That last scene of Shigure in this volume was just downright creepy, but also incredibly beautiful. It captures his burning, dark obsession with Akito perfectly, and I always thought how downright amazing it was that Takaya-sensei was able to convey such huge messages just from her drawings alone, not even needing any extraneous dialogue. It really shows her power as an artist and her attention to detail is one of the reasons I got so hooked on Furuba in the first place.
I also love how the end scene of this volume is basically foreshadowing the future events that'll play out, Takaya is definitely a master at this, and having finished the series and re-reading the earlier volumes its jaw-dropping how there were so many hints sprinkled here and there, but yet I couldn't even notice it!
For example this one panel with Shigure, when first reading the manga I had thought him nothing but a comic-relief kind-hearted man but now looking back, oh how wrong I was! And I feel so utterly foolish that I didn't notice these hints scattered throughout ha-ha.
Its sad though that out of all the Furuba characters, Shigure remains the one who's backround is entirely shrouded in mystery and I wonder if there were any reasons Takaya-sensei did that? Was this deliberate, or did she just not have enough time?
Like it especially always confused me just why Shigure fell so hard in love with Akito in the first place, re-reading the earlier volumes its revealed its because of that dream he and the other 3 had of God's conception but then it makes you wonder why it affected him so strongly like that but not the others? Also, if it was all because of that dream does he even truly love Akito for herself? Some food for thought.
no subject
I also love how the end scene of this volume is basically foreshadowing the future events that'll play out, Takaya is definitely a master at this, and having finished the series and re-reading the earlier volumes its jaw-dropping how there were so many hints sprinkled here and there, but yet I couldn't even notice it!
For example this one panel with Shigure, when first reading the manga I had thought him nothing but a comic-relief kind-hearted man but now looking back, oh how wrong I was! And I feel so utterly foolish that I didn't notice these hints scattered throughout ha-ha.
Its sad though that out of all the Furuba characters, Shigure remains the one who's backround is entirely shrouded in mystery and I wonder if there were any reasons Takaya-sensei did that? Was this deliberate, or did she just not have enough time?
Like it especially always confused me just why Shigure fell so hard in love with Akito in the first place, re-reading the earlier volumes its revealed its because of that dream he and the other 3 had of God's conception but then it makes you wonder why it affected him so strongly like that but not the others? Also, if it was all because of that dream does he even truly love Akito for herself? Some food for thought.