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a silver tree, a colour blind sickness that makes you only see in silver, a silver festival... i'm starting to see a pattern...
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 64
Ok but… Is Todo aware that when Yuji is going to collect all the fingers and the higher-ups give the green light for him to eat them, then his death sentence will proceed?? Todo??? And like, what a lovely idiot, not knowing the one that recommends can't be the one to supervise the missions 🤣
Megumi being pissed off and then immediately getting in the conspiracy what 😂
"He mentioned he likes tall girls." *with big butts (Megumi censoring this detail makes me laugh 😂) Oh sweet kid, taking the fact that a teen has a poster with a girl in bikini in his room as an indirect evidence he doesn't have a girlfriend because "His girlfriend wouldn't like that." Megumiiiiiii ></♥
Nobara being the best wingman ever <33333
(I want to now what Megumi was reading. Drop the title now Akutami.)
Further proof Yuji is THE sweet kid period. Also for being such an endearing pudding head, and for being just 14 years old at the time, he noticed how she eats and writes and not only he found both elegant but also worthy of mention and praise… I'm gonna scream in a pillow brb
Also, where is the extra that explains what Yuji was doing before getting to the cafè?? I always found it super hilarious. *☆
Are we sure that the explanation she gives in the end is the real deal and not plain negation on her part??? 😏 Also, I'm so sure but not so sure, I could swear the "Heaven and Earth dancing the lambada" phrase was, or better, will be used by someone else… But I could be super wrong. 😶🤔
Seeing Ozawa's pov was so sweet and kind of heartbreaking, I hope her lots of happiness 💖
They moved this chapter after the prequel arc in the anime, sooo… WE ARE OFFICIALLY FINISHED WITH S1!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Now, for the big queston: should I watch the first season now to make a comparison of sorts with the chapters still relatively fresh in my mind while I keep reading the volumes, or should I wait until I reach the end of the second season and watch them together? I'm more inclined towards the first choice personally… I'd like to catch the differences between anime and manga and I'm afraid that when I'll reach the end of S2 in the manga I won't remember the first chapters as well as I do now… Well, I'd like to hear your opinions, so I'll do a poll and then decide!
Should I...
Watch S1 now while I keep reading the manga
Wait until I get to where S2 end in the manga and watch them together?
Possible mild spoilers for JJK Modulo ahead!!
Rune 50, Vol. 8, # 2, Minnesota SF Society, David Emerson (ed.), 1977 (Jim Odbert - cover)
'I never knew I had a face that looked like I needed a beating.'
Wu Xie my guy :,D
Future Trance Vol. 8 TV-Spot
The State of Ruby as of RWBY Vol. 8 Episode 8
There are two key lines that pique my interest about Ruby from Episode 8.
(After finishing the call from May)
RUBY: "It's just too much. The Grimm, the Crater, Nora, Penny, how do we fix all of it?"
(When Ruby and Blake go to turn on the generator to restore power)
RUBY: "C'mon, c'mon!"
Blake: "Don't worry, it'll work."
RUBY: "Nothing else has."
These lines show that Ruby is starting to become overwhelmed by the situation and is unsure of how she and her allies can resolve all of it. She has also started to become pessimistic about how things will go moving forward. This is all very unlike how Ruby has been since the start of the series.
From the start, Ruby is a character who is very confident in herself, one of the most optimistic characters in the series, and has a will that will allow her to tackle any obstacle laid before her without much hesitation. So, how did Ruby get to the point where it seems that she is unsure of herself and responding pessimistically to the actions she and her friends are taking?
Well, this has been been building up for the last 3 Volumes (6-8). If you've seen my Video on RWBY's Story when I talk about Ruby, I mention that Ruby's optimism and will is being challenged by her friends and Uncle, the Apathy, and Cordovin. What I didn't notice back then is the uncertainty that was starting to develop in Ruby.
(Early part of Ruby's conversation with Maria in Vol. 6 Ep. 8)
RUBY: "The others went to get food for tonight."
Maria: "Why not go with them?"
Ruby: "I don't know. I don't know anything. What do I tell Jaune and his team when we don't even have a plan?!
Qrow's out drinking, Ozpin hasn't come back, and even if he did, I don't know if I could trust him, and there's always Jinn, but we only have one more question we can ask her. I feel like I'm letting everyone down."
Maria: "You know, you don't give yourself enough credit."
RUBY: "Oh *short laugh*, thanks."
Maria: "That wasn't a compliment."
This is an early indication of Ruby's growing uncertainty and loss of confidence as a result of everything that happened after Ruby asked Jinn her question about Oz.
This brings us to Volume 7 where Ruby makes a snap decision to hide the truth of Oz and Salem from Ironwood. Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Oscar question Ruby about making a decision like that. From her responses, even Ruby is unsure if that was a good call. Seen in her mannerisms and that Ruby does plan to tell Ironwood the truth, eventually.
Yang: "Can we talk about that again?"
RUBY: "What about it?"
Yang: "We're really not going to tell Ironwood what happened to Oz, what we learned about Jinn, about Salem?"
RUBY: "We are! *stops for a moment and turns her head down to meekly say* We will. But you saw how things looked when we flew into Atlas."
Blake: "The General's heart seems to be in the right place, but that doesn't mean we should trust him yet."
Weiss: "We need to play along for a while before we make any major decisions."
Yang: "Okay, how did Oscar feel about that?"
RUBY: *Initially looking at Yang before slowly turning her head down as the scene flashes back to Ruby's conversation with Oscar.*
RUBY: "Probably shouldn't keep running around with an Ancient Relic on a keychain, you know?"
Oscar: "But."
RUBY: "I know you'll keep it safe in Atlas."
Oscar: "Ruby, hiding things from Ironwood, doesn't that feel like what Ozpin did to us?"
RUBY: *Her eyes again looking directly at Oscar and then her eyes turn away from him*
These moments show doubt in Ruby's own decision. We see more of her uncertainty in her conversation with Qrow after being given her Huntress License by Ironwood.
Qrow: "Big day for you huh kiddo?"
RUBY: "It's definitely a lot to take in."
Qrow: "Which part? The finally getting to Atlas part? Getting your license part? Or the not quite disclosing everything to Ironwood part? Or, all of the above?"
RUBY: "All of the above.
I'm trying to do what I think is best, but I really can't tell if what's best is what's right or if I'm no different from Oz."
Qrow: "Ruby, Oz only trusted himself with the whole truth. You're trusting others, but you're making sure they prove themselves first. I think that's a pretty big difference."
RUBY: "I hope so. This says I'm a Huntress now, but I don't feel like I know much more than I did at Beacon."
Qrow: "That feeling never goes away."
Then everything at the Schnee Manor happens in which Ruby and Oscar are both excited to finally tell Ironwood, but this ends up having the inverse affect when Cinder and Salem make themselves known to Ironwood. Now, Ironwood doesn't trust them at all for the things they kept from him and the actions Yang and Blake took behind Ironwood's back. Ironwood believing their actions put him in a disadvantageous position with Salem. Thus we get a full fallout with Ruby's group and Ironwood.
That finally brings us to the start of Volume 8. Yang makes her dissatisfaction with Ruby's decision making known and is against Ruby's idea to get Amity Tower up and running to let the world know about Salem and call for aid. Yang wanting to make a tangible difference by helping Mantle. Even Ren and Nora are disagreeing. Jaune suggests they go for both as Ruby expresses her concerns about separating everyone. Ruby seeing this as creating a divide between them. Ruby is assured by Oscar that, even though they are working separately, they are still united.
The results of this decision to separate for Ruby:
JOYR is MIA
Nora is hurt badly
Penny, who she wanted to be safe at Amity, has crashed landed onto the Schnee Estate's Courtyard and is also in bad condition.
All of this including the fact that Salem has now begun her assault on Atlas, which also made things worse for Mantle.
This brings us back to episode 8 in which Ruby is struggling to figure out a way to help everyone and deal with everything. Her will is still strong enough to keep her going and try to figure it out with everyone around her, but all that has transpired has caused her to lose confidence in herself and their ability to handle these situations. This is even after Klein gives his advice to Ruby to try not to attack everything all at once and to address these situations one at a time.
Now that Ruby has seen that a person was inside the Hound and the horror she expresses at this realization, the stress placed upon her by everything happening and herself just keeps building. Her will isn't broken and is what's keeping her going along with her friends backing her up. Seen with Blake when she explains how Ruby inspires her to this day. Similar to what happened when Ruby's stress came to a head and started apologizing to Jaune at the end of Volume 4 in which Jaune explains that Ruby's ability to take action is what spurred Him, Ren and Nora to follow her.
So yeah, that's where we are at with Ruby. You can now see why those initial two lines caught my attention. I can't wait to see what comes next for Ruby this and next Volume.
BJ reading “The BJ Weekly”…(^_-)