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And....we're back on Hiatus again. Oh well, if Ikeda has health issues, he has health issues, at least he has a valid reason for taking a break. All we can do is hope he gets well soon. And thankfully this time it was at the end of a fight, not leaving us on a brutal fucking cliffhanger like last time.

Sort of called Scarface being a member of the East 11, didn't think this would all be his plan as opposed to Nyarla's (though he was stated to be a good strategist when he first appeared so I guess it fits). The Hound of Tindalos looks cool as fuck and that thing held Night-Gaunt down with one paw so it's strong as fuck to boot. Well now that they don't have to act like villains anymore, it'll be nice to see the actual personalities of the East 11 members (I already like Night-Gaunt though). Was funny when Fred pointed out that Chloe and Kai were "more ruthless than us" because it's true. 🤣 But yeah let's just storm into HQ and fight three Directors + President Hastur, I'm sure that's going to end well. :maybe I don't think they'll actually end up fighting though, a fraction of a fraction of Nyarla's power was too much for Chloe before. Even with the whole East 11 I doubt they stand much of a chance here. I can only imagine Chloe will give Hastur the same offer she did...

Ah so it turns out there was no chapter supposed to come out yesterday in the first place, If I had checked Viz after reading the previous chapter I'd have seen that it was due to come out May 2nd. 🤦‍♂️ Well that one's on me, I don't read the chapters on Viz so I never saw that. Though it suggests to me that Ikeda might be changing this to a monthly release. Given that he has obviously struggled to maintain the bi-weekly release (with the .1 bonus chapters generally being his apology for that) I'd say it's more a positive than a negative. Bi-Weekly or Monthly doesn't matter to me as long as I get the chapters consistently.

No chapter this week by the look of it, oh well. But hey since the 2nd of what I would consider to be the major or good fights of this series is over, might as well say of which of the two I think is better. In terms of tactics, choreography and a memorable enemy (mostly owed to Night-Gaunt for now) I'd say Team Ghost Reaper Girl vs The East 11 is better, while Team Ghost Reaper Girl vs Dagon is better for character moments and sheer spectacle and the fact everyone contributed to the win (whereas Noel and Shoggoth just got washed by Night-Gaunt). They're both easily my favorite manga moments of their respective years (so far at least in the East 11's case) but I think I'd still have to give the overall win to the Dagon fight. It still has my favorite scene in the entire series so far and it felt like the stakes were a lot higher since innocent people were put in danger and everything wasn't micro-managed by chess-master Nyarla (much as I did enjoy that aspect). :maybe

GG Night Gaunt. :awesome I love how Chloe didn't win by overpowering him or even through sheer hax, but simply through clever application of her ability.She overcame a stronger adversary by fighting smart. It's nice to see a Shounen protagonist who is legitimately intelligent and doesn't just bum rush their way through fights Though with that said, it does look like I jumped the gun on assuming the Silver Key was instant death. The fatal aspect of the ability is indeed, in simply being dimension dumped in the after-life. It does still have the capacity to cut people ala Dr Strange's portals and it's great for avoiding enemy attacks (and catching them by surprise as shown here), but it's not quite as broken as I had first thought. Well Chloe has passed her latest test with flying colors. I'd assume Hastur will be fine to let her stay in Arkham Bullet (likely what Nyarla was aiming for all along) and that should be the end of this arc. Though I think Chloe will take extra care to...

Another no show chapter, just an single color drawing of Chloe in her new form. Seriously wish I could read Japanese as Ikeda does post on his twitter (under the name Akissa Saike) but it doesn't do me much good if I can't read it. It's probably due to health issues since that's what caused the big hiatus, which is why I'm not too upset about it but still, we've been stuck in this East 11 stuff for a while now. Hope he gets his shit in order soon and at least finishes this mini-arc.

DAMN Night-Gaunt's no fucking joke, wonder if that crater feat will get the verse a neat upgrade? :shocked Typical me to think completely in the wrong direction in terms of what his ability was, thinking he was manipulating earth when he was actually manipulating wind. Him trolling them into thinking he was a ranged fighter when he was actually most dangerous at close range was pretty dope. So the East 11 are NOT actually ranked by strength but by what their ability or skill-set/role in the group is. I mean the ranks were always stated to be general but this adds another level of the ranks not really proving much in terms of strength in this series. As for Nyarla helping set this whole thing up, somehow that doesn't surprise me. She hasn't stopped testing Chloe and playing the chessmaster from minute 1. Her direct intervention against Dagon may have caused Chloe to forget momentarily just what a sadistic, manipulative bitch Nyarla is. And yeah it definitely seems I've been...

Just some illustrations this week, very good ones sure but I hope we actually get back to the fight next time (or rather START the fight next time since it hasn't actually gotten going yet). :maybe

Just kind of been getting better and better honestly. I do agree that not much happens in those opening chapters in terms of the overall plot (outside of establishing Chloe as an awesome protagonist IMO), it really starts getting going after she officially joins Arkham Bullet in Chapter 6. We start getting more good characters like Shoggoth and Dr West for Chloe to interact with, longer fights, the creature designs get a lot more interesting (and more distinctly Lovecraftian). Chloe is shown to have her limitations and doesn't solo everything (in fact there is a very welcome emphasis on teamwork in this series) and we have a (so far) pretty decent villain in Oscar. I don't have much to complain about outside of nitpicks here and there really.

Not gonna lie, seeing Oscar get all flustered 'cause his attempts to win Yog over weren't going his way was funny. Dude should know better than to rely on any spell with a random element to it, it will inevitably give you a shit option every time. :maybe There's definitely more to Oscar and his relationship with Yog than we saw in R'lyeh. As much as he tries to play on Yog's loneliness in his recruitment effort, his desperation makes it seem more like HE was the lonely one. Back in R'lyeh he didn't even seem to be upset about Yog turning on him and trying to kill him. If anything, Chloe's familiarity with him infuriated him way more. They were genuine friends at least at one time (that much is clear) so I wonder what happened to change Oscar into what he is now? 🤔 Interesting insight into Oscar's character honestly. Can't wait to learn more of his and Yog's story (perhaps a set of flashback chapters at some point?) but let's get back to the big fight next time Ikeda, come on...

It really seems like Ikeda's going the route of Chloe possibly being a child of Yog-Sothtoth. 🤔 It was obvious Ikeda was going to go with some kind of unique parentage angle with regards to Chloe eventually (to explain her prodigal spiritual power and natural talent), so I'm not surprised at all. It COULD be an interesting angle if Ikeda sticks with both C'thullu and Hastur (the heads of the two main opposing factions) both still being his sons as well here, 'cause it'll be a clash of half-siblings but obviously I don't know what route the story's going. One thing I am definitely glad about though is Chloe getting access to plenty of hax (Through the Blood, Soul Predator and now the Silver Key) so she isn't just gonna get fucked by the first broken villain who comes along. :maybe

Clever girl Chloe, I didn't think of that. Of course, weather or not Hastur will be satisfied wielding the Silver Key only indirectly through Chloe is another matter. I assume it will appease him for now, especially since Chloe has already confirmed she's willing to use it for or against Arkham Bullet, there's no reason to unnecessarily make an enemy of her if you can avoid it #1 and #2 of the East 11 must be the type who prefer to be in the background and not get involved unless it's absolutely necessary. Given Gaunt here (#3) is taking up the leadership role for the group. 🤔 We've also definitely found our Grimmjow/Blood knight for this series, I mean his Code Name is literally "The Berserker". Very well Gaunt, while Chloe tries to "entertain you" impress me if you can. :hm Ghost Reaper Girl Chloe Love (Yog Form) vs The Berserker Nightgaunt NEXT TIME ON GHOST REAPER GIRL! :awesome

So here are all of Chloe's forms so far, how would you guys (assuming anyone is reading this) rank them? Light Scythe Form Cat Form Nurse Form Dark Scythe Form For me personally it goes like this. 1) Dark Scythe Form - I mean you can never go wrong with a darker version of something, they almost always look way better. Not to mention it addresses my biggest criticism of the heroic version, ie the goofy looking scythe. The beast of a weapon she has here actually looks suitably intimidating. The color palette (at least from what I can tell, given black and white and all) also just looks nicer to me. 2) Nurse Form - It's a sexy nurse outfit with blades attached to the arms, what more do you want? Although you can't see them in the image, I also really like her boots in this form as well. Not to mention white outfits tend to look cool anyway. 3) Cat Form - Though I'm not a huge fan of cat girls, this is pretty good. The ethereal tail and the outfit itself do a lot for...

I can only imagine Oscar must be watching all this and SEETHING. 😡 Chloe merely saying Kai's false name in a familiar fashion rustled the guy's jimmies, never mind her being possessed by the true version of the guy and keeping him from leaving (which would have inevitably ended with him going back to Oscar and being under his control, again) and gaining access to the Silver Key herself. :maybe Although the Silver Key in itself seems a bit too overpowered for our main character to have permanent access to this early on. Of course it requires Kai to be in Yog form so I predict he'll either revert back to Kai form after this fight's over. Oscar will presumably re-seal his power since what I assume was his plan to get him back didn't work. This also keeps poor Noel from being left in the dust and rendered basically useless. But yeah President Hastur is definitely a problem, but dealing with him is a no-go since he lolnope'ed Nyarla off panel. I expect Oscar C'thullu will be the...

Well the chapter FINALLY dropped. You know I didn't expect to see the Director fight, or much of it anyway, but Nyarla pretty much seemingly getting casually restrained by Hastur (there's no sign of any sort of fight having actually happened) is a bit meh. Though it does illustrate just how powerful the dude is. So the reason they want Kai/Yog alive is to take the Silver Key? That makes sense, also Yog CAN indeed use the silver key to simply dimension dump people though that seems to require he physically reach through and pull them there. The impression still appears to be that if you touch the chains it will kill you. Chloe continuing to be a badass when it comes to calling people on their bullshit, seeing through Kai's villain act in an instant. Of course she'd be prepared to fight alongside him regardless because she KNOWS who he really is at heart. I didn't expect to see her possessed by Yog this soon but I'm all for it 'cause it's sick as hell. :awesome Still If Yog IS on...

Some good cosplays on the official Ghost Reaper Girl twitter. Chloe And I really like this Shoggoth one that was done for Halloween.

Chapter coming tomorrow (hopefully), maybe it'll be a longer chapter since it's been two months but given the break was due to health issues, I'll understand if it's not but I'm hoping for something epic nonetheless. Because we ended on a hell of a cliffhanger last time. :maybe So we know Yog is too out of control to give a shit about Noel but weather he'll be able to attack Chloe is another matter. The fact he still has his master/familiar bond with Oscar is kind of the sticking point really. Even if Chloe can somehow reach him, I don't see how she can free him. If she tries to have him possess her NOW it would shatter her body like it did with Nyarla, she's nowhere near ready for that. Well if the Silver Key allows him to send others to Hades, he could possibly use it to teleport himself out of there to prevent himself from harming Chloe. The only issue is if the East 11 would still try to kill Chloe and Noel, even if their main target leaves? Shoggoth, Scarface and Chloe...

A little fan animation of Nyarla, nice to see someone like this for this series, even if it is just a little wink/eye flutter. And AH GYOKURO. That's the Rosario character Nyarla always reminded me of. Shows how long it's been since I read Rosario that I could remember who she was (mother of Kokoa and Kahlua and one of the heads of Fairy Tale) but I couldn't remember her sodding name. 🤣 Yeah put side by side like this, it's pretty obvious, with the biggest differences being their hairstyles and clothes (and hair colour in the coloured panels as Nyarla has a greenish tint, while Gyokuro is blonde like her eldest daughter). You certainly wouldn't mistake one for the other, but it's definitely obvious Ikeda takes influence from his past work in Rosario for GRG designs. Though I maintain that at least (to me) no one looks like a blatant copy/paste job, with these two being the closest by far.

So we have all four directors here. North Branch = Ithaqua East/Far East Branch = Nyarla South Branch = I'm willing to bet it's the black man that stood up to help subdue Nyarla, he has that South American look to me. West Branch = Would therefore be the person in the hood who didn't get up at the end. Of course I could easily have that completely the wrong way around but for now that's my best guess. It'd be interesting to see exactly what territories each branch covers.