Let's Read I want to be a zebra! Let's read Freesia (NSFW)

[Jack]

No cliffhanger!

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I'm kind of wondering about the format a bit. We're nearing a point where a long plot arc that spans more than a full two volumes starts, and most of it is high on action and low on mindfuck, so it should be easier to read in bigger doses. So I might just abandon the "One Volume per page" goal and post three chapters per update until it ends. What say you bros?

 

[lightbane]

Mizo at least proved his manhood... Even though the objective was an apparently defenseless, old woman. I say you post 3 chapters per update if it's easier to read.

 

[spekkio]

Another majestic victory for Mizoguchi-kun!

 

[betamin]

Go Mizo Mizo!

 

[Random]

I'm kind of wondering about the format a bit. We're nearing a point where a long plot arc that spans more than a full two volumes starts, and most of it is high on action and low on mindfuck, so it should be easier to read in bigger doses. So I might just abandon the "One Volume per page" goal and post three chapters per update until it ends. What say you bros?

Yes please.

 

[LundB]

I'm kind of wondering about the format a bit. We're nearing a point where a long plot arc that spans more than a full two volumes starts, and most of it is high on action and low on mindfuck, so it should be easier to read in bigger doses. So I might just abandon the "One Volume per page" goal and post three chapters per update until it ends. What say you bros?

Yes please.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Allrighty then, time for Volume 6!

I bring you Chapter 32, where Mizoguchi-kun resolves his issues.

Chapter 33, where Kano wants to help people. Also, rape is back, and going strong.

Not that much of a cliffhanger, honestly.

 

[spekkio]

Bump if you've gotten sloppy.

 

[SerratedBiz]

of tasteful raep.

 

[RK47]

....this reminds me of that movie...forgot the name. Some ex military guy walking around in USA...going psycho. Definitely not Rambo.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Chapter 34, where rape comes back, and an unlikely face gets stomped.

And Chapter 35, in which Higuchi establishes herself as the one responsible for everything that is about to transpire.

And we've reached that thing I was talking about bros. Next ~5 updates are gonna feature 3 chapters each, and will form one continuous plot arc.

 

[lightbane]

So, Higuchi has evil intentions? How surprising.

Poor Kano, he's getting worse and worse

 

[Random]

I just figured out Higuchi. That conniving bitch.

 

[SerratedBiz]

What? Kano just had dinner. He's well on the way to recovery.

</kanopsychologist>

 

[Radisshu]

I wonder if the mangaka was inspired by Koroshiya Ichi.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I wonder if the mangaka was inspired by Koroshiya Ichi.

I doubt it. The tone is very different. Even though I like to joke about the violence and rape, they are depicted in a fairly reasonable fashion, very much unlike Ichi. Furthermore, Ichi specifically deals with society's extremes, brutal gangsters, killers, thieves, whores, and so forth; while one of the main points of Freesia (in my interpretation at least) is that all these awful things and all these messed up people can function in our "normal" society just fine. That's why we spend so much time on "slice of life" segments, even if they may seem tangential to the plot.

In any case, it is time bros. Behold, chapters 36, 37 and 38, where a bunch of new characters are introduced. You better like them, cause we're gonna be seeing them for a long time.

Is that a woman? Should we expect more rape? So many questions!

Incidentally, this marks the end of Volume 6.

 

[Radisshu]

I doubt it. The tone is very different. Even though I like to joke about the violence and rape, they are depicted in a fairly reasonable fashion, very much unlike Ichi. Furthermore, Ichi specifically deals with society's extremes, brutal gangsters, killers, thieves, whores, and so forth; while one of the main points of Freesia (in my interpretation at least) is that all these awful things and all these messed up people can function in our "normal" society just fine. That's why we spend so much time on "slice of life" segments, even if they may seem tangential to the plot.

The scene where Kano remembers witnessing a rape and then gets his ass kicked by his girlfriend's fuck buddy is very similar to a bunch of scenes in Ichi though.

EDIT: Kano himself is also sort of like a Haruki Murakami protagonist filtered through Ichi.

 

[lightbane]

It seems that the nature of a man CAN change. Too bad Higuchi doesn't care.

 

[spekkio]

Is that a woman?

Yes

Should we expect more rape?

Yes. Strap-on style!

 

[Cowboy Moment]

It seems that the nature of a man CAN change. Too bad Higuchi doesn't care.

Can it truly?

I just noticed that I already have 7 chapters on this page, so no more updates until we get to the next one.

 

[XenomorphII]

Bump!

 

[SerratedBiz]

 

[Random]

Fucking bump.

 

[XenomorphII]

Bump again. Though clearly not a superior bump like SerratedBiz's is.