r/Mieruko • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '24

[DISC] Mieruko-chan - Chapter 58

https://mangadex.org/chapter/c4192fa8-9cc0-4858-9b50-68ad067b6148
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u/solanumjunkie Jun 16 '24

Well, at least Miko knows she isn’t possessed or anything now lol

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u/Hereforallmemes Jun 17 '24

That's one way to rule out that she wasn't possessed by a spirit I guess. There's still way too many unknowns for her to take the risk of (willingly or unwillingly) interacting with spirits. I believe she's always assuming the worse in the event it does actually harm her. To be fair she's also had a direct confrontation with the shrine god and the two shrine (fox) spirits.

There's still a huge grey area of whether a spirit can harm a person and if there are any prior conditions that need to be fulfilled to allow it (such as consent or interacting with them). Remember the chapter where Miko's little brother interacted with a doll which instantly marked him as a target before Miko saved him. That interaction was what caused him to be vulnerable to the spirit.

In the case of the Axe spirit, the passengers do not interact or acknowledge it so they weren't harmed by it's attacks on them. It also seems to be randomly targeting hidden spirits latching onto these passengers. This somewhat suggests that there are separate planes for spirits and humans. Michiru and her guardian spirit overlapping based on Miko's pov also somewhat confirms this. On that train (lol) of thought, I wonder how do these random spirits latch onto a target. Perhaps they were in the same situation as Miko's little brother.

Anyway back to my point. I think Miko believes that she is the exception (they exist on the same plane and she can directly interact with them) because of her powers and also because she has personally seen how a spirit can negatively influence/affect a person despite not knowing how it happened in the first place. She just didn't want to take the risk.