King John said sadly, As I feared...

[flemmings]

Godchild 7, the last Godchild volume I have, is not the last Godchild volume there is.

Not being born yesterday where Yuki Kaori is concerned, I verified that little fact before starting 7. Am torn as to whether in fact I *should* start 7, given that I don't expect 8 to show up before mid-January. Yes of course I at once went online and ordered it. Dorudaka won't last forever and I must take full advantage of it. (Dorudaka ["It's my own invention," said the White King proudly] = the equal and opposite situation from endaka 円高, whose scars I still bear upon my soul.) Don't even know if jpqueen has it. Even so.

Even so, The Great Plot Twist of which I was previously if murkily apprised has now happened, and my previously feverish reading can possibly afford to slow down a touch. Nice if harrowing while it lasted; almost like those early days of Kafka and Red Ram, desperately flipping pages to find out What Happens. Not being born yesterday where Yuki Kaori is concerned, I fancy I'll be left hanging at the end of 7; in fact, I expect I'll be totally let down at the end of 8; and wisdom suggests I get these two experiences over with at the same time, not a month apart. It's not like I don't have other manga, to say nothing of books, to read, and a blizzard happening tonight and tomorrow to read them in.

Comments

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

Er, not to ruin your plans for reading other things, but I do have Japanese scans of volume 8 that I could upload if you want them.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the kind thought, but my religion (Epicureanism, as above) doesn't allow me to read scans, because the pain of reading Japanese on-screen outweighs any pleasure obtained. Saiyuuki is the only exception, because the pain of not knowing what happens in this ep vastly outweighs the pain of reading online. Life is simple for Epicureans, she observes.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Oh dear....*hugs* - Hope you stay nice and warm and toasty!

Take care!