Dragon Quill

Noriko falls asleep, so Shuya leaves to see what Shogo’s up to.

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Back with the secondary protagonists, Shinji has apparently done nothing for the last five hours but try to figure out why the phone isn’t working. I guess the author is trying to keep everything in chronological order. Somehow the laptop’s battery is still going strong.

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Back to the main gang. Noriko is better.

“Your fever’s gone down. Shogo said it probably wasn’t from septicemia. It was just a really bad cold. Probably from fatigue.”

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Back to Shinji and Yutaka.

They’re scoping out the school, having found the nearest safe border zone. So far, none of the other areas have been listed as forbidden.

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It’s nearly midnight and the main group is looking around for their next hideout.

“Can we stop at a house, like we did just now?”
“A house, huh.” Shogo looked away from Shuya and squinted. “It’s really not a good idea. As the number of zones decrease so do the number of houses. The moment someone needs something, they’ll want to enter a house. Whether it’s to eat or whatever.”

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Now for a mammoth chapter. It’s back to Shinji and Yutaka.

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PART THREE
FINAL STAGE

So that’s another bit of overlap with Hunger Games.

17 students remaining

We’re now back with Noriko and Shogo.

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Time for a Mitsuko chapter.

Some chatting. The sound of someone moving. She’d even settle for the faint sound of someone desperately trying to hold his or her breath.

But not out of loneliness or anything. She just wants to get back on the killing wagon. She’s now lost both Yoshimi’s gun and Megumi’s knife, and she really misses the gun.

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Shuya Nanahara (Male Student No. 15) suddenly woke up. He saw the blue sky framed by brilliant green grass.

Yes, it was all a dream.

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The chapter opens explaining that the lighthouse is includes a decent sized house in it, and that’s where the girls have been living.
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When he heard the shattering sound, Shuya just thought, oh, one of those clumsy girls must have dropped a dish, but when the sound was followed by an argument, he got up from his bed.

Huh. Shuya is surprisingly on the ball. I wasn’t expecting him to do anything until he heard the gun go off.
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Back to Shuya. It’s raining. This is the first time it’s rained, I believe. It’s nice that it’s been kept in reserve so long so it doesn’t come off as overused.

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This chapter, at last, is Kayoko. What’s she been doing this time?

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Back to Shuya and the gang. Well, there isn’t much of anyone else to be, is there?

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PART FOUR
FINISH
4 students remaining

Tension has been kind of lacking due to the number of characters, but it’s really ramped up now. It’s almost over, it’s the main characters against the so far unstoppable antagonist, no real hint as to what either side’s plans are, and with three of them, there’s space for some death.

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