Talk:Re: Chapter 79/@comment-217.212.214.57-20160605091615/@comment-27325344-20160606130427

You're referring to the page where we see Torso's head being cut off, right? And the speech bubble you're looking at is the one with the flower screentone in the lower left? That isn't kanji -- it's hiragana.

It reads あははは(etc.) ahahaha. Even the panel directly below is this same "ahahaha" repeated in clearer script. It's simply Mutsuki's laughter continuing.

Loooong explanation for any who care:

The kanji for "hon" that you probably found was 本 right? Yes, it can mean "origin/true/real," but that's pretty much when used with other kanji -- as in 日本nihon ("Japan" -- literally "sun's origin") or 本物honmono ("the real thing"). The character standing alone would generally be understood as "book."

"The real me" would be 本当の私 ''hontou no watashi. ''"Wa Hon No" ( は本の)  alone does not translate to "The Real Me." The readers wouldn't infer that meaning with those three characters alone. To give an idea of just how super broken that sentence would be -- and how much has to be filled in by the reader -- it looks like:

"[noun(これ？それ？私？この人？]　 は　本　[当]　の　[私(です. )]”

"[noun (kore?sore?watashi?kono hito?)]  ha  hon [tou] no [watashi (desu.)]"

"[noun (this?that?I/me?this person?)] 　is　book?/tr[ue] 　's　 [I/me (sentence end particle.)]"

Basically, even in this crazy chapter's context, it would still be odd with just those three characters.

(Thank you and good night! *passes out*)