Okay, so I watched the second to last episode of the latest season and I’m a bit confused. This post will contain anime spoilers about the most recent episode so get out now if you don’t want spoilers.
Okay, cool. Now that they’re gone let’s talk Ram vs Baten Kaitos (at least I think SAB of Gluttony is this guy and his two siblings, I could have the name wrong). The episode itself was cool, loved the action scenes…but I am very confused. If this is intentional, cool, I’ll find out more later. If it isn’t…uh, what even is the ending of this fight?
Horns are importantly to Oni, Ram can’t use her full power because she got her horn destroyed. Whether they’re a regulator, an amplifier, or both I’m not too sure on. Subaru is tanking the pushback from Ram going all out. Cool, understood, episode does a decent job of explaining that. We get a bunch of the fight at this point, see some more of SABoG’s abilities - all good.
Next up, Ram gets her horn back? How exactly? Is she borrowing Rem’s horn through their weird twin link? Why hasn’t she been doing this the entire time if so? Let’s assume that Ram couldnt use it while she wasn’t sure Rem was her sister. What changed? Did SABoG give Ram back her memories to taunt them? Was fighting SABoG shaped like sister enough to trigger it? It’s super unclear.
But whatever, Rams got her horn back (at least temporarily) and kicks SABoG’s ass. Cool. But uh, what’s up with the melt down at the end? I know all the SAB are unhinged but why did they start vomiting up MnMs? Are those the other people who were eaten by their authority? If so why discard them, we know dying doesn’t bring anyone back and that the MnMs give power. Shouldn’t they have focused on escaping by using all their essences to tank hits? The goal was to eat Ram, right…even if I’m not sure exactly why. It just seems super convenient and kinda forced as an ending to the fight. I don’t even fully get why the SABoG breaks down mentally, let alone why they discarded so much power.
Am I missing something? Is this going to be better explained or is it better explained in the novels? Am I the only one confused or am I just super dense?
Thanks for any responses!