One pf the frustrations of covering a manga – especially a monthly (and sometimes not even that, in this case) is that there are times I simply miss the release of a chapter. So it was with this chapter of Otoyomegatari, and not for the first time either. It’s been out there for weeks and I didn’t even notice.
I imagine 76 will be along soon enough, but this chapter is a fairly sedate one concentrating on setting up the journey ahead. A randy stallion (shot down!), a herd of geese and a shepherd (gosherd?), an abandoned house on the plain serving as a communal shelter. It’s a slice of life on the road, to be sure, but above and beyond that doesn’t seem to have shuffled the deck much.
At this point, while these idyll panels are as ever enjoyable, it’s more a matter of speculating on what’s going to come next. Will Mori stay with this story thread for a while? And if she does, what will be the source of the first real drama on this journey? There are certainly perils aplenty – rising tension with Russia, bandits, the encroaching winter. But with Smith and Talas in seemingly extraordinarily capable hands with Ali and Niklovski, it’s going to take something extraordinary to provide a real threat.
Stefan
October 9, 2018 at 1:40 amI simply can’t not love every single panel this series has to offer. Sliding a little sideways into the off-topic there, what about HxH, manga’s second strongest suit? Are you about to cover it once you switch on the relief valve for the general business in your daily life?
Guardian Enzo
October 9, 2018 at 6:22 amThat’s still the plan, but I’m kind of waiting to see how the season sorts itself out first.
elianthos
October 9, 2018 at 9:10 pm– ‘We’ll meet again. I’m sure of it!’ But are we?
– BoyHorse a no means no. But to be fair not everyone is as seemingly in control of his desires – if any – as your Victorian gent rider :,D.
– The oil lamp in the ‘communal house’ basically has kept the same design of those used in the Roman Empire 8D .
– in terms of possible drama in/towards Antalya… a snippet from wikipedia concerning the period : ‘In the 19th century, in common with most of Anatolia, its sovereign was a “dere bey” (landlord or landowner). The family of Tekke Oğlu, domiciled near Perge had been reduced to submission in 1812 by Mahmud II, but continued to be a rival power to the Ottoman governor until the early 20th century, surviving by many years the fall of the other great beys of Anatolia. ‘