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LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
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#201: Jul 29th 2011 at 8:02:15 AM

I'm loving this manga so far. Arakawa's brand of humor definitely suits something like this. Oh, and, pffft, Holstein club [lol]

edited 29th Jul '11 8:06:57 AM by LiberatedLiberater

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#202: Jul 30th 2011 at 3:18:08 AM

New chapter.

Hints of drama and weird (actually rather, uh, reminiscent) countryside family. I approve.

LORd Too Good For You Since: Aug, 2012
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#203: Jul 30th 2011 at 4:48:30 AM

ITT the most interesting thing about this chapter is the fact that Hachiken apparently has an older brother. Interesting how he doesn't seem to figure into his fear of home. Where could he be?

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#204: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:14:26 AM

[up] Wait, does second son means that he's the second SON or just second offspring? That always confuses me.

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#205: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:37:49 AM

The traditional thing for this kind of situation is that the family doesn't care about him because they've already put all their hopes on the older sibling. So he feels like he's just the back-up son and gets an inferiority complex.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#206: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:43:11 AM

[up] Ah, being an Asian, I can attest that it IS Truth in Television to some degree; one sibling, usually either the most talented or the eldest, gets every attention and all while the others are neglected.

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#207: Jul 30th 2011 at 6:17:44 AM

Isn't that true to some degree for all cultures though.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#208: Jul 30th 2011 at 6:20:05 AM

[up] I don't know if it applies in western hemisphere.

edited 30th Jul '11 6:20:18 AM by dRoy

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#209: Jul 30th 2011 at 6:21:55 AM

Well, I think there are families everywhere that do that.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#210: Jul 30th 2011 at 6:24:55 AM

Yeah, I guess I can see that.

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EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
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#211: Jul 30th 2011 at 8:55:18 AM

I've done that before. Ran off and spent spring break with random friends and stuff and not told my family. It was fun.

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#212: Jul 30th 2011 at 2:42:27 PM

My mom tries really hard not to have favourites, but comparing how she reacted to me getting bad grades to how she reacts to my sister getting bad grades, it's pretty obvious I'm the one she expects to do great things.

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#213: Jul 30th 2011 at 8:21:11 PM

I think my parents will be happy if my sister doesn't fail out of college or get a useless major and not work. We built up an aura of failure to make it easy for her to succeed.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#214: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:18:09 PM

I wonder if this series would have romance beyond just friendship. To be honest, I wouldn't mind shipping Hachiken and Aki (wasn't her name used to be Mikage or is it her surname?)

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#215: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:22:33 PM

Her surname. Also don't think the romance will be for a while yet.

EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
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#216: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:24:48 PM

If her last series is anything to go by. No there will be no relationship upgrades until the very end. Then again this series could be a romance...

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#217: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:25:49 PM

This feels to me like it's going to be more about him growing up and finding himself than about romance.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#218: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:26:52 PM

[up] Most likely. But come on, everyone likes romance, provided that they don't influence the plot too much for some.

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EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
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#219: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:27:24 PM

Yeah that's my thoughts. Although having romantic relationships can help you find yourself, but I don't think it's really gonna be about that.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#220: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:29:19 PM

Mmm hmm.

As I see it, I think the most prevalent theme of her last work is "atoning and accepting your mistakes/sins" while this one is "Finding purpose."

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#221: Aug 4th 2011 at 1:53:47 PM

Chapter 13 Summertime.

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#222: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:23:44 PM

smile I like how Hachiken is realistically selfish. It's not that he doesn't care about people, he just isn't used to thinking about how to look after anyone but himself.

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#223: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:35:11 PM

What was he being selfish about?

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#224: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:37:18 PM

It's that combined with the fish-out-of-water thing. He isn't being selfish about things because he doesn't consider anyone else; he genuinely doesn't see that there's anything to consider.

EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
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#225: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:41:39 PM

I'm still confused as to what you guys are talking about. He seems very unselfish to the point where he considers what he needs last.

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