


If the Golem was already making Somali feel safe, seeing Yabashira laying a smackdown to some unruly thugs reassures us that everyone’s in good hands. But turns out they were familiar faces, with Shizuno and Yabashira also make a return, bringing along lightheartedness and a feeling of security. Also, folks may have been apprehensive at first when cloaked figures knocked on the door. Somali tearing up from happiness while eating the cake smashed me in the feels, and while the Golem reacted with stoic mannerism, I’m quite certain they were reeling on the inside too. First off, the wholesome and heartwarming interactions between Golem and Somali – with best dad even baking a cake. With Haraiso also looking after humans, perhaps an extrapolation can be made that it’s in a golem’s nature to watch over humans. And a parallel should most certainly be made with Somali here – who holds nothing but goodwill towards all monsters, on account of her positive experiences with the golem. Though there’s probably a reason to that.īelow the surface of this tragedy, there’s an important part that shouldn’t be missed – the way in which a young and innocent girl was able to overcome her initially disdainful stigma against monsters. In fact, I’m surprised that humans even lasted for so long without being invaded by monsters. Paranoia and suspicion can really bring out the worst in people, and it’s no wonder that Haraiso didn’t even bother or that monsters would hold such an unfavourable view of humans. But then again, the Salem Witch Hunts did happen. I’m surprised that Haraiso didn’t even try to convince them that not all monsters were bad. To be honest, I found it hard to believe the villagers outright ostracised Feodora – even though she saved one of their own. The book which revealed the ugliness of human nature, which played a large part in bringing about humanity’s doom. Turns out a witch named Feodora – the ancestor of the current head librarian – crash landed among humans, recounting her experience to Isolde but forbidding her from writing anything about it – a promise which Isolde broke. The revelations about Haraiso shed light on the dark context behind why humans are so universally reviled by monsters. 「祈り語る出会いと絆」 ( Inori Kataru Deai to Kizuna)
