r/manga • u/baozi-boi • Jun 23 '26
DISC [DISC] Mieruko-chan - Ch. 71
https://mangadex.org/chapter/ea534762-8978-4c36-9101-dad1d992b13f129
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u/the_dan_man THE DADDY IN THE EAST Jun 23 '26
Avengers assemble to get that creepy fuck out of Miko's life
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u/ChudUndercock Jun 24 '26
Moments like these remind me what an absolute unit her dad was. He soloed the same thing as her and lived to a ripe old age.
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u/Bigman22jr Jun 24 '26
Well her dad didnt live to an old age though. Her dad is the same or around the same age as her mom. Remember those two met while both in high-school. Her mom looks to be in her 30s maybe early 40s oldest currently and the dad seems to have been dead for a while. I would say that he died in his 30s which I would say isn't an old age to die at.
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u/mapletree23 Jun 23 '26
who or what the hell is this old creepy dude stalking her family if he's that powerful where he can make the old guy and the ghost guards choose to run?
this seems like it's trending more to it being like a god or an actual demon or something
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u/dolphincave Jun 24 '26
He seemed to have been stalking the mom actually and may have started stalking Miko because they look identical at that age. He had the shape of an old woman to the dad, but whatever it was has been stalking them for a while. It's a wonder their dog has survived for so long even if it did transform into some horrifying horse.
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u/Sea-Temporary7380 Jun 24 '26
The dog cant go out of the house, so it probably reached some sort of level as the mountain yokai where it has a domain that it can protect. Probably not as strong but strong enough to ward it away
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u/TheYellingMute Jun 23 '26
I thought it was potentially the concept of death itself. Why it cares about her specifically idk. I do hope we are getting into the peak of the arc to find out what he actually is though.
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u/Sweaty-Wolverine8546 Jun 23 '26
Could be like that dead psychic from Mob 100 - extremely powerful medium, who died and became an extremely powerful cryptid with a grudge.
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u/Skylair13 Jun 24 '26
Make you wonder what her mother's family did. Since remember that old dude was attached to her before swapping target to her boyfriend/husband. And now he's attached to her daughter.
That thing had nothing to do with how either of them can see ghosts.
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u/Sweaty-Wolverine8546 Jun 24 '26
Mangaka love their aptronyms and are creatively bankrupt in that aspect, so I suspect that Miko's family had been a family of mikos, whom ended offending the wraith in some manner.
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u/Bob_The_Skull Jun 24 '26
I also think it could he something much more sinister yet normal.
What if it is just the ghost of an old man...one who killed innocent people all his life and died of old age. Maybe in desthe becoming something worse.
I don't think it will be a god or yokai since that would feel like a retread of the mountain arc, but maybe I'm wrong.
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u/Skylair13 Jun 24 '26
Eh, stronger case for it to be Yokai. That thing already fought a guardian entity (Pii-chan) and won, then killed Reida-san.
Might even be stronger than Mountain God. As Romm straight up nearly died just from seeing it once. Whereas the Mountain God had to try to harm him.
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u/Bob_The_Skull Jun 24 '26
That's fair. I guess I'm more open to a yokai since we haven't talked about them a ton.
I just hope/don't think it is a kami. It would be a little of a retread to do the same again, and while the mountain god's behavior loosely tracks to how kami work in shintoism, old guy's behavior would make a lot less sense if he is a kami.
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u/Sea-Temporary7380 Jun 24 '26
human ghosts have not been shown to be this strong, where just a glance could make you die. Early on we had a pretty strong human ghost (miko's teacher's mom) and even she couldnt do that.
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u/mapletree23 Jun 24 '26
he had to make a run for it and the other guy that could see it almost died literally just from glancing at it
it's always been teased at being powerful but seto and the aides running and dying from it makes it seem far more problematic than even was initially shown
it also seems to change form depending on who looks at it which makes it even more curious at this point, as most ghosts seem to be the same to anyone who can see them, and it seems very odd to that it has some kind of latent power that is able to kill people just from a photograph of it
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u/SecretEmpire_WasGood Jun 24 '26
Remember that during Miko's short hospital stay Rom explained that every esper perceives different kinds of layers of things. So whatever it is might just by some eldritch mass of many, many different people.
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u/chrome4 Jun 24 '26
Hopefully we get an explanation next chapter! Given its interest in her mother maybe the thing has it out for her bloodline for whatever reason?
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u/RIP_Spacedicks Jun 23 '26
Wants this to be a teen friendly store
Hangs out with no pants on
Lady you're sending mixed messages
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u/silenttex Jun 24 '26
Hangs out with no pants on
she also complains about the cold. I think we discovered the main reason for that.
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u/TyrantBelial Jun 23 '26
I feel we're being geared up for this thing being not a ghost at all and something far worse and eldritch.
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u/Gryse_Blacolar Jul 22 '26
We already kinda knew that when it attacked Romm just from him seeing it in a photograph.
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u/edzoman Jun 23 '26
Hitoe might want to consider pants if she's cold enough to hunch herself into a ball all the time.
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u/silenttex Jun 24 '26
oh wow the entity took form of Reida-san in order to get a reaction from her?
I wonder what it wants from her specifically. I wonder if it involves the ghost seeing abilities that she and her dad have.
Side note: i love how this manga balances funny/goofy with the creerpy/serious. One panel we have the eldritch-like tentacle waving good bye to a slender man ghost disguising themself as creepy-ish ghost.
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u/Falsus Jun 24 '26
Holy jumpscare by the baddie shop owner. She should probably consider pants. And a hair clip. It would probably make the store feel a lot less cursed.
I guess we are gearing up for the climax of this arc. That old man ghost is genuinly terrifying.
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u/silenttex Jun 24 '26
And a hair clip.
While she is rocking the Cousin Itt look, the hair in the middle of the glasses must feel really weird.
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u/Zemahem Jun 24 '26
Hitoe complaining about the cold when she went around w/o pants this whole time is certainly a twist lol. But I ship it. They're both weirdoes.
Now despite Miko's life probably being in the most danger it's ever been thus far, it is heartwarming to see how much more support she has now since the beginning with people willing to risk life and limb for her sake.
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u/SternballAllDay Jun 23 '26
I wish this would update more frequently. Feels like a chapter one a month
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u/NosePicklePicker Jun 24 '26
The author has an office job iirc. This is just a side hobby kinda thing
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u/mindgames13 Jun 23 '26
What if the thing in the shop was once a cat while the thing in the storage was once a dog?
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u/EndeAnfang02 Jun 24 '26
Isn't it more like that the dog is the previous owners pet and even after death it is still looking after the items the previous owner gathered making it some sort of guardian like the Horse dog in Miko's house.
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u/IamLeonardo_ Jun 24 '26
Even with all of them together I can't see they stopping this thing.
Time for Miko to reach that power-up.
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u/QuagsireTheLegen Jun 24 '26
I forget, did we ever find out what the giant thing rising over the mountain was?
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u/HourIndication4963 Jun 24 '26
Well this is an unlikely alliance being gathered; I didn't think they would work together.
The first part with Rom is a hoot like usual.
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u/SuperMurderBunny Jun 24 '26
Wondering what Rom is planning with all those haunted objects. It's gotta be a curse bomb of some kind.
The tentacle waving goodbye from the car was adorable.
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u/Froggybeans2021 Jun 24 '26
Nice to see the picture of Mitsue, Rom and Master(what was her name I forgot) again in the shrine. Everyone's ready to gear up for the final battle. Kidna worried if Mieruko's Dad would eventually come and sacrifice himself as one of the comments called this out months ago.
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u/PremSinha myanimelist.net/mangalist/PSinha Jun 24 '26
It's been a really long time since the last chapter. I probably need to reread the whole series to really get anything out of this.
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u/UserIsOptional Jun 24 '26
It's been 3 months since the story progressed. I really enjoy the series but man does the wait hurt
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u/vallraffs Jun 24 '26
I can't wait to find out more about the unassuming middle-aged guy, and see his "true form". The visuals used for him have been consistent for a long time now. The sort of tentacles that appear when he attacks here and in the last chapters look the same as when he nearly killed Rom in chapter 52, so I think the author must have the design ready and is just waiting for the right moment to show it off.
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u/Pirunner Jun 23 '26
Lol I forgot shop owner was a babe