User blog:Jaadowgg/Special Chapter Review Part 2

Oh. My. Goodness. Just- Just- I cannot find the words to even begin to describe what I just read. Emotions flying every which way! Anger, Sadness, Heartbreak, "Go Kurapika!" even! If you wish to remain unspoiled as to what happens, then go read it. Seriously, go read it no matter what because it is just... wow.

So, we begin with a recap of what happened last week, sort of. In the recap, we're introduced to the Kurta clan, whose eyes turn scarlet when emotional, that live in the forest because they are feared and afraid. We're introduced to Kurapika who longs to see the outside world and are told of his test, a test of self-control, for him to leave the village as he wishes. We truly open up in a town, where Kurapika is excited about seeing so many people. Pairo tells him not to get too excited. after leaving their birds at a sort-of 'parking stall', Pairo says there's still 17 and a half hours left and Kurapika says they should get the shopping out of the way. They reach the department store and Pairo gets a change jar out of his bag. The money is what he saved up from doing various jobs for people.

Inside the store, Pairo says that they should split up to look for the items. Kurapika asks if he was going to be alright and Pairo tells him to trust his partner more. Kurapika apologizes and has already gathered several items. He looks in a mirror and notices his eyes haven't turned scarlet and wonders if he stands out. He then notices a scuffle. Some thugs are near Pairo, who's on the ground. The lead thug has a stain on his shirt now. Kurapika comes over and asks Pairo if he's alright and Pairo says he just tripped. The lead thug asks Kurapika what he's going to do about the stain on his shirt.

An old man nearby starts to say that Pairo was tripped by the thugs, but gets interrupted by an equally ugly thug that threatens the old man's life. Pairo apologizes because of his eyesight and the lead thug says he doesn'twant apologies and demands payment. Kurapika wants to know how much they want and the lead thung asks how much they have. Pairo brings out his change jar and the lead thug takes it and shows the others. They laugh, saying it's barely even a Jenny. The lead thung dumps it out saying it isn't worth a load of sh*t. Kurapika gets angry but Pairo holds him back.

Pairo says that it was his fault because he was careless and starts to apologize. Kurapika joins in with the apology and the other customers in the store start to defend the boys. The thugs leave and Kurapika and Pairo start picking up Pairo's change. Some other people help with the picking up, including an old lady who tells the boys about the thugs, saying they're hopeless. She apologizes for not stopping them sooner, but the boys say it's fine. Tith the others helping, they were able to finish their shopping early. Kurapika says that it was just like D Hunter, "No matter what happens, there are people that will help."

Kurapka wants to look around town some more with the remaining time, but Pairo says they should head back to the village. He then says that the weather might make an unexpected turn for the worse, so it'd be best to head back to the village. Kurapika agrees and on the way out, they meet the thugs again. Kurapika says to ignore them but one of them says that they have to pay a toll to leave. Kurapika suggests they can go through a field, but the lead thug says they have to pay to leave town, no matter which way they go. Kurapika says they don't have any more money and the lead thug says to leave their belongings and their birds and they can go.

Pairo brings out a cell phone and the lead thug says that if they just give him that, then the toll will be payed. Pairo, instead, says he's gonna call the cops and ask if there really is a toll. Some people notice the thugs harrassing the boys again and the lead thug tells the boys to get out of there. He also notices Pairo's bad legs and trips him. Pairo says he's fine and Kurapika gets mad at the lead thug, who gets defensive and says he didn't do anything. Pairo says that he tripped on his own.

The lead thug says to Kurapika, "It must be tough for you, babysitting that cripple. Are you happy living like that?" The last straw was thrown out the window, run over by a cement truck, bruned, had water poured on it, burned again, put out with a fire extinguisher and just explodes. As does Kurapika, who belts the lead thug square in the cheek, which causes the lead thug to bleed. The over thugs take out weapons but Kurapika takes them out. We see Kurapika look absolutely terrifying with his eyes scarlet as he tells the thugs to stand up. The thugs compain about the pain they're in and Kurapika tells them again to stand up. He kicks the lead thug and oneof the other thugs apologizes.

Kurapika says "I don't need your apologies. Die." Pairo stops Kurapika saying "that's enough". Kurapika says that he can't forgive them and the leadthug begs they were just doing what they were told to. Kurapika questions this and the lead thug explains that several days ago, an old man told them to get the boys mad and the old man would pay them. Kurapika asks about the hairstyle and the thug agrees and adds a beard and a scar on his forehead. Kurapika asks if the old man told them about Pairo's body and the thug agrees.

Pairo calls bullsh*t on this, as it was only half a day ago it was decided that Pairo would be with Kurapika. The thug comes clean and says that the old man told them he'd be with an adult and the adult would know the arrangement. He says that the plan changed and that they'd only get half the money they were promised because they had to stop half way and he was upset about that so he got carried away. Pairo gives the thug his phone and tells him to call the old man and say that no matter how hard they tried, they didn't get the boys mad. The thug agrees and calls.

He says he doesn't want the money anymore. After the call, he gives the phone back and apologizes. Pairo says "let's go" and a small rock is thrown at Kurapika's head. He looks back to see who threw it. The old lady that was helping them at the department store had thrown it. She says to get away from the thugs and calls Kurapika a "Red-Eyed Monster" and an "agent of the devil" as she throws another rock. A younger lady tells the old lady to stop because if she kept angering them, they'd all be killed. Kurapika looks shocked and Pairo just leads him away. They leave the town and get back to the forest.

Pairo comments that when Kurapika's eyes turn scarlet, especially from anger, he loses his senses and gets amazing strength. He says that it's because of that, that people fear them and why it's no good to hide thier eye color. Kurapika agrees and says that sunglasses and contacts would slip right off. The mood isn't too dampened, as Kurapika gets a little bit of self-praise in there, as well. Then he says that maybe they shouldn't go to the outside world. Pairo disagrees and says that Kurapka passed the test and should go see the world and that he should use this as a learning experience, calling it a good lesson. Kurapika brings up the fact that his eyes had already turned scarlet so, there was no way he could pass. He adds that the phone call was basically pointless. Paior hands Kurapika a mirror to show that his eyes had turned back to normal.

Kurapika wonders how and Pairo explains that when he dropped the eye drops, he switched them out with his own medicine. So, it was Pairo's medicine that they had put in their eyes, not the eye drops. Pairo explains that it wasn't because he didn't have faith in him, it was that the old man and the three adults were being unfair. Kurapika then exclaims that they passed and they elbow bump. The Elder gies Kurapika unrestricted permission to go to the outside, much to the disagreement of others. He takes Kurapika aside and gives him an envelope. He explains that he kept a detailed record of Pairo's medical history and tells Kurapika tosearch to his heart's content. The Elder then says the he really doesn't want Kurapika to go to the outside world.

The day of departure arrives and Kurapika's parents, Pairo and his parents and the Elder are there to see him off. Kurapika promises to find Pairo a doctor that will cure him and says that he needs to pass the exit exam so the two of them can go travelling together. Pairo says that he'll definitely pass. Pairo also tells Kurapika that the reason why they wanted to go to the outside world was because they read D Hunter and they wanted to have adventures like him. So, he makes Kurapika promise that when he retunrs, Pairo will have one question for him: "Was it fun?" When Kurapika returns, he needs to be able to say "Yes!" with all his heart. Kurapika promises and takes off. Six weeks later, the news of the Kurta Clan massacre was reported around the world. The next paragraph is going to be a direct quote from the manga with no quotations. I feel it is the only way to put it into this review. So, the news was like this:

The discovery was made by a female traveller who got lost in the woods. All 128 villagers had been killed. Family members had been forced to sit facing each other, and they had been stabbed, but were still alive beforebeing beheaded. The pureblood members of the Kurta Clan all had their eyes gouged out. Those from outside who married into the clan kept their eyes, but their bodies showed considerably more injury (the adlut men had many more injuries as well, but this was surely evidence of resisting the enemy before being captured). From this, it is hypothesized that the culprits first attacked the clansmen from the outside to agitate the pureblood Kurta clansmen, whose eyes would then turn red from grief and anger. They were then beheaded one by one. It is said that the Kurta's scarlet eyes that arise from anger are the most brilliant shade of red, and command a high price on the black market. There were many merciless wounds on the bodies of the children, as well, and it is thought that the culprits did this to incite the eyes of their parents to turn a more brilliant shade of red. Near the bodies of the massacred, a message believed to be from the culprits was found.

"We reject no one. So take nothing from us."

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All I'm going to say is that I love this manga, I loved this chapter, I hope Togashi returns with new chapters for the main story soon and I can't wait for the move. There's nothing else to say.