For those interested in reading along with the manga, Episode 7 adapted all of chapters 18 and 19, and the first 13 pages of chapter 20 (13/32 pages), which is about 2.41 chapters worth of manga. With this first season being planned to adapt up to about chapters 34-37 of the manga, the pacing of the remaining 6 episodes will on average range from about ~2.43-2.93 chapters adapted per episode. If anyone was confused as to why Maru was “kissing” Kiruko when the latter was hallucinating in today’s episode, according to an interview Masakazu Ishiguro (the mangaka of the series) gave in August 2022 (published in a recently released Heavenly Delusion guidebook), Maru was attempting to induce unconsciousness on Kiruko (by way of suffocation) in order to break them out of their hallucination. As for why Maru didn’t use his hands instead (to cover Kiruko’s nose and/or mouth), I can only guess Maru had to use both his hands to restrain Kiruko from flailing about when they were hallucinating (and Doylistically I also assume Ishiguro simply just wanted to write a scene that involved a “wake-up kiss” between Kiruko and Maru). Also one small difference between the English subtitle translation (and dub) and the official English manga translation, when Maru was thinking about Kiruko’s current demeanor/mood, in the anime Maru uses she/her pronouns when referring to Kiruko, while in the manga Maru uses they/them pronouns. This is likely only an issue/discrepancy that exists for the English translation, as in Japanese (gendered) third-person pronouns aren’t really a thing like they are in English. And if anyone needs a refresher on the ages of the cast of characters: Maru is 15 years old, while Kiruko is mentally 18 and physically 20. The approximate ages of Tokio, Shiro (the white-silver haired teen who was sent the nude photo), Mimihime (the subject of said photo), Taka (the super strong/durable kid), and Anzu (the black haired girl who is good at dancing) are all 14 years old. The approximate ages of Nanaki & Iwa (the two kissing girls), Kuku (the frog-like girl) and Tarao (the sick and now dead kid) are all 10 years old. And Kona’s (the kid who draws the strange drawings) approximate age is 17 years old. And if anyone is interested in starting the manga after this season is finished (it is currently planned to adapt up to some part of tankōbon Volume 6 of the manga, likely somewhere in the range of chapters 34-37), I personally would still recommend starting the manga from the beginning regardless, as in addition to the standard cutting of extra dialogue and scenes from the anime for run-time and cinematic pacing, the chapter titles and cover pages of the manga also play a role in experiencing the foreshadowing of the story that the anime can’t quite replicate (due to the inherent difference in mediums). The mangaka of Heavenly Delusion, Masakazu Ishiguro (who is active on Twitter), their most well known previous work is “And Yet the Town Moves” (also known as Soremachi), which was serialized from 2005-2016. They have also done a number of other single volume manga and short stories collections. Ishiguro's has also stated that the major influences for the Heavenly Delusion series, include the works Akira, Armored Trooper Votoms, and an old Japanese science-fiction novel titled "Dogra Magra" that was written Kyūsaku Yumeno (who appears as a character in Bungo Stray Dogs) and published in 1935.
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For those interested in reading along with the manga, Episode 7 adapted all of chapters 18 and 19, and the first 13 pages of chapter 20 (13/32 pages), which is about 2.41 chapters worth of manga. With this first season being planned to adapt up to about chapters 34-37 of the manga, the pacing of the remaining 6 episodes will on average range from about ~2.43-2.93 chapters adapted per episode.
If anyone was confused as to why Maru was “kissing” Kiruko when the latter was hallucinating in today’s episode, according to an interview Masakazu Ishiguro (the mangaka of the series) gave in August 2022 (published in a recently released Heavenly Delusion guidebook), Maru was attempting to induce unconsciousness on Kiruko (by way of suffocation) in order to break them out of their hallucination. As for why Maru didn’t use his hands instead (to cover Kiruko’s nose and/or mouth), I can only guess Maru had to use both his hands to restrain Kiruko from flailing about when they were hallucinating (and Doylistically I also assume Ishiguro simply just wanted to write a scene that involved a “wake-up kiss” between Kiruko and Maru).
Also one small difference between the English subtitle translation (and dub) and the official English manga translation, when Maru was thinking about Kiruko’s current demeanor/mood, in the anime Maru uses she/her pronouns when referring to Kiruko, while in the manga Maru uses they/them pronouns. This is likely only an issue/discrepancy that exists for the English translation, as in Japanese (gendered) third-person pronouns aren’t really a thing like they are in English.
And if anyone needs a refresher on the ages of the cast of characters: Maru is 15 years old, while Kiruko is mentally 18 and physically 20. The approximate ages of Tokio, Shiro (the white-silver haired teen who was sent the nude photo), Mimihime (the subject of said photo), Taka (the super strong/durable kid), and Anzu (the black haired girl who is good at dancing) are all 14 years old. The approximate ages of Nanaki & Iwa (the two kissing girls), Kuku (the frog-like girl) and Tarao (the sick and now dead kid) are all 10 years old. And Kona’s (the kid who draws the strange drawings) approximate age is 17 years old.
And if anyone is interested in starting the manga after this season is finished (it is currently planned to adapt up to some part of tankōbon Volume 6 of the manga, likely somewhere in the range of chapters 34-37), I personally would still recommend starting the manga from the beginning regardless, as in addition to the standard cutting of extra dialogue and scenes from the anime for run-time and cinematic pacing, the chapter titles and cover pages of the manga also play a role in experiencing the foreshadowing of the story that the anime can’t quite replicate (due to the inherent difference in mediums).
The mangaka of Heavenly Delusion, Masakazu Ishiguro (who is active on Twitter), their most well known previous work is “And Yet the Town Moves” (also known as Soremachi), which was serialized from 2005-2016. They have also done a number of other single volume manga and short stories collections.
Ishiguro's has also stated that the major influences for the Heavenly Delusion series, include the works Akira, Armored Trooper Votoms, and an old Japanese science-fiction novel titled "Dogra Magra" that was written Kyūsaku Yumeno (who appears as a character in Bungo Stray Dogs) and published in 1935.