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Submissive Higanbana was the funniest sight we could ever have and this chapter seems to have the sole purpose of showing the Mirror World. Thatâs it. Nothing more, nothing less.
Iâm still laughing hard at it, though. Mirror Sakunoshin was priceless and Kyouâs personality ended up surprising me a bit, heâs more gentle than his appearance in the Lunar Festival showed.
Cute chapter! I guess Ryukishi likes to splice in these interludes to break up the tension from the major chapters. I bet chapter 4 is gonna be intense.
Itâs an amusing sidestory chapter, itâs entertaining to see the âreversedâ versions of the charactersâ personalities. When I was first reading it I thought for a second that mirror-world Marie (after tying up mirror-world Kyou and entering the real world) would be an actual threat and the story would become more serious.
On a positive note Marie mentions that quite a few people have changed their opinions of Midori, itâs good to hear that there might be some hope for her after The Princessâ Lie ended so negatively.
Apparently geragera is onomatopoeia for a loud or hearty laugh.
Yeah I donât know what i can pull from this chapter, the mirror metaphor seemed to refer to the âdirtinessâ inside our hearts, weâve got that whole parable where appearances can be deceiving going on here, and i thought it was interesting that Kyou suggests Marie could have been like Mirror-Marie (or vice versa) under altered circumstances. I wished weâd gotten more time to understand why the characters in the mirror world were all so different, but i guess this wasnât really offering a sophisticated analysis, just a fun thought experiment.
The only other point that really stuck out to me was Marieâs thought that the Mirror-Marie would embody all of her ideals, Ryukishi suggests that the common fantasy that if only you could completely change your personality youâd be perfect is built on fantasy. The same goes with Marieâs friendship with Higanbana, the Mirror-Higanbana and Mirror-Sumire both lack their negative traits from Marieâs original world but are much less âpeopleâ in this one. The Youkai who were once proud are now hardly worth their screentime beyond being laughed at.
This isnât a particularly profound dialogue but itâs nice to see Ryukishi play around with his characters a bit
@VyseGolbez I really appreciated the Higanbana remix of Monochrome Clock, itâs a fantastic track to begin with and it just makes Mirror-Sakunoshin even stranger.
@Aspirety I sure hope so! Gimme that scary ghost story Ryukishi!
