Okay, so the interesting thing here is that the Nao doesn't look like she'll be an actual romantic rival. Instead, she seems to be a way to reveal the Honjouji's self-sabotaging, self-defeating nature. She just barely has this idea bout tousling the lead's hair. Then she meets the new girl...
@newmangareader246: If the intel is coming from Albert then he's a lot smarter and sneakier than he seems to be. I mean, Albert just seems kind of . . . dumb.
The humans are in the wrong regarding this specific action, but we don't know where it's all coming from. Is it the mad leadership of...
They went from cute babies on an adventure to inter-kingdom politics to fire and carnage.
And you know, they'll probably still find some way to make Akari magically preggers again by the end of this arc. Like, maybe some sort of side effect from some kind of elven medicine she has to take or...
Yay! The adventures of oddly prolific teen fantasy mom are back!
[Thinks about what I just wrote for a minute]
Man I read some weird stuff.
And yeah, the humans are evil. But you kind of need them to be if you're going to play the demons as the good guys.
I've never been quite so jealous of a manga character. 😡
MY RADISHES DIDN'T GROW AT ALL! WELL, THE TOPS DID BUT THE ROOT DIDN'T!
Sorry. First time gardener woes.
@Daremo- "He and his father can be so stubborn, tch..."
"So you're really getting married."
"You're totally getting married after all."
"I know you're really getting married."
It's almost like someone told Grandma the premise of the manga.
@csmicmind
Thank you for the historical context, because that was lost on me. I do get the whole Princess Kaguya fairy tale part, though.
For the record, if anyone is having trouble with the fairy tale part, I suggest reading "The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child" from Japanese Folktales by...
Apparently, Nasa-kun and Tsukasa-kun might have a fairy tale marriage.
Unfortunately, it's one of those tragic Japanese fairy tales where someone is left longing for what could not last.
Well, as a fairy tale geek, I'm digging all the "Bamboo Cutter" references. Kaguya herself seems to be a riff on the idea of "What if a girl from the moon really did act like she was alien" even to the point where the foster parents who took her in left her to her own devices because they...
@Casndi: "her kids are good kids all 12 of them(this includes the ones not born yet)"
10 children. Not 12. Don't go making Akari's work even harder for her.
Prediction: Hellhounds will become the demon equivalent of horses. They start the chapter talking about what long journeys they're...
So many questions brought up in the comments. For fun, let's see if we can hash out some possible answers:
1) "If security is that lax, then how is it the demons haven't been invaded and lost the war already?" Okay, first of all, let's reiterate something that was stated earlier in this...
Exactly what @sakuchi said. She's confused, doesn't know what she's doing and doesn't know how to rely on other people. Dating was never part of the equation before (at least, not to her sober self). I think usually when you encounter this situation in manga, a character like this will...
Regarding the issue with Akari naming her kids French numbers, we should remember that one of the big gimmicks for this manga is the sheer number of children she's going to have all while remaining a virgin. By using numbers as names, it's a way to make sure the audience can keep track of how...