Sarah Ash @sarahash7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think I read somewhere a suggestion that they were maybe trying to keep that cover a surprise so as not to spoil but you can't miss it on various bookselling sites so... 100
jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hmm. I remembered it from Maki Marukido's twitter posts at the time, which is why I went looking for which vol it was now that I have more context. I could see wanting to limit spoilers, but also what it shows feels inevitable to me, shocking as it somehow still is. Hard to balance there 110
Sarah Ash @sarahash7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yes, I agree; the story seems to have been building towards that for some time. I guess it's the old problem that happens when a series is published after serialization whereas at the time, 'that' tell-tale cover image would have been just the next chapter (so no spoilers) 010
