Ars Goetia ~Munou to Yobareta Shounen wa, 72 no Akuma wo Shieki Shite Musou Suru~ - Ch. 22.2

[MangaDex]

 

[LonelyDarlingUwU]

MERRY CHRISTMAS READERS~!
Sorry for the lack of attention towards Ars Goetia TuT! I will try to get 23.1 out before new year too! But I have some plans with some other series too so no promises >.<

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[Haru777]

Ah yes, the "death before dishonor" dumbass. Of course he slaughtered a group of you if you're just gonna face him head on.

 

[HAMBURGERMAN]

Thanks for the translation, ahhhhh the cuckery is so unbearable bc I just want to see the shit eating grin smack off this fuck

 

[TheWritingWriter]

Isn't that the brat who got adopted by the mcs family?

 

[ianzerep]

Wow.

I know he's like, an irredeemable bad guy villainized to the point where beating his new sister is a recurring theme every time he shows up on-screen, but wow.

 

[Forikorder]

Isn't that the brat who got adopted by the mcs family?

yup

 

[Yuyu_yusha]

Let me guess the one who can break the marionette magic is the MC by being possessed/fused with one of his demon because you can't control the demon without the demon grimoire.

 

[jokerxhisoka]

lol, this bs makes no sense. Spirits dislike the MC because he is liked by demons, but he is "liked" by demons because his soul is pure. What about this dumbfuck step-brother? What exactly make spirits like him so much that he is so great?

 

[jrocker]

I think it should be pretty obvious if a guy sets up marionnette magic the answer is to immediately kill them. There is a reason in almost every media it's forbidden but given how spirits are the opposite of demons they give more power the more evil somebody is.

 

[Willie29]

lol, this bs makes no sense. Spirits dislike the MC because he is liked by demons, but he is "liked" by demons because his soul is pure. What about this dumbfuck step-brother? What exactly make spirits like him so much that he is so great?

because he has a soul so dark no demon would bother trying to corrupt him

 

[Willie29]

pleas tell me the fallout will bite the MC's father in his as hard

 

[jokerxhisoka]

because he has a soul so dark no demon would bother trying to corrupt him

Exactly because of that I can't understand why spirits would help someone so evil.

I think it should be pretty obvious if a guy sets up marionnette magic the answer is to immediately kill them. There is a reason in almost every media it's forbidden but given how spirits are the opposite of demons they give more power the more evil somebody is.

This marionette magic isn't hard to tell when someone is under it though.

 

[kingdudman]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[UzunBoyluCuce]

Did it get dropped again 💔

 

[Nekoriz]

Spirits be like:
A person soul so pure, even demons want them, what you do?
a. Guide them so they won't be corrupted ❌️❌️❌️
b. Reject them so they are guaranteed to be corrupted ✔️✔️✔️

An obviously cartoon villain that even demons don't want em their dirty soul
a. Reject them cuz they are corrupted ❌️❌️❌️
b. Accept them cuz demons hate em ✔️✔️✔️

Like seriously, is this plot hole or what??

 

[alfirizkyr]

I think I can explain away the spirit plot hole in two ways.

The first alternative, spirits are much like nature or like animals. Wild animals don't really care if you're kind or not, they judge that themselves. If they vibe with you, they vibe with you. Some could be subjugated through fear, others through kindness—but they're the end-all be-all of the decisions.

In Norman's case, he never had a chance. His soul was so pure that the demons couldn't help but be attracted from the get-go. The spirits didn't even get a chance to decide whether they like him or not, he was already bookmarked by something they couldn't afford being near to.

Now, with this asshole … well, given that the spirits reserve judgment on whether or not they should support someone, they're probably already in too deep. After all, the manifestation and mastery of magic still depended on the user, not on the spirits—they just lent their powers to make things manifest as instructed (that's why the rival dude could still develop new spells).

The second alternative, the spirits couldn't sense souls the way demons did. In other words, they didn't voluntarily choose to assist in good or evil, they just stick around humans and give them powers.

They simply couldn't get near Norman because Norman was already surrounded by the demons, given that his soul was so pure that the demons coveted the thing.

Either way, I feel like it's not necessarily a plot hole. Yet. We weren't given any further worldbuilding with the spirits, after all (not even about gods and goddesses, like the Water Goddess that Crocell ate, or about the Supreme God that the angels serve). Heck, it's even suspicious that God and His angels haven't acted yet to the clear rise of a new Demon Lord.

I really look forward to the continuation of this. Thanks for the TLs and the notes!