Sonae, back to the topic of the LotR manga. Now, I don't claim to be following it much, if at all, but I just read chapter 9 off of OneManga.com. Is that the chapter you're referring to. Because if that's all it is is Mao's "statement", then it's gonna take more than that for...well, me at least, to lose hope. Then again, of course, it is just an alternative manga.