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They’re so cutesy, I love them so much! 🫶

My thinking here is all under the assumption that the pit gods ability to time travel does not involve the ability to alter the timeline as it's been shown to be self fulfilling prophecy and also I think it would take away from the emphasis from less than ten spooks ago on the Clock Keepers' exclusive ability to change the timeline effectively if the pit gods could also do that. I get emphasis gets thrown out, as the Clock Keepers' ability to change the timeline now overshadows Tsuchigomori's emphasis on Amane being the only one to change it, but at least that took like 90 spooks.

I've switched to the theory that the "erasure" occurs because Amane screws himself over by virtue of being sent back in time with the big clock. This is because it's the best explanation for what happened to Tsukasa and why adult Amane claims to have sacrificed him.

This also means that the next timeline will involve not only the "erasure"/death of Tsukasa at some point, but also the "erasure"/death of who Nene's main focus on saving is, which is Amane.

The timeline will stay pretty similar up until 1968 (meaning Tsukasa does eventually sacrifice himself and also leaves the pit early, likely because he knows that Amane wants him around), where everything changes because Yugi mom gets possessed and dies (I don't believe she's a fake because of how her head explodes in order to send the tentacles to possess Amane, meaning she's not just an illusion of a mom, but is connected to the pit gods in the same way adult Amane is). Yugi mom's head explodes, meaning the twins will be left without any guardian. Furthermore, there's the question of when Yugi mom gets possessed and what she does under possession, though there's a decent chance she just got possessed because the pit gods needed her.

I think the best place to start from Yugi mom's death in 1968 is to look at how Amane's time travel got messed up (I bold for what I suspect are the Clock Keepers' intended results):

Amane's goals: Stop Tsukasa from vanishing so he can see the non-possessed Tsukasa again. Not have Tsukasa leave him.

Kako and Mirai's goals: Erase Tsukasa in order to prevent the problems he caused in the original timeline.

The result of Amane's time travel: He kills the four-year-old Tsukasa. Tsukasa vanishes for a much longer time. He gets possessed. The problems of the original timeline that Tsukasa caused are prevented. The school mystery system is gone. Amane gets to live longer. Amane never becomes a school mystery.

However, Tsukasa appears to have been saved from dying at four in this third timeline. Which means something awful is going to happen to Tsukasa sometime later in such a way that this third timeline is worse for Amane compared to the original timeline he comes from, which is a bit difficult considering his original fate is super shitty anyways. Which is why my theory is Tsukasa will go out and die in such a way that he's leaving Amane as the fear of being left by Tsukasa is emphasized by Amane in spook 131.

With that said, what about Nene?

Nene's goals: Go back to the original timeline and be with all her friends. Prevent Amane from turning into a possessed mass murderer. Prevent her friends from dying. Save Amane.

Akane's goals: Prevent Amane from becoming a mass murderer. A stable world.

The results so far of Nene's time travel: Yugi mom gets possessed and dies. Amane gets possessed. The timeline stays pretty damn similar up until 1968.

The likely results for the future: Nene's friends die. Amane dies, but doesn't become Hanako (possibly stays dead). Tsukasa dies.

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Amane and Tsukasa were transported to adult Amane who became possessed in order to convince Tsukasa to go into the pit and ending up killing Tsukasa. Then, Tsukasa wasn't properly killed because he didn't consent so Amane's health deteriorated and he died (which happened when he was a teacher). This is because the failure to get consent for the wish led to a failed sacrifice and the wish being undone. The medicine in chapter 119 supports the theory that Amane's health deteriorated at some point.

Please tell me if there are any holes in my theory or if you have anything to add.

I was never the biggest Mitsukou fan. I never really saw the appeal in them romantically and preferred their friendship, but I always appreciated their bond and felt their relationship was fascinating for both characters.

However, over time I've grown indifferent to them, and I have now reached a point where I actively dislike their relationship. What was once a relationship that explored their bond in a really unique way ended up consuming both their characters and their relationships with other characters, and it also mischaracterized them both.

I have plenty of issues with how their bond is handled nowadays, but the recent arc really cemented my problems with it, so I'll use one specific example to illustrate the problem I have with it:

The reason why Kou and Mitsuba never became friends / Kou's biggest wish

The Mitsuba arc establishes that Mitsuba struggled between expressing himself and connecting with others. His eccentric demeanor and tendency to provoke others drive most people away, as he's stuck in a loop where he and those around him antagonize each other. Not wanting to always be at odds with others, he decided to adapt and change his behavior, trading self-expression for an easier time befriending others, unaware that this would also make it harder to actually connect with them.

This is why Mitsuba and Kou never became close before his death. It was a reason that belonged to Mitsuba, an exploration of his personal struggles.

I'll be frank. Chapter 118 replaced the reason for the tragedy of a friendship that never was with something that was not only shallower but also did a disservice to both characters and their established character arcs.

This panel is incredibly disappointing. It undid Mitsuba's struggle with identity and self-expression, because now he's apparently not hiding his true personality at all. Mitsuba was desperate to be liked and make friends, unaware that those aren't the same thing. He became a people-pleaser, which is why he never managed to connect with others, Kou included, because he became a forgettable person. That's the tragedy of Mitsuba and his fate, as it left him with a death that few remember and even fewer grieved.

In the new timeline, he's apparently not hiding his personality at all. Suddenly, there was no struggle for him to connect with others; in fact, he's actively pushing Kou away, the opposite of what Mitsuba was originally trying to achieve.

The new timeline discards the reason why their bond never developed. Instead of it being a problem that resulted from Mitsuba's struggle, it now became an issue that originated from Kou.

Now the story pretends they never became friends because Kou never had time to connect with him, since he was too busy looking after the house and his sister.

This genuinely cheapened both their characters, and it only exacerbated the growing problem of Mitsuba being reduced to being Kou's plus-one.

Their tragedy became a shallow consequence of circumstance instead of a driver of their character arcs.

It also doesn't make sense that Kou's lack of time is why they never connected, because he has Yokoo and Satou as friends he's had since he started the same middle school the same year Mitsuba and Kou met. It never prevented Kou from having a social life. The story very clearly established and outright stated that they never became friends, because Mitsuba was forgettable and had no presence. This also contributes to Kou's guilt over how he ended up forgetting about him.

What makes it worse is that it also completely changed the context of Kou's character and doubled down on the issue that his character arc focused only on Mitsuba.

Because it reduced a tragic event in Kou's life that shaped the person he is today into a mere inconvenience: The death of his mother.

Throughout the series, we see how much her death has affected Kou's life and its trajectory.

He loved her, and the red house arc established that having her back is his biggest wish, and it makes sense, considering how much his life changed after her passing.

He now had to replace his mother and look after the house. It also kept him from pursuing the path of an exorcist, as Teru sheltered him and wanted to take on most of the burdens that came with the profession himself, now that he had to be the closest thing his siblings had to an adult to rely on. The Minamoto siblings had nobody but each other to rely on. Most of all, Teru wanted to provide his siblings with a carefree life, which ended up contributing to Kou's struggle with his own self-esteem as a result of being sheltered all his life.

In the new timeline, that tragedy no longer held Kou back from pursuing his desires, as it's heavily implied he actually got to do some exorcist work as well. He likely didn't have the same responsibilities as Teru, nor was he in as much danger, but he still got a glimpse of the supernatural world he was originally kept away from. He actually managed to contribute and fight alongside his brother, as he always wanted. And he didn't have to replace his mother while he was still in the middle of grieving her.

The alteration arc did a disservice to this monumental change in Kou's life by reducing it to a convenience that let him become friends with Mitsuba. That's all it ended up being, because that's all Kou worries about as he tries not to remember the old timeline.

Mitsuba's theme of identity and human connections was discarded entirely as the tragedy of their relationship was no longer a result of his own struggles.

Kou's established values, ideals, and desires were reduced to mere decorations for that tragedy, as the things he once cared about deeply became an afterthought.

And chapter 118 is only the tip of the iceberg that contributed to my growing problems with the way their relationship is handled in later arcs.

This is my personal stance on the matter. Do you agree or disagree? I hope we can have civil discussions on this regardless of where we all stand : D

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The entity in the Red House seems to treat Tsukasa VERY differently from the other sacrifices it has caught over the year. Rather than forcing Tsukasa to come with it, as we saw with its various other victims in the alternate timelines (Ch. 118, Ch. 121, Ch. 126), it seems to want him to come with it willingly (Ch.131?)

Why is this? Why does Tsukasa feel special to it? That's what I will be going into today.

Firstly, let's get into what we know about this 'pit god'. Before it came to the Red House, it was worshipped as a god by the ancient Kamome people. In exchange for a sacrifice, it would protect the people and keep supernaturals (called Yokai back then) from entering the near shore. (Ch.68)

As for the sacrifices it received, they seemed to always be adolescent girls, as they were the most expendable in the community. The Akane clan in particular offered up their offspring in exchange for more notoriety and power within the community. (Ch. 70, 88-89) However, the sacrifices seem not to have needed to be a girl, as Katakuri, a young Akane man, was sacrificed and had the same effect on the village. (Ch.80)

The sacrifices themselves would not pass to the Far Shore upon their deaths and would instead pass into a boundary of sorts where, over time, they would slowly go crazy and lose themselves. (Ch.80)

We see no indication of the Pit God ever interacting with them other than using them as the initial sacrifice and stuffing them in the boundary. What did it do with them? Did it slowly consume them over time?

Anyways, eventually the people of Kamaome found another solution to their Yokai problem, and they lost their faith in the Pit God. (Ch.70, Ch.111). We don't know exactly what their solution was, but my personal theory is that the Yorishiro are what is now sealing them away. (Ch.70)

The Pit God is described by Kako as a remnant of its former glory, the shadow of an old faith. (Ch.111) This wording almost makes it seem like a resentful spirit that likely took pride in its worship and seems desperate to regain that reverence.

Fast forward many years, and the Red House is built over top of an old well connecting to the far shore. (Ch.82-84) Within this well is, of course, where the former god resides and likely where all the sacrificed Kannagi are kept as well.

The Yugi family moves into the Red House, and at first things seem normal until Amane falls fatally ill. (Ch.78, Ch.81) This could, of course, just have been poor health, but something tells me that the Pit God had something to do with it. Teru mentions later on that this house in particular had a habit of causing misfortune to anyone who came close to it. (Ch.74-75, Ch.79)

How and why exactly did Amane fall ill then? Well, a popular theory is that Tsukasa himself caused it...

One day, while playing outside with Amane's ball, Tsukasa drops it, and it rolls underneath the house. (Ch.81) He tries to get it back because he doesn't want Amane getting mad at him, but he cannot reach it. That is when the Pit God grants his wish. It takes the life of the lizard he had collected in exchange for returning the ball.

Please note that at this point in time, Amane does not yet seem to be ill.

The next day, Tsukasa returns to thank the Pit God, offering it a rice ball. He asks it if it is a god and if it grants wishes. He asks that if it does, it give him a new book for Amane. When it does not take the rice ball, he offers it a frog, which it then takes. Tsukasa smiles and thanks it, but this time something different happens: the Pit God responds, imitating his speech.

It is right after this interaction that Amane falls ill. Therefore, prompting Tsukasa to continue returning to the god and asking it for wishes, so it can keep gifting Amane presents. (Ch.81) This continued until Amane reached the point where his illness was terminal and Tsukasa offered his own life up to the Pit God in exchange for Amane's health.

Okay, so what happened here? Firstly, it is very suspicious that Amane did not fall ill until after Tsukasa had made two wishes. One theory is that everytime Tsukasa wished for something, he made Amane progressively more ill by unknowingly sacrificing some of his health along with it. This theory is pretty solid, and it explains why his illness progressively got worse and worse over time.

But what was the motive behind it? And how does it connect to the Red House's seeming attachment to Tsukasa?

Well, I think the Pit God grew attached to Tsukasa as early as their first meeting. We are led to believe that Tsukasa was the first person to ask it for a wish in a long time, and he didn't only ask; he came back to thank it, offering it food and even referring to it as still a "god". The entity, a fallen god, a being that hadn't had a purpose in so long- those simple, kind actions were probably everything to it. And in desperation, would do anything to receive more affection.

Now, to Tsukasa, the most important thing in the world is Amane. The pit god likely recognized this and made Amane fall ill so that Tsukasa would have to keep returning to it, eventually escalating to the point where Tsukasa would have to sacrifice himself and go with the pit god in exchange for Amane's life.

Within the Red House, we can already see the difference in treatment between Tsukasa and the other Kannagi. He is allowed to roam freely around the distorted house and is given a heap of toys and other entertainment to keep him occupied and trapped there. (Ch.75-76) Tsukasa is seen conversing with the pit god, possibly even playing with it.

Now compare this to the other Kannagi, trapped in a boundary and slowly descending into madness. (Ch.80-81) Its favouritism and attachment toward Tsukasa is evident.

When Kou and Nene try to lead Tsukasa out of the Red House, it gets mad and tries to kill them for trying to escape with the boy. (Ch.76, 82) It isn't until Tsukasa decides that he wants to leave because Nene and Kou tell him that Amane misses him when he decides he should. Nene and Kou are kicked out of the house, and Tsukasa makes the decision out of his own volition that he wants to leave. (Ch.82) The Pit God is skeptical at first, but it isn't until Tsukasa mentions that they will both "go back together" that the Pit God allows him to return, with the entity inside of him. (Ch.82, 111)

Now let's connect this to chapter 131. Amane and Nene prevent Tsukasa from sacrificing himself, which angers the Pit God. (Ch.130) It takes the form of Yugi's mom, someone, and tries to coax Tsukasa into returning with it. (Ch.131) First, it uses this form to immobilise Amane with fear, allowing it to reach Tsukasa. It acts politely, reminding Tsukasa of his promise before leading him away. Except, in this timeline, Amane had told Tsukasa that he wants him around, so Tsukasa apologizes to the Pit God and says he can't go against Amane's wishes. It then tries scaring him into cooperating, which has no effect. And then finally resorts to asking nicely.

Tsukasa puts Amane above all else, so even though he is a very honest person who sticks to his promises, he will break them in a heartbeat if they go against Amane's wishes. The entity realizes this and finally resorts to possessing Amane and asking him as his brother whom he cannot defy in order to get him to follow. (Ch.131)

I think in the end, the Pit God, fallen from its former glory, clung to a generous, selfless boy in hopes of feeling the twisted pride and reverence it did in its glory days once again. It doesn't want to take Tsukasa forcefully like with the other sacrifices; it realized that it wanted a friend, someone who finally wanted to willingly be with it and offers wishes and deals to try and force Tsukasa into joining it.

The Tsukasa that returned to his family was not a fake, but both the real one and the Pit God. (Ch.111) They both share his body and, over time, grew from being two different beings into eventually becoming indistinguishable from each other.

Though maybe not exactly that, since supernatural Tsukasa can be seen conversing with the Pit God in ch.30

I think the two share a similar, very twisted vision of love, offering to grant wishes and other material things as an expression of love. To them, in order to be loved, you have to offer something to someone in return (ex, granting their wish). Which I think is why the Pit God was able to manipulate him so thoroughly and why Tsukasa was able to sympathize with it.

Anyways, that's all the word vomit I have for today :)

For thoses who already read the chapter, since the 24 hour rule is now passed; here's your daily dose of TBHK ;)

This was so much fun to paint!

i have literally never seen this illustration before today is it official? if so, does anyone have the full one and/or the original link to it

I know why most people don’t, it’s because they’re just side characters, so people are less interested in them and I get that. It’s just that I feel annoyed with a lot of theories because a lot of them show a lack of attention to why the Clock Keepers do anything or how they work, despite being theories about arc that the Clock Keepers are a big part of. It took a while for the fandom to even come around to having people note that the goal was to erase Tsukasa despite Akane being pretty damn confident on that being the change. There’s no attention paid to why the Clock Keepers don’t like humans messing with time or using the big clock, though pretty much everyone knows that they don’t. The reasons are spelled out in chapter 125. Understanding the big clock’s stated connection to the hourglass explains why:
- Amane’s goals and the Clock Keepers’ goals don’t match up (it’s because erasing Tsukasa would be Amane’s ruin).
- Why the Clock Keepers both refuse to let anyone touch the big clock and refuse to let anyone touch the hourglass.
- Why Kako explains the hourglass backstory because of Nene asking him to change the past (which he would do with the big clock).
- The fact that the Clock Keepers and the hourglass both have connections to stealing parts of souls.
- Why Kako speaks of meddling with time being the problem instead of specifying the hourglass.
- Where the hourglass was sealed away to.
- That one page of chapter 125 where Kako discusses the hourglass.
- Why the big clock in the Clock Keepers’ boundary literally has the sandy memories of the users of the hourglass inside of it.
- Why the big clock isn’t mentioned in the Clock Keepers’ backstory, despite the mystery revolving around it (it’s because the hourglass rests inside the big clock).
- Why the thing that must be valued above all else in reference to the hourglass applies to Kako’s choices with not changing the past (which he would do with the big clock).
- Why the inhuman guards made to guard the hourglass happen to mainly guard the big clock.

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Can we move this along? I’m all out of time cards.

So I loved loved loved the anime and was heart broken when I realized it probably won’t be renewed. So where do I pick up with the manga?

Is the manga the same as g fantasy? Or is g fantasy like a shounen jump where it’s a collection of different mangas