1. I'd say I overall enjoy the Mash segments a bit more than Guda's for a reason I can't put my finger on but I feel like part of it is to blame on the fact that characters are treating Guda like they're a proper character like the rest of them and the dissonance is kind of throwing me off. Not to say I don't enjoy Guda's side, all the characters are good, but I felt a bit more emotionally engaged. Their (temporary) reunion was good though, it was interesting to see Guda speak without prompting
2. That being said Mash's side is hindered somewhat by the fact that like I said she's not Mash with amnesia. She's Yor from spy X family isekaid into Mash's body with all the obliviousness that entails. And all that to facilitate the worst scene in the first part
3. The feeling I had of biting Oberon all over hasn't really been present while I read the chapter. How good or bad that is depends on the second part I guess, I enjoy it but my heart isn't singing yet and that's a pity because I've been looking forward to him the most.
4. My feelings towards fairy Britain as whole now that I can actually see it is that it's a fundamentally flawed place. Unsustainable and the fact that Morgan tried for as long as she did really shows that she really is unfortunately too much like her sister. I do see what she probably saw in it though, be it the goblin group, Boggart when he wasn't being a fucking creep, the fairies in the forest we accidentally drove into a frenzy or Mike, them being the way they are means they're as quick to unbelievable acts of kindness as they are to acts of cruelty. Let's see how I'll feel in part 2.
5. There seems to be a subtle theme of characters being better people than they think they are. While I still feel cold towards Boggart I couldn't help but be curious about how Mash was able to see through all his rambling about using Norwich as a stepping stone when he was just homesick, the goblin brothers spending their last moments realising "Oh, so there are things we care about more than our own lives" and Pepe insisting that he's the worst and chaldea shouldn't trust him despite always being kind to us. There's also the burden of the weight of what you "have" to do, with both Castoria, Guda and Mash showing their own ways of being burdened by the weight of responsibility. I'm also curiously dreading what will be the consequences of defying the prophecy and saving Norwich
6. The chapter ending on Beryl's delusions of romance was bleh though.
7. This is technically parts 2 and 3 spoilers and won't make sense to anybody who doesn't know revolutionary girl Utena but the two times I watched it I had a strong feeling of "Did Nasu rewatch Utena before he wrote this" so some character connections of made so far are: Guda=Utena, Oberon=Anthy/Akio, Castoria=Wakaba, Melusine=Juri, Aurora=Shiori, Barghest=Mikage, Baobhan Sith=Nanami. Still figuring out who else feels like they could connect to who
Originally Posted by Nyarly Alter
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