Kind of sucks that Androssi didn't get to try and fight whatever Gustang gave Rachel. Yuri stepping in probably saved her, but I would have liked to see how it would affect Baam. It seems like Hockney can see or almost see Rachel's guardian.
Hwa Ryun is always up to something. The fact that she doesn't want to go to the hidden floor seems ominous, since she's never had an issue running into dangerous situations before, especially if Baam is going. Also, it's super hard to read her intentions. She's still connected to the FUG elders, but also Baam. I wonder when she'll have to get to a real crossroads between Baam and FUG.
Baam needs to stop worrying about Rachel. If she can't even make it to the entrance of the hidden floor she doesn't deserve the chance to compete for the thorn. Luckily she has that stingray. It's perfect for her. Feeds off her jealously, anger, and resentment and operates without her having to do anything. But I could see it backfiring easily enough. Also, is the stingray getting bigger as it kills or as it feeds off her emotions?
It's nice that Khun and Androssi got a bit of spotlight. Hopefully it continues. Seems like Androssi will be continuing to learn Yuri's street fighter style moves.
Finally Wangnan notices Karaka's ring. Now he just need to get his back from Rachel. Wonder if we'll get to see the conversation, but probably not.
SIU Blog Post:
This week is.. a continuation of the "calm before the storm", while interrupted with battles within the Train. Rachel's new power will have a lot of uses in the Hidden Floor, so if you just wait a bit longer, you'll see what the power truly signifies ^^ I hope. Baam, Rachel, and the Regulars of the team: their growth is going incredibly slowly, but like other manhwa the main characters grow a tad faster and a tad more specially. That's a trope I'm using. Of course, I want to keep things balanced.
The battle progressing on the train, I haven't drawn actual battles in the train that often, haven't I? I guess I'll always feel like I could have done better when it comes to expressing the world built. Like the battle with Hoaqin, or this search of the hidden room... Thanks to these bold stories important to the narrative, I miss out on being able to talk more about the train itself... this is the biggest wall and difficulty in the fantasy genre. And in order to alleviate that feeling, to alleviate the sense of falling short, I decided to put in bits and bits of combat in the Train.
This genre called fantasy... when it comes to building a world and drawing it out, it's got a unique charm compared to modern-day genres, where you can use photos as reference... It's artisan in a sense... hehe I hope you guys enjoy those aspects a bit more. I always feel a tad short, but developing through doing various different experiments is a good thing, I believe.
And the scene where Wangnan sees Karaka's ring... I wondered whether putting it here was a good idea. Reason being that thsi is a very important but a very drawn out theme... It's a narrative clue I've dragged out, thinking I'll talk about it one day. There's both correct and incorrect aspects to what many of you are predicting, but regardless, the possibility is that Wangnan's climb in the Tower will be a big axis of the story. Whether Wangnan will go to the Hidden floor, that's also a possibility hehe. The story of the Ring, along with the story of the Thirteen Months will be a story that I'll be drawing out for a long, long time ^^; I hope you're excited for it.