team can only have up to six people, there is one that has seven

7: It's the same situation that would happen if, for example, you took a reserve from another team

During the race, they could do things like blocking the wind, or attack; the higher your number, the more at an advantage you are

They could even help preserve the ace

8: So, in order to maintain equality

Pag 10

1: during the race you cannot get close to “Sohoku”!!

2: It's better... if you avoid conversations with them too

You have to run like you're a member of the “selected team”

These are the conditions

3: It means that you have to break away from “Sohoku”!!

5: This is all I can help you with

Pag 11

3: Don't worry about Sohoku

They have Miki, and Sadatoki and Kinaka are reliable too

5: Are you Sohoku's Sugimoto-kun!?

Ah, ye-yes

Quick, wear this, and the number bib....

6: Thank you, Touji-san!!

7: Can you follow it? That rule

Pag 12

1: Yes!!

2: I'm a man who follow the rules, after all!!

Pag 13

2: From now on I'm not a Sohoku member... but I'll run as a member of the selected team!!

3: There wasn't much time but I remember

4: Iwatani-kun from Nishihori Hisch School in the Saga prefecture

Ah- yes

5: You.... you remember my name!?

As expected, Sohoku is amazing!!

I'm counting on you

Yessir!!

Pag 14

1: First year, Uchikawa-kun, from Matsushima Business school in the Miyagi Prefecture

Ah-woah

2: I've always done track and field, so I don't know much about road racing, but thank you!!

Yeah, do your best

3: Second year Kobayashi-kun from the same Matsushima business school

Yes!

4: Babagome-kun from Toyotsukita High School in the Aichi prefecture

I'm a second year!!

And the first year Shingi-kun from Izumobata High school in the Shimane prefecture

5: Hyoo, thank you so much!!

6: As expected from Sohoku, huh

That's why they're the two-times in a row champions!!

Pag 15

1: I'm a third year from Chiba, Sugimoto

2: I'll cheer for you from behind the scenes

3: Run without regrets

4: Yes!!

5: Sugimoto-san!!

We're counting on you, Sugimoto-san

Touji-san.....

6: And everyone.....

Pag 16

1: Thank you

2: Without realizing it, my shaking has calmed down

3: I'm prepared!!

4: Hydrate yourself frequently, and eat supplementary foods at fixed time

Once every forty minutes, remember it

Yessir

Yessir!

Ohh, such a precise advice

5: I'm glad, it's so reassuring! Who would have thought that there would be a member of Sohoku

When I heard that our coordinator, the third year Yamashita-san, was absent due to illness, I wondered “what do we do now”

I'm so glad!

Pag 17

1: Let's run!!

2: No matter how hard the road may be!! Without giving up!!

3: We'll fight, with all our strengths

But I'll tell you one thing first

4: Even if we give our everything, the probability that we'll lose is high!!

Huh

Huh

Prepare yourself

5: Because I know

6: The opponents we have to fight that are lined up before us....

Pag 18

1: I know how strong they are!!

Pag 19

2: And how much they long to win

Pag 20

1: And how hard they have worked!!

Pag 21

2: The first day of the Inter High tournament in the Fukuoka Prefcture, starts now!!

[readtilyoudie]

DURARARA! VOLUME 1

[viperkalas]

He found the little "Neophyte"

I thought I'd make a small two panel story as a way to practice perspective, how did I do?

[oldscythe]

in life you’ll find that siblings are often the same people in different fonts. that’s why i’m dwelling on twilight’s words here. “is this what being raised by yor does to someone?” isn’t a question that’s rooted in shock or frustration, but awe.

awe (n.) – a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.

twilight is used to targets staying down once he strikes them. he’s a notorious legend in ostania and wise’s best for a reason. yuri rising to his feet again as if he is antaeus (the mythological ancient greek giant who became more powerful every time he was knocked down in a fight) is one thing, but for twilight to view it as an extension of his wife rather than a quality unique to yuri himself is a sign of near deference.

(tldr: what’s it called when little details remind you of someone close to you? when suddenly things aren’t simply things but phantom limbs attached to your significant other that you can feel too? i believe it’s a four-letter word that rhymes with dove, but what do i know.)

[delusinaldreamer19]

Funny how the little snippet/trailer of the green witch arc that we got was better then the entirety of season 4.