Nor do I, honestly? The battle against the Queen went on long enough that I legit thought this was the final boss until I realized we had forgotten about the Ratri clan.
Oh God! Natural light!Okay, now I get Isabella's thought process.
I love that bit where Emma briefly sees all the Moms and Sisters as the children they used to be − because she could have been any of them. It all comes full circle.
A pretty fantastic chapter all in all.
…And yeah, in terms of political message this series goes to some pretty radical places for a shonen. >.>
Okay yeah, this is really getting into Deus ex Machina territory.
Well, the political subtext's gotten a little less sub in this chapter.
I'm hoping Ratri wasn't genuinely convinced by the friendship speech, because I can't really buy him doing a 180 after the level of spite he's been displaying. But I can certainly see him playing along out of pragmatism, which should be good enough for Emma.
That face at the end says "what the fuck's wrong with her?"
But, err, yeah, those images of the human world seemed weird considering Emma doesn't know what it looks like (unless it's all stuff they saw in their textbooks). And I didn't need to see the freaking coronavirus mentionned in a manga, thank you very much. :x
With that said, this idealistic speech still makes perfect sense for Emma. She's the one who always tries to see the broader picture and consider aspects that others can't or don't want to consider. Yet I'm pretty sure that's the first time she ever says that she hates someone?
I was confused at first, because I somehow only read like the first half of last week's chapter and didn't realize it, but now I get what's happening.
Yeah, Leuvis being alive, swooping in to explain everything to the citizens and save the day on a whim, is just a weeee bit convenient but.... whatever, I'm honestly not that bothered by it.

And chapter's out. Gee, Mr. Ratri. It's almost like setting up a system so everyone's either a victim or an abuser desperately trying to avoid being a victim doesn't engender a lot of loyalty.