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[lostsoulaltair]

Owari no Seraph Chapter 143 - Analysis and Review. SPOILERS Ahead

今日は皆さん。久しぶりですね。

Hey everyone, it's been a while hehe...Soo, given that the chapter was released in Japan, we'll have to wait until it gets released on this side till Jan 10th. Nevertheless, I want to give an insight.

P.S: As usual, ships are excluded and everything's held within a neutral view.

The chapter starts retaking from chapter 142, an encounter between the Shinoa Squad and the 5th Progenitor Ky Luc. There is an eventual fight of willpower given that Shinoa is aiming to turn Ky Luc into a cursed gear from the black series so Mitsuba can wield. Along this, we have a flashback on which it is revealed as to why Ky Luc followed Urd Geales with utmost loyalty.

The reason behind is because Urd wants to die. But not die like a demon but as a human. To reach mortality in order to die like the human he was born.

Upon hearing such dream, Ky Luc was amazed by such dream, promising himself to carry on and live until Urd fulfilled his dream.

Given this, Ky Luc's will was all that kept him from turning into a demon, nevertheless, given that Shinoa was devouring him as well, Shinoa was able to feel his feelings and memories, making her overwhelmed, nevertheless, the squad was there for her so she could manage to turn Ky into a demon.

She apologizes to him for that and at the end we have an Owari Kaisen. [Shinoa made the new demon as two fingers. Don't ask what the author was thinking cause Idk either haha].

As for the end of the chapter, Shinoa now knows what Urd and Rigr are thinking along Yuu's location.

Analysis

First of all, many might consider or may think that the portrayal of strength between Shinoa and Ky Luc was unfair along that her power up was random...

I will say that the way things are paced is not exactly the best. The story is reaching its eventual end and yes, there are things that could have been detailed much better or polished nevertheless, let's not forget details that have been from the very beginning.

What do I mean?

Ever since the LN were published, it has been stated that Shinoa is far stronger than other characters. That includes Mahiru, Guren, the adults even by Shikama. But why's that?

Simple, Shinoa has had the ability to accept demons without losing her heart, without needing to do trials like other wielders as seen in old chapters and the last one which was chapter 102 till chapter 106. [That's when Yuu fought went to save Mika, then fought against him to make him his cursed gear].

Now, following suit, why did Shinoa never do such task when she had the power but chose until now?

Well, it all goes with the narrative but also with her emotional development. What do I mean?

Perhaps people what makes them feel like something's wrong is not only the narrative but also the building of "expectation". Long ago, I was actually pissed, angry or rather upset with how things turned in OnS in terms of story, I felt no motivation to write or the sort but then, along a friend, we started to consider other aspects from what we actually expected but rather, what the characters were displaying emotional wise and rationality wise.

Which means, the characters are driven regarding how they feel, what they aspire, what they want, along what they know about their own selves.

With Shinoa, she thought she had found out what she wanted, she thought that because she had fallen in love and was together in a squad, she had truthfully lived when in reality, she was taking the baby steps required to live.

As Kouhei Kadono's LNs suggest. In order to have the right to die, you must live first.

But returning to the topic. Shinoa had a massive advantage against Shikama not because of raw power alone. It was first seen she could take any demon into her and use them (LN which came to portrayal on chapter 133). But let's remember that Rigr made certain Shikama's powers were constantly restrained due to the place they managed to create, giving Shinoa an advantage.

In the case of Ky Luc, Shinoa was able to bust her own teammates so they could actually pull a fight against a beast like Ky Luc.

Her being able to know how to create a demon, this was shown in early chapters when Mikaela turned into a demon. Knowledge is power and in a war where life is at stake, such knowledge comes in handy.

The next question, why did Ky Luc lose if he was powerful?

One of the topics that it's heavily touched in Ky Luc's backstory is that Ky had no sense of why he wanted to live. He had a bind that all he knew was that he had to survive. Ky fought through life to survive but not until he met Urd Geales, did he find a first thing to live for. Nevertheless, he is living for someone but not living for himself. What do I mean?

Usually, the story tends to portray how characters want to be recognized, how they want to be seen to someone else's eyes along how people start gathering around them. But the other side of the coin is, what is exactly to live? What does living exactly mean?

It's not just about living for someone but actually finding a reason for your own. It is a delicate thread between selfishness along personal love, it's hell after all. It's finding in a desolate land a reason as to why one's self is existing and living. Even during hell, or during the trial called life, people find meaning, they find things to do, to enjoy, to aspire for, to spend time with, to cry for, to lament for, but to grow for as well.

Ky Luc's human clock stopped, the reason he lost was because he always believed that vampires would be the strongest of their kind, never considering what divided humans and vampires. What exactly made humans be special yet frightening, but rather, he thought as long as he fought, as long as he made himself stronger, he wouldn't lose. But it was a different day there...Ky Luc had a past stained with blood and I'm not going to say he's a justificable character, but rather fascinating, how despite the mind along the ideals can set someone to see light, for others such light only reflects darkness.

As for the final point. The squad's role

For sure, the way they got their power up was not exactly the best developed point but given that the story had to move on, that's what we got. Shinoa being able to access to the First Progenitor's powers is what allowed her to give her team a chance to fight given that the protagonist is broken in terms of power as well, so there must exist a balance in power scale.

But, what is there to need to be discussed with the squad?

Their union.

One of the things that's been visible is that once Yuu left, the squad had a turnoil of emotions, distress, sadness, along feelings akin to feeling lost.

Like lambs who were waiting for the lead to guide them, but given that someone stood there, a new beacon began to shine. But instead of following Yuu and Guren; they began to follow a beacon to a new path. One on which they could dictaminate what they wanted to do with their lives.

Kimizuki, Yoichi and specially Mitsuba, have displayed growth despite few chapters passing by; they do treasure the family they have, they love Yuu but they are living in the present. They are not tied to what happened millenia ago, they want a better world, a world that lets humanity prosper and end the eternal hell they've been subjected to endure but among this, the real creation of bonds has been visible. The squad supporting each other, working together along ensuring each other is alright is one of the most precious things that can be witnessed.

As a side note

I usually complained about Mitsuba's poor development...but right now, her worrying about Shinoa, showing what it is to be a caring friend, what it means to give support for someone you hold dear. It means there is progress instead of blindy following. I hope we get to see interactions between Mitsuba and Ky Luc with time along constant development with the members of the squad.

What do you think about this? Let me know.

It's alright if you don't like it, just remember, respecting each other is what leads to good conversations.

[somegirlsnerdywords2]

Updated Manga: May 2023

Owari no Seraph: Ch. 126 added May 1st

The Last Bloodline: Ep. 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26 added since May 1st

Men of the Harem: Season 2, Ep. 99, 100, 101 & 102 added since May 5th

For My Derelict Favorite: Ep. 42, 43, 44 & 45 added since May 5th

I’m the Queen in This Life: Ep. 28, 29, 30 & 31 added since May 7th

Boku no Hero Academia: Ch. 387, 388 & 389 added since May 7th

Tower of God: Season 3, Ep. 141, 142, 143 & 144 added since May 7th

Jujutsu Kaisen: Ch. 222, 223 & 224 added since May 14th

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun: Ch. 102 added May 18th

19 Days: Ch. 423 added May 18th

The Remarried Empress: Season 3, Ep. 123 & 124 added since May 20th

Akatsuki no Yona: Ch. 242 added May 21st

[m54301]

kagami WHAT is this 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[yalissss]

I have a feeling that kagami will pull a “your true desire is heterosexual sex with shinoa” on yuu sometime very soon and I’m scared

[thesoundofanicefall]

You know we were all like this new chapter🤷‍♀️😂

[dapanem]

HOLY FUCK YOICHI

YOO MY SOFT BOI IS LONG GONE, SOMEBODY GIVE HIM BACC

LIKE DAMNNN???? BOI SO POWERFUL MUDAE BETTER LET ME HAVE HIM

DEAR LORD I AM A MIKA SIMP I AM A MIKA SIMP I AM A MIKA SIMP

[suigintou811]

New chapter of OnS came out yesterday!!!!

Yuu here to save Mika!!!!!

*yeet*

NOOOOOO!!!!!

Damn straight! Now kill him. Do it. Do it now, before he-

FUCK!

(So close to a confession!)

YAAAAASSSSS! (I cut the epic fight scene, so you’ll have to see for yourself!)

Yo, yoichi being creepy right now, but it is welcomed.

Yes!!!! Finally!!!! They are reunited!!!!! now save your boyfriend Yuu!

[lunafreysia]

Here's some copypasta of my ONE 102 thoughts from twitter:

I love Yuu and Yoichi in this chapter. Asura and Gekkoin know they f*cked up.

Yoichi is literally like "Gekkoin you naughty boy..."

Also, I was expecting to see Yuu go berserk to save Mika this chapter but I didn't expect him to actually pull a move out of Berserk. This dude literally cut his arm off for his love lol

I've waited a year for him to get this far. Also this is romantic af no one touch me

I hope reaching into Mika here isn't initiating the process of turning him into cursed gear. I'm still holding out hope they'll find another option. But all in all good chapter and I'm glad these two are finally reunited. (now to find the other Mika, the poor baby).

[mikaela-sama]

Owari no seraph

Chapter 102

SPOILERS

I'll make it short cuz I'm really tired

Yuu told Ashera that his desire is to save Mika but Ashera replied that that's not his true desire

Ashera asked Yuu why he is so obsessed with Mika

Yuu slice Gekkouin into half

"It's okay Mika, no matter what happens,even if the world ends tomorrow, i will definitely save you" (Something like that)

[kuroheishi]

“I’m gonna save him...”

Chapter 102, He’s Calling for Me.

[lostsoulaltair]

OnS Theories - Mikaela Hyakuya, Demon Mikaela & Michaela. Are they the same?

What'll happen when Mika gets resurrected? A tricky question since his purpose has been to serve as a vessel for the soul of the First's son.

Further explanation can be found here 😊

[mikagf]

oKAY BUT YOICHI AND YUU WERE INSANE FOR THIS -&:)/&;$/&/&!-&;!/&;$; MVPs of this chapter !!

[bigbrainbiology]

I saw only one smol shot of favourite girl in the latest chapter, so here's a Mitsu sketch 💕

[the-silentnight]

We got ‘em

[mayoiayasep]

i miss yoichi and kimizuki

[thesoundofanicefall]

Shikama doji's true goal, deep analysis

Very well!

Finally I get rid of my exams so I have time to share the deep analysis about Shikama doji's true goal now!

Something strange we saw in new chapter was Shikama doji's speech and the part he said he wants to save the world from the Catastrophe that is going to happen in far future.

This case made everyone confused and some people thinks he may not be that complete devil we think although that's absolutely wrong, he IS that complete devil in this story.

First of all before starting anything I want to clear this fact that whatever Shikama doji is doing IS NOT in order to help humanity.

The only thing he never cared about was the humanity.

He admitted it himself how he did many terrible human experiments before and how many of them being killed ny him and under those experiments like crazy.

So yeah he care about the world and the humanity? Just no way that's all!

As Shikama mentioned this before he fell fown from heaven because of touching a taboo and what was that taboo?

Easy to answer:

Creating new creatures without permission.

We saw on chapter 79 how he had lots of spawns in order to creat new creatures and how Yuu was one of those.

But who was the first creature he created?

Yes you are right that was the Mika we saw on chapter 85 and later Shikama doji called him his son on chapter 94.

The truth was that, Shikama doji created that son of him.

The Mika he called him his son was the first one he created and that was his TABOO.

That was the reason why he fell from heaven and that was why the heaven killed his son because that son was a taboo.

Shikama created that Mika with his own blood and genetic (yes he didn't sleep with anyone or didn't do anyone lol) and so Mika was supposed as his son just like how Guren is Saito's son by having his genes.

But what happened after Shikama fell from heaven because of the taboo he had touched?

As he clearly said this on chapter 94 he wants to take revenge and creat his own dark dark world.

And in a dark world there is no place for humans to live.

Such a world is a world only vampires and demons can live in it.

Vampire, something that was Shikama's punishment.

Why punishment?! What does it have to do with being a vampire?!

Again Shikama doji himself answered this question before himself on chapter 94.

He said this fact that before he fell from heaven, he loved sun, he was admiring it and was worshiping it but after he fell he couldn't love that anymore he couldn't bear the sun light anymore and why? Because he turned to a vampire and the sun is an enemy to all vampires then in a very easy way to complain, Shikama doji, the first vampire, turned to a vampire in a very first place as a kind of punishment.

He couldn't die and didn't have any reasons to live and ofc he couldn't back to the heaven too.

Being stock in a course name being a vampire forever and hurting forever was his punishment and so maybe that was why when Kureto told him that he will kill him, Shikama said he would be happy and thankful of Kureto for that as he was trying a lot to die but couldn't.

So yeah that was why he decided for a revenge.

For creating his own dark world and being king and God of his own creatures.

So Shikama talking about saving the world he absolutely DOESN'T mean saving the human's world.

But his own dark dark world.

The Catastrophe he was talking about is the one which will cause the destruction of all the creatures he created and HIS world.

So yeah don't let him to make you doubt this easily.

Nothing didn't changed.

Yes Asuramaru and other demons have their own reasons and what is their reasons?

The answer can simply being complain like this:

The demons were brainwashed by Shikama doji.

Shikama doji filled their mind and head with how bad humans are.

How ugly humans are.

And how they should kill them all and creat a world without humans and with new creatures in it.

That is the reason actually.

Shikama is a fallen angel he punished by God and lost the sun, lost the God, lost the beauty and the ligh he had someday as, LUCIFER.

Yeah he IS that fallen angel Lucifer who fell from heaven and swore for taking revenge and ruining the humanity.

He was the one who caused and planned for the Catastrophe 8 years ago and killed more tha 90% of humanity, he DOESN'T CARE for humanity.

His TRUE plan is to clear the world from the humans and replace it with his own dark world and his demon creatures in it.

Hope this can be helpful enough and help people not to fall for the trap Kagami sensei managed cleverly.

Please share your ideas I'll be glad to hear them all!!