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by Iceman » Thu May 16, 2019 1:35 am
So I think with this Moeko scene, there won't be any conflict, as this Creator/Ping/Junko scene was the last real conflict for the chapter. I predict Erika says a few things, and then after she walks out, we get like a small finger twitch from Moeko or something to indicate that she's coming out of her coma due to her words and presence. It's far too soon for Erika to just declare her becoming a idol/VA again, and its too soon for Moeko to awaken now and start causing problems at the start of next chapter. Maybe just a subtle warning sign.
When I posted before, I said Moeko is set up to be like a "final boss" for MT, and she's one of the three candidates who could awaken as a catastrophic-grade MG or something like that. If this was a lighter series, then maybe you have Erika just going back to her career, and Moeko awakens and everything is fine and dandy, but nah, I see this going like a dark MG route where she's going to wreak a lot of havoc and it'll tie in like nearly all the forces in MT. (Junko is still removed from most of the crazy stuff so far). When I say "final boss", I don't mean to say Moeko is like where MT would end, as there's still new plot threads and stories being written, but it would be a landmark cumulative event. Moeko's problem cannot be simply solved by Erika. Miho will have to play heavily into this too, and potentially others.
I'm one of those people who likes to try to predict what'll happen next in MT, though I rarely post about it. I think I have a bit of an over-fascination with looking at the meta side of things, like just predicting things based on how much buildup there's been, how the character could fit into the story etc from the authors perspective. I remember with the old forums years ago, people were like next level with creating posts with exact paths listed from like 1 to 10 or 12 of where the next comic could go, like some kind of 'choose your own adventure' thing. I never went that deep into it though, and predicting the far future and overall story structure of things is more interesting than just what will happen the very next comic. Overall, I really like all the threads introduced in this chapter. I hate ranking things, but I just wanted to say this chapter has probably been the best in terms of managing and making a bunch of new threads. In earlier chapters we were focusing on a couple of things at once, but this chapter handled everything so well. So I guess you could say the storytelling is really strong right now, stronger than maybe it's ever been. But I liked old MT too. The charm has always appealed to me. Been reading since around chapter 50