Ch. 37 Summary: Shiina visits Satomi’s house to apologize, and eats dinner with Satomi, her mother, and Bungo.

 Ch. 38 Summary: Shiina and Satomi each realize what the other has done with their dragon child.

Revelations

In Ch. 38, the apocalypse occurs. I mean this in the original Greek sense of the word, as a disclosure of knowledge. The reason I chose this word will become very clear in the ensuing chapters. Let’s do a a quick comparison of this chapter of Narutaru and in the Revelation of John. To be clear, I doubt Kitoh had this comparison in mine: I just think they follow a similar pattern.

All the nations of the Earth worship the Beast and serve Babylon. Likewise, Satomi begins to serve the committee on hot air balloons. Of course, serving Babylon is not a new course for Satomi: she was already serving Sudou, who I would argue is even more an embodiment of Babylon than the government itself. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 37 – 38 — Apocalypse →

Ch. 34 Summary: Shiina enters Banda academy. She’s growing up.

Ch. 35 Summary: Sudou shoots some kids for littering.

Ch. 36 Summary: Shiina starts school and slaps Satomi in the face.

Coming of Age

Not much to say about Ch. 34. It’s mostly there to show that Shiina’s growing up, entering junior high, and time has passed since Hiro died. Shiina’s mother still sucks, Takeo is still a pervert, Sudou is still Sudou, and Shiina’s dad is still a lolicon.

Now Shiina is too old so he refuses to take baths with her, no matter how much she begs him… Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 34 – 36 — Filtering →

Ch. 30 Summary: Tatsumi and another guy from the organization buy flowers. The worker at the flower shop is revealed to be Satou’s boyfriend.

Ch. 31 Summary: Sudou discusses his desire to create a fair society in which the less capable people die. Fairly.

Ch. 32 Summary: Norio visits her friend with a baby and wishes he could have Takeo’s child.

Ch. 33 Summary: Takeo brings back a girl home to her parents… after he ensures he fulfills her duties as a prostitute.

Policing Sexuality

We’re back to some shorter chapters. Ch. 30 focuses on Tatsumi and his organization. Their organization has a figurehead who can be easily replaced if necessary and their organization continues. As the other person points out, it’s essentially a dictatorship. Tatsumi claims that this kind of organization is necessary to move forward, for the benefit of the people. It’s a de-humanizing, self-perpetuating organization, where people live in slavery to the principalities and powers, rather than the other way around. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 30 – 33 — A Fair Society →