manga log

In 178, Gash received a letter from someone called Lein, claiming to be his friend. Hahaha, who would have thought Gash had friends? I really liked Lein, but his arc didn't sit right with me ... I understand the dilemma of Lein wanting to burn his own book to protect Kyle, but dammit was Kyle an annoying little whiner. I understand being afraid of monsters and fighting and of speaking your mind against adults, but I think having him only say "miiii miiiii miiii" until the very end was pushing that characterization. I didn't feel that his sudden outburst in 183 was very convincing; seriously, I didn't even think he knew that many words. A bit sudden. Lein was a great character, though.

So the new big enemy, I guess, is called Liou and is gathering strong monsters from all over the world to break the seal on that big castle thing which they're calling ... ファウード. I have no idea how that's supposed to be spelled (yes, even less an idea that with the rest of the cast). Fawood? What draws my curiousity is that we don't see Liou's human partner. As far as I recall, there have been monsters who were physically strong and could fight without their books, but there haven't been any before who could use any sort of magic without a book, was there? Hmmm.

As for the Momon v. Tio battle ... Tio scares the hell out of me. I'm curious as to why Megumi can't read that new spell, though I guess it's something like Bao Zakelga which won't work unless under a special condition, perhaps.

187 was sort of ... weird. There have been many Suzume-centric episodes between battles, but this one is directly Kiyomaro/Suzume, and even has a shojo-manga feel to it. Not that it's bad, but ... it threw me off. I think it signifies that the big battle coming up really will be the last. Not that it wasn't obvious from 188, where Elly, Ted, and Zeon also head to the Fawood (wait, what about Brago?). Awwwwwww. Does this mean Gash will end before reaching volume 30? I think it might.

188 was a big important revelations chapter, but I forgot all about that when Folgore appeared. It's been so looooong without Fol-sama! I'll cherish these two panels forever! Or, you know, until he appears again. Com'on Kiyomaro, run to Folgore's place! Come quick, next issue!