[scanlation] 7 Seeds Volume 24 Chapter 122

[pandaranda]

I'm super tired today, so I won't say much. But I will let you know that volume 24 is scheduled to be released on the 8th of March, two weeks from now! :) A great day because it'll also be when we get our new puppy. YAY! ^_^ Incidentally, chapter 122 will be the first chapter of volume 24 too. :)

It would also be nice if people didn't ask when the next release is coming. ^^;; Release dates are probably going to stay pretty sporadic from now on, being that I have no idea when I'll have time to catch up on scanlating. It'll be nice if I could step back and just do the translating, but I guess that's not happening any time soon! ^^;; In any case, I apologise for any delays from now on, but there definitely won't be a regular release date anymore and releases will come when they're done so please be patient. :) Any help, of course, is most welcome. ^^


7 SEEDS Chapter 122 - "Guidance"

The fire continues to terrorise the scattered teams, how is it that no matter how far they walk the fire continues to stay right on their heels when there isn't a single bit of vegetation to burn?! At this rate, will everyone really make it to the coast safely...?

MF Download: Chapter 122

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Hana is so cute is this chapter! The whole beetle thing reminds me of Winnie the Pooh, I don't know why but it does. Asking a beetle to help them escape the fire, how can you not love her? XD It always makes me sad that so many people don't like her, she's totally adorbs, and more so recently than ever. :3 Also her friendship with Aramaki gives me warm fuzzies like Natsu's friendship with Arashi. In both cases, I hope they continue to foster strong long-lasting friendships that don't progress any further. ^^ Yay for friendship! :)

Disclaimer: We by no means own this manga, its contents or anything pertaining to it. This English scanlation is merely the work of fans made for fans. All of the original work rightfully belongs to the mangaka, Tamura Yumi, and their publisher, Shogakukan. Please support the mangaka by purchasing her work. ^_^

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Comments

Re: Horses!!!

[pandaranda]

Hmm, they're not really horses, well they're not really sure if they're horses or not. They did mention that they're rather deer-like with their great mountain-climbing skills. And since they're not sure that they're horses, it can't be assumed that they would have the same social behaviour characteristics of a horse. Obviously they're not that afraid of humans because the herd allowed Hana to stay pretty close and the foal wasn't afraid of her at all. So Tsunomata being able to get a ride on them isn't that much of a stretch either. ^^;; Probably the horses don't really have a natural enemy in the area they live except for that giant tree thing, which is now dead.

I don't think Hana will ever name the foal because she refuses to keep a wild animal as a pet. She's already learnt her lesson through the piggybara things. ^^;; As usual, she allows the foal to decide for itself what it wants to do, she rarely interferes with it.

Well, you also have to consider the fact that everyone over there knew about her father's role in the 7 Seeds Project. Ever since finding out, she's felt a lot of guilt over her parents' actions, so she probably didn't think anyone would take her side when it came down to it. And also, victim blaming is a really common problem in today's society, especially when it comes to rape victims. Sometimes it's so bad that even the victims end up blaming themselves, thinking it's their fault that they were raped, even if all the fault lies entirely on the rapist and not the victim. Not only that, after Hana was almost raped, I recall reading readers' comments saying that Hana deserved it and that Ango wasn't to blame at all. So you see, it isn't surprising that Hana would be surprised that everyone took her side and went up against Ango and Ryo. That sort of thing doesn't always happen. ^^;;

I'm not sure if she really will be afraid of that, Hana doesn't seem that concerned about Ango. Even when she didn't know that Ango had left, she was still more than willing to take Fujiko back to their settlement to see the baby delivered (in fact I'm pretty sure she forgot all about Ango and Ryo, it was really Aramaki that was worried about it, not her). I'm sure she feels that her problems with Ango are just between her and him, and that he's only a true threat to her and nobody else, but that she's prepared to hold her ground against him should he try anything else.

It's still the Awakening Insects story arc right now, it'll end soon. I believe the new arc starts with chapter 125? I think it's the 'Sea Chapter' next. :3 It takes an interesting turn, that's for sure. Everyone getting together was never going to be that easy, after all. XD

Unfortunately there were only a few people who mentioned 7 Seeds, Shojobeat has already announced their four new series: Seiyuu Academy, Hapi Mari, Yoroshiku Master and Midnight Secretary. 7 Seeds is probably better not released under the Shojobeat label anyway, since that will detract males from purchasing it (7 Seeds isn't really shojo anyway). You should make your appeal directly to Viz next time. :)

Rape alright?????

[(Anonymous)]

"after Hana was almost raped, I recall reading readers' comments saying that Hana deserved it and that Ango wasn't to blame at all."

Wait, WHAT? Seriously??? I can't believe some people actually said that!!! Ango was totally the criminal in that rape attempt incident - no matter how furious he was, raping a person (be it a male or female) is a most terrible crime that absolutely cannot be excused, never.

Ango just wanted to hurt Hana as much as possible because he couldn't punish Takashi for his deeds anymore and so shifted his hatred towards the teacher to his innocent daughter. Hana was never at fault for Ango trying to rape her to begin with. That's a so-called "rape myth".

I recently came across a very interesting one-shot manga that deals with the matter of rape, the suffering of victims and many "myths" that still circle in society about rape and make the victims still suffer even after the rape incident itself is over; the so-called "Second Rape". I'd seriously recommend to read this manga to all of those fucking chauvinists out there!!

Story's called Kyokou Shinwa ~Sekando Reipu~, the third one in a manga stories collection. The link is: http://mangafox.me/manga/kakene_nashi_no_love_torihiki/

By the way, "Bitter Virgin" (http://mangafox.me/manga/bitter_virgin/) is also a very serious manga series dealing with the trauma and suffering of a girl abused by her stepfather which got pregnant from her assailant. Totally to recommend.

Sorry about my outburst, Panda-chan. I know you love Hana too, it's just that I get mad when I learn of people talking this heartlessly about rape victims.

Re: Rape alright?????

[pandaranda]

I'm pretty sure I've seen a few people say stuff like Hana deserved it in the 7 Seeds forum, or tried to defend Ango for trying to rape her. Haven't you seen that happen? I've argued one too many times with other people over this matter. ^^;;

Not just hurt Hana as much as possible, he also wanted to dominate her, control her completely. What he was doing really was inexcusable, no matter how impudent Hana was or how terrible her father way. =/ Even if these people don't like Hana, I don't see how that's an excuse. =_=

Re: Rape alright?????

[(Anonymous)]

I totally agree with you. Since this topic is really bothering me, I thought it might be very interesting trying to start a discussion about that on the 7 Seeds Wiki: http://7-seeds.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:2677
Maybe we can discuss this a bit more intense this way.

By the way, thanks for the info about Viz' poll being void now: I already edited that on the wiki.

I also spontaneously created a new page to share recommendations on similar media: http://7-seeds.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Recommendations since I thought it'd be a pity if that's only being discussed within MF. There are so many wonderful media out there which should be shared with everyone!

Lg, Ysaye

PS: Well, I probably missed most of those discussions because I started reading 7 Seeds regularly and waiting for updates only somewhere along the end of the Summer Solstice chapter, and didn't watch the forum so much at first.