It’s like walking back into the library, savouring the wonderful smell of aged paper, before diving into one of the fantasy worlds inside the books. Those of you familiar with Bookworm must feel rather joyous at its return. So I’m beginning to wonder what kind of miracle or intervention down the line might be required, to allow her to fully realise the entire scope of her book and printing press project. If they want to maintain the status quo, a lot rides on keeping the populace at large ignorant and suppressed.Įven with backing from Ferdinand, Benno, and the Town Guard, I have to say it’s very doubtful that she will eventually come out on top of this one. So why do the aristocracy and church have a vested interest in keeping the common man from knowledge and ideas? A literate population that can spread and communicate knowledge and ideas is a vehicle for transforming the working class, into an educated middle class – who will inevitably hold more political power as a demographic within society, and be able to challenge the Aristocracy and Church to potentially enact far sweeping change. And as such, are slowly coalescing together to take her down. While Myne has no threatening intention or ambition behind her book driven pursuits, it seems that important figures and institutions around her have become extremely wary of her discoveries and how they may shake the establishment. I seem to recall Yoshikage Kira having an acquired taste for purple suits, so let’s hope this one’s not as insanely off his rockers too. Look at that fancy pants, wearing purple. Now you’re telling me the Ink Guild are looking for trouble, out of fear that Myne is going to take a huge chunk of their profits off her discovery and innovation?Īnd just when you think that signing over the rights to said ink production is where the buck stops, even though that contract is signed, it seems like the master of the Ink Guild has some ulterior motives up his sleeve – making a shadowy deal with some wealthy, aristocratic looking figure. I mean, sure the High Priest remains ever present in the background.
There is some kind of formula going on here, with set piece villains showing up one after the other.
However, one problem solved invites in a new problem to take its place. But watching from her perspective, we can all be assured that Myne’s motivations are entirely selfish – saving orphans from a horrible fate, becoming a patron to Johann, etc. From the outside, it sure looks like saint-like altruism.
With the orphanage finally under her control, and becoming a cornerstone to the runnings of a functional printing press, Myne has pretty much assembled everything required to achieve her goal of bringing books to herself and the masses.
Ooooooooh, and Western TV as well as movies! So unfortunately, my attention is divided. But unfortunately, distractions like anime, manga and games exist. If I had the enthusiasm and passion Myne had towards books, towards acquiring knowledge, not to brag about my natural intelligence but I probably could have solved world hunger and figured out the secrets to unlimited energy from E=MC Squared. OP: 「言葉にできない」 ( Kotoba ni Dekinai) by Maaya Sakamoto