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[Andromeda]

Chapter 244 is now available. The continuation of the Yumi and Ourias fight. More than just the fight, it's an important chapter for Yumi's character and her power. I've continued to leave hints and a lot of mystery surrounding the others that seem to be living inside Yumi as well. There has not been a clear answer to who they are or what. This chapter doesn't given clear answers to that yet, but the answers provided do start to color things.

The latest of the people inside Yumi, Sumiko provided some new answers to who they are. She clearly avoids a direct answer when Ourias asked. I'm not about to spill everything about Yumi just yet. Like everyone else, her growth has long term plans. This is just another stage in her growth. But it's a very important one since it does start exposing things about Yumi. The hints that I gave should be enough to start developing ideas about what they are. More fuel for the fire.

The other part is naturally on the fight. This is battle of intelligence, planning and deduction. Sumiko made herself very clearly before as something that is very tactical. And Ourias' power has a vast amount of flexibility and threat to them. Originally presented, they seemed pretty flat, but there is a good amount of complexity to his power. It requires a lot of thought and planning to execute them. It makes for a good match up.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Chapter 245 is now up! This is the big tease to the big reveal. Yeah, I'm super mean right now. I build up the reveal to the truth and it even looks like I might finally tell you what the truth is, but then I just tease it. Hopefully, it's not confusing, but all of the fights are happening at the same time. Yori's fight concluded at the same time as when Sumiko's fight with Ourias ended. Which is when he learned the truth. So you can expect to learn what the truth is when I get to Yori's fight.

However, it's still a big chapter. The reaction from Yumi alone is enough for the chapter as the implications from what she learned is enough to make her angry like she's never been before. Which will make it a lot of fun to finish out the rest of things with her. I make it clear that Ourias' still alive, he only got knocked out, but he's determined to keep fighting. That should make things pretty clear the rest is not going to be easy when you think about what it'll mean.

I also managed to put in more of Ourias' backstory. He's been one of the more developed characters on the Titans, so I've wanting to get into more of his story. It's heavily spliced, but you should be able to get the sense of things from everything that I tossed out.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

I'm a bit on the late side, but it's still decent time. Chapter 246 is up now. Yes, more than just being a tease, I'm a horrible tease. I'm moving on to Fumiko's fight now. So you won't get to see the conclusion to Yumi's fight for a while. There's a point to it, which will reveal itself in the next couple of chapters.

The fight is a bit of a setup still with Fumiko, but there is an important factor with her. Something that I'll be revealing in the next chapter. It's rather important to her character and her motives. Fighting Glykeria is a perfect opponent for Fumiko because of it. It'll help bring out what she's been holding in the whole time. So I'm glad to finally be able to start addressing one of the complexes that Fumiko has. Part of it has been made clear, though it's a little farther reaching.

Glykeria's going to be a fun one, especially with what I've been hinting at in the past. The cliffhanger at the end shouldn't be a huge surprise, but confirmation of suspicions, still it's a big reveal which plays into the next chapter. She's a very complicated person, more so than initially appearing, which makes it exciting to finally get to touch on her as well.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Chapter 247 is now available. The continuation of the fight with Fumiko and Glykeria finally starts to get out some answers about Fumiko that have long been hinted at in the past. It does end up making the chapter a little more character focused rather than fighting focused. But it is something that I've been wanting to get out in the open for a while.

Given the hints and implications from the past chapters that related to Fumiko, it should have been fairly clear that her sister was dead. That's not a huge reveal, but more of a confirmation of things most should have already expected. Even the guilt and blaming herself should be a little clear with the way that Fumiko always seemed to be thinking about her. But I never really showed how much it actually affected her. It is the answer to her actions going all the way back to her introduction. It seemed like the normal thing to do back then, but Fumiko's motivations were at work even then. All of her choices had been made with that in mind. You can go back to all of the chapters with her and you can see how she's always trying to hang around Chiharu and watching her whenever she can't. Puts a completely new light on her character.

Glykeria still kept some of her mystery, but I did give mostly straight answer finally about her. More about her will be getting revealed soon, the cliffhanger makes that part clear. The fight was a bit of a background piece, but the next chapter will be focusing purely on the fighting, since things have been left in the past now. I've got some new things to do with Fumiko and plenty to show off with Glykeria still.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Chapter 248 is now available. I'm just about halfway through the 200s, feels like I just started the 200s recently too and yet it's already been a year. It feels pretty surprising to know that I've made it so far. The encouraging thing is that with any luck, I should be done with the second arc before I hit 300. I'm pretty sure all of the fights will be done before the 280s which will just leave the aftermath, which is the final sub-arc, though it's going to be a longer sub-arc for an aftermath.

Anyway, I have Fumiko's fight now caught up to where things are with Yumi's fight. I tied in Yori's a little opening to make it clear that the two meet on that time. I also added a little of Fumiko's side, since I made it clear that Yori was getting bombarded by questions and responses from everyone that he was trying to talk to. So that helps to link things together. But no, I'm not going to answer the biggest question. You'll have to wait until Yori's fight. Which I imagine you can figure out when that'll happen. Though it should also be a little clear how things are going now. But I'll be jumping over to another fight to get it caught up as well.

Like with the rest of the Fumiko fights, the chapter names are actually a little dual purposed to be directed at both Fumiko's issues and Glykeria, which is what makes them fun. Fumiko's got a lot of childishness handing around in her with the way that she acts on certain matters. It's because she can't get over her trauma, but it causes some fairly childish actions.

Glykeria's latest appearance continues to made more questions to her. It is completely different from her previous appearance. I'll be continuing to build up the mysteries with her. There'll be a couple of answers, but I have a long term plan for her. So you won't be getting everything when the fight is over. But I'll make something clear and give enough teases for the future. She's a really fun character and one of the more complex characters in the Titans. They all have their only personal matters, but Glykeria is quite layered.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Chapter 249 is now available to read! As to be expected now, I'm moving on to the next fight. This time is it with Chiharu and Nereus, one of the more mysterious individuals from the group. They all have their elements of unknown and questions surrounding them, but I felt that Nereus is one of the harder ones to understand. He seems straight forward, but is actually not and that comes out in the way I describe him. He sounds arrogant, but you realize that he isn't actually. There is something else behind him that is making him act the way he does. And because of who he is, he's a great opponent for Chiharu who actually has a lot of insecurities.

The biggest thing that I keep a mystery is his power. I've given a lot of different looks and tastes of what his power is, but it's still very unclear. It is sort of the fun part about him is working through what his power is. It's all working under a single idea, which is what makes it so powerful and dangerous, because it is very versatile. He does a good job of hiding it as well. Like with many of the Titans, their powers and control exist on a completely different level from the rest of the MPs I've shown. They easily can hold their own against Yuki's friends. It is what makes them so dangerous.

Chiharu is going to be really fun for this fight because of the work I'm going to be doing with her. Part of the things happening won't get explained until later in the fight. But a lot of things are going bad for her right now for a very simple reason. It is a reason that I'm using that subverts the normal sort of trope in these situations. But the later chapters are going to be building of things here to finally get down to some of the important bits that make Chiharu turn. It's going to be a very character focused fight unlike some of the others, which is why it is sort of calmer than the other fights so far. There's not a lot of fighting because there is a specific issue wrong with Chiharu.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Now the halfway point of the 200s have been reached. Chapter 250 is out now! The fight with Nereus continues, though Chiharu is in worse shape than the others. There's not a lot she can do against Nereus. It still remains a more character focused fight than an action one right now. Though that'll change in the second half of her fight.

I'm finally starting to reach the core of Chiharu's issues. She's having a breakdown right now, more so than any time before in the arc. This time it hits straight on her biggest inferiorities. It should be a little clearer what's up with her, though her reasons won't be out until the next chapter in her fight. That's where all of her laundry for the arc gets aired finally and you finally understand what's been going on inside her head. I also went with a different order this time. I had been doing 3 chapters, but with the things happening with Chiharu, I didn't feel it made any sense. It would only end up dragging things out. So it is only two chapters for her. The rest of her fight will pick up after the break like with everyone else.

I hinted a little more at what Nereus' power is. Though because I'm still doing a lot of different things with his power, it's not going to make a lot of sense right now. The bigger thing is more about his personality. It's sort of a repeat of how things played out with his rival. He remains a difficult person to get along with due to his manners. But he is perfect for Chiharu in more ways than one.

Enjoy!