He's going nuts dude... I just hope he doesn't die just as Shuichi's.... man that Town is really crazy... so then the new clay came from the DragonFly Pond... the place that concentrates more Spirals than any other place in the town, yet Kirie's father still uses the mud, the clay to construct his new ghostly and horrible creations... Looks like the only sane person in this manga is the poor Shichi... while the poor Kirie is completely clueless and clearly shows us that she's completely naive....
So then those back ashes that descend through the air into the lake are the souls of the dead ones that just can't leave the place because the Spiral that lies near the lake suck them back to the town... Ouch.. I wonder how will this end.... will Shuichi be saved of his horrible fate? or he'll die? Hmmm hmmm
Signs,
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