Storytime: Saike Mata Shitemo / Saike Once Again Volume 9

Once again, the cover suits the volume on multiple levels. I love it.

Volume 1: Volume 2: Volume 3: Volume 4: Volume 5: Volume 6: Volume 7: Volume 8: Thread Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ
Previous Fukuchi storytimes (and a few others): bun.filedit.ch/OQVKlnJdyIUfsZWCOalP.txt
How to save time (and appreciate two-page story rhythms) by doublepaging your storytime volumes (v1.5): bun.filedit.ch/FdizrfFHdLQYwUkQdtg.txt

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....Yes, this tool talks a big game about being for the rights of Oracle Holders, yet here he is mercilessly exploiting what he calls "his kind" for his own purposes. And with little reservation about giving away their lives to pay the way for his "justice". Now he's calling Saike useless because he can't use his Oracle (that Johann knows of).
That dirty quisling Double Witch.
On that note, I like how he assumes the Chuuni Squad arranged for Raj to become a taxi, when the alien from Planet Charge-a-lot's desire to really help them just happened all on its own.

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>Everything in a ten-meter radius goes blank and silent
>The only way not to be affected is to be Shinamachi Yuki or touching Shinamachi Yuki
Holy FUCK, Silent Mist is lewd.
I can't think of many types that would strongly desire this type of power; the most mild is a shy shrinking violet, and unless she's changed before we even see her, Shinamachi doesn't seem shy at all. Just reserved.
I am forced to conclude that before Kuroda contained her worst impulses, she must have been a thief_

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Somehow, I got to thinking:
>Is part of the reason Hizu acts so damn nuts because he gave up smoking seemingly cold-turkey over a month ago?
I mean, I'm the one who pointed out that Saike gave his life the fun he was looking for AND meaning he didn't expect to find, but even with that and a past that means he grew up abnormal, his Saike fixation has really gotten excessive. And it feels like a very gradual shift.

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>"I want my grandfather to live a long life"
>He's gonna, barring fatal accident
Nice.

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Oh hay, it's Ueki's backstory with different players at hand.

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New (known and assumable) death count: 4.
Yeah, yeah, Saike, you're going to turn into Ueki 2.
Is he getting addicted to the drownings or something?

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(Sometimes the translation seems rather odd.)
>Those eyes
He's 9000% high.
Saike, why is it okay for you to use asphyxiation but Hizu has to give up his cigs?

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This shows how obsessed Saike's become now, any normal person would be traumatized about using that oracle after it internally tore them apart to near death but Saike couldn't be more excited about it again. Even Hizu and Ana is showing concern about this.

I've compared Mikan to Suzuki Sakura before, but she's had far more screen time and involvement in the story than he ever did.
Whether she's had significantly more relevance, though... that's debatable.

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>Saike is an M
Fukuchi please
I like how the abbreviation works equally well in Japanese and English.
Yep. His brand of insanity is exactly the right kind to bear having Once Again without breaking down... for better and for worse.

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This does resolve one thing that bothered me about Law of Ueki
Namely, there didn't seem to be much attention paid to, for instance, full-grown trees appearing where they shouldn't. (Unless the God Candidates were in charge of cleaning up after their contestant's messes? I can see that, But Tell Us, yes? Just like how if the point is that Celery Beasts are So Convenient because a God literally made them that way aeons ago, okay, but Tell Us. That's not the type of thing you should leave to readers to extrapolate, since they're already inclined to find it BS.)

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Burgers take note: this is exactly how many school shooters are born.
Observe.

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Ah, Saike. You're too nuts to comprehend why all this would be scary.
Which is kind of incredible because you took a trip to Sakagami's Dreamland, however brief.

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user is right; this art style just doesn't match the story being told.

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Oh shit.
I'm not even going to mention what I flashed on there.
Those who know it too are probably already cursing me.

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