@Nanji I'd very much recommend it - the pacing has been all over the place for a while now, so I decided to hold out for 4-5 chaps at a time (that was the limit of my patience lol). Worked great for me at least.
Belly fat doesn't automatically mean someone is unfit - it could actually act as a reliable reserve of energy during long and uncertain military expeditions, or times of drought that were much more prevalent in earlier times. And there's nothing to suggest they aren't rugged and hardy underneath...
@Grimmycoffee His Bruce Lee persona notwithstanding (call it the 'Kato connection', if you get the reference), I personally find it rather hard to sympathize with someone who went on and beyond what was called of him to partake in wholesale slaughter of a people who (as far as I know at least)...
Is there ANYONE in this story who doesn't have a repressed crush on Akio??
Also, those who are still talking of the "old" and "new" Shiori even at this stage are missing the point big-time here - it's been the same personality all along, only now she remembers and appreciates what made her act...
The biggest shock here is how no one gave two shits about how Maho felt about any of this - she's the one who's been most traumatized by any of this to begin with. In fact I felt it was unbelievably insensitive of Akio to even invite her to their house without getting her consent first. I'm...
Don't let the hateful comments fool ya, this is so comically over-the-top with its wish-fulfilling trashiness that it comes full circle and emerges a goddamn masterpiece!! Seriously, trust me on this one