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"We worked together, all of us, and fought for this miracle to happen. And that's why we aren't going to let a single person die."

The fifth and final chapter of Assault Lily Wunder, "What Remains of the Miracle", is now fully translated into English including the extra character and CHARM profiles.

In this chapter, the Second, Third and Fifth Divisions—28 Lilies in total—finally confront the nestless Ultra that's brought ruin to Odaiba. Their struggle isn't over and there are challenges left for them to surmount, but you already know how this story ends, don't you? Spoiler: it ends with an adorable hug.

Read it on Dynasty Scans, or on the Assault Lily Wiki (dark mode available.)

If you know Japanese, you can also read the original chapters on Dengeki Hobby Web.

"This, right here, is my crowning moment. The moment I've been waiting for all my life. So until one of us is dead, let me show you everything I've got!"

The fourth chapter of Assault Lily Wunder, "A Duel to the Death", is now fully translated into English including the extra character and CHARM profiles.

This chapter is about the struggle to protect the last few civilians on Odaiba from the threat of the Huge. When she ends up being the only Lily nearby who's capable of keeping a gigant-type from crossing Nozomi Bridge, Kondo Misaka decides to make a stand—alone—against impossible odds. At the same time, the Fourth Division fights fiercely to protect Aomi and Daiba, culminating in Saigo Kurena fighting a solitary battle of her own against the Soldier Ants.

Read it on Dynasty Scans, or on the Assault Lily Wiki (dark mode available.)

If you know Japanese, you can also read the original chapters on Dengeki Hobby Web.

"We'll protect this place… Odaiba… as the finest Lilies of all. And then I'll bloom as a flower in the Garden of Souls, together with you."

The third chapter of Assault Lily Wunder, "Choices and Consequences", is now fully translated into English including the extra character and CHARM profiles.

This chapter follows the Lilies of the Odaiba Counteroffensive's Second and Third Divisions as they struggle to keep the remaining civilians on Odaiba safe, and simultaneously, stop the Huge from getting past the Light Wall into mainland Tokyo. As they do so, they meet Hayami Katsura, an ex-Lily from a civilian school who has broken her vow to never fight again in order to keep her friends safe. Shortly afterwards, Hishida Haru must also break a vow to a long-lost friend as she's forced to be the arbiter of who shall live and who shall die.

Read it on Dynasty Scans, or on the Assault Lily Wiki (dark mode available.)

If you know Japanese, you can also read the original chapters on Dengeki Hobby Web.

GEHENA Labs has uploaded a subtitled video of "Let's Go Find Some Fun!" and since it's my favorite memoria story, I'm going to talk a whooole lot about it.

Yeah, this picture isn't from "Let's Go Find Some Fun!", but I'm gonna talk about Tazusa first, so...

I think Assault Lily is not very realistic in that, with a few notable exceptions, it rarely shows the girls suffering any mental consequences because of the battles they fight. They're teenagers; it feels to me like when other people, sometimes their friends and loved ones, get hurt and die right in front of them, those Lilies who are able to just brush it off and keep going ought to be an exceptional few and not the vast majority.

While it's nice in a way that the stories never revel in traumatizing the characters like some "dark magical girl" anime do, it's also a shame that they rarely attempt to explore how the grief and regret caused by death affects people, in the manner that Assault Lily Bouquet did. It was one of the things that made me fall in love with the setting in the first place.

There are exceptions to Lilies taking death in stride, and one of the more subtle ones is Andou Tazusa.