My niece was much the same around first grade. She may not have known or cared about the how and why of it, but she DID know her mom and dad really liked when mommy wore fancy new underwear, and that "sexy" meant it was top-class.
I think it might be. The erected relic may have been its own joke, with the one 'on the prowl' being Imp's ex.
Which may end quite badly for him, ways that may provide the party much catharsis in the matter.
Yeah, not even "as a plan".
It would be one thing to agree upon it beforehand, but there's no trusting again after this no matter what they may be trying to pull off. That was just an absolute dick move.
While some folks can understandably be turned off at the mention of parody, Nanowar of Steel's one of those that seriously masters what they choose to reference. The economics lessons don't hurt either.
I'd simplify that: He understands - grew up with really, the concept of power-assist and power armor. To him the very fact that the armor's made to channel his magic makes this function 'obvious', and he runs around just giving it a bit of juice at all times.
Others focus on "make item do a...
It's too bad they cut out a few bits where the WN had done well; where the manga 'shows' that Zenon's speech is clearly abnormal, the WN had Yuugo wondering if he was witnessing hypnosis.
Melt dismantles his contradictions more directly as well (he's been kicked out but is somehow also using the...