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Yikes.

You never stopped calling her Mom. Even now, when Mom's missing. When you call out "Mom," you want to believe that she's healthy. That Mom is strong. That Mom isn't fazed by anything. That Mom is the person you want to call whenever you despair about something in this city.

Either a mother and daughter know each other very well, or they are strangers.

Last fall, your belief that you knew her was shattered. You went for a visit without announcing it beforehand, and you discovered that you had become a guest. You realized you'd become a stranger as you watched Mom try to conceal her messy everyday life.

I want this to be funnier than it is : \

Ugh, the anime is a million times better.

This is a bit ridiculous, even for a zombie book.

I love the Jigoku Shoujo anime - I've seen all three seasons and I listen to the OSTs! - but this manga is pretty terrible.

This is going to be unbelievably sad, isn't it? : (

When you write July 24, 1938, as Mom's birth date, your father corrects you, saying that she was born in 1936. Official records show that she was born in 1938, but apparently she was born in 1936. This is the first time you've heard this. Your father says everyone did that, back in the day. Because many children didn't survive their first three months, people raised them for a few years before making it official.

It's been one week since Mom went missing.

: (

Must be nice to be able to learn an entirely new language in just a few days.

"Have you forgotten your childhood in Lumatere?" Finnikin asked quietly when the guide signaled they were close to the fort.
"No," she said. "I remember every single moment and will until the day I die."

Good lord, Evanjalin. Do have to be so morose all the time?

Another one I'm just not going to finish any time soon.

Eh, maybe I'll continue with this some other time. For now, it's going on hold.

I've already racked up $1.25 in fees for this, I'll just have to take it back and risk not getting again for a long time. I just don't feel the need to force myself to finish it right now.

Eh ... this is weird even for Japanese standards. I really don't understand why the guy keeps sticking a straw into the frog's butt to blow him up ... o_O