The author’s note for this chapter says that it might not come out for a few weeks, since the author’s adding something to better explain the story, and promises that Adventures in St.Gloriana Part 2 is coming out soon. Said chapter was posted on May 21, 2013.
Ian and Hana hear the gunshots, and suspect that Vincent’s dealing with some perverts. The two have “a nice lunch after sex,” when Brent reveals that Vincent’s in the hospital, and only family and Saori are admitted.
Hana asks Ian about Vincent, and Ian says he’s heard from Gage that Vincent’s “a hardened soldier” and the best man in the platoon since the age of six, but he doesn’t know how much is true- I wouldn’t, either, considering how unbelievable his backstory is. Nonna greets Ian, saying that she’s his first play mate. After she leaves, Ian says that it’s “a long story” about how he knows her, but Hana insists “with a grin that would make the devil himself cringe.”
Gage is at a bar, and while he’s vowed to quit drinking for Nyra, he isn’t giving up now.
Saori and Nyra are in Vincent’s hospital room. Nyra insists that Saori leave, since the match ceremony will start and Vincent is going to die. Saori is shocked that Nyra seemingly doesn’t care about her brother, but Nyra says it’s just as hard on her.
Elsewhere, Vincent feels himself floating in a dark void, believing he deserves to go to Hell for abandoning Nyra and Saori, until Saori’s voice reaches to him. Back in reality, Vincent flatlines, and Saori despairs, saying that they promised to grow old together. Finally, the monitor stirs, and Vincent comes to, telling Saori he loves her and promising never to leave again.
Some time later, Saori wakes up, with Vincent still asleep, and Lash and Sonja come over, asking if Vincent had died. Saori explains that he’s fine now, and Lash is pleased, calling Vincent “brother” even if they’re not related.
Of course, the girls from the 4BL program remember that they’re Vincent’s opponents in the tournament, but luckily for them, they won’t face each other until the final match.Unfortunately, the tournament starts tomorrow, leaving the question of whether Vincent will be ready.
Saori has Lash and Sonja over, and when Miho finds the three in the same bed with their underwear on, asks if Saori is “Lesbo.” Saori insists that she’s just giving her friends a place to stay.
Vincent’s released from the hospital in time for the match, and when Brent asks if he’s fine, silently insists that he is.
Then the first match of the tournament starts, and what is possibly the most unbelievable development in this fic happens.
“The match went totally in their favor and they won an out standing victory. The second match, the semi-finals, they had a few losses but still won. The final’s was the toughest match. The opponent’s were the 4B3TT3RL1F3 program. The Mark III was the first tank to be taken out because of a sneak attack and it all went down hill from there. The final match ended in defeat.”
Considering that most GuP fics give at least a full chapter (and one much longer than the ones here) to the tank battles, this is almost unthinkable. Granted, the first two matches were probably irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, but the third, in which the seemingly unstoppable protagonists actually lose, is Wham Episode material. This, more than any other scene, is the crowning moment in which this fic no longer feels like a GuP fic
Vincent then gets back and sees the captain, who informs him that the Oarai ship was attacked, and they’re at war, another development worthy of a Wham Episode that’s glossed over immediately. Vincent says they’ll get ready, and the captain gives him a week. So much has happened in these last few paragraphs, so how will the story end?
Unfortunately, we\'ll probably never know. As of this writing, it hasn’t been updated in over five years, so it probably never will be. My guess is that the author didn’t know what to do next- when authors don’t write themselves into a corner, they often get stuck shortly after the “real” story starts, and don’t know where to go from there.
While Boys Do Tankary is terrible for the most part, with a nonsensical plot, poor worldbuilding and flat characters, it did have some redeeming features. The author did follow the Fandom Specific Plot of boys in tankery, but he did introduce some of his own twists. Some of the scenes were genuinely funny, as if we were laughing along with the author, rather than at him. As such, this liveblog, my first in a long while, was a fairly short but enjoyable roject.
That’s all for now. I hope to see you again when and if this fic is updated.
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