Chapter 27: The Bell Tolls

23, 24, 25, 26>>281223559

Holy fuck

And that's it. I see where this is going.
I was too distracted by that ass to think of a question. Have a nice day.

>>281325027
Yow.

>>281325044
A NIPPLE AIIIIEEEEE

>>281325010 (OP)
>the bell tolls
for whom?

>>281325065
what level of moggin is this?

What year are we in again?

>>281325086
lol, next time try a diet, dear.

>>281325086
Motherfucker slapped that ass as if it were the hood of a car

>>281325086
I have a sudden urge to get married

>>281325027
WOAH MAMA

>>281325317
Those long coats are SO adorable! Specially when the wind starts flowing.

>>281326457
>you will never have a mori marriage

>>281325230
There it is

>>281325248
Shit's about to get fucked

>>281325345
Thanks OP
Nobody could blame you

>>281326736
A true member of the gentry wouldn't be distracted by that

>>281326844
Maybe not 'true men', but REAL men have blood in their veins

A shame he won't appear in this series

>>281326000
1890's

>>281325113
come on Emma, embrace the scandalous, hot-blooded monogamy

>>281325113
I'd feel the same if I saw all that.

>>281325027
This butt needs a birching

>>281325027
>>281325044
>>281325065
>>281325086
It's important

>>281325345
Scandalous chapter
Likewise
Thanks as always OP!

>>281325010 (OP)
WE SALUTE YOU

>>281325027
BAH GAWD

>>281325044
>>281325065
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEW
See I told you dumping this was the right idea :V

>>281325097
wtf staches are cool

>>281325345
wwwww can't blame you. Thanks, OP.

>>281325027
Hawt DAMMN

>>281325086
I want a wife

>>281328978
She has him locked down so now she wants to nerf him so nobody else wants him

>>281325027
>You drew an entire page dedicated to a married woman's naked body

>>281325299
;_;

>>281325086
Honestly they have one of the best relationships in manga.

>>281325097
I never noticed until now but she's copping a feel of his ass in the first panel.

Does anyone know if there are scans of the official German translation somewhere?

>>281329376
>That's important!

Hope we get to see her tight pussy next chapter

>>281325086
Fun fact: the foot on the back tightlacing trope apparently logistically doesn't work. Foot on the ass would push the body forward (or just ass forward and back backward?), and foot on the lacing would get in the way of tightening the corset. It's just inefficient.

>>281325027
>no you don't understand editor-san I NEED to drawn her naked from multiple angles

>>281332213
Mori seems to like women in the way a straight man does

>>281325345
Thanks, anonsito.

>>281332305
Her comments alongside the artwork in Scribbles are fun to read

>>281332305
She loves the female form more than anyone on the planet.

>>281334088
I'd be bros with her

god bless mori-sensei and her colorful bisexuality
any OOKU brothers still here? I miss the memes and stockposting. That revival of Plinvs was awesome but short-lived apparently...

>>281325065
The very most necessary angle in panel 1.

>>281325027
>>281325044
>>281325065
good lord

>>281326994
sucks that there isn't a manga set in the napoleonic wars or thereabouts. it's such a rich setting.

>>281335803
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eikou_no_Napoleon_%E2%80%93_Eroica
Does this count?

>>281325015
You didn't mess it up this time. Last time you messed it up.

>>281325086
They are the best couple in this manga.

>>281336841
Messed what up?

>>281339093
That is not pointing to the right thread >>281223565
Chapter 19 did not have the same thread as chapters 20, 21, and 22

>>281325027
Whoah!
She's great. With or without clothes.

>>281325086
Yess!
Slap her ass!

>>281325113
Emmabarassed!

>>281325044
This is incredibly hot.
Does this even have a name like CSNM (clothed servant, naked mistress)?
Dorothea is fully comfortable being naked around Emma wearing a proper, modest maid uniform. Emma on the other hand seems a bit emmabarassed by the situation but she still serves her mistress dutifully.

>>281337305
They are the best couple. Period.
Relationship goals put in ink.

>>281325027
Ahem.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGA!

>>281325113
Man, Emma. Did your think their kids were delivered by a stork?

>>281326000
Late '96 at this point, as far as I can understand. I believe the narrative started in the Spring.

>>281334088
Most respectable interests and refined tastes.

tolls

Bump

>>281325205
What the hell kind of name is Trollop

>>281343733
A psudonym, no doubt.

>>281341942
It’s best for girls to think that

>>281326628
a mori marriage... that's a goal worth striving for.

>>281344562
That just makes it worse because it means it's something you chose intentionally instead of being born with.

>>281343733
>>281346627
She's one of the best girls, do not bully.

>>281347629
You can't name yourself 'Trollop' and then be surprised when people mock it

>>281347629
>>281347642
Is there supposed to be a specific meaning to it or is this one of those "japanese authors don't really understand western names arcueid brunestud" things? Cause that's what half the names in this series sound like to me
>Kelly Stoner
I could see a Steiner in Germany maybe but that just sounds so awkward, like she just looked around the room and named someone John Lamp.

>>281347847
>arcueid brunestud
What's wrong with Arc's name?

>>281347901
It's written like something an asian would think is a acceptable western name but isn't, the same way weebs often come up with stupid japanese-ish weeb screen names for themselves online.

it's always funny to me when japan-worshiping teen weebs give themselves elaborate awkward japanese first and last names, and then average actual native japanese people use screen names like "bun" and "pyon" and "mafu"

>>281347965
I for one love overly dramatic western names like Jonathan Joestar

>>281347847
>like she just looked around the room and named someone John Lamp.
But that's an actual legitimate last name?! Same goes for Stoner. The actual only odd name out there is Tasha, which I guess is just short for Natasha.

The church tower here >>281325257 is on the left side while here >>281325305 it is on the right.

>>281347847
>Kelly Stoner
Stoner is real family name though
for instance Eugene Stoner developed the AR-15 and AR-16

>>281348399
It doesn't fit with the suggested time period and gravitas associated with the family, however.
*It sounds more like a name a Japanese who isn't familiar with English names would come up with to sound English*

>>281348221
Mori is a hack

>>281325027
Stand up and salute to that.

>>281348212
Natasha would've been an unusual name in Britain at the time. We see her parents later and they don't seem the type to read Tolstoy or burden their daughter with an exotic name.
At least Tasha is a real name women in English-speaking countries go by, even if it's anachronistic. In Otoyomegatari Mori gave her female protagonist a male name and just made something up for many of her characters. Mori isn't perfect and her passion lies with clothes, textiles, arts in general and beautiful women, not linguistics.

>>281348605
it doesn't really a stone would have been a upper lower or lower middle family name
madam stoner took her name from her husband and it wouldn't have been an issue for her when working as a private tutor
you don't need to be a noble to teach annon

>>281335803
There is but they're not translated

>>281347847
In the official translation it's spelled Stowner which does sound like a name developed out of Old English.

If you google the name there's records of it in 1800s America, as as another Anon pointed out the name Stoner exists and the two could likely share etymological origins.

>>281349115
Natasha is a weird name for the family of a rural Yorkshire(presumably) blacksmith. But the British Empire brought in all kinds of elements and this is the late 19th century after all.

>>281348212
Tasha is probaby from the Baltics?

>>281349683
I could maybe accept that someone in her family is a Slav (though it would be a stretch), but not that she never gets comments on her weird name and a bunch of intrusive questions about her heritage. Brits were openly and unapologetically xenophobic just forty years ago, you don't need to read a lot of Dickens to know how they felt about foreigners in Victorian times. At that point just make her a Pole who came to England with the Germans.

>>281350132
Yes but on the other hand they loved foreign things (way too much, actually, but that's another story). If the dad hear some story about Russian imperial princesses and decided to name his daughter that I don't it would get more than a few raised eyebrows. And it's not like she went to school, she probably played with a few local kids in her free time but otherwise spent her childhood around her family.

I doubt Mori was thinking that hard about this name, though. More like she just liked it and it was vaguely Western so whatever.

>>281350132
>Brits were openly and unapologetically xenophobic just forty years ago
And may it be so once again.

>>281325044
>tfw the well written dialogue distracts me from booba

>>281351021
Seems like half will be and the other half will be the opposite. We're heading for USA levels of political polarisation.

>>281335712
It is. It shows why she's so friendly with mrs Trollop since she's one herself.

It feels shallow to say Dorothea became my favorite girl in the chapter that shows her ass but she is great.

>>281353691
And she only gets better.

>>281325010 (OP)
Chapter 28: Reunion

Heeeeeey OP

>>281355089
Hi OP

>>281355095
>>281355109
Yo yo yo yo

>>281355098
I was hoping for more nudity

>>281355156
wew

>>281355170
cute Emma
shortened: cutEmma

>>281355170
Looks like late medieval or Renaissance male wear

>>281355198
cuter Emma

>>281355183
I see cleavage

>>281355212
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>281355212
Leave the fucking glasses on

>>281355170
hot take: this is emma's second most cute dress

>>281355226
Put the glasses back on now

>>281355226
William's gonna go into conniptions

>>281355331
jiiiiiiiiiiii

>>281355385
! !
Oh my

And that's it. She should keep the glasses on.
Ball gown or maid dress?

>>281355419
Thanks, OP. Both!

>>281355419
Thanks OP
They both make the other more attractive

>>281355419
Thanks OP. I'll throw myself into the deep end and say I'm not into Maids, so Ball Gown.

>>281355446
>I'm not into Maids

>>281355156
DAMN

>>281355419
A fated meeting
Whatever she feels most comfortable in
Thanks as always OP!

He cutest dress is the plain, solid colour middle-class one.

>>281355446
You piece of shit. You dumb mother fucker. I hate you.

>>281355419
Thanks OP. Whatever keeps the glasses on, she needs them to survive for God's sake, and so do we.

>>281355446
>I'm not into Maids

>>281355446
What the FUCK

>>281355690
Maids are great. A black dress and an apron are an instant +3/10 boost for any woman.
Mori is truly a maid otaku - I sometimes imagine her as a real life version of Kobayashi - just without the dragons.

>>281355446
you are wrong

>>281355446
I partially agree. I like maids, but not in the way it's perceived by pop culture (and by extension, most 'moe' maid depictions), so finding works that scratch my itch are harder to find. I really like Mori's depictions because I feel they depict maids with respect, even if she's really passionate about them it's never just about the moe factor.

>>281355419
Eleanor really doesn't deserve William

>>281355331
Aura...

>>281355419
Oh fuuuuck I'm on the edge of my seat

>>281355143
Child count +1

>>281355212
>>281355226
It's an upgrade

>>281343733
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope

>>281355984
A good execution is important. The more fetishy maids aren't as good.

>>281355226
Really? Without even training from Prof. Henry Higgins?

>>281357678
She had Kelly Stoner, which is even better and ultimately more successful.

>>281355294
Mrs. Jones couldn't help but insert a little social commentary there.

>>281355419
Homewrecker!

>>281357678
I think the bigger problem is the lack of glasses.

>>281357610
I've noticed that a lot of recent maids also do recon and/or are assassins too.

>>281355294
Actually super scary...
Those 2 nice ladies - Trollop and Dorothea - put poor Emma into a dress she's not used to and have her serve in a role she's not comfortable with, while even taking away her eyesight in public, keeping her dependent on her temporary mistress in everything.
That's some low key sadism...

>>281360030
Neither woman seems like the sadistic type, and the next chapter seems like it's set up for Emma and William rather than Emma and her mistresses, otherwise I'd say they were setting her up for failure to trample all over her.

>>281341942
It's one thing to know a couple has had sex, it's another be a witness to the intimacies of their daily life. They're only slightly touchy-feely, but the obvious closeness and intimacy of the situation is very socially awkward to be an outsider looking in on.

>>281335803
Aubrey–Maturin manga adaptation when?

>>281355446

>>281347642
Maybe read the manga and find out why she does, you mong.

>>281360030
It's a perhaps intentionally subtle aspect of how class divisions make interactions between them complicated. "Trollop" and Dorothea are treating this like them dressing up and making a younger friend look pretty. But Emma is their servant. She is in no position to deny them and goes along with only a minimal amount of fuss. And when she does, Dorothea orders her to get over it.

From their perspective, they don't see the big deal, but what can Emma do if she genuinely doesn't want to do it? These aren't bad people, but these sorts of social mores and constraints make it impossible to truly have free relations.

>>281350132
Maybe she does and it's just not shown in the manga. She also works in a german household, so whatever.
It seems to me that you're letting yourself get worked out about stuff that doesn't really matter.

>>281355419
Dorothea's got to have kicked herself when/if she found out what happened at this party. Kicking herself for not being there to see it.

>>281355212
THE GLASSES ARE BEST! THEY'RE IMPORTANT!

>>281361708
What the fuck do you think I'm doing retard

>>281355294
Jesus Christ I couldn't imagine being THAT blind. Any anons that blind?

>>281355371
Oh to be a 19th century aristocrat instead of a pizza delivery driver from the Midwest

>>281355419
Fuck me man I'm so glad OP is dumping this

>>281362045
Getting ahead of yourself is what you're doing.

>>281362095
I'm about as blind as her.
Thank God for contact lenses.

>>281355419
Thanks, anonsito.

>>281355294
Having such bad eyesight and being forced to go into a social gathering without your glasses is a horrendous experience.

>>281362095
I used to be, until I got cataract surgery.

It was pretty bad. I could get around my house all right without my glasses if I had to, but whenever I traveled I'd have to carefully scope out the shower beforehand so I'd know where everything was once I took my glasses off. Glasses were the first things on in the morning, last things off at night.

Going to an unfamiliar place filled with people would be a nightmare.

>>281325113
Maids are quick to recognize lewdness

i've been pretty sick for a bit and haven't been keeping up with the dailies i follow
so from my point of view tasha's been staring at those eggs she dropped for three days now

>>281355419
Don't call it a grave.
It's the future you chose.

>>281355419
>putting the cliffhanger here moments before the best part of the entire manga
what the actual fuck is wrong with you

>>281355243
>>281355257
I get that she's actually trying to be generous and treat Emma despite her timidness but with the way they're treating her like a dress-up doll it does come off as a bit boorish

>>281355419
You could have prevented this

>>281366587
They're being pushy but you also have to consider that the Cinderella transformation scenario depicted here is a classic female fantasy, and at the same time it's unseemly for a woman to be too eager.
If Emma weren't modest and try to get out of it she'd seem greedy, vain and jealous, but if Mrs. Molder didn't force her she wouldn't get to be the belle of the ball.
Yes, this is not the only situation where women are like this.

>>281355227
I see France.

>>281327585
No, she's a good girl.
A playful slap here and there is all she needs.
And her husband is aware of this responsibility of his.

>>281361748
Good explanation.
They are oblivious to the class differences, because they think they CAN turn Emma into a lady by putting her into a nice dress. As soon as her uniform is off, they act like they would with another young, timid lady of their own class, pushing her forward to become more open and live her life more abundantly.
Emma on the other hand remains Dorothea's servant, regardless of what she is wearing.To her Dorothea's words are not a friendly encouragement, but a command that has to be obeyed.

Can a lady ever become true friends with her maid # probably not.

>>281368391
I think that this scene is a very god observation of the role of class.
Dorothea sees Emma as more than a maid, as she is impressed by her knowledge and manners. Turning her into a proper lady seems only a matter of dressing her up as one.

Emma on the other hand remains her servant, she can on command play the role of a lady, but she knows full well that without actual money or family she will always only be LARPing.

The rich ladies think that the uniform makes the maid and that they can become equals for an evening. They believe the premise of "Pygmalion", that class is knowledge and capabilities that can be learned. This is a comforting thought to them, as it places the responsibility for the status quo on the lower classes - "if they just had a little more culture and knowledge, they'd lead a better life!"

Emma knows that you can get a maid out of her uniform, but that you'll never get the uniform out of a maid as long as she remains in service.
She knows that class is something you are born into (or maybe marry into).

>>281355446
Im going to ask you to leave

>>281355419
Thanks OP!
>Ball gown or maid dress?
She's stunningly beautiful in her ball gown, but I still prefer her in her maid's dress - but only with full apron and cap. The black dress without it is rather dull.

>>281362095
It is actually useful when I have to talk to a person I detest. I can then take off my glasses and not have to look at her face. Also, I can take a nap with my eyes wide open during a boring event.

>>281365218
Maid desperately contemplating her dwindling eggs...

>>281369445
I don't think it's quite that broad, though the particulars of the broad reading are sound. It's just more about how they're expressed personally. Emma's not some platonic ideal of a lower class maid, she has her own history and relationships that define her.

Emma is humble both because of the harrowing life she's led and the kindness and grace of her first patron and mistress. It's never really pointed out in the manga explicitly, but think of how shocked people are by her bearing and and education. Emma not only had a secure job with a very easy to work with lady, but received way more than a maid could ever be expected to have in terms of her learning. All this other stuff being foisted upon her now is even further beyond that, and she flinches at receiving any more because of it. Mrs. Stowner was also, from what we could see, a fairly severe but kind-hearted woman, and practically being raised by her probably left an impression too. Kelly certainly wouldn't have allowed Emma to be vain and materialistic, even as she pushed her toward William. She did so purely for Emma's emotional happiness, not because of his wealth.

Mrs. Jones and Dorothea have their own particulars too. Mrs. Jones has long bucked the conventions of her class, and her friendship to Dorothea is almost certainly in part because the latter also comes from a less rigidly ordered society. It's not so much that they're freer with Emma than they should be because they want to prove that class is irrelevant for their own egos, but because it's the kind of thing they prefer. They want this sort of thing to be more common and more accepted, and are well aware that it isn't. I forget the particulars, but I'm certain the way this blows up ends up highlighting that they were a little thoughtless in doing this.

>>281355385
>>281355401
Fuck. This can't end well.

>>281366587
I can't really tell what's just Mori being young and dumb and wanting to get Emma into victorian dresses herself. I've been reading this storytime and I've been thinking Emma is a lot more of a callow work than I remembered it being.

dork maids

>>281355419
The glasses stay OFF

>>281370922
>Emma is a lot more of a callow work than I remembered it being
I think Emma really shines AFTER the main story ends. The Bangaihen chapters are really the best part of it. Otoyo works much better due to its anthology approach.

>>281355401
He knows that she can't see without her glasses, right?

Eleanorsisters...

>>281366587
I don't think it's boorish, she is just used o being in authority. She's a kind of benevolent dictator here.

>>281373390
this is a drama, of course not

>>281372343
>not liking megane
That's not ok.

>>281373390
I don't think he knows just how bad it is.

>>281375318
Ordering her to go wasn't really what I had a problem with as like I said, in her way she's likely trying to be nice, it's more how they were having her dressed without any input or say

>>281375318
A mentality that used to be more common.

I think some of you maybe be underestimating the role of their older age in this matter, IMO it is as important ingredient in this as their higher class is. Both are fairly egalitarian but quite seperate to that this was an era where age was intrinsically linked to authority and certain privileges. Even 100 years later older sisters might treat a younger sister in a similar manner.

>>281325010 (OP)
Chapter 29: Emma and William

>>281380819
>reaching for her non-existent glasses
cute

>>281380926
the consequence of his actions is sinking in

>>281381006
>That's important

>>281380879
Ijiranaide, William-san

>>281381071
;_;

>>281380830
it's emmover...

>>281381104
oh shit

>>281381138
I want to kiss mori while she wears a maid costume

And that's it. Eleanor is in for a ton of suffering now.
What's your story, anon?

>>281381149
TTTTOUCH FLUFFY TAIL

>>281381104
Emma and William were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and then the baby looked at me

>>281381170
Failure.
That's my story.

>>281380854
What a faggot

>>281381260
...the baby looked at you?

>>281381089
>>281381104
THE FIRE RISES

>>281381071
>>281381089
Seeing these pages again makes me feel something. The best chapter ever.

>>281380977
She looks too cute when emmabarrassed...

>>281381006
Damn

What's Mr Molder's opinion on the Irish Question? is he for or against Home Rule?

Emma this, Emma that... I really feel bad for Eleanor in this situation.

>>281380785
Emma looks like a marble statue done up like this

>>281380854
What a dick

>>281380909
Shit's going haywire

>>281375318
And Mori just admitted, she enjoyed drawing Dorothea dominating Emma...

>>281381006
The maid dress does a good job hiding all that

>>281381104
Discovered by mum...

>>281381071
Shit's fucked

>>281381138
One can have too much fun playing with themselves

William you jerk.

>>281382231
stfu monica

>>281381155
Mori is quickly becoming one of my favourite mangaka in terms of them themselves

>>281381170
Thanks OP
One of bumbling around and generally making myself suffer

>>281382194
wink, wink ..

>>281382257
Justice for Eleanor.

>>281381006
Goodness gracious

>>281381170
I can't even imagine the suffering that will begin now
Not notable
Thanks as always OP!

>>281381965
Quite possibly for. There was some closeness between Germans and Irish independent types
Then again, he's enjoying high society London

>>281382109
imagine how much porn she must have stashed away somewhere

>>281382362
>Then again, he's enjoying high society London
From fucking Haworth?

>>281382394
All the London has gone to my brain, it seems

This is similar to her other work in that no matter what happy ending the characters get their entire way of life will collapse within one more generation.

>>281380800
>>281380809
>>281380819
I am taking 999999 damage

>>281382275
she's literally one of us

>>281380841
>Mrs. Jones: You Just Know

>>281381982
Well, what did she expect, when appearing in a manga titled "Emma"?
But in earnest: she's in for a lot of pain without being a bad person. She's the tragic figure in this story.
If they weren't all stiff victorians, the 3 should escape to some faraway rural place and do a threesome.

>>281382380
>>281382524
She really feels like a kindred spirit.

>>281380926
Oh no

>>281381040
>>281381071
>>281381089
I have recovered 999999 damage

>>281380926
she can go to my home instead. i'm more a man than william anyway.

>>281382532

>>281382448
True.
The world of otoyomegatari is also about to end.
I suppose this has an influence on the stories you can tell in it - even when these are love stories

>>281382448
You didn't need to post this.

>>281383131
Seeing the sea that doesn't even exist anymore hurt.
>>281383240
WW1, my bros.

>>281383301
>WW1, my bros.
Collin and Erich are fated to meet at the Somme. Or maybe they will meet at Jutland. Collin should pray he doesn't end up in Beaty's cruiser squadron.

>>281382448
not as much for them as for the characters of Otoyomegatari, considering they'll be hit with the one-two punch of the First World War and the Russian Revolution/Civil War

>>281380819
fug

>>281380830
and now she's ded
can't believe the manga just ends here

>>281383301
Your grandparents were strangers to you. Assuming two generation down the line, society even still exists, worse than having forgotten who you were and what you've done, they will never have known it, only shake their heads at the appalling mistakes of our age. It would be no different than if you killed yourself now.

>>281383522
Are you okay

>>281382646
www

>>281381089
chuuuuu
>>281381104
OH MY

>>281381138
yo Mori
>>281381170
Thanks, OP.

>>281383403
>Collin and Erich are fated to meet at the Somme
What the fuck man. I never thought of it that way. Why did you make me think of that?

>>281384242
We must never forget the past or we risk repeating it.

>>281384242
Because for any story set in 1896 and onwards, WW1 hangs like a sword of Damocles over it. Collin and Erich are the percet age to be in uni when the shitshow starts and decide to join the army/navy with their whole class. Since Erich would be living 20 years in England at that point, one would hope he would be a citizen and thus join with Collin TOGETHER. But being German born he will never be allowed in the British Army

>>281380991
Damn, right in the kokoro.

>>281381020
>Will's hair dragging as he slides down the door
neat

>>281383403
well they can still play football on christmas

>>281383451
>one-two punch of the First World War and the Russian Revolution/Civil War
They likely would have been fine since as far as I can tell nothing catastrophic happened in that part of Russia, but the bigger issue would have been an increasing number of Russians and other forcibly deported populations being settled in the area.

>>281384957
Her hair is great, she should wear it in a braid instead of a bun when in "maid mode".

>>281385239
Their way of life ended nonetheless.
The nomadic lifestyle was already ending at the time of the story but their grandchildren will probably live in commie blocks and work in factories.
All the beautiful things like embroidery or woodcarving will be lost in time - like tears in rain.

>>281381104
>>281381123
Knows a quality girl when she sees her and is pleased to know her son has good taste

>>281383653

>>281381123
As always, the cute mom is the best character.

By the way, how's the anime? Worth watching to help fill the Emma-shaped hole in my life once this story time is over?

>>281386650
I think the first season is worth watching. It's a relatively faithful adaptation of the first two volumes that uses a lot of its time to explore the characters more and to do historical slice of life stuff, if that's the part you're into. It's also a little more historically accurate than the manga by virtue of having an actual historical research team. The second season is more debatable, i have a soft spot for it but it changes a lot of shit, makes a bunch of weird decisions and is generally very rushed since it tries to cover nearly 5 volumes in just 12 episodes. It's not better than the 3-7 volumes but if you liked the manga enough i think it's worth a watch.

I decided that I would read this manga through the dailies, but man is it hard to just read one chapter at a time. I have to keep fighting the urge to just go off on my own and read the next 20 chapters in one sitting.

>>281386879
Sounds like there was no excuse not to have extensive anime only birching scenes

>>281386879
Thank you for your reply! I will definitely give it a go.

>>281325027
NEURON ACTIVATION

>>281325086
I'm going to do this

>>281382448
Yeah, this thought kinda haunts me whenever I read Emma and Otoyomegatari.
>What'd happen to the Molder family during and after the WW1?
>What'd happen to all the couples during the Russian invasion, Russian revolution and Soviet Union formation? Which couples or named characters would die to demonstrate that Russian meant business?

>>281388895
Impoverished and starving, all of them, because the 1920s global market crash is coming regardless of world events

The Molders might flee to America like a bunch of Germans did when the hyperinflation started kicking in

>>281382448
That reminds me, Montgomery originally intended on setting Anne of Green Gables in the 1890s, correct? With Anne referencing the puffed sleeves that she so admired. But she later retconned it to the 1870s so it wasn't Gilbert who had to serve in the war, but one of their sons.

>>281383522
My only succor is that the kind of people that can live in the world will inherit it

>>281381138
Love this Cavewoman

>>281389761
Damn I never got that far. Hope the kid was okay.

>>281384242
>>281384359
It's the same feeling I get from Heart of Thomas - doesn't matter how the school drama plays out, all of these kids are dying in the tenches. Even if they survive nothing good is going to happen for the next 40 years. In a sense, the ones who catch a bullet at 20 are the lucky ones

>>281377580
>trying to be nice
She's trying to give her an experience that few other people in her position would ever have. She's not thinking "oh u mite have fun whatever lighten up gurl". She's thinking "you're worth expanding your life experiences beyond just one thing your whole life", even if maid is a respectable career. She's being motherly more than anything her. Or perhaps fatherly.

>>281381123
>Tell mommy about the girl you're trying to hide your wood for right now
umm can you not

>>281381138
kyaaa so freakin cool

>>281381170
Thanks, anonsito.

>>281386650
Mori's other manga?

>>281390309
The get to bask in the Edwardian period first, though.

>>281380977
genuine and true love

>>281386650
there's still a shit load left for this story

>>281390532
Liberty chaser?

>>281393550
probably means she just does whatever she wants

>>281386650
Hopefully we'll get Otoyomegatari storytime.