Chapter 8
? ...but her expression could only be described as an archaic smile.
The archaic smile is an expression commonly seen on sculptures from ancient Greece! If you’ve ever seen an ancient Greek statue with a kind of unsettlingly blank smile, that’s probably the one. I’ve mostly included it here to note that “archaic smile” is being used in the technical, art-theory sense of the term rather than the literal meaning of the words, on account of this reference being pretty far afield from the usual nerdy media references that are this series’ bread and butter.
? There’s that one game series where Warring States-era generals or whatever beat down mountains of random trash soldiers...
That being the Warriors series! Dynasty Warriors is the most successful and widespread branch of the franchise, but given the specific shoutout to the Warring States era, Shuugo’s likely talking about the Samurai Warriors branch in particular.
...And, that’s all we have for you this time around! It feels pretty weird to not hit the maximum page count for this section for once, but seeing as we’re returning to Andou et al. next volume, I can say with confidence that we’ll be right back in the thick of it next time around! Hope to see you there!
-Tristan Hill
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