>>66107 There's still some anons, obviously fewer than the other ch

>>66107 At least 5 of us!

>>66107 Yes I said I would be

>>60920 thanks TL anon

Every other recent chapter is so clearly rushed, wrapping up side characters entire backstory, character development and arc all at warp speed. The major villain Edward appears to have been suddenly and neatly written out of the story, sent off the netorare-village, so that the broader narrative with Grandfather-sama and the other Ojii-sans can take over. Everything Anthony, once carefully crafted and parceled out slowly, has become a gargantuan mess of contrivances. It's honestly becoming a chore to read now, with nonstop walls of text, plot dumps, and all the CHILDREN of the manor suddenly acting like battle-hardened insurgents spending 99% of their time planning 88D chess. It's a shame, all of the charm and mystique of the setting has long since been stripped away in a mad dash to the conclusion. The graceful axe looms. Keito-sama is still the best though. I will persist for her.

>>11499 the irregular release + the snail's pace it had before + the sudden rush towards the end of the story ahs clearly alienated a whole bunch of the audience

>>66252 it doesn't help that they can't even get a third season since the first season butchered a lot of the charm

>>66268 The first season was incredible (until the anime original end.) The setting and mystery of the manors were so damn interesting I didn't make it 3 episodes before I had to rush off and spoiler myself on the manga. Though I can't deny that the awful ending of S1 knee-capped any hype it could have had, leading to the inevitable decline even though it eked out a S2 in the end. It would have fared much better if the anime version of The Promised Neverland wasn't so recent in peoples memory at the time. That debacle was so awful people couldn't help negatively comparing the two. If it was releasing right now instead things would be way different, for sure.

>>66252 At least textwise it's always been a lot. The swing from the backstories the past few chapters, which Somato had to put there because fucking editors, to the apparently final arc is quitie jarring though.

>>66266 >sudden rush towards the end of the story nigga we literally wasted six months on a re-run of the debut for no reason.

At least here we won't have to worry about the thread getting archived early

Chapter 221's TL. I typeset it for once, but honestly even low-effort typesetting takes as much time or longer than translating. Should've been around 90 minutes translating after having read it over once before, and around 100 minutes typesetting + fixing some formulations as I was doing it.

>>70690 That expression Joseph is using is a Japanese proverb. It literally means "haste is good"; it basically refers to acting on good ideas immediately. And yes, it's literally "theme park". テーマパーク

>>70691 Emiliko's line there is my bad attempt at matching the similar sounds of 救護班 and 急拵え which both start with "kyuugo". Or at least I guess that is what Emiliko is giggling about.

I wish kate were older. So I could sexually harass her It's not a moral thing, I just don't care for under-developed bodies

>>70692 Apparently I still suck cock.

Are we supposed to believe Joseph's story? Sounds like a bunch of bullshit with a lot of holes and contradictions. I'm also not entirely convinced that he didn't netorare Alfred and is actually Kate's real father.

>>11173 I dropped out of this for a long while because of trouble in my life. is it really almost over? I guess we're deep in the 20s or 30s volume wise so it would make sense, but it seemed like there was so much more to deal with.

>>71518 If Joseph actually can be trusted, we might be in the endgame. His recent talks with Kate gave a lot of background info and "plan" to deal with Great Grandfather.

Chapter 225: Reunion tagline: Two people that shouldn't be there. Somewhere they shouldn't be. >Hey, hey >so you finally found us. >It's been a while, Edward. >You louts ... why are you here?

>>72397 >No ... in the first place, you jumped off from the Passageway of Glory?! >The chance that you, with your small soot amount, would get away unscathed from falling off the cliff into a bed of rocks is zero! >I had some help you see. >From Christopher's living doll, "Anthony". >ANTHONY?! >Long ago Christopher failed the unification! Together with his living doll! Thinking conventionally, that is.

>>72398 >Anthony is a human that originally entered the House to reclaim it. >Since he avoided being brainwashed, I'm sure that also meant him being able to outlive that. >Reclaim it? From who? >Shadows House was originally the property of humans. >That of Alfred, Anthony's father. >Surprising, isn't it? We didn't know that much back when we were in the House.

>>72399 >We tried getting off the island right after escaping from the House. >It all went swimmingly up to the procedures for boarding the ship at Smog Gate. >However, due to some mysterious health complications, I was laid up in bed. >Even after that, for some reason we didn't get off the island. >When we were at a loss searching for employment, a certain man called out to us. >You're a Shadow, right? Please come with me. >Why woul a mere villager know of the Shadows' existence? >We were anxious, but in our exhaustion we couldn't but follow him.

>>72400 >He introduced himself as a remnant of a group, the "Mirror Family", that aimed to reclaim the House. >That's the villager who called out to you this noon ... Jeremy's father. >After Alfred's death, the Mirror Family was about to stop operating, but there was an atmosphere that wouldn't just give up up on reclaiming the House. >Jeremy knew these circumstances and was the last infiltrator. >I was taught a lot here. They even were so kind to earnestly listen to my story, even though I was one of those detestable Shadows. >So the wall I felt from their reactions was not especially due to Coalmine being a locality managing coal mining... >but rather that was because of the remnants of the Mirror Family?

>>72401 >The greatest generation. >The one who created that was Anthony... >Have we been >dancing in the palm of his hand from the start? >There's still more. >Anthony is... >The House ... is supposed to be a human's ... Anthony's...? >Who,

>>72402 >who would even believe such thoughtless words! >Stop mocking Great Grandfather! >This shitty ... rebellious element! >We'll catch you and drag you back to the House! >Whoah!

>>72403 >You're easy as always to understand, Edward. >When you lose your cool, it's whenever your pride gets wounded. >Think well and take a look! The larger part of your feelings got nothing to do with Great Grandfather! >Silence! >Christopher couldn't become an adult. >Even though it should have ended there...

>>72404 >Even though we should've long since eclipsed him! We ascended to the second floor! So why! >Haha! You're totally preoccupied with thinking about Christopher and Anthony, right? >Shut up for a moment! You're bloody annoying as always! >Like the other children, you were influenced by Christopher's thinking. >The "greatest generation" was but Christopher and Anthony! >Face your real feelings! >Why are you getting so angry?

>>72405 >The answer is simple. >Jealousy. *yeets visually*

>>72406 >Don't talk shit however you like it! >Wah?! >Oh ... so Gerald's soot power was moving things on which soot was stuck, huh. >And Aileen's soot power was just a messenger bird! >You sure are gutsy for someone who's cornered. >A soot pigeon will still easily tear out something like your internal organs! >If you won't just obediently admit your loss, you'll regret it.

>>72407 >Heh. >You can't win against the current me. >Stop it with the crap! >This farce ends now!

>>72408 >...? >Why?! My soot power won't activate. >Gerald's soot power was released as well! >No way! Did you just eliminate our soot powers with some wind? >Nothing so fancy as elimination. >I just borrowed them. >With all that soot you spread and stirred up in your anger. >Did you forget? I can use other people's soot.

>>72409 >Uwaaah! >Ugh. >Kyaaa!

>>72410 >I told you there's still more, right? >Well, listen to me while staying like that for a bit. >Hmghp! >The Anthony that you hate killed his own father, Alfred. >I ought to break off my cooperation with him as well. >And apart from that, there is also something about Great Grandfather that I must know.

>>72411 >So please, >help me get back to the House! >Let us go back together to Shadows House! >WHAT?!