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mayoraaseiRead FB 17 yesterday - this is the one where Akito's secret is revealed.
I've read the translations online before (a long time ago) but somehow the Chinese translations seems to give me a different impression of the events to what I've read before. Now, the Taiwanese Jiandui's translations are bland at best and a lot dodgier than the old Daran's translations. I miss Daran T___T Come back!
So the confusing quadrangle goes like this:
Akito likes Shigure
Shigure likes Akito
Akito abhors her mother
Akito's mother abhors Akito
The spell on Kureno is broken and Akito begs him not to leave
Out of pity Kureno agrees
Out of pity, Kureno agrees to sleep with Akito
Shigure gets pissed
Shigure goes and sleeps with Akito's mother
Akito kicks Shigure out of the house
Shigure very happily complies (thus he lives away from the main house)
@_____@ It's so bizarre.
Summary: Kureno watches the DVD of the school play where Uotani screams "I WANT TO SEE YOU DAMN IT!!!" He tries to find Tooru and Shigure picks up the phone, so Kureno reveals his status to Shigure. He then approaches Tooru and tells her that it's impossible to see Uo even though he likes her "because there is a girl he must stay with".
Only Kureno, Shigure, Ayame and Hatori remember the "dream" (that Shigure had mentioned before) about their "God" being conceived. Ritsu had also been born but he was too young to remember. Kureno appears to have been very close with Akito before, Akito says to him "I wonder what it's like to be able to fly". One day, without any forewarnings, Kureno's spell broke. He says that he felt relieved, freed, but also a little regretful that he could no longer fly. Akito screamed when she felt the bond gone, and begged Kureno not to leave her, so he stayed.
Kureno calls Akito "a very pitiable girl". We are shown a meeting between she and her mother, and they scream hurtful words at each other. Her mother has an attachment to a man...whose romanji name I don't know ~~; She was screaming "if I die I can go to heaven and see him!"
Kureno leaves Tooru, telling her that he won't be able to see Uo-chan, despite that he cried when he said so ~~; Tooru is immobilised by shock - and neither of the two noticed that Isuzu (Rin) seems to have heard their conversation. Hana-chan "feels" Tooru's crying calling for her, Tooru unloads half the problem on Hana. Kureno's words, the "I can't leave her even after the spell is broken" seems to awaken fears in Tooru that even after the spell is broken, she would be unable to save Kyo (my interpretation).
Uo-chan hears the entire conversation between Hana-chan and Tooru, and she makes an effort to put her feelings for Kureno behind her.
After that, a little interlude where we get some Kyo/Tooru ickiness. Yuki is no longer bothered by their intimacy. His relationship with Machi seems to be taking an interesting step ahead (though very honestly, I shudder to think what their house would look like if they ever ended up together...they're even worse at housework than I am! And that says a lot!)
I still like Yuki's relationship with Manabe better XDDD
Shigure's editor seems to be getting along quite well with Ritsu. We end with a confrontation with Akito and Shigure. Akito screams at Shigure that he slept with "that woman" (her mother), and Shigure counters that it's because she slept with Kureno. There's some flashbacks of a younger Shigure saying that Akito was the one he "always thought of". Then some weird internal monologue with Shigure saying he wanted to completely break/shatter Akito. Then...somehow or another, Akito forces a kiss on Shigure, who doesn't resist...and the two of them end up having sex. W.T.H.
Anyway.
It was a confusing volume. I wonder if I should blame it on the translations or the fact I haven't kept up with the plot ==;
Oh yeah, Rin also disappeared >__>;
I need someone to correct me, but it seems that at volume 17 the time is still with Tooru et friends in 2nd year senior high and approaching (2nd year) graduation? I'm guessing the ending's going to take place in 3rd year, probably towards the end near their graduation, where a lot of problems about Kyo's eventual fate are going to surface. That's going to be another 10 volumes.....argggggghhhh.
I've read the translations online before (a long time ago) but somehow the Chinese translations seems to give me a different impression of the events to what I've read before. Now, the Taiwanese Jiandui's translations are bland at best and a lot dodgier than the old Daran's translations. I miss Daran T___T Come back!
So the confusing quadrangle goes like this:
Akito likes Shigure
Shigure likes Akito
Akito abhors her mother
Akito's mother abhors Akito
The spell on Kureno is broken and Akito begs him not to leave
Out of pity Kureno agrees
Out of pity, Kureno agrees to sleep with Akito
Shigure gets pissed
Shigure goes and sleeps with Akito's mother
Akito kicks Shigure out of the house
Shigure very happily complies (thus he lives away from the main house)
@_____@ It's so bizarre.
Summary: Kureno watches the DVD of the school play where Uotani screams "I WANT TO SEE YOU DAMN IT!!!" He tries to find Tooru and Shigure picks up the phone, so Kureno reveals his status to Shigure. He then approaches Tooru and tells her that it's impossible to see Uo even though he likes her "because there is a girl he must stay with".
Only Kureno, Shigure, Ayame and Hatori remember the "dream" (that Shigure had mentioned before) about their "God" being conceived. Ritsu had also been born but he was too young to remember. Kureno appears to have been very close with Akito before, Akito says to him "I wonder what it's like to be able to fly". One day, without any forewarnings, Kureno's spell broke. He says that he felt relieved, freed, but also a little regretful that he could no longer fly. Akito screamed when she felt the bond gone, and begged Kureno not to leave her, so he stayed.
Kureno calls Akito "a very pitiable girl". We are shown a meeting between she and her mother, and they scream hurtful words at each other. Her mother has an attachment to a man...whose romanji name I don't know ~~; She was screaming "if I die I can go to heaven and see him!"
Kureno leaves Tooru, telling her that he won't be able to see Uo-chan, despite that he cried when he said so ~~; Tooru is immobilised by shock - and neither of the two noticed that Isuzu (Rin) seems to have heard their conversation. Hana-chan "feels" Tooru's crying calling for her, Tooru unloads half the problem on Hana. Kureno's words, the "I can't leave her even after the spell is broken" seems to awaken fears in Tooru that even after the spell is broken, she would be unable to save Kyo (my interpretation).
Uo-chan hears the entire conversation between Hana-chan and Tooru, and she makes an effort to put her feelings for Kureno behind her.
After that, a little interlude where we get some Kyo/Tooru ickiness. Yuki is no longer bothered by their intimacy. His relationship with Machi seems to be taking an interesting step ahead (though very honestly, I shudder to think what their house would look like if they ever ended up together...they're even worse at housework than I am! And that says a lot!)
I still like Yuki's relationship with Manabe better XDDD
Shigure's editor seems to be getting along quite well with Ritsu. We end with a confrontation with Akito and Shigure. Akito screams at Shigure that he slept with "that woman" (her mother), and Shigure counters that it's because she slept with Kureno. There's some flashbacks of a younger Shigure saying that Akito was the one he "always thought of". Then some weird internal monologue with Shigure saying he wanted to completely break/shatter Akito. Then...somehow or another, Akito forces a kiss on Shigure, who doesn't resist...and the two of them end up having sex. W.T.H.
Anyway.
It was a confusing volume. I wonder if I should blame it on the translations or the fact I haven't kept up with the plot ==;
Oh yeah, Rin also disappeared >__>;
I need someone to correct me, but it seems that at volume 17 the time is still with Tooru et friends in 2nd year senior high and approaching (2nd year) graduation? I'm guessing the ending's going to take place in 3rd year, probably towards the end near their graduation, where a lot of problems about Kyo's eventual fate are going to surface. That's going to be another 10 volumes.....argggggghhhh.
