#ons chapter 68

[wesleysniperking]

Sanji saying goodbye to Zeff and his chef buddies always makes me cry (Chapter 68). 😭 Ugh. I need a tissue. How Sanji was trying to act all cool and indifferent leaving his adopted dad and uncles behind, but when Zeff says goodbye , “Hey Sanji, keep your feet dry!” And suddenly, a switch is flipped inside Sanji, and he starts to cry like he’d been wanting to. ‘Cause he’ll miss everyone.

Dang. It just does something to me. That was when I started to look at Sanji, and understand why he was meant to be a SH. And not only that, it made me think about the time I was cooking a meal for my mother (I think it was Spaghetti), and I was unimpressed with the meal I cooked, but she liked it. And she said you know what makes a meal good? It’s not simply getting the ingredients down and following directions, but it’s love too. Love makes a meal even better. And I had an epiphany.

Sanji really fits that. I’d had an epiphany.

(Currently rereading the manga)

[spotted-owl-sketches]

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[black-sapphire57]

I’m sorry but how on earth are these two the same people?? T_T

[every-sasuke-uchiha]

[dark-elf-writes]

Sometimes you sleep

Other times you you spin in circles because it’s too hot and you hurt and you hurt and mentally write the first chapter of a fic that you CANT REMEMBER

[daisychainsandbowties]

page 2 of 68!?!? ava really can talk huh

but fr literally cannot wait for next chap, actively salivating

i didn't think it was possible for me to love ava silva more than i did already, but writing almost 40,000 words of her voice in about 14 days !!! it takes a certain kind of character to drag that many words out of me. i had outlined a 10k chapter because i didn't think i COULD write in ava's voice, but i hope i've captured a little piece of her in this.

the support for this fic has me crying in the club so thank you!!

[crttvset]

drew some yaoi in class.. love wins

[every-luffy-smile]

[guideaus]

the worst thing about how i started to use anilist, is that if i check out a recently licensed/underrated manga, it will show the average scores being abysmal and then a normal/good one at the same time, and it sucks bc that site will show the 59/68 as it's actual score instead of just saying theres not enough info or smth

[algumaideia]

Luffy, I adore you <3

Sanji listening to everything was nice. The guy coming in the fish was ridiculous but funny.

And Nami arc let's gooooo

They would beat him as a goodbye

[cmweller]

A Starting Sentence a Day

"Rage!"

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A Starting Sentence a Day

"Rage!"

[percontaion-points]

TOWB chapters 65-68

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Chapter 65

Now Aramis was crying, and Ranka was crying too. How badly Ranka wanted to hold her then. How much it stung to know she couldn’t. They remained like that for a long time—wiping furiously at their eyes, Aramis telling Ranka over and over again how angry she was, and Ranka only saying I know, because she did, truly, and she loved Aramis too much to do anything but take every ounce of anger she’d earned. 

I feel like this scene would have been better suited to literally any book. 

Mainly because, as I keep saying, the author has yet to make us care about Ranka and Aramis. I don’t think for a goddamned second that they actually love one another. Especially not Ranka. 

Besides the fact that I saw this sort of emotional bonding scene happening at the end of the last chapter. 

“Maybe we will, Princess,” Ranka whispered. “Maybe we will.”

Chapter 65 summary: Ranka goes into the room and goes the furthest away from where Aramis is in her bed. Aramis gets kind of angry, but then frustrated over Ranka’s behaviour right now. 

After a moment, Aramis has a break-down because of Foldrey’s betrayal. She explains through her tears about how despite how much her parents loved her and Galen, they still had to put the country first. That Foldrey stepped up in a way that her biological parents couldn’t.

Ranka talks some about loving somebody who turned out to be a piece of shit, and hurting no matter what you do. She talks about how she was found and turned into something that she never wanted to be. The two girls have their break-down bonding moment, even if it’s not the literal kiss and make up scene that I anticipated. 

Ranka finally tells Aramis her surname, the one she was born with. She says that Ranka Volst died along with her sister, but maybe it’s for the best. Because that’s not who she is anymore. 

Chapter 66

“The witches have changed their mind,” he said. “Galen dies at sunset.”

I can’t even be angry over this because I’m honestly super fucking tired of this stupid book. END ALREADY. 

“A few loyal men won’t be enough—but a whole coven might. Ongrum never won the favor of all the witches, correct? Her grip on power is tenuous at best. That was why she needed me.”

At this point, I’d say that the witches are probably not on Ongrum’s side. Especially since most of them have probably heard by now that they’re literally throwing the plague at everybody, and… What’s that? Still a 100% death rate? 

Would anybody willingly side with that?

“All right,” Aramis said quietly, her eyes burning. “Now how do we get my brother back?”

Chapter 66 summary: The chapter opens up with an entire goddamned page of Ranka and Aramis waking up after accidentally cuddling during the night. And OMG u gais, soooo embarrassing!!! Why we needed a full page of this is beyond me.

This moment is interrupted by Percy and Foldrey showing up to say that the witches have decided to kill Galen tonight. Foldrey says that he sent out messengers who should each be getting to those other cities right about now. But even if they decided to act and march their armies, literally none of them would get to Seaswept in time to save Galen. 

Ranka says that if they can’t rely on outside help, then they need to gather their own forces. Foldrey says that half of the Hand deflected to “kill them with kindness” plan Ongrum accidentally offered them. Then about half of those who were left were slaughtered during the attack last night. And half of those who survived, he guesses are probably locked up in the dungeon right now. 

Ranka then says that the witch leader she talked to last night was not on team “Infect the witches with the plague to make us immune”. If she can talk to her again, then she and another coven might back the rest of Foldrey’s men. That would only leave two covens defending Galen and the palace, which they think they can take. 

Chapter 67

Ranka climbed the stairs, and she did not look back.

Chapter 67 summary: We waste two fucking pages with them getting into position. TWO PAGES. NONE OF ANY OF THIS WAS FUCKING NECESSARY TO THE ADVACEMENT OF THE PLOT. 

When they get to the palace, Aramis and Ranka pause. Aramis points out that Ranka still doesn’t have her magic, and they both know that Ranka is going to die, no matter what happens. But she still makes Ranka promise her that she won’t die. Aramis then kisses her, because I don’t think that the author could help herself at this point. 

Chapter 68

Ranka turned the blade over in her hand and stepped forward to battle the woman who had raised her.

Chapter 68 summary: Ranka walks up to where the witches are about to murder Galen. She kind of stands before all of the witches for a second and nobody says or does anything about Ranka’s sudden appearance. 

She then challenges Ongrum to a battle to determine who will lead the coven. 

Ongrum is like “You know that this is a battle to the death, right?” Ranka knows more than anybody what’s on the line here. 

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[aashi-heartfilia]

Where can I read "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto" Light Novel?

Since a lot of you have been asking this question lately, here is everything you need to know in brief...

What is a Web Novel (WN) and Light Novel (LN)?

A WN is basically weekly chapters released by the main author on a weekly basis. You can find it on a lot of Japanese sites. Some amazing people also translate them on a regular basis and post those chapters. LN is a compilation of WN chapters. A number of Chapters from the WN are taken, translated, properly rewritten and edited to publish a final LN. It has a few illustrations as well like the one you can see below...

Manga, Light Novel and Anime

Basically, the LN is taken and illustrated by an artist and we call it a manga. And when the manga has reached a certain number of Chapters, and gained a lot of popularity, it is converted into an anime. So that's the flow of things. We have

WN -> LN -> Manga -> Anime

I think that clears up a lot of misunderstandings. Firstly, the WN is published on a weekly basis, some chapters from WN are taken and translated properly to make a LN. The LN is illustrated by an artist to make the manga and the manga is generally adapted to make the anime.

In case of 'Kusuriya no Hitorigoto' or 'The Apothecary Diaries', the anime is doing a great job of adapting the overall story because not only are they properly animating every scene from the manga but also adding their own scenes from the LN.

Where can I read WN, LN and Manga?

WNs are the hardest to find, since they are released on a weekly basis by the Japanese author. They are written in Japanese and a few fans translate them for everyone. You can find it here...

(They have translated chapters of vol 10, 11 and 12)

The LN has reached until vol 9 and vol 10 is scheduled to release in Jan 2024. Currently, there is no source where you can find it for free (not that I know of, because even I have purchased the e book from Amazon) though the first few pages are available to read for free! So you can check them out!

Where did the Anime, Manga left off?

The Manga has reached ch 68. If you want to start reading the light novel from where the manga left off, you can start reading from vol 4, chapter 4.

The Anime has released ep 12 and it has covered manga material till ch 20, if you want to read manga after finishing the anime.

If you have any other questions regarding the LN, WN, Anime or Manga, feel free to ask!

~ Sunshine

[every-luffy-smile]

chapter 68: end! luffy smiles this chapter: 4 total luffy smiles: 314