Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai - Avan the Brave and the Demon King of Hellfire - Vol. 15 Ch. 59 - Joint Resolve

[MangaDex]

 

[Tahlynne]

The man... the legend... the GOAT... Lon Beruk makes his appearance! Look at that magestic beast just aura farming like that. Love it. Not much to say about this chapter, just lots of combat.

Also, of course, THE BOW STRASH!! It looks as ridiculous as I hoped it would. Bro is like 360 no scope lol.

I tried to do some sound effects again this chapter... mostly because I'm kinda stuck in a position waiting for Volume 16 to release (It came out today!!) to get the clean pages (Vjump pages aren't exactly the best). But I ran out of time so there were a few that required a LOT of cleaning and I was like "fuck it" and just stuck the SFX on top of the OG SFX. Chapter 60 has all SFX properly done though!

 

[Sugarcat34]

im wondering what Lon Beruk is gonna do to raize im curious about that and next chapter

 

[shrike]

NGL, I thought Raize was actually Lon at first. Glad to know they're different.

Also, turns out claw dude actually was a bear LOL.

 

[Midoriha]

Kino overload.

 

[RageGoria]

i was warming up to Hihi, but it is what it is, RIP.

 

[Levankua]

THERE HE IS THERE IS MY GOAT

 

[Tahlynne]

NGL, I thought Raize was actually Lon at first. Glad to know they're different.

Also, turns out claw dude actually was a bear LOL.

In one of the author commentaries they actually said they did that on purpose when they introduced him. They wanted his silhouette to look like Lon.

 

[Mandobard]

Here comes the creator!

Bearche possessing an actual bear is hilarious NGL

Hihi went out on the best terms!

 

[Tahlynne]

Here comes the creator!

Bearche possessing an actual bear is hilarious NGL

Hihi went out on the best terms!

Bearche shouldn't be too much of a surprise though - Groysan was also a giant Rhino trying to take over Crocodine, a giant alligator!

And yeah, I grew fond of Hihi by the end.

One thing interesting about him and his vessel is the whole psychic abilities thing... once his human vessel, likely a seer, dies, he wouldn't be psychic anymore... that skill wouldn't transfer to the next vessel... butthat made me think, like, what if one took over the dragon knight? In theory they could use the power of the dragon knight to its fullest extent in truly nefarious and evil ways.

 

[heronbpv]

LOOOOON BEEEERRRRKKK!!!!!

 

[JudgeGemini]

Using Arrow Rain's pulled stance as a claw weapon, and then hiding the true attack with the myriad arrow, sasuga Avan-sensei, master of master

In a way, Avan is closer to the Weaponmaster class from Octopath Traveler instead of any DQ vocation, and really stood out compared to Dai's sole focus in sword and knife fighting

Wish we get to see Avan using more weapons

 

[meltyred]

At least Hihi went out happy, actually being able to work together with his wielder to maximum potential.
Probably the greatest joy a weapon could have.

 

[shakukukuku]

Smooth Criminal with Hihi? I've seen that somewhere

 

[takumasojobo121084]

Obrigado

 

[CrowMag111]

So at the end of the arc, Bearche killed more Beruks than anyone else.

One thing interesting about him and his vessel is the whole psychic abilities thing... once his human vessel, likely a seer, dies, he wouldn't be psychic anymore... that skill wouldn't transfer to the next vessel... butthat made me think, like, what if one took over the dragon knight? In theory they could use the power of the dragon knight to its fullest extent in truly nefarious and evil ways.

In theory maybe, but would one of these Beruks be able to have a vessel with as much power as a dragon knight and not break down from the physical stress? They aren't made of orichalcum.

 

[Tahlynne]

So at the end of the arc, Bearche killed more Beruks than anyone else.

lol! You're right! He really did.

In theory maybe, but would one of these Beruks be able to have a vessel with as much power as a dragon knight and not break down from the physical stress? They aren't made of orichalcum.

Yeah, I think Avan with his Bow Strash made it rather evident - they are incredibly strong, but they are still objects that can be broken.

However that makes me wonder - Avan's swords prior to this... fighting Hadlar... in the first chapter, then in chapter 40-ish, and all the other times he's done the strash proper... how did his swords not just crumble?

 

[Tahlynne]

Obrigado

De nada! Obrigado por ler!

 

[CrowMag111]

Yeah, I think Avan with his Bow Strash made it rather evident - they are incredibly strong, but they are still objects that can be broken.

However that makes me wonder - Avan's swords prior to this... fighting Hadlar... in the first chapter, then in chapter 40-ish, and all the other times he's done the strash proper... how did his swords not just crumble?

Well, aside from narrative convenience or the writer just not thinking of that in the moment, I suppose you could make the argument that because Avan is a genius who's very familiar with the properties of the swords he uses, he's able to keep his power output managed to a level that doesn't strain his swords to the breaking point. As dangerous as his foes have been, they're not up to the level of sheer power creep that you see throughout the main series (as well handled as that was), so the point could be made that most of his Strashes simply haven't needed to channel as much aura or brute force as they would against the foes Dai fights. Fighting the Beruks is an exception because of how durable they are, and Hihi himself was already stated to have been weakened from his punishment by the others.