#chapter 210

[emyasmina]

my contribution to the suffering

[luckydragon10]

I've been sitting with Wind Breaker chapter 210 and trying to digest it because WOW there's a lot to think about.

I've also been looking through the fandom tag, and, like, I'd really like to talk about the use of panel framing. I think we skipped right over something juicy.

Spoilers under cut, obvs.

When I first opened the chapter, i couldn't move on from page 1 for a good minute. It hit me REALLY hard because SHIT. SHIT SHIT SHIT.

It is very distinctly Nii-sensei's artstyle, but the framing of the panels is so, so out of the ordinary. This is not how the manga-ka typically frames characters, which means the artist is screaming at us to look at this and think about it.

In the first panel, the upper half of Nirei's face is cut off. His eyes are not there. Metaphorically, he cannot see.

Nirei cannot see the truth. Suo won't let him. However, Nirei can still speak the truth. His mouth is still there.

Suo, however, has his whole dang head cut off. His mind and his thoughts, his truth, his ability to speak the truth, none of it is there. He is gone. He is so far gone, and whether through obligation or choice, he is unable to be seen and perceived. This panel is so, so ominous. (Is that scarf hiding something?!)

Suo has always been divided and never fully quite PRESENT.

Then on page 2...

... they are physically separated, almost as far apart as possible on the page. They are distant, divided.

We get to see Suo's face in the chapter, of course, but over and over we see the back of his head.

THEN? THEN AGAIN?! The head cutting RETURNS.

Now Nirei's fist is covering his mouth--he's done with words, not able to speak or think logically because he's lost to his anger and anxiety over the situation.

And Suo... Suo's head is still gone. Nirei hasn't yet changed anything about the current circumstances. The two of them can't see or speak properly.

I have so, so many more thoughts and feelings about this chapter, but oof, I needed to get this out.

[every-ciel-phantomhive]

[nireis-notebook]

Okay so I know people were expecting a Suo Sakura fight but actually I LOVE that we are getting a Suo Nirei fight

This is so meaningful given their dynamic fr

Also isn’t this going to be Nirei’s first Fight™️? Like he has been part of battles using his pill bug method and stood up to block Shizuka and all

But a one on one head to head direct confrontation? If I remember correctly this is his first

I am so excited to see what the conversation between these two is going to be

[every-tsurumi]

[every-shiraishi]

[rusty1418]

I don’t really post ever but we are one hour away from the drop of DanDaDan ch. 211 and I have so many thoughts about what could possibly happen next.

I know that I was so invested in seeing get Momo back to normal that I wasn’t paying enough attention to all of the other stuff that was happening. So after I cried a bit for poor Okarun I went back and reread a lot of what lead up to this.

Here are some of things that I noticed leading up to this week, along with of the what ifs that have been stuck in my head all week.

First off - this has to be the same person right? She’s covering her eye and she’s hunched over because gravity is hard on her.

So at this point I’m pretty sure that St.Germain or one of his contractees scooped up Momo. My guess is that this locks her power away because she hasn’t yielded and it’s been stated that her power is considered special and extra dangerous. I cant find the first one but there are mirroring images of a procession of the female teacher ahead of St. Germaine’s zombies that looks like the procession that Momo sees right before she’s scooped up.

The Jiji and Zuma of it all-

I think that there’s a much better chance of her getting a crush on Zuma than Jiji because Zuma is the one male character in the story so far to have a noticeable Ken Takakura vibe about him. I also think that Jiji has figured out that Momo and Okarun are really into each other and he cares for Okarun. Zuma isn’t as aware of Momo and Okarun’s relationship, but there was this cryptic scene (for Zuma) from the cursed trunk that Zuma will probably get to figure out in the coming chapters, especially if Momo seems into him now. I’m honestly not too worried about her truly falling for another person because Momo and Okarun’s building relationship has been at the core of the plot no matter who or what has shown up. It’s pretty literally spelled out in the first lines of the story.

Other thoughts-

I think (hope) that Turbo Granny is off doing something to help fight against St. Germain since she got so p*ssed off when she saw the Serpos discussing him, so my fingers are crossed that she’ll be back for the climax of this arc.

I really had not been into the idea that Okarun was anything but a human but I’m kind of starting to think that he might be at least part alien, could he be related to the one eyed alien somehow? They both have really bad posture! Yes that’s where the beginning of this theory comes from so I know it’s shaky at best.

I’m going to stop here because it’s almost time to read the next chapter!

[alonelyartist1432]

Suo I love you…

BUT STOP CURSING AT NIREI OMG IM GOING TO FIST FIGHT YOU MYSELF WHAT WAS THAT CHAPTER

[ thoughts below !! ]

ok I was fully convinced Nirei was going to hug him, but I feel that that may come in a later chapter.

ok besides from how GORGEOUS this panel is [ Nii-sensei is really getting better at drawing ], WHY ARE YOU STOPPING HIM FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE. SUO, DARLING, LOVE, IM GOING TO FIGHT YOU

I kid you not I started bawling. YOU ARE NOT LEAVING SUO. NO.

…. I’ve never wanted to punch him more.

I really dislike the implication that Suo isn’t as close to Sakura as he is to Nirei. I’ve always assume their relationship was a three way thing, but apparently It’s all through Nirei?!

I also dislike the implication that Suo is either dismissing the rest of his friends who love him, or is relying on the fact that Nirei wouldn’t fight him that hard about it, therefore looking down on Nirei. WHICH IS LIKE NO SIR.

WDYM WE AREN’T ANYTHING? YOU GUYS ARE FRIENDS. YOU GUYS ARE CLASSMATES. YOU GUYS HAVE HAD MEMORIES TOGETHER. Also the juxtaposition in the art styles between Nirei and Suo is absolutely beautiful.

this is worst that the kfc gojoxgeto breakup.

Ok I haven’t really focused on Nirei in this discussion, because I KNOW a certain anon is going to be asking me about him and I’m saving that for then. But this is my favourite Nirei panel.

this on the other hand is my least favourite Suo panel! Don’t get me wrong, the art is gorgeous. ITS JSUT THE CONTEXT AND IT’S MEANING?! WDYM YOU FOUND NIREI’S TENDENCY TO WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ANNOYING. SUO IM GOING TO PUNCH YOU.

I would like to add, Suo’s expression isn’t a new one. We’ve seen him make this expression before… however Nirei’s is a completely new one [ that I know Nirei anon is going ballistic for ]. I guess this shows how much they’ve changed.

For final thoughts, I just want to say that this really made me realize why I like Suo as much as I do. Without going into too much detail for my sake, as much as I hate Suo’s behaviour in this chapter, I really related to a lot of it. I do think Suo’s emotional dilemma is going to be about how he believes people dislike him, but I guess we’ll find out soon!

As for my fic falling behind [ a suo-centric fic written to help me cope with the lack of wbk chapters ], I’ll plan on writing it once we have a bit more information concerning what happened to Suo! Please rest assure I will probably continue it, since I also want to see where this ending leads.