Ars Goetia ~Munou to Yobareta Shounen wa, 72 no Akuma wo Shieki Shite Musou Suru~ - Ch. 16

[MangaDex]

 

[Ernergeycey]

 

[Ernergeycey]

 

[HAMBURGERMAN]

A DRAW WHAT IN THE WHINNY HUT JUNIOR WELL ILL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET

 

[Bladist]

THAT HEADMISTRESS GAW DAMN!

 

[Baelgun]

I know some of you won't like what i'm about to say but MC should have "lost" yes they both destroyed the arena but MC deliberately choose to put the spectators at risk (they both still deserve some punishment tho), this is some mild plot armor at work if i ever saw it.

 

[InsertBagelRelatedPunHere]

I know some of you won't like what i'm about to say but MC should have "lost" after all he deliberately choose to put the whole arena at risk, this is some mild plot armor at work if i ever saw it.

I agree personally but also can understand from the perspective of the people making the decision that his recklessness was probably a "good" thing. Insofar as he was willing to hurt himself to draw the fight and that's a good trait in a soldier(I assume the goal of this academy is soldiers). At the end of the day, for them, it's about putting the best and strongest into situations which improve them and in this case it makes sense they would want MC to continue despite his recklessness.

 

[Baelgun]

I agree personally but also can understand from the perspective of the people making the decision that his recklessness was probably a "good" thing. Insofar as he was willing to hurt himself to draw the fight and that's a good trait in a soldier(I assume the goal of this academy is soldiers). At the end of the day, for them, it's about putting the best and strongest into situations which improve them and in this case it makes sense they would want MC to continue despite his recklessness.

Yes but they just set up the precedent that you can use magic that threaten the whole spectating crowd and still continue the competition, now image if the barrier wasn't enough and some big name nobility kid/parent got seriously injured the academy would loose more than they'd win, for the military part even if the nobility views regular troops like shit i wouldn't want to have a wizard willing to blow half his surroundings to get one guy.

 

[Qwormuli]

I know some of you won't like what i'm about to say but MC should have "lost" yes they both destroyed the arena but MC deliberately choose to put the spectators at risk (they both still deserve some punishment tho), this is some mild plot armor at work if i ever saw it.

The entire match was predicated on them acknowledging their mortality and were expected to go at it with even lethal options. This was something that was done multiple times before this latest incident. Calling it foul now is tonal inconsistency of the highest caliber. Destruction of the arena was also something that was allowed before this match, not to mention the damage this time around seemed to be lighter than it was the last time, as hard as that is to evaluate. Now, endangering the spectators is a bit of a wash, as no matter what the teach said, the defenses were prepared and previously were something to be relied on, but on the other hand as a general idea some limiters on that would be more than valid. The issue is that none of those were discussed beforehand or enforced.

Now, I'm not at all against your point at it's core and actually agree with it --from an angle. The issue I have that each of those "crimes" as they stand were not elaborated on in the already made infodump chapter or visibly dissuaded from. Even worse, to a point, all of those were more or less seen beforehand and all without a peep from the judge's desk. The narrative here doesn't flow at all no matter how one cuts it, but it's apparently due to the author wanting to pull a teaching moment out of nothing without any groundwork for it.

As the story actually is and we are to believe the earlier chapters actually were a thing, neither should have been punished, but if the story was more cohesive and was actually building towards this moment (and regal wouldn't have won his matches like he did or he'd already be disqualified in this version), I could 100% see your proposition working much better.

 

[Forikorder]

I know some of you won't like what i'm about to say but MC should have "lost" yes they both destroyed the arena but MC deliberately choose to put the spectators at risk (they both still deserve some punishment tho), this is some mild plot armor at work if i ever saw it.

the tournament wasnt judging their ability to protect onlookers, IMO since it was MC who created the situation and MC who lit the match if there was one winner he deserves it for having orchestrated it

 

[Chucholain]

As one crazy man once said "ART IS AN EXPLOSION". MC put a lot of trust in the defensive barrier considering he technically terrorist-like bombed the place where is sister is watching, glad nobody else was hurt

 

[Forikorder]

Yes but they just set up the precedent that you can use magic that threaten the whole spectating crowd and still continue the competition, now image if the barrier wasn't enough and some big name nobility kid/parent got seriously injured the academy would loose more than they'd win, for the military part even if the nobility views regular troops like shit i wouldn't want to have a wizard willing to blow half his surroundings to get one guy.

thats jumping in an insane direction though, him lettijng off an explosion so large that the audience could have been in danger is nothing like someone actually intentionally trying to harm the spectators which would be grounds for failure

 

[mrboxeater]

headmistress looks like she rolled around Hot Topic to get dressed lol

 

[le3]

I dunno what to comment but since our mc go for double suicide...

 

[InsertBagelRelatedPunHere]

Yes but they just set up the precedent that you can use magic that threaten the whole spectating crowd and still continue the competition, now image if the barrier wasn't enough and some big name nobility kid/parent got seriously injured the academy would loose more than they'd win, for the military part even if the nobility views regular troops like shit i wouldn't want to have a wizard willing to blow half his surroundings to get one guy.

I mean they were watching children having a near death match for fun, so like it kinda fits that those sort of unhinged maniacs would shrug that off as a "training accident" as long as it didn't actually harm anyone else. This is also why they're being "punished" via the quests thing, to appease the other people. Also he wasn't aiming to harm anyone else, just to knock them both out, which is still stupid but not the same as intentionally harming the people in the stands.

Is it a good precedent to set? Absolutely not. But it's not really surprising that they can wave it away like that, especially if headmaster lady pulled strings, which she pretty much says outright she did.

 

[MilkDrinker]

This is pretty good stuff huh
Too bad for hardworking genius boy, but life being unfair is a theme of this Manga isn't it.
I wonder if the magic school staff would like the MC even more once they find out he sold his soul to Satan to get sick skillz.

 

[Reincrop]

Megumin would be proud! That's all I have to say!
Thanks for the translations!

 

[RiverSticks]

thats jumping in an insane direction though, him lettijng off an explosion so large that the audience could have been in danger is nothing like someone actually intentionally trying to harm the spectators which would be grounds for failure

I think the headmistress suspects something. A random magicless dude hated by the spirits, suddenly summoning suspiciously blood red water jellyfish and detonating an entire stage?

She might want to keep a closer eye on MC, and further test him. But she can't exactly knock out his rival, who's from a noble family. What better way than keep them both?

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
And if you can't tell which is which, just keep them all close.

 

[Forikorder]

I think the headmistress suspects something. A random magicless dude hated by the spirits, suddenly summoning suspiciously blood red water jellyfish and detonating an entire stage?

She might want to keep a closer eye on MC, and further test him. But she can't exactly knock out his rival, who's from a noble family. What better way than keep them both?

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
And if you can't tell which is which, just keep them all close.

the MC had no idea that he was "hated by spirits" most likely the idea that people can even be "hated by spirits" jnust isnt anything people are even aware of, so its just someone from a large noble house learning magic much later than he should

and the detonation wasnt magic but physics

its possible shes aware of demons and has put pieces together, but realisicially the simpler answer is theres no reason to disqualify two people of their calibre especially when she gets a side benefit

 

[RiverSticks]

the MC had no idea that he was "hated by spirits" most likely the idea that people can even be "hated by spirits" jnust isnt anything people are even aware of, so its just someone from a large noble house learning magic much later than he should

and the detonation wasnt magic but physics

its possible shes aware of demons and has put pieces together, but realisicially the simpler answer is theres no reason to disqualify two people of their calibre especially when she gets a side benefit

A sensible assessment mate. It's just that these sort of plots often has the headmaster/headmistress be either very experienced, very knowledgeable, or part of the "Secret Overarching Conspiracy TM"

So apologies if I'm suspicious of the hot brown headmistress with unique clothing and noticeable amounts of combat scars