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TopicTom reads through the Bolo Family Manga Collection (spoilers)
Tom Bombadil
06/12/18 3:50:12 PM
#75:


Afterschool Charisma Vol. 8
https://imgur.com/a/nJiwuTA

This is the last volume we have, so let's hope everything wraps up nicely! I think there are a couple more we don't have and a couple beyond that that didn't get translated? So don't hold your breath.

Einstein Alter says that the Strikers didn't send the attacker- it's just a guy who was moved by Hitler's speech. Rockswell sees through...whatever it is that Leonardo's up to, but Kamiya believes in Shiro. Newton died in the attack. Leonardo is still pressuring Shiro to lead the school, and tells him it's his turn to suffer in his original's shadow.

Shiro and Marie bail on the...whatever place this is where Leonardo has them, but Leonardo is monitoring. They meet a hobo who offers to help them find some food, and who introduces himself as Jesus Christ. Hooo boy. Jesus takes them to a soup kitchen, where they get some food, stay the night, and then go on some errands to earn their keep. Guys in suits are waiting for them to bring them back- apparently Marie was supposed to have talked Shiro into returning, but wasn't moving quickly enough. Shiro runs, and Kuroe manages to help him escape.

Leonardo calls that Robert Green guy and tells him to eliminate Shiro...but Green is hanging out with Shiro and Kuroe at the time, and claims there's nothing to worry about. Green is one of the people in the mysterious People In Charge Video Conferences! He sics some suit guys on Leonardo, having him removed and just...cut loose. He's not doing too hot on the outside, but runs into Jesus.

Benjamin the Reporter is still looking into the school, and coming to the realization that clones are people. He also vaguely recognizes Kamiya. Hitler's really starting to build a following in the mainstream. Both he and Shiro are starting to think about death's role for a clone.

My rating: 7/10
The calm before some sort of storm. Too bad we're not gonna see the storm! :\

Overall rating: 8/10
Boy this was a weird one, but I quite enjoyed it! Lots and lots of intrigue and politics, which is something I've recently come to realize I appreciate in fiction. They eased up on the gratuitous fanservice once the plot started getting heavier, too. Starting to get a bit more philosophical than I'd prefer, but there were only a few points that I felt the pacing really slow down to do that.

We'll be returning to Blood+ for the extra stuff now, so no hint needed.

Bonus question: What's your favorite use of either straight historical fiction or reincarnation/summoning/misc. shenanigans (like here or Fate)?
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