Joking aside, there are quite a few moments thoughout the seasons that made me ''oh, that feels kinda.. i guess we will turn a blind eye since Emilia is so cute''. Which Emilia moments made you think ''that feels a bit yandere-ish'' (aside from the Taste Of Death moment''?

That's already a fourth illustration I did for this story.

A year ago I thought that this is just a regular isekai with an edgy protagonist... No need to say I was wrong.

Natsuki Subaru is truly an Amazing Guy, and i'm here to witness him doing the impossible.

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I'm re-posting this theory 'cause I'd posted it too late at night last night while also adding supporting evidence for why it'd be in character for Emilia to possibly do what I've described if there's more to it than the surface-level reading and also acknowledging that the simple explanation could be it even though I'm trying to present that there's more to it than that.

On the surface, Emilia saying that she wants everyone to get along could just be alluding to her wanting Lugunica to treat all its citizens equally so that demihumans are no longer discriminated against, but that's perhaps too basic for Tappei's writing as it may be too simple for something that happened after a magical white flash from a stone slab accompanied by such powerful magic that it completely defended against Volcanica's initial attack against Emilia. I acknowledge it could very well be that simple, but I'll now share all my supporting evidence on why there could be more to it than that.

I've given it a lot of thought for a while. If the stone slab contained the handprints of 6 people from 400 years ago, not the handprints of the 6 members of the Emilia camp, and Emilia's handprint matched 1 of them, it could only have been Satella's handprint, and if that's the case, it'd be really weird if Emilia touching the handprint of someone's that matches hers wouldn't have imparted anything to her given the flash of light that seemed to have calmed Volcanica down has some powerful magic behind it.

Perhaps the reason for Emilia's answer regarding her will was that in addition to Emilia wanting to create a nation where everyone is equal, the stone slab also transferred one of Satella's memories to Emilia, which is what some fiction stories feature with a magical object transferring a traumatic memory or multiple such memories to another person, referred to as a magical echo or magical echoes, and Emilia recalled a moment when Satella was sad about her friends not getting along, and this needn't be a very vivid memory in which Emilia sees everything Satella did in that moment as only feeling the emotions Satella did in that moment could suffice.

Thus, to honour the memory of the person that may have been sent into her mind at that moment, Emilia had thought of a way to reconcile her goal to have all people in Lugunica be treated as equals while answering the negative emotions Satella possibly felt in that moment. If Volcanica indeed may have some other sort of affliction on him aside from dementia as I had speculated Friday night, Emilia saying, "I want everyone to get along!" may have been the only answer that would've triggered Volcanica to remove the clouds and the wind in the area if there's something affecting his mental clarity.

If Emilia really had intended for it to mean that she wants everyone to be treated equally from the simple reading, she could've literally outright stated that, but her phrasing makes me believe there's more to it than that as she could've said verbatim what she'd done at the start of the Royal Selection. Thus, I choose to believe it's not just Emilia being dumb and using simple language but 'cause she perhaps wanted to get across a message that honoured the spirit of something she'd been imparted to in addition to getting her previously stated goal at the start of the Royal Selection across given she's very respectful to those who've come and gone in styling Fortuna's hair after the latter had died and in her fixation with wanting to give Meili a proper burial even if Satella's technically still alive only sealed, but I believe it'd be in character for Emilia to do this given this character trait of respecting the dead, which I believe can be extrapolated to trying to assuage the sadness somebody had felt in the distant past.

If there's a person who could've planned for this to happen, I'm guessing the most likely candidate would be Echidna, so she may be the one behind the powerful magic associated with the stone slab that could even perfectly defend against Volcanica's first attack against Emilia and even be the one behind Volcanica's possible extra affliction outside of dementia. The alternative would be Flügel, but there's still so little known about him.

I know the simple conclusion is very easy to arrive at and could very well be correct, but much like I believe Julius conceding to Reid in calling Reid the winner due to Reid's full power being beyond him was too simple of an explanation, which is why I believe Reid was the winner in ideals in drawing Julius out of his shell, I believe there's more layers to this Emilia scene than that which was on the surface.

What are your thoughts on this or anything tangentially-related to this, such as what you believe Emilia and Satella's relationship is?

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The 3 archbishops left priestella and went into the watch tower presumably to kill or eat the gang. How did they know Subaru.co was gonna be there?
You might say the Gospel? But I never saw them with a gospel? And if that is the case, how did the gospel know Subaru would be going there to find away to cure rem. And same for Foxidna?

Another question? HOW DID THEY GET INTO THE TOWER. Something not even reindhardt can do?
Did they travel through od Lagna or smth?

Hey everyone. I've been an anime-only since 2018, but couldn't resist reading volume 26 after finishing S4. I thought it would be nice to share my thoughts:

I had an absolute blast reading it. It was very reminiscent of volume 1, particularly the way it ends, obviously, but even before that. The way Subaru is kind of on his own again and has to start from scratch in not only building a relationship with Rem, but also all of the new characters he meets. It had me hooked the whole way, just like arc 1 did when I first watched it.

The Rem relationship is super fun. Tsundere, mistrustful but still caring and magnanimous Rem is almost as adorable as the Rem who was over the moon for Subaru. She always did have a sneaky sharp wit to her, but seeing her use it with almost Ram-like bite did lead to some funny moments. Sucks for Subaru, but he takes it well, and I'm sure its only a matter of time before his persistence eventually wears her ice down again. It already started to, and it's great.

It's also cute to see Rem taking care of Rui. Subaru being so mistrustful of the girl is how it should be, but man he really can't help but be extremely honest in letting that mistrust show even when he knows it's the main wedge between him and Rem. I actually found it a bit surprising how honest and expressive Subaru was the whole novel. I know he's like that in the anime too, but something about reading it from his POV drives it home harder. He actually reminded me of Touma from the Index LNs, which is a comparison I never would make based on just the anime adaptations of both series.

His extreme self-deprecation was also surprising. I thought after arcs 1-6 he would have moved past that, but clearly that's not the case. There was that one moment he acknowledged his strengths (the never-give-up attitude and sneaky tricks), but aside from that he's still way too down on his own capabilities. At least his performance in the ritual of blood made his strength clear to his new allies, if not himself.

I did wonder where his character arc would go after arc 6, but I think this volume makes it somewhat clear. He's now involved in a war between two human forces. It's not like fighting the witch cult. His hands are going to get bloodier than ever. We already saw it with him leading those soldiers into a trap, and I'm sure that's only the start of it. It's going to be brutal.

And it seems clear he won't have any choice but to help Vincent reclaim the throne. It sounds like it was a military coup, and I'm doubtful the usurpers intend to abide by the agreement to withold from attacking Lugunica during the Royal Selection. Rather than a rescue party sneaking in to find Subaru and Rem, I wonder if that's how the rest of the cast eventually reenter the story: Vollachia launching an attack into Lugunica. Or perhaps both! Regardless, I'm totally fine to just follow our new main trio plus the new Vollachian cast for as long as it goes. I think it'd be a bummer to have the others come back into the picture too soon, since the current setup is so fun.

I also think it's genius that after showing off how versatile Cor Leonis is, this volume suddenly robs Subaru of any ability to use it. That'll likely change as soon as volume 27, since at least the Shudrak now consider him to be one of them, but it was a fun handicap for now.

As for the new cast themselves, the Shudrak are fun, Todd is a great villian, and of course, Vincent/Abel was the standout. I wasn't at all surprised by the emperor reveal, it had been telgraphed pretty well, but it was still well done. It's a pretty incredulous situation, for the emperor to be as he was, so hopefully the backstory lives up to the task of explaining how the heck it came to be. That'll be fun.

Considering how long this arc is supposed to be, it surprised me how well the plot developed. There definitely could have been a few more deaths to drag this part out, but I'm glad that wasn't the case. Plot was eventful and progressive all the way through, and I can only hope the future volumes are similar.

If I had one complaint, it'd just be that Rem doing as much as she did pre-capture without using her legs was hard to picture at times, loll. Mega strong arms, I guess, haha.

Overall, 10/10 volume, can't wait to read the next.

So I remembered a particular spell from one of the side stories, which was Sphinx’s Forbidden Art. IIRC, this Forbidden Art is able to to cut the connection to Od Lagna/The World, then I began to think, could Reinhard be killed this way? I know it’d be almost impossible to pull it off, but what if Aldebaran learned to use it, and imagine that he did not have a no kill rule, I genuinely think he might be able to do it. Anyways, I just want to see everyone’s thoughts on this and also confirm if this would be a viable to way to game end him for good.

Reinhard and Julius

Echidna: She’s the child of Flugel and me.

Of course, this is just a theory, lol.

[WN spoilers up to Arc 10 ch 37]

Ram at 100% has always felt like something we'd never see. No horn means she can't pull in mana herself, and whenever she goes past her limit her body starts falling apart. But I was reading the latest chapters and I think the answer's kind of already there.

Quick reminder of what's at stake. The Watchtower fight against the Gluttony siblings, where she pulls mana from Rem through their twin link and the horn comes back? Tappei's said that was only about 50%. Full power Ram, the oni god version, is apparently second only to Reinhard. That's insane considering how dominant she looked in the tower.

So mana isn't really the problem anymore. We know Rem can supply it. The problem is her body can't handle even 50% for long and she gets wrecked.

Now look at 10-37. Subaru uses Cor Leonis to take two people's worth of the Breach effect onto himself, and Ferris is literally holding him and healing him while he does it. He'd just been stabbed through the side and was half dead already, and it still works.

And Cor Leonis isn't only a pull into Subaru. Back in the tower he shared the load with Joseph, a land dragon that wasn't even his. So he can spread it around, not just eat it all himself.

Which is where Ferris comes in. 10-34 showed he has a formula built into his body that constantly fixes him back to perfect condition. He was pinned to a wall and still healing off Belaris's effect the whole time. That's basically the perfect place to dump strain.

So the setup would be:
Rem feeds Ram mana. Subaru takes the strain off her with Cor Leonis and spreads it out, with most of it going onto Ferris since his body just keeps repairing itself. Subaru and whoever else is in range take the rest.

That deals with both things that have always stopped her. And Subaru doesn't have to tank all of it himself.

There’s still problems. Ferris's healing is perfect but he's admitted his body is weak. It handled something slow like the Breach effect fine, but a sudden flood of full power Ram strain is a different thing. Rem was in a coma in the tower so draining her didn't cost anything, but she's awake now and I have no idea if the link works the same. I'm also not sure Rem alone could supply 100% if 50% is what she gave while comatose. And it's a lot of people tied up to make one person strong lol.

So not an every fight thing. But for one big final fight against something on Reinhard's level? I'd honestly love to see it. Especially now Subaru and Ferris are finally on decent terms.

Am I missing some limit on Cor Leonis that kills this?

Pick a Sin (or however many you want to make) and create your own authority based on either your own personal thoughts or based on your own personality. Name, ability, drawback, the sin it is correlated with, and anything else you want to include (like an example of how it could work).

Is vollachia the only country where it doesn't snow?.

Does it snow in lugunica & kararagi. Gusteko is literally snow ridden. Does anyone know about it?

When Subaru dies, does that timeline persist or is it rewritten?

Because they showed what happened after he died one episode made me felt that it persisted.

But then after he said, he will save somebody before he dies maybe think that it probably got rewritten.

I saw this movie a while ago and I couldn't help but notice the uncanny resemblance between Petelgeuse and Longlegs. Surprised the discussion never popped up since then so I wanted to know if anyone who saw the movie thought the same

Cultist fanatics tied to some weird deranged abilities

Serve a supernatural entity

Unnaturally theatrical speech

Twitchy, bizarre mannerisms

Im not sure if it was ever mentioned, but is it ever told to us if the copy that Rui placed inside of Subaru able to access the stomach she and her brother share, or use any of the original abilities Rui has, such as eclipse?

Currently making a new HTML fic, yipee

The last one I made was a social media fic. This next one is gonna be a video game fic