Here is some SPOILER info for the upcoming UQ Holder Chapter 102, courtesy of 2ch. (My review of UQ Holder Chapter 102 should come out late Tuesday night or Wednesday, U.S. time, depending on when Crunchyroll publishes the chapter.)
UQ HOLDER Chapter 102 SPOILERS
The UQ Holder Chapter 102 goodness begins.^_^
This looks to be Chapter 102’s spoilers.
生きてますよー
さて本題 女装九郎丸、デートする
あっさり刀太に感づかれたかと思ったそのとき、別の九郎丸が現れる
こんなこともあろうかと、一空がダミーロボを操りごまかすのに成功
かくて九郎丸の遠縁・九龍ということになった女装九郎丸は
観光案内のチラシを見つけると、刀太にガイドを依頼するさんざんデートを堪能した九龍だが
ドキドキの時間は闖入者によって終わりを告げる
御柱の展望デッキで刀太の首を狙う影使い
刀太は無意識の裏拳で振り払うが、続く影の攻撃は今の九龍には重く……
■女の身では耐えられない!?
Is this a chapter about Kuroumaru and dating? Or is there some new character swooping in for an attack? Or both? My super tired brain from working last night cannot tell. As a result, we’ll have to wait for a lovely translation. And I really do appreciate the efforts of all those who have contributed here. ^_^
Update #1: More info from DerGilga. ^_^
生きてますよー
I’m living nowさて本題 女装九郎丸、デートする
now the real issue for the female dressed Kuroumaru, to go on a dateあっさり刀太に感づかれたかと思ったそのとき、別の九郎丸が現れる
when she believed that she was eaily spotted by Touta another Kuroumaru appears
こんなこともあろうかと、一空がダミーロボを操りごまかすのに成功
How can this be? Ikku puppeteers a dummy robot and succeeds in deciving him
かくて九郎丸の遠縁・九龍ということになった女装九郎丸は
thus for the female dressed Kuroumaru it was decided that she is called “Touen Kuryuu”, a distant relative of Kuroumaru
観光案内のチラシを見つけると、刀太にガイドを依頼する
When she finds a tourist information flyer, she requests Touta for a guideさんざんデートを堪能した九龍だが
Kuryuu utterly enjoyed the date, but
ドキドキの時間は闖入者によって終わりを告げる
The time of ‘thump-thump/heart beating’ is marked to end due to an intruder
御柱の展望デッキで刀太の首を狙う影使い
on the obersvation deck of ‘go-Hashira’ a shadow user aims at Touta’s head
刀太は無意識の裏拳で振り払うが、続く影の攻撃は今の九龍には重く……
Touta shakes it of with an unconscious backshop, but the continuous shadow attack now moves towards Kuryuu■女の身では耐えられない!?
With her female self she can’t withstand it!?
What the…?! 😆 OK, so now we move to Phase 3 of the Kuroumaru jokes. First it was, “Is Kuroumaru a male or female?” Then it was, “Will Kuroumaru become male or female?” Now it is, “Will Touta discover Kuroumaru is really female after Ikkuu’s timely and oh so convenient Kuroumaru duplicate?”
Anyway, thanks DerGilga!
Update #2: Well, I missed this the first time it appeared because 2.5 hours after a Japanese fan had posted it, the image had already been pulled. ^_^; Fortunately, another Japanese fan reposted it.
Daw! 😉
Update #3: Some more images from MK.
And there we see Karin’s stalker interrupting the date. Suddenly, I’m hoping his return causes Karin to slip further into the Touta harem camp. Mwah!ha!ha!ha!ha!
生きてますよー
I’m living now
さて本題 女装九郎丸、デートする
now the real issue for the female dressed Kuroumaru, to go on a date
あっさり刀太に感づかれたかと思ったそのとき、別の九郎丸が現れる
when she believed that she was eaily spotted by Touta another Kuroumaru appears
こんなこともあろうかと、一空がダミーロボを操りごまかすのに成功
How can this be? Ikku puppeteers a dummy robot and succeeds in deciving him
かくて九郎丸の遠縁・九龍ということになった女装九郎丸は
thus for the female dressed Kuroumaru it was decided that she is called “Touen Kuryuu”, a distant relative of Kuroumaru
観光案内のチラシを見つけると、刀太にガイドを依頼する
When she finds a tourist information flyer, she requstes Touta for a guide
さんざんデートを堪能した九龍だが
Kuryuu utterly enjoyed the date, but
ドキドキの時間は闖入者によって終わりを告げる
The time of ‘thump-thump/heart beating’ is marked to end due to an intruder
御柱の展望デッキで刀太の首を狙う影使い
on the obersvation deck of ‘go-Hashira’ a shadow user aims at Touta’s head
刀太は無意識の裏拳で振り払うが、続く影の攻撃は今の九龍には重く……
Touta shakes it of with an unconscious backshop, but the continuous shadow attack now moves towards Kuryuu
■女の身では耐えられない!?
With her female self she can’t withstand it!?
Thanks!
pertamaxxx…
So Ikku just happened to have a Kuroumaru robot laying around? That’s super creepy….
The more I read this and think about it, the more I agree with it. Not to mention… doesn’t he have a robot body himself? (・᷄﹏・᷅)
(For anyone who reads Questionable Content, having a robot Kuroumaru to play with sounds like one of Pintsize’s fantasies. (⊙_⊙) )
Ikkuu’s mind is in an android body.
I was thinking “whacked,” but yeah, creepy too.
So even when Touta goes on a date, Akamatsu still treats it as joke.
Looks like. But that’s not unusual for Akamatsu-sensei.
Ah, the good ol’ trick of the distant relative to explain the ressemblance, eh ? I’m sure I’ve already seen that before but where, I wonder… ? ROFLMAO
Go Kurou-chan, now’s your chance!
Yeah, it is an old trope of Japanese manga/anime.
*SIGH, a BIG, BIG SIGH*
Okay, look. It’s like this. Everyone from the main cast already knows about Kuro’s gender. Even the hotel staff treats her as female from the very beggining! So why isn’t Touta allowed to know about it as well? I mean, sure, there was all the issue of Kuro’s choice of gender, but isn’t that pretty much settled already? She even dressed up, for alien’s sake!!!!!!
My point is: from the moment Kuro accepted her feminine nature and didn’t tell Touta, Touta was being decieved, and everyone from the main cast (closest numbers) is on it! Really, would someone as friendly and airheaded as Touta actually “break up” with Kuro, like she imagined? Of course not! Obviouly impossible! Even Kirie should know about that! Go take a walk on the small beach after sword swinging, and tell him about your situation! It’s such a simple solution! But no, there is still the crazy plan of dressing Kuro up, then making her confess as a complete stranger! Mizore-chan, anyone?
Which takes me to the question: what will Touta’s reaction be when he finds out about all this? About everyone playing games on his expense behind his back? Since its the super perceptive Touta, he could simply say “Oh, obviously I knew it already! But you kept calling yourself a guy so I kept quiet”, and we could laugh at Kuro’s reaction… but I really, really hope it’s not the case now. I want a serious reaction and a cold… no, a freezing shoulder at least for a moment. Just like when Eva grounded him at HQ with no explanation. I want that kind of sad/angry mood towards everyone. Kuro is his best friend in UQH! Touta said that himself! Then Kuro says: “he saved me, and now, instead of just hiding my gender I’ll actively deceive him” ? What the hell!
P.S Whew. Even I had no idea the post would be this big… I guess that robot you mentioned broke all Rant Hell loose within me XDDDDD
P.S.2 Oh, just thought of something: since Touta has magic within his body, does that make him some sort of “mage”? So he could make a real pact with Kuro, right? I hope so.
I agree. I do hope Touta isn’t dumb enough to /really/ be deceived but who knows and I hope that they do have some sort of actual spat. If not now at some point. KurouXTouta all the way for me though 🙂
Do they? Karin and Kirie knew. Eva suspected and likely knows. Outside of those three, Kuroumaru has no reason to tell anyone else.
Kirie’s plan was based solely on making Kuroumaru resemble Eva as Kitty. Kirie’s thought process was pretty shallow — Touta was attracted to Eva as Kitty, therefore petite blonde babes are Touta’s type, therefore Kuroumaru in a Kitty-like appearance is all Touta needs.
I don’t want Touta to be a Magister since he’s not a mage. However, the president was set with Kotaro not being a mage, yet being able to become a Magister, so if Akamatsu-sensei wants Touta to be a Magister, he will be.
1- By main cast I mean the closest Numbers to Touta: Karin, Kirie, Ikku and Santa (the latter two having researched by themselves) Eva might have figured it out, but doesn’t even Interact that much with everyone;
2- Yeah, Kirie’s plan was stupid. Trying to build a new/fake relationship from scratch might end up ruining both!
3- That’s right, I though of Kotaro as well. I believe the only demand to be a magister is to have magic and use it for whatever purpose.
Ikku and Santa also know. Sidekick hinted that he knew or perhaps thought he was just cross dressing. Same goes for pretty much everyone else. Just a couple of arcs ago even Touta asked AGAIN if she was actually a girl. Though he may have just been teasing her… But it seems that if they don’t already know everyone seems to think she’s actually a girl… Which is true now… Or at least mostly true. Don’t know how far it has progressed or if it’s like a switch.
And yes. I would love a pact with Kurou.
Haha, looks like we’re sailing the same ship on everything. Yes, Kuro x Touta all the way for me as well. I want a fight for justice sake, then a good reconciliation. ^^
Which reminds me, Kuro-bo is another one of those “here today, gone tomorrow” elements in the story.
In the pic, Kuro-chan used ‘boku’ to refer to herself which Touta noticed. Old habits die hard.
Girls can also use “boku” but it is much rarer than “hatashi” or “watashi”. ^^
well it’s very rare and a sign of masculinity, so girly Kurou-chan using it is understandably confusing to Touta.
Btw. in my Japanese class we had just yesterday a small discussion about this topic, how I can say ‘I’ in Japanese. And ‘atashi’ is a (female) dialect of ‘watashi’ aka they are the same word. In written language you could not tell them apart.
She could use the word dude for masculinity.
Asian language and speaking like Chinese and Japanese languages has different skill sets when compared to american or european languages. One is inflection added to how the word is said – sorta like singing which can be a different meaning for the same word – and another are different words with the same meaning used at different levels of politeness or formality from very formal speaking to speaking intimately with a spouse. A third factor is the local dialect that may have different words used by males, which are different from what a female would use.
That is quite Patronizing
The word “dude” just sounds wrong to me.
Which doesn’t translate into English at all. 🙁
It can also that the ‘gang’ (Ikkuu, Kirie,) as friends are helping Kuromaru as best they can keeping with Kuromaru’s wishes, which is to be female, and not freak out Touta, and get a separate room so Kuromaru can rest. Ikkuu’s expertise is robots, so I can see him using one, or become the male kuromaru robot to help Kuromaru in keeping Touta guessing.
Taking a name of a distant relative is a good idea, for if its a ‘clan’, using the sword and techniques can be equated to being similar, with the reason of going to the same martial arts school. This may reveal itself when battling that shadow intruder.
Kirie’s motives are questionable — honor of immortals to be better than mortals. That’s a weak excuse to hide her own feelings. She won’t reveal herself openly, and would rather invent schemes to get what she wants or wants to know.
Touta’s hoop is also different and interesting, its made to appear when he needs it, and it looks like its made of many smaller parts. I hope he can master his control over the magic inside him without it. I’m wondering how he will stumble on the pactio, or maybe something that Eva will eventually need to show him, without being a magister or even a magi, which at this point anything can happen.
But his hoop is a massive weakness. Even if he can overcome that, I suspect he will be like Takahata in that he won’t be able to cast spells.
Lol , what the fk with that shadow?, (lmao). it’s seem Touta’s better than Touta’s past 2 much.. however, i can’t wait to see Negi. What the hell Negi is? Bring me Negi scene..(Hunger Negi) เย้ นากิ และ เนกิ กุหาไปไหนนนนนนนนน บอกกุที (Moderator edit: This is a machine translation of that last bit. “Jena, and Negi’s going to cook for the amount of things I am told.”)
Well, we found out. 🙂
The last is the best
🙂
I know it’s girly of me but I love that every image Kurou has a huge blush:)
Yeah, she’s ultra cute in this chapter.
Ugh, Chao the Rapist, this manga’s second worst character, is back. And looks like he becomes more of a joke with each appearance, so you can’t even say he’s at least a good threat like Tsukuyomi was.
And Touta is so hyper mega super duper ultra awesome now he dispatches him without even noticing it! Ugh! It’s Gary Stu meets Overall Repulsive Character, and no matter who wins, we lose!
There’s something weird about Xinxai. He seems to never take any real damage, no matter what.
Still, I’d love for Karin to show up and vent off some rage on him. 😉
😆
I’m wondering when there was going to be the re-appearance of that earlier group that Karin and Touta fought. The knife guy is back, and probably not alone, but with others that have a stronger ability than the previous people (blind swordsman and werewolf) that were sent. I’m guessing that Kirie and her time reset will be needed again. I see other people in the background in some of the pics so it may not be happening at Senkyokan. If Karin is around watching/spying on them, it would be a interesting re-match for her.
Although I suspect Kirie and Ikkuu are nearby (based on the actual chapter), I would love it if Karin somehow tagged along too, just so she could go bat s*** crazy on Xinxai.
Sigh. My favorite ship in the series and one of the shaky ones. I keep worrying how this is going to turn out.
Chapter ends with Kuro wondering “Can I really stay with Tota as a girl…?” and ends with her “I don’t have the strength!?” I can see this now, her love for Tota turns her into a girl which is physically weaker for her – so she’ll decide that protecting and standing by him is more important and swing the other way instead – becoming male.
I’m hoping it’s not the case and instead she finishes becoming a woman, and becomes stronger to compensate. Or just goes “That’s my man!” and rips face.
On a side note: Until Ikkuu intervenes Tota was about to say “So you really were a girl” – I just know it. Damn you Ikkuu – this coulda been it!
I like the “That’s my man!” option you propose. Some folks have wondered about Kuroumaru’s wings. So now that I think of it, using your option, I’d like to see Kuroumaru become a girl, but transform (something akin to Setsuna) where Touta gets to see it and tells her he thinks her having wings is totally awesome. 😀
I tend to think it would have been something like that, or else, “Why are you dressed as a girl?”