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Tripitaka	Post #645538
Kigurumi Member 11:29 am, Jun 25 2014 Posts: 538	By chance, I came across the following quote from one of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini's martial speeches: "Blood alone moves the wheels of history." Do you think there's a connection between the manga's title and the quote from above? And if so, how would you interpret it? On a side note, Trinity BAKumA has released its last batch of chapters for Blood Alone (thanks a lot!). It's sad to see this group come to an end. They did a great job at introducing us to various Shounen and Seinen titles (e.g. Sket Dance, Koisome Momiji, Gokukoku no Brynhildr, Nononono or Sommelière). I really hope that someone equally good will pick Blood Alone up. ________________ "Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him." - Ursula K. Le Guin, Gifts To be savoured: - Blood Alone by TAKANO Masayuki - Otoyomegatari by MORI Kaoru - Gangsta. by Kohske - Seishun Kouryakuhon by AKIZUKI Sorata
AquarianDemocrat	Post #645540
Mr. Brightside Member 12:44 pm, Jun 25 2014 Posts: 107	I always thought it was a play on "man can not live on bread alone." It makes sense to me, because it plays on a lot of the themes of the series. In contrast, I don't see Mussolini's quote as making as much sense in the context of the series. I don't know how either quote would sound in Japanese/compare with Blood Alone's title in Japanese however, so I guess it's hard to know. Maybe it's a reference to something completely different, or simply makes more sense as a standalone title in Japanese. I think it's hard to know with only the English. ________________ "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." ― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
cecropiamoth	Post #694264
Member 4:03 pm, Aug 8 2017 Posts: 124	New News! Volume 12 of Blood Alone to be released at Comiket-92 on August 13, 2017. http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-08-07/blood-alone- manga-volume-12-gets-release-at-comiket-92/.119837