Chapter 12: I'm rereading this and I dont know why but it's just hitting me that you use they/them for Yuni when she is being Sochun and I love it

Chapter 12: I'm late with the comment, sorry! Sunday I was feeling like mush because I stayed up till 3 am playing board games with my friends :')

And the most curious thing happened when I read the chapter for the first time. The soundtrack lasted until the last word of the Author's Notes for me, but during the chapter itself I was always out of the right tempo hahahaha That being said, back to the chapter!

So first we have Zyanya! I don't know why but I got surprised to know that she's a huntress xD It was super cool to go through the jungle/forest with Zyanya, like we were part of the hunt too! But dude! I got worried when she crossed into Eastland territory! She must be hella strong to be able to run while carrying a DEER!
Zya's nervousness while meeting the Chief makes me wonder if she's the type to get into mischief often, thus why she thought she was in trouble haha And also, here I was thinking that "All-as-One, The Path we follow" for some reason made me remember of "Rejoice in the Ocean's Mother favour" and then! The map is about the Deep Domains!!!! WHAT!!?? Does the merpeople know that?? If they do, would that mean that the Westland tribes have some type of relation to the merpeople?? So many questions!! (besides, the fact it's hobgoblin's hide make it even more eerie) The "Deliver it, towards it's destiny." Made me think about that part in PotC where Tia Dalma is using shells to find something and I think she says "something something, a touch of destiny" xD Fitting, in my opinion.

Oh Pan is next! And our girl is definitely not having a good time :') She seems to have made a kind of friend tho, so I guess that's good? And I'm relieved that she learned quickly enough that being anonymous was the best for her. Oof, okay, no more friend, because they are being separated. All the girls feel like they are walking to their doom, but WE know that Piranha Isles is where Kazume will find Pan so, that's a ood thing! Even if she doesn't know that yet :p
(Also I must confess that I'm curious exactly how things went for Pan to be where she is now. Like, I know the palace was attacked, but, you know, I'm curious for the details too xD)

And now we turn a 180 because we are dropped into a super proper and refined afternoon tea. hahahaha I guess it says a lot that Euphemia still acts and portrays herself with such pose even when she's in the presence of someone she feels comfortable with. Also the "You want power, not just duty" promises us a hella of journey in the future! xD I guess Euphemia's future is one that I'm most curious about. And hey she has a crush! How cute!
The scene with the girls suddenly getting ready to look a picture perfect image reminds me of that similar scene in Pride and Prejudice xD hahahaha But heck, Sophronia is out for blood, figuratively. I feel some complex here. Also, I'm here thinking that what happened with Euphie is called "parentization" I think, when one of the children has to act as a parent for their siblings. And that's very sad and not very healthy.
OH HECK, IT'S THE MAP FROM THE TEASER!!! That sailor is sure lucky! If the map shows a part of Gelbodihr and then stops... I guess the rest would be Piranha Isles and... The Deep Domain again? I see that the pirates will have to fend off the Wintamberg navy :p I wonder what Laguna will think about so many people in her territory hahahaha

What I really like about this next part is that I start with so many questions (mostly 'what vendetta?? and why???") and by the end I have all my answers xD I'm also here internally screaming because THE SICARIUS AAAHHHHHHHHHHH I also was NOT expecting whatsoever to see Khufu and Meretites mentioned since they were the side characters of the side character (that also is mentioned! Hi Kahina!) The fact that Azure Moon seems so mysterious and dangerous, and remembering the plotlines for the crew, I have a pretty good guess who we are talking about here xD
And then we see the crew!!! I'm laughing at our dear crewman saying that "girls are bad luck on ships" when there is a whole Isla living with them for I don't know how long xD hahahahahahaha So it seems that from our bunch of rag-tag girls, Ziwei is the first to reach the crew! I also love how she didn't even had the chance to try to sell her lie LOL Tho with Haoxuan there, it was best that she didn't even tried. And of course Kazuma is distrustfull of new people xD Ziwei endeared herself to me simply by the fact that her introduction is a epic fail of her plans lol

Yuni, or should I say Sochun, seems like a real sweetheart! I think it also helps to separate Yuni from Sochun the neutral pronoum shows up. We know that by then the character of Sochun is up.
And now we have rag-tag girl number two! The new cabin boy! I have a feeling that Junkyu will appreciate not being the "lowest ranking one" anymore hahahahaha Sochun, I think just as a precaution, you should prepare for a lot of bossy guys ordering you around xD But I'm here thinking WHY do they need to go all the way to Spenia when apparently going back to the Piranha Isles is so important and they are super close already. I wonder who they will pick up on the way? Or on the way back xD

Now we have seen almost all the girls! And the adventure seems to have trully started! I'm excited for what's happening next!

P.S: Just a small note on a typo I saw, of "women" (plural) being used in place of "woman" (singular). Not anything major, but since the meaning is different, it could maybe confuse a distracted reader. :p

Chapter 1: Congrats on the job, those are hard to come by these days

Chapter 1: :DDDDDDDDDDDD
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Good luck on your job and I'm excited for the next chapter!

Chapter 11: THIS IS AMAZING!
Reading through this chapter I was like I love Undina then I was all like I love Anou! Slowly it just turned into I 'm going to love all of these characters and have resigned myself to my fate hahah XD
I loved all of this. Undina is so cute I just wanna squish her! Athan is also just the best bean I adore him (an ongoing trend haha). Also gotta love how chill she took just waking up with legs lol. I can't say I'd be all that chill about it myself. Calypso is amazing, and really went into that motherly role quickly.
Then comes Anou and her engagement party. Oh boy did that escalate, started out so normal and then Pavun had to come in and just be the worst. I was reading and was 100% like don't just stop at breaking his kneecaps keep going. Her relationship with her father is so heartwarming. He's such a good father only wanting the best for his daughter, but also knowing when to just stop and listen to what she wants to do and respecting that was just so heartwarming. Really catching me in the feels there.
This crew is a lot and I love it XD! Takuya just sitting there meditating like it's just the most natural thing in the world despite an actual storm coming had me laughing. Not to mention just how chill Nickhun is will all of it like, "yup this is my life now, nothing weird here" is just perfection. I love the constant back and forth relationship with Hugo and Theo. Theo really just knowing all of the buttons to push to get a reaction out of the other and just eternally amused with it all the while Hugo still adamantly sure that the thing he's looking for HAS to be in this chest of women's garments, and low and behold it definitely was NOT. The part about him having to remove a bonnet from his head made me snort out loud not gonna lie, and how he was not phased by it more interested in the mermaids tears. Though not that I can blame him I'm also hella curious haha. Kazuya's and Junkyu's relationship is great truly 10 outta 10. Also Isla is amazing and truly has made her place on the ship. I loved her talking back to Takuya like yes you go girl, you tell him XD
I can't wait for the next chapter and to meet all these new characters! I'm sure I'll end up loving them all as well! I also can't wait to see how they all end up together on this ship!

Chapter 11: IT'S HEEEEERE!!!!!!!
First of all, I was like "Undinaaaa" lol I really loved to see her interactions with Laguna and they playing around (the bubbles sound and then the picked up song gave a whole immersive vibe on their chase!) and I'm here thinking that the mermaid princesses are probably the most carefree, or at least with those two haha. I had to laugh at the dinglehoper reference hahaha Athan is also so cute! He's all -grabby tentacles don't leave me behind- ugh, so cute! It was also pretty nice that Undina's last interaction with her sister was of support and encouragement, because she probably won't talk with them for a long time, now that she got legs :') Calypso is also great! Her levels of motherly reach almost grandma levels hahahaha And it was really cool of her to turn Athan so he could stay with Undina! (his little tail grabbing around Undina's wrist? I went "aaawwnnnn" in 0.1 seconds).

And then I got ANOTHER gift in the form of Anou!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say about an engagement that ends badly (tho we could say it ended well because it was broken in the end :p) Inaaya is such a romantic xD You can see that both Anou and Drishya don't put that much faith in love. Also, I have a feeling that the sister was in cahoots with Pavun, or he just went behind everyone. But dude!!!!! It got me some seconds to realize, but the only place he stopped by was next to the fossilized SNAKE! Tell about forewarning xD I'm really glad nothing really happened (as in, he tried but was unsuccessful) and I was "HELL YEAH JAYESH, BREAK HIS NOSE" lol But Sri Sumbhajee actually hit where it would hurt: the reputation. Through the whole thing it was so clear how much Anou's family loves her and it really warmed my heart. Jayesh is a great father and the part where Anou promised she would make him proud and cried I was "no, I WON'T cry TTwTT" But yeah :') And the urgent message, I wonder if that has any relation with the ship in the storm in the second teaser. And also, AGAIN, last words of love and support hitting my heart right in the middle :') But whatever happened, it must have been REALLY serious that Jayesh left Anou behind not even a full day after she almost got taken advantage of. (Unfortunatelly we know that things go bad ;-; )

And then we have the Nightingale creeeew!!!! It's the first time we were introduces to the whole crew, they were the midde of a heist with a time limit because of a hurricane and my brain constantly went "oh wait, I know this song in the background!!" so you can guess it was a lot at the same time xD It was super cool to see how they all work together (and in less or more obvious ways how they baby Junkyu lol) Of course that Takuya is the type to just MEDITATE before an impeding storm xD I had to laugh at Minhyuk's exasperation and Nichkhun's acceptance hahahah Kazuma lowkey-highkey convincind Ethan that Takuya's plan will work, Theo and Hugo bickering and all the other little interactions between the crew members really gives us a good broad view of their general relationship! I don't think many other crews would manage the feat they did, and I wonder what they need mermaid tears for. Also the bit with the floating piece of eight was super cool! This makes me realize that this bit in this chapter technically happened before the third teaser.

I still need to find my pace while reading and listening to the background music, because while I start in a good pace, with time I start to read faster becuse I'm afraid I will not finish the current part before the music changes and then I get out of step with the songs n.n' But I just need some practice and to stop being so anxious lol I'm also super curious to see how Yuni will join the crew, how things will go wrong for Euphemia and Panthea and what shanenigans will happen with Ziwei and Sophie! I'm also curious to see who will be the first of the "guests" to become part of the crew/to arrive in the Nightingale!

Chapter 1: I kinda totally forgot about this story, ngl, but life happens, we will wait for you if we have to but I'm glad your back

Chapter 1: -excited noises- I'm pumped to see this going on! :D

Chapter 1: -excited noises- I'm pumped to see this going on! :D