Fukushuu o Koinegau Saikyou Yuusha wa, Yami no Chikara de Senmetsu Musou Suru - Ch. 138

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[wallenwhatsit012]

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[wallenwhatsit012]

the great reveal finally appeared, and it seems... victoria wasnt fully... victoria? thats... actually valid

 

[Reqqles]

...and the third party would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for that meddling kid

 

[wallenwhatsit012]

now the question is, why did the gods come after her right from a young age? whats their end goal in possessing her body? the plot thickens

 

[KitRagnell]

Well, there's Raoul at least

 

[rakkunburns]

Author fully intends to redeem Victoria huh? Oh well, let's see what happens. At least this series is interesting enough to warrant such following.

 

[Junomano]

now the question is, why did the gods come after her right from a young age? whats their end goal in possessing her body? the plot thickens

Not impossible that some can see the future and she could involve herself in their matters the most for their objective

 

[GipoScribantino]

I'll keep reading but the last few chapters were a snooze.

 

[ciera]

Thank you for the scanlation

 

[HolyKnightX]

now the question is, why did the gods come after her right from a young age? whats their end goal in possessing her body? the plot thickens

As we see from the Saint kids are much easier to influence especially if they are kind and innocent.

 

[darellku]

vicky noooo

 

[KingZantair]

Guess they're going all in on trying to redeem Victoria. Makes me wonder if she'll somehow redeem herself in present time after this.

 

[StormSen]

How inconvenient to find out the the "guilty party" wasn't actually guilty. Makes those condemning the guilty party look bad.

... Assuming this goes through (as it obviously will). The Victoria we've been dealing with all this time is actually True Victoria + God of War. Let's hope/assume that Raoul learns this. Then can he separate the two? And if that is done, imagine the shock to Victoria when she goes back to being True Victoria.

 

[sisio]

so this is how the author did for victoria redemption

 

[StormSen]

Guess they're going all in on trying to redeem Victoria. Makes me wonder if she'll somehow redeem herself in present time after this.

This isn't "redemption". Redemption is when a person realizes that they've done wrong and reverses course.

But "True Victoria" isn't responsible for all of this. It wasn't her choice. So it's not her guilt. (Though I doubt that she'll feel that way.)

The problems with redemption stories:
Type 1) The story where the author revels in portraying an evil character, but then wants that character to get away with it and not suffer the retribution they deserve. Essentially, the author themselves is a sociopath. (Sylvanas in World of Warcraft.)
Type 2) West vs East Ethos. In the west, individuals are responsible for their own actions -- when a person chooses to do evil, that's purely their choice. Vs. East (well Japan at least), there's a very strong ethos of "people do evil because they got tainted by something -- the problem essentially is the taint -- remove the taint, and they go back to normal". (Naruto, repeatedly.)

But in this manga:
Type 1) the author did not wallow in Victoria's misdeeds. And she was roundly and horribly punished already.
Type 2) A ton of other characters did willfully commit evil and have been punished. If Victoria is getting a "not my fault" it's very much the exception to the rest of the story. I.e. it does not represent a general ethos.

So I don't see either of the redemption problems in this arc.

 

[Lightbrand]

This is too far a jump to go to their childhood.

Was there any doubt the initial set up made it looked like Victoria saw Raol for the first time when he showed up as the Hero?

 

[raddcuban]

shit like this needs a stronger foundation to stand on to truly work. Going back and retconning characterization under the guise of "recontextualizing" it without a hint of foreshadowing just comes off as sloppy writing no matter how well you "planned it all"

 

[Neutralside]

Lame that the author is fully redeeming her that her actions is influenced by something else.

 

[Justking14]

Author fully intends to redeem Victoria huh? Oh well, let's see what happens. At least this series is interesting enough to warrant such following.

It’s not really redemption. More like adding the goddess of war to Raoul s revenge list.