I love this bit from chapter 13.5 (speech bubbles are read from right to left):

Kosuke, the guy in the picture, has a crush on Kaho, the series' main character. But all of Kaho's time, energy, and attention is focused on Emperor. This is somehow made even better by the fact that Emperor continues to not be very loving or cuddly. He does seem to have preferences, but they boil down to "everyone but Kosuke" "not Kosuke." Kaho loves Emperor without needing any signs that Emperor loves her in return.

Although I did hate the timing of this interlude. Emperor was maybe in danger! I needed to know that he'd be okay! (Don't worry, everything turned out fine. Although I have so many questions about Emperor's existence. Some penguin rules apply to him, but several key things do not.)

Oh, and here's a screenshot of Kaho's bird-loving friend lecturing Kosuke on the difference between emperor and king penguins. He had just made the mistake of giving Kaho a toy penguin of the wrong sort! Gasp! (This is from Chapter 16.5.)

If you can't tell, I recommend this series. :-)

This is totally going to be my lunchtime reading today. It's strangely soothing.

Some notes:

- I love that Emperor is just sort of there, this hulking bird that has decided to live with them.

- I love Dad. He comes in at Chapter 5, I think, and is initially stunned at the appearance of a penguin in his home while he was away on a business trip. He adjusts quickly.

- Chapter 6 has a cat! And mato is just as good at drawing cats as penguins.

- I wish tapping on the left side of the screen turned the page (I'm reading on my phone). It looks like only swiping works, though.

Sa zadovoljstvom ću je čitati svojoj deci, i kasnije sa njima, i još kasnije ih podsećati da je ponovo pročitaju.

Može se čitati kao svedočanstvo o jednom vremenu i jednoj međi, a može se čitati i kao pjer-menar-ovsko poigravanje sa istorijskom čitankom.

Ja sam je čitala na drugi način, i nauživala se povezujući naivnost školske lektire, naivnost ideala hranjenih njom i posledice.

So i found this volume in my cousin's house when i was there, and read it. it's basically Ruby and Sapphire's meeting for the first time. I'm a 90's kid and when you are one, for you, Pokemon is about Ash, Brock and Misty. That's it. Like, there are the original. that's childhood. (haha) But My nephews are way passed them and is so much updated with all the new episodes and legendary pokemons and all that shits. it is a bit surprising at first when i discovered those few years ago. lol