#owari answers

[lostsoulaltair]

The Seraph Trait and How it Came to be

Hello everyone, it sure has been so long since I updated theories, analysis and the sort. A lot happened.

Anyways, as mentioned before, I'll discuss about the seraph trait and how the confirmation was given in the latest chapter.

P.S: Everything is held within a neutral view

Long ago, we used to question about this mysterious trait that appeared within children, their rate was so small but not impossible. Along this, the Mikaela trait was also prominent to appear as well.

But, how can I say the chapter 129 gave an answer?

Let's take it step by step.

First:

After Shikama did the taboos enlisted by the angel of punishment sent by God:

Indeed, those angels who followed Shikama, would be chained to hell, they would never reach the light they craved for. Earth was long punished after Shikama's sin.

Second:

Once Shikama rotted forever, he eventually embraced the darkness, he had to wait for eternity to finally think with a cold mind to set a new plan into motion.

Such plan was creating humans; humans born from mud just like the different myths that exist in different cultures:

Given that Shikama could no longer use "light", he was bound to channel "darkness". And the best creatures for that were humans; humans capable of creating "sin"

Third:

Once the dolls were created, these dolls did harbor a sense of curiosity, but they lacked something fundamental, something that even the bible does imply and that is the sense of self awareness.

-Before

-After:

Once the souls of the angels in hell were channeled, they were set into the dolls of mud created by Shikama and Yu:

These fallen angels that rotted in hell, they didn't display awareness of who they were given that they rotted for a millenia, they had a new chance but now, the main question starts.

How did the seraph trait and the Mikaela trait began?

This very trait began the very moment the dolls and the souls of the angels were merged together.

What do I mean?

The angels that once walked Earth with Sika Madu, began walking as mortals, but even so, even if they carried or inherited their souls, only few would carry the same traits as who they were in their former selves.

Sika Madu made sure these humans or dolls he created imbued with the souls of the fallen angels would breed, giving as a result the history of humankind within the ONS story.

Furthermore, just like the souls of the fallen angels allowed humans to gain the sense of self awareness, it also allowed one human to interact with the angel Mikaela's corpse, a bridge, a channel of communication was created on which the angel Mikaela was allowed to move his soul in one of those dolls, that of course, being Yuu.

A soul is not merely an aspect of energy but rather, it register traits of one's self, something that gives characteristic or definition to give us shape of who we are; in that regard, it is way visible as to why the angel Mikaela and Yuu's personality were so akin.

And as I stated before, given that souls carry on information, this whole memory set we got in the chapters, is a process called "regression".

A "regression" is not just like remembering the past through normal ways; it is going way beyond, whenever it allows people in real life to remember their former selves or not, is is unknown but there exists a book about a man that was able to do such feat.

The reason why Yuu had no memories of his past is due to something that I might bring as repetitive but:

"A soul can find a matching vessel, but a vessel can't gather pieces of a mind"

It means that a vessel would need to endure a lot to remember each exact detail of their former past selves. But given that in Owari, Mikaela Shindo/Hyakuya had to use a lot of power to open all the doors that led to Yuu's distant past, this feat of regression allowed Yuu to finally discover who he was.

It could be said that Mika was the key needed to unlock the door to the mystery, to Pandora's box.

As a side note, the current vampires along the black demons are shadows of those who walked with Sika Madu long ago.

Still,

[gladosluver]

grandma beaky is missing

dr3 character sprite cred

[anonzentimes]

*guy who loves talking about despair disease voice* wait can we talk more about despair disease. i have so many thoughts on despair disease and esp how it pertains to nagito

i feel like when a lot of people first play/watch the games they see nagito as someone who lies to manipulate people, which while i can’t super blame them for thinking that way bc of how hajime tries to reconcile his conflicting feelings over nagito, i get SO frustrated when ppl call nagito a liar bc no!!! no he’s not!!! you’re falling for other characters’ perceptions of him!!! nagito almost never lies and when he does he’s either really bad at it (cough cough final FTE. “i got it all from a book” you are not slick buddy) or comes clean as soon as he’s achieved his desired outcome- it’s more bluffing than actual deception, and one thing he’s especially sincere in is his beliefs and admiration for the people around him. and the despair disease PROVES this without a doubt!!

ok. i know in-text the despair disease is described as “reversing people’s personalities,” but i’ve always interpreted it a little differently. ibuki isn’t the opposite of gullible, akane isn’t the opposite of a coward, and nagito isn’t the opposite of a liar. to me, it’s always seemed like the despair disease gives its host the trait they’d most hate to have— whatever trait would instill in them the deepest despair. ibuki hates conformity- stick her with a disease that makes her blindly follow whatever she’s told. akane hates showing weakness- force her into a state of constant crying. nagito hates the idea of deceiving his classmates- make him incapable of being sincere. this interpretation makes mikan’s disease make a little more sense too imo, since remembering her brainwashing isn’t exactly reversing her personality but instead literally filling her to the brim with despair. ANYWAYS.

nagito Actively Despises not being able to tell the truth. he hates the despair disease, he sees it as a complete waste. in the ult. luck and hope and despair mangas, we actually get to see some of his internal monologue right before he passes out, and he is In Hell. he’s pissed that he can’t serve as a proper stepping stone in his state, he thinks the whole disease is stupid, and he gets so frustrated about not being able to properly encourage the group that he Literally Starts Foaming At The Mouth ????? like if you EVER wanted undeniable proof that nagito is sincere look at the despair disease. it’s basically a roundabout truth serum for him and that’s a huge part of why it’s one of my favorite motives

sidenote i feel like the despair disease has a shit ton of analysis potential in general just bc of how it turns characters into what they hate the most!! i loveeee brainstorming what symptoms certain characters would have gotten were they to get infected. hajime especially. maybe he’d get a fawning disease where he starts praising everyone nagito-style (this would highlight their bystander parallels and also make hajime feel MISERABLE bc he fucking hates when nagito points out how similar they are lmao). or maybe he’d get an apathy disease that’d essentially izuru-fy him (wonderful foreshadowing potential there, not to imagine the incredible angst of izuru being the thing hajime would hate to be most in the world.) alas i am not a fanfic author so i will sit with my concepts but it is a wonderful daydream with any dangan characters i’d highly recommend it :]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!! I SCREAM IN UNISON WITH YOU I LOOOVEEE THE DESAIR DISEASE!!!!! MAN… I’M SO OBSESSED WITH HOW YOU INTERPRET AND ARTICULATED THE DESPAIR DISEASE💗💗💗 The Despair Disease is genuinely so good for analyzing I really do believe Danganronpa 2 Chapter 3 is the best Chapter 3 out of the franchise. I think the reserving of their personalities truly meaning the traits they would hate to have is soo good I’m eating up, sealing it in my heart, and using it forever such a delightful way to explain it. The interpretations on what disease Hajime would get is so fun, I’ve seen some people interpret him getting the honesty disease which is fun in concept but I don’t think it works as well as other ideas could, y’know? Your ideas for a potential apathy or fawning disease are really fun to me, I like the idea of the fawning disease tapping into how much of a realist he is and giving him the opposite attitude Lol. Thank you so much for sending this it’s so fun I’ll be thinking about this forever, I wish I was a fanfic writer aha! I really want to become a fanfic writer, soon with time I suppose. Thank you again for sharing your daydreams with me, you’re very right it does have a lot of analysis potential! :D

[nayruwu]

this will forever be hilarious to me.

like yeah, he does.

too bad NO ONE EVER FUCKING LISTENS TO HIM.

[kuregure]

I miss the time when the story was simple and understandable 🤚😔

like :

- I don't understand anything about Shikama Doji

- I don't know what Yuu and Mika want to do right now

- Ferid?? What the fuck are you doing and what do you want

- I'm a little proud of Shinoa so it's okay

- Shinya and Kureto are still kidnapped?

- Guren and Mahiru-no-Yo? I think he's taking his best nap, wake up Guren you have humanity to bring back and you must save your family (again and again)

- Is Seishiro still chained to a bed?

- Where are Shigure, Sayuri, Mito and Norito?? and Narumi?

- When is this final fucking battle?

- WHEN WILL THE HAPPY ENDING BE???

☠☠☠

Well we saw Crowley at least even after his death

[rainbow-crane]

Best and worst danganronpa trials/chapters?

Oh gosh, I don't know. There are so many to choose from, and while one trial might be total ass, the rest of the chapter can usually hold it up, or vice versa.

Trialwise, I think the best one is definitely 2-5. There's basically no time lost on petty filler and the Soda horniness, while present, is kept to a minimum. Mechanically, it's a pretty decent one to my memory(Hangman's Gambit excluded but face it, that's always the case). The trial remains engaging all the way through, even if you've already figured out the identity of the traitor, and the performance of each of the involved characters is incredible. I'll never get over Chiaki willingly sacrificing herself in the end, or Nagito's plan to kill all the despair by betraying the class, or the insistence from everyone- Sonia, Soda, Akane, Fuyuhiko- that Chiaki couldn't possibly be it, all unconsciously trying to save her since they couldn't last time. #1 trial for me, always

On the inverse, there are 2 candidates for worst trial, and it depends on what you mean by 'worst.' On the one hand, 2-3 is literally physically impossible. I mean, not only does the provided explanation for Mikan's coverup require a level of speed, focus, and dexterity uncharacteristic of a klutz with a deadly disease, it's also just generally physically impossible given the timeframe. I mean, what, you mean to tell me in the time it took for Hajime to sprint to the immediately neighboring motel, scream for help, and turn to leave, Mikan was able to:

tear a ring of wallpaper away from Hiyoko's corpse

fold it and tuck it into the back room

destroy the camera

break and drop the drumstick

line the doorway with glue and let them shut, with enough time to dry and stick together

sprint back inside the hospital before Fuyuhiko got there

and the infuriating one

WALK the perimeter of the island THE LONG WAY AROUND to meet Hajime and Chiaki outside the motel?

Yeah, I call bullshit. It makes no amount of sense no matter how many times you say it. Also, Mikan is treated like shitty fanservice just generally, so a trial in which she's at the center/is the killer should really center on her reclaiming her agency, especially considering her two victims were a) the girl that wanted to take pics of her whenever she tripped into inappropriate positions, and b) her greatest bully on the island. Instead, the whole trial is just about "woah Mikan was crazy ALL ALONG???? OOoooOooOoOOOoooOO scaaaawy disease thing." Which is just plain fucking lazy. And hell, that execution??? What the fuck is that???? One final parting fanservice gift that NO ONE WANTED? Thanks I hate it.

On the other hand, 1-2 is straight up offensive on multiple angles. The introduction of a blatantly ableist DID stereotype with the confirmation of Toko and Genocide Jack, along with the inherent transmisogyny of Chihiro's story and the way all her agency in the narrative is totally stripped from her is egregious. As a trans person, a person with DID, and/or someone who gives even one shit about either/both types of people, the whole thing just makes you wanna throw up. In that sense, it's worse, but at least there, the murder case itself made logical sense. So ultimately, when push comes to shove, I still say 2-3 is worse. I'll take the one that's only offensive over the one that's offensive AND nonsensical. Doesn't treat its victims or killer with respect at all, offensive execution to any victim of SA, and just a fucking PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TRIAL THE HELL-

In terms of overarching chapter, I'm gonna say 2-4 was the best one imo. I quite like the funhouse motive and the conflict it presents, and I think there's a lot of good packed into the chapter as a whole, both in the progression of the story, character development for all involved parties, and the relationships found in it. I think being forced to slowly drag your way to the Final Dead Room as Hajime is great, and Chiaki saving us later becoming the proof against her is just *chef's kiss*. Fuyukane platonic besties 4 life???? Sign me tf up. The fact they were willing to perspective-shift us to Nagito for part of the investigation was incredible too, I love that shit. Also, there was a statue of Sakura. Real shit.

The worst chapter is 1-3. I do not like 1-3. I do not like their lazy asses not even bothering to let us have FTEs with Kiyondo, I do not like turning Hiro and Hifumi into pathetic little jokes and refusing to do more with them in their own chapter(the flashback of Hifumi thinking SA bad is the bare minimum). I do not like the severe tonal whiplash from the emotional turmoil and dark mystery aspects with the Robo Justice "Stand Tall, Galactic Hero!" overly flashy nonsense. I don't like that this was all they wanted to do with Celeste, who objectively would've had more thematic purpose if they'd let her be an overarching antagonist. Hell, the stageplay understood she had more potential, and that shit severely cuts down and rewrites the content for time!

[ask-fuyuhiko-bleh]

Are you gay? Straight? Or bisexual?

- 💰 anon

That's the most vulnerable I'll get here..

[mythgirlimagines]

How would the SDR2 girls react to falling to the “random body parts became invisible” curse?

o7

Mahiru Koizumi:

She didn’t understand how that all was happening.

She didn’t even want to go to class while parts of her were invisible.

How could she fix it?

Peko Pekoyama:

That…was probably not good.

It could aid her in other ways, perhaps, but she wasn’t comfortable with that thought.

She would rather have a whole, visible, functioning body.

Ibuki Mioda:

Her first thought was to wonder if glitter would show up anyway.

It did.

But it didn’t get rid of her confusion and curiosity.

Hiyoko Saionji:

What the heck?

She tried not to think about it too much.

It just freaked her out, not being able to see herself.

Mikan Tsumiki:

She was so, so scared of turning completely invisible.

How would she be able to help people then?

It felt like she could still control her body, at least.

Chiaki Nanami:

She was probably the most unphased.

But even she was a little startled by the sudden disappearance of, well, herself.

Would she end up fully invisible?

Akane Owari:

She coulda swore her hand was just there!

Why did it keep disappearing?

Maybe she needed more sleep or something.

Sonia Nevermind:

Perhaps some sort of dark magic was causing it?

She would have to research a way to turn herself back.

Though it was quite the interesting phenomenon…

[ha1taniwh0re]

Anime Masterlist

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BUNGOU STRAY DOGS

YUUKOKU NO MORIARTY

TOKYO REVENGERS

TOKYO GHOUL

DIABOLIK LOVERS

BLACK BUTLER

NARUTO

OWARI NO SERAPH

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[nono-uwu]

Gonna post these scribbles rq before the next chapter drops since it might fuck up my meticulously crafted batshit stupid ideas (that I don't even explain)

Og for the meme

[lostsoulaltair]

Mikaela Shindo. At the end, what is he?

Given that the last chapter ended up with revelations, answers of some stuff, this is an analysis I'll be sharing with you.

If you don't like it, that's okay; just be respectful, that's all.

P.S: This is held within a neutral view

Before I start...I'd like to give an insight of what has been happening as of late thanks to the release of Ch. 129

Given the huge revelation, mayhaps you've heard that Mika might be a split soul of the angel Mikaela, or that perhaps he might have lost relevance with that, etc.

I think, this is mostly related to what we can state as "expectations". Mika for sure has a role, but that itself has been fulfilled ever since he unlocked Yuu's memories from the past.

It is not an easy fit itself, but now, how does this relate to the main topic of the post?

That's because I'd like to discuss what Mika as a character is.

He is not the angel Mikaela given that the soul of said angel has been residing within Yuu given that what took place between Yuu's (ancestor, past self) made something akin to a contract or a deal

Of course, this does not mean that Yuu has 0 identity or that he does not have a will. This means that even if he keep stored the soul of the angel Mikaela and there are traits displayed from the angel's personality; this does not mean he ceases to be who he is.

And the reason why I can state is because of this:

-The Homunculus bond with the Angel Mikaela

This homunculus was once running with the angel Mikaela in ancient times; it was capable of seeing the truth,along the fact that it was cursed with a name, a sign of love.

Ultimately, due to this attachment the Homunculus developed, the Homunculus did end up guarding the memories that belonged to the angel Mikaela along all that took place in the past. Which also answers as to why it appeared in front of Mikaela back in chapter 106.

But now, the eternal question. Why was Mika displayed as a human? Shouldn't he had appeared with more angelic traits?

Let's answers this that mayhaps might turn bitter for some.

Mikaela Hyakuya/Shindo was a normal boy. He does not have involvement itself with the past of Shikama and Yuu's. And this is heavily proved how in all the backstory we got, Mikaela confirmed Yuu's denial, all that they saw were Yuu's memories all along, not his.

And Yuu ultimately remembered everything. But then, this leaves a huge question.

What is Mika at the end?

Mika does have plot relevance even if he is not the Angel Mikaela.

One of the things the chapter answered, was the purpose of the existance of the Angel Mikaela:

Along this, they gave away the purpose of the Sinful Keys but that'll take place in another post

The Angel Mikaela's purpose given that there's enough of "God's light" is to bring back the death. And the reason why Mikaela Hyakuya was used to the point he turned to a demon, was not because he was the real son of Shikama given that Shikama, Guren and everyone else considered that regard; no it was mainly because of the positive results Mikaela gave holding the Seraph and Mikaela trait, it was because of that, he was the perfect candidate, to bring forward the "light" needed to bring onwards the resurrection.

That is Mikaela's real purpose; the reason why Shikama at first sought to capture Mikaela's soul is because as ironic as it might seem, Shikama's anger, grudge towards God and the punishment he received, literally made him incapable to see the soul of his own son. He literally dismissed the possibility that the soul of his son was still present, he ignored it to the point Mikaela's soul resided within Yuu instead of Mika's body.

What do you think?

[askthedespairkids]

Are our fighters any good at fighting games?

I only ever played arcade games when boys in my class invited me out, but I'm really not good at 'em.

Kids at the orphanage would make me play those video games with them. Turns our I'm not too bad at them.

Yeah, I fuckin' rock at shit like that! Mortal Kombat was my fucking homefield.

I, uh...I don't really play video games or anything like that.

I am much the same as Mukuro. I was never much of a fan of video games.

Likewise. I ain't made for that kid stuff, y'know?

As for me, well the only video games I'm interested in are R-rated in a different sense!

[ask-yuumitsu]

Hi Mitsu~ what do you like about your boyfriend?

Mitsuba: Wha-what I like about Yu? Hm....

Yuu: Come on. You can't think of one thing?

Mitsuba: Sh-shu-shut up! And get out of here! You don't need to be here to listen to this!!

Mitsuba then proceeds to chase Yuu away and composes herself: W-well...its hard to pinpoint a specific trait. It'd be easier to tell you what parts I don't like...

Mitsuba: ....

Mitsuba: That's not right. Even when he's an idiot- I love it. His endless ability to make you feel seen, heard and loved. As well as his willingness to do what it takes to get to you...he follows what he believes is right and that conviction...is admirable.

Mitsuba, her cheeks burning a bit: Well! I hope that answers it!!!

Admin Speaking!

Sorry to hijack this ask that was asked over 4-5 years ago. And sorry to the anon who asked this. They probably forgot all about it...sorry again. ;;; To everyone who still follows this blog. Hi! I am so sorry I had pretty much vanished. Life for me had gotten a bit….complicated. it's not fixed lol but i am in a place where I can manage.

I also have not been actively been keeping up with the series as much.

BUT

My love for yuumitsuba still remains!

They still make me smile and happy when i see them ~ so I guess I'm back!

[nayruwu]

us: so we have several questions about shinya.

kagami: well, you see, he prefers bread over rice!

us: thanks but we're more concerned about the fact that he was the only one who couldn't be revived or his strange relationship with his demon or the contradictory purpose of his existence in general-

kagami: look he does latte art in his free time isn't he adorable??

[nubimera]

Speaking of songs that fit jason. Idk if you like/listen to taylor swift but "castles crumbling" is so jason in a really sad way. Also "look what you made me do" is like his edgy phase when he first came back as red hood or even arkham knight maybe

I admit that I listen to Taylor Swift in a very casual way, so I only knew "Look What You Made Me Do"

BUT after listening to "Castles Crumbling" I cried all my tears and you are absolutely right

Still talking about Taylor songs, I saw an edit with "Anti-hero" on tiktok a while ago and now it's a song that I unintentionally associate with Red Hood, but again: idk maybe it's just me???

Anyway it has nothing to do with the discussion, but I just want to say that "Revived" by Derivakat is heavily Jason coded

[distinguished-slacker]

I was just rereading a bit of the manga and came upon this panel and wow I never thought I could relate so much to Yuu. He is me when Kagami blueballs us at the end of every chapter😭