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[MangaDex]

 

[Yamibi]

Well the old man is a real Garoa (my prediction) so... you will be fine Selphie (i hope...)

 

[chenando1]

Saliphie has got some really big balls...go sali! Show that oversized dolphin with anger problems how to be a real hero!!

 

[moel]

Please...i'm hanging on a thin thread...noooo...noooo

 

[Stonewalled]

That smack makes me wonder if the "real" Galoa is actually willingly on the sidelines. Thinkin' sharkboy might be his son/grandson and the old mans just sick of fighting and "lost his edge" in sharkboys eyes.

 

[Ironworks]

@Stonewalled I like your idea, it didn't occur to me that they could be related.

An issue that arises though is, how are they different species (? Is that the correct word in this situation or is it "race"?) I get the feeling the maybe that is the real galoa but maybe he's not the one who's done all the heavy lifting in the war if you get my drift. Maybe abuse of slaves as suicidal warriors or something like that. I not 100%, timewise, when Galoa took control of the water dragon people so maybe that happened before the war. I dunno.

The key piece of information for me is that Galoa hasn't been seen for over 200 years yet the old man sustained injuries from the war "...over 100 years ago." Sure its not an exact science but it's the best reasoning I can think of.

Still I'm not gonna be surprised if he isn't the "Real Galoa" and is just resting on the laurels of his father or granddad while old bandage-gramps is the actual Galoa.

 

[Purplelibraryguy]

@Ironworks: I'm not convinced they are different species. The size and shape are very different, yes, but the hand (give or take a mass of scar tissue) and the eye, which are all you really see of the old man, aren't so different. The old man was burned in the wars, apparently--in addition to being old and shrunken and scarred, he may have lost most of his blubber and that's why he isn't all orca-style wide and round.
The situation is getting extreme, but my best guess is still test/setup: The old man is the real duke, the big younger guy is acting like an asshole to test Saliphie and to some extent the king, and this (fake) death threat is the final test of her heart and resolve, which she has just passed with flying colours. If anything this "kill the old man" schtick convinces me more strongly that he's really the duke: If the young one is the duke, just up and deciding to kill some aged relative in his entourage because he's not dancing badly enough seems way more stupid caricature evil than any character in this manga has been. It's just too senseless an action. Has to be an act to see what Saliphie will do.
One amusing wrinkle is, if the old man is the real duke, then while it seems as if Galoa is insulting Saliphie by making her dance with some old man, in reality they arranged for her to dance with the real duke, properly meeting protocol, where making her dance with a fake would have been an insult.

 

[Meridis]

a little reminder for anyone who doesn't mind being spoiled, there's 40+ chapters out of the raw if you can't stand the wait.

 

[kronix]

if there are so many raw what are you doing wasting your time here? go and translate for me NOW... plz

 

[riflow]

@Meridis thanks for the info!

I'm excited to see where this goes, I do still feel incredibly bad for the old fish man though.

 

[Madcat6204]

@Meridis So where do we find those raws?

 

[orochijes]

Assholes spoiling things that happen in the very next chapter.