Wow. This was always that great manga I always forgot about due to extremely slow translations over the years. But the flurry of activity over the last two weeks has brought it all back to me, reminding me that I've always placed it on my top five lists in the past.
Spoiler for Last 14 chapters:
Triella is my favorite character, and I'm hoping she somehow manages to survive this, though it certainly doesn't look good. Her plea to Rico to take care of the cyborgs in her place almost made me cry. She better make it through this! I know people die in this series and that there is no real future in sight for the cyborgs, but I always thought she would get a "happy" ending. Though, objectively, I suppose dying in Hillshire's arms might be the best she can really hope for, I have to believe that Hillshire's pulling her back means the writer plans for her to survive (at least this ordeal). Btw, she once again shows she's a badass in her takedown of those soldiers, despite being minus a leg and arm.
Henriettea looks to maybe have possibly regained her humanity from the shock of shooting Jose. That said, I have to admit, zombie-Henrietta the killing machine was sort of a pleasure to watch, simply for the contrast. It was a nice break from the really creepily obsessive-over-Jose little girl she normally is.
I'm very sad to get seeming confirmation that Flanca and Franco did end up dying in their escape with Christiano. It's a shame they couldn't have pulled a Nino and ended up leaving this terrible fight behind them. I always thought Flanca would, eventually, do just that, between Nino's words and Franco's that have always sought to get Flanca to question the age old "when does revenge end and is the cost worth it". Their death is just too sad.
I'm wondering if this is it though. I get the feeling this Dante arc is the end of this great series. I'm also wondering if this unapologetic series is actually going to let the Croce Brothers find closure, since the series has never been about revenge, no matter how much Jean may want it.
Gaaaah! It's probably gonna be another year before we see more releases.
