@karasutengu said in Duchess in the Attic (Manga) Vol 7 Discussion:

Was that Beth in Chapter Two's last panel? (Someone help me out please.)

I’m assuming so, but I don’t remember the LN well enough to be sure. :p

Well, the starch is new!

"Monica Adrashelm is a proud noble, and a warrior. She is prepared for death.

Slaine: But... have you seen her body? I'm not sacrificing that!

It looks like the mangaka decided Morgan's death in the LN wasn't climactic enough. Or, possibly, that they thought Slaine in the books didn't come off as enough of an action hero?

"For raising my blade against a woman, forgive me."

Such an odd line. Sure, you'd expect actual medieval knights to at least pay lip service to the concept of chivalry... But in this setting, where female military officers are clearly a thing, there shouldn't be a taboo against fighting them...

...And don't eat the horses!

Conclusion: If he doesn't think he's dating our sister, we just need to nudge them some, 'cause we won't find anyone better than him.

@Ingraman said in I Parry Everything (Manga) Vol 5 Discussion:

That is such a look of confidence on her face on the last page. She’s ready to take it on! ^o^

Looks to me more like a deer staring into head-lights. (lol)

@Isshou said in Livid Lady (Manga) Vol 8 Discussion:

Poor delusional prince's consort... with a future queen like her, I'm afraid the kingdom isn't going to last to see her failure of a reign.

Though I'm not sure the prince needs any help in bringing about the ruin of his kingdom. Not reading or realizing the consequences of what he's signing, his stupidity, and the mass of illegal activities and bad diplomacy he's doing all for his pride it going to destroy their alliances, their economy, and finally their kingdom.

Still I wonder if the Kingdom would have found out who was behind the Coin stuff without Elizabeth's spy and manage to investigate so fast. Surely they would have, but the speed allowed them to trap Friede.
Let's imagine Elizabeth wasn't there, the Kingdom would have figured out what Friede was doing, so they could have had the time to stop any investigation, the treaty would not have been signed and any proofs destroyed.

About the treaty, the Manga changed that part. Friede actually read the entire treaty in the Light Novel, thinking there could be a trap (he realize Lucas' goal was to get him sign that treaty from the start). But in that case, it's not clear how the treaty was written.

V4ch4

Once again we seem to be out of order: Carmine hears about Haculea's folly on page 28, then gets it explained to him on page 14. How is it that JNC is so very prone to publishing manga pages out of order?

The family tree (bottom of page 16 in the ordering I am currently seeing) does not agree with the text. It shows Haculea as mother of Cardinal. This should be the emperor's unnamed sister.

This one isn't a problem JNC can fix: In the map showing the minister of Ceremony returning to his duchy, the borders show Teyanave as a separate country, but it has not yet declared independence.

And finally, my regular criticism of architecture, this time the spy boss's compound. It is pretty good. The main issue is that there is no gate in the gateway. Given the effort put into the wall around the compound and the sensitivity of what goes on there, it makes no sense to have such an enormously wide unblocked gateway. Also, the gateway has a horizontal beam all the way across it. This is a huge distance (perhaps 10-15 meters?) and they don't have steel I beams in this world. Nor is this beam serving any purpose.

The courtyard is small and deep --- it will get very little sunlight. However, as it is a paved training ground rather than a garden, this is fine.

I feel there should be many more chimneys.

Insolence? Perhaps. But it's also good investigative practice.

@Ingraman ...along with the blood and gore. Most satisfying indeed.

@Ingraman Yeah, for her...
and Lettie too. (Please hurry up and "do the deed")

Go Go Geezer Ranger!

Ahem.

Seika is a mean drunk with an obnoxious mouth isn't he...

Correction? v3c2, pg29, panel 1 - “You… what?” looks like it should be in his empty bubble/balloon at the bottom of the panel, rather than as part of her monologue. It doesn’t seem to fit in with what she’s saying in the two panels, and seems more like his reaction.

@groudonvert-own27br said in Livid Lady (Manga) Vol 9 Discussion:

You know, the release date was put on June 16. before I mentionned the mistake.
So we would have had chapter 49 before chapter 48 xD

It wouldn’t have been the first time that JNC starts a new book before finishing the old book. :)

Third time? I don’t know… I only recall one previous instance, but I haven’t been here since the beginning and I haven’t been tracking all of the JNC titles. ^_^

Sarge: "Oh, no, Amelia - you stay. I'm only going along with this for the chance to try a lap pillow."
Amelia: "But... that's my shoulder..."
Sarge: "I'm working up to it, okay?!"

Amelia: "If you say things like that... I'll find it harder to feign ignorance to stall the romance plot..."