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If what happens in this chapter is what Iām thinking happens, then it should be a good one.
F&B is generally consistently fast-paced, which can be both good and bad. Weāll still have a few spots here and there in this volume where we pause to talk about historical things for setup, but later books are pretty good about not getting bogged down in those explicatory details since the readerās assumed to already be familiar with the general situation.
Quite a fun chapter, as expected~ I enjoyed the banter between Kaito and Kazuya especially; it was a bit surprising how quickly they seemed to settle back down into things after the fight, but Iām good for it.
Does anyone know what movie Kazuya is quoting when he talks about Godās making of the world being a bit of a rush job?
The story about the 18th century hut was great; makes me wonder if anyone took a peek inside and accidentally got sent back in timeā¦
It was interesting how Kaito seemed to feel compelled to go towards the sound of the drum. And really brutal how it described Kazuya as being able to see the muscle and bone in his arm with half of it being beyond the barrier. It seems Kazuya couldnāt see the nine pins even when he was right beside Kaito; maybe if he had been looking for them he could have seen them, similar to how he could hear the drum once Kaito prompted him?
Edit: finished listening to this weekās portion of the drama CD as well. They have some incredibly weird sounds for Kaito getting sucked into the tunnel; it sounds like heās being abducted by a crunchy UFO. I donāt know a better way to describe it. :S
This chapter catches me up to where I had read previously (except for a page or two in chapter 3). I remembered why I put off reading more of this though. I always fall down a rabbit hole of Wikipedia, Google, and Google Maps looking up and reading about different things, so I get easily sidetracked from the actual reading and it takes longer to actually get through the chapters, which I then have to budget time for. Hopefully the schedule will keep my wandering attention on track.
I didnāt have much to say about chapters 1 and 2 because they were mostly ęµ·ę swooning about how sad life is, although I was surprised on my first read when åå punched him, since his character seemed so quiet and unassuming. I was excited this chapter to get to the actual crossing over, which was slightly more gruesome than I had expected with the exposed flesh and bones. I had imagined something more like him fading away or suddenly disappearing.
I tried looking for it, but didnāt have any success. Iām not sure what movie it is.
I also wanted to mention that I started making a map of the places mentioned in the story, but I mostly skimmed back through the first two chapters, so I may have missed some. If youāre interested, I posted a link in the F&B home thread.
This series is an absolute gold mine for all that, 100%. Thereās always some new and interesting historical fact or person or place; itās wonderful, but an unexpected derailment, haha.
Speaking of which, I was meaning to post the original English poem Kaito mentioned in this chapter about Drakeās spirit warning future generations; I need to go find itā¦
Drake he was a Devon man, anā ruled the Devon seas,
(Capten, art thaā sleepinā there below?)
Rovingā thoā his death fell, he went wiā heart at ease,
Aā dreaminā arl the time oā Plymouth Hoe.
āTake my drum to England, hang et by the shore,
Strike et when your powderās runninā low;
If the Dons sight Devon, Iāll quit the port oā Heaven,
Anā drum them up the Channel as we drummād them long ago.ā
I wonder if we will continue to get Kazuyaās POV occassionally now that Kaito is on the other side. Guess I will find out.
Itās fun reading about places I have been toā¦ or at least near to. If you guys ever get the chance, the south of England (Devon, Cornwall, ā¦ ) is beautiful.
Plymouth has been on my shortlist to travel to for a while now because of this series. I want to say the authorās a big traveler as well; she published several doujinshi talking about her vacations afaik.
I hope so! I want to know how heās dealing with everything. Watching helplessly as his friend gets dragged into a world he canāt follow, not to mention the somewhat grisly nature of the crossing over itself, is bound to give someone some issues. And itās not like he can tell anyone about what really happened, people would just think heās crazy. I hope Kaitoās mother doesnāt blame him for her sonās disappearance. She seems like the person to lay the blame on anyone but herself. Since Kaito is sort of an extension of herself I feel like Kazuya would be a convenient scapegoat.
Guess I will find out.
I want to say the authorās a big traveler as well; she published several doujinshi talking about her vacations afaik.
