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guessing thats the real reason hes being used here, author wants to demonstrate it before something more climactice
Dark Gathering - Ch. 74 - Offering
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Yeah, it's a perfect occasion to put him in the vice when he misbehaves, quite literally if the headband works like in the Journey to the West.
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Not that I hated when this manga went all JJK for a few months but it is nice to be back in full blown horror, even if Ai's god is gonna kick some ass now
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S-Tunnel Ghost is not a graduate, just one of the few survivors before Yayoi's room got purged. She's useful for her hair that can be used for tools, but she is not good in a fight compared to everyone else at this point.
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so that's what people mean when they say "let god take the wheel"
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Chapter 74
For those who missed the news, Season 2 is officially in production! We're totally going all the way to the end of the Kyoto Arc!!
Sheesh, poor Ai, this is her first proper "solo" ghost haunt and she has to suffer something so nightmarish.
I'm genuinely worried that she's not going to recover as quickly as Keitarou and Eiko would, and would stay on the bench for some time. I mean, she deserves to have a proper "normal" period now that she's freed from her fate, but still...
Okay, I've gravely underestimated the threat of this Replaced, Risu-tan is absolutely at least an S-Rank threat. And here's my guess on its nature: they used to be an artist.
Hailing from the modern era, they used to be an artist with great imagination and a bright future, but was bullied and eventually even got pushed onto train tracks where they lost their limbs and was put on life-support. As they count their final days in the hospital unable to walk or paint, their thoughts turned grim: how they wish their bullies will suffer the same loss of limbs; how they should be stuffed into lockers; how their blood should be fed to them as compensation, and how the gods or Buddha ought to punish them.
Thus in death did they linger as a vengeful spirit who successfully turned their bullies into personal slaves, forced to beg for forgiveness for the rest of eternity, though other victims are roped in of course. Its main body is skin and bones and can't move, so it relies on the Rain Woman-like Bunrei to do fieldwork in its stead.
The thing that caught my eye is when Ai triggered the pocket watch, it wasn't just the sky that flipped colours from dark to light, but also the tall grass from light to dark. It started making me wonder if this is a colour palette thing, and alongside the blood packs screams to me that this is something "grounded" in the mortal world rather than anything actually divine.
Also, "Honzon" just means "Main Body" and "Wakemi" just means "Splinter (Self)". They're not names per se, just untranslated terms, it's the usual main body/Bunrei division.
I'm sad that this is way beyond S-Tunnel's weight class.
Honestly, I'm of two minds about her: on one hand, her utility as the supplier of Yayoi's Ghost-Hair Rope items kind of merits rewards in actually being allowed to feed on enemy ghosts and get stronger; on the other hand, rising up to Graduate-class would make her harder to control and thus more difficult to harvest her hair.
Still, seeing her get beaten all the time is way too sad. Kondo-sensei, let her have at least one victory please!
Upon some rereads, looks like Risu-tan is using a "soul suck from the head" move on Ai as opposed to rapid-fire chomping. A suck so strong and speedy that the substitutes can't keep up, and the substitute system as-is has never been good at defending soul-based attacks anyway.
Yayoi's panic is probably the most child-like expression we've seen of her in the whole story. Shame it has to be this way though.
Oh man, Tai Sui is taking charge, that final pose of possessed-Ai is so boss (the kind of stuff I read this series for!) Makes sense too, since he's the only entity Yayoi has on hand that can handle an S-Rank threat, no matter how weakened he is. This Replaced would serve as a fine meal too.
While it's possible he does care for Ai to some extent, judging from the way his dialogue came across in the raw this battle is much more about Yayoi: he with all his divine might got beaten by Yayoi all for Ai's sake, and Yayoi's about to lose Ai right in the next encounter to some weakling chum like this mockery of the divine? There's just something insulting about this disgrace, this sorry state that rubs him in all the wrong ways.
Still, while I have been wondering what Ai's role in the squad will be, I'm not sure if I like "vessel for Tai Sui" as the main option.
As for Oobashi's assessment, while this is hardly Yayoi's best showing, witnessing her concern for Ai, her enmity towards the Replaced plus Tai Sui's willing cooperation probably results in an overall positive rating on her. And he better do something good for all of Risu-tan's victims, if he's going to sit on the sidelines for this long just to observe Yayoi.
For those who missed the news, Season 2 is officially in production! We're totally going all the way to the end of the Kyoto Arc!!
Sheesh, poor Ai, this is her first proper "solo" ghost haunt and she has to suffer something so nightmarish.
I'm genuinely worried that she's not going to recover as quickly as Keitarou and Eiko would, and would stay on the bench for some time. I mean, she deserves to have a proper "normal" period now that she's freed from her fate, but still...
Okay, I've gravely underestimated the threat of this Replaced, Risu-tan is absolutely at least an S-Rank threat. And here's my guess on its nature: they used to be an artist.
Hailing from the modern era, they used to be an artist with great imagination and a bright future, but was bullied and eventually even got pushed onto train tracks where they lost their limbs and was put on life-support. As they count their final days in the hospital unable to walk or paint, their thoughts turned grim: how they wish their bullies will suffer the same loss of limbs; how they should be stuffed into lockers; how their blood should be fed to them as compensation, and how the gods or Buddha ought to punish them.
Thus in death did they linger as a vengeful spirit who successfully turned their bullies into personal slaves, forced to beg for forgiveness for the rest of eternity, though other victims are roped in of course. Its main body is skin and bones and can't move, so it relies on the Rain Woman-like Bunrei to do fieldwork in its stead.
The thing that caught my eye is when Ai triggered the pocket watch, it wasn't just the sky that flipped colours from dark to light, but also the tall grass from light to dark. It started making me wonder if this is a colour palette thing, and alongside the blood packs screams to me that this is something "grounded" in the mortal world rather than anything actually divine.
Also, "Honzon" just means "Main Body" and "Wakemi" just means "Splinter (Self)". They're not names per se, just untranslated terms, it's the usual main body/Bunrei division.
I'm sad that this is way beyond S-Tunnel's weight class.
Honestly, I'm of two minds about her: on one hand, her utility as the supplier of Yayoi's Ghost-Hair Rope items kind of merits rewards in actually being allowed to feed on enemy ghosts and get stronger; on the other hand, rising up to Graduate-class would make her harder to control and thus more difficult to harvest her hair.
Still, seeing her get beaten all the time is way too sad. Kondo-sensei, let her have at least one victory please!
Upon some rereads, looks like Risu-tan is using a "soul suck from the head" move on Ai as opposed to rapid-fire chomping. A suck so strong and speedy that the substitutes can't keep up, and the substitute system as-is has never been good at defending soul-based attacks anyway.
Yayoi's panic is probably the most child-like expression we've seen of her in the whole story. Shame it has to be this way though.
Oh man, Tai Sui is taking charge, that final pose of possessed-Ai is so boss (the kind of stuff I read this series for!) Makes sense too, since he's the only entity Yayoi has on hand that can handle an S-Rank threat, no matter how weakened he is. This Replaced would serve as a fine meal too.
While it's possible he does care for Ai to some extent, judging from the way his dialogue came across in the raw this battle is much more about Yayoi: he with all his divine might got beaten by Yayoi all for Ai's sake, and Yayoi's about to lose Ai right in the next encounter to some weakling chum like this mockery of the divine? There's just something insulting about this disgrace, this sorry state that rubs him in all the wrong ways.
Still, while I have been wondering what Ai's role in the squad will be, I'm not sure if I like "vessel for Tai Sui" as the main option.
As for Oobashi's assessment, while this is hardly Yayoi's best showing, witnessing her concern for Ai, her enmity towards the Replaced plus Tai Sui's willing cooperation probably results in an overall positive rating on her. And he better do something good for all of Risu-tan's victims, if he's going to sit on the sidelines for this long just to observe Yayoi.
Man this manga is still super hype even after the climax of past hype arc , the horror still on point i even got jumpscared a bit by the locker scene.
Guess god-san gonna beat this replacer ghost half to death and before finishing it off he gonna start getting testy with Yayoi about how she cant protect Ai after all and that he will just take over the body and we get to see the Jingu relic in action.
After god-san is back to being sealed he gonna drop some 1 liner like “you better not fuck up anymore” , replacer starts yapping about how its not even the strongest , drop some threats then YinYang haired-kun gonna drop in beat the crap out of it again before locking it up for more interrogations later , confirming that Yayoi isnt on replacers side.
Guess he gonna become the new mentor for future arcs and teach Yayoi how to shoot curse laser beam from like 1 kilometer away like he did or someshit.
Guess god-san gonna beat this replacer ghost half to death and before finishing it off he gonna start getting testy with Yayoi about how she cant protect Ai after all and that he will just take over the body and we get to see the Jingu relic in action.
After god-san is back to being sealed he gonna drop some 1 liner like “you better not fuck up anymore” , replacer starts yapping about how its not even the strongest , drop some threats then YinYang haired-kun gonna drop in beat the crap out of it again before locking it up for more interrogations later , confirming that Yayoi isnt on replacers side.
Guess he gonna become the new mentor for future arcs and teach Yayoi how to shoot curse laser beam from like 1 kilometer away like he did or someshit.
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"Curse laser beam" lmao you make him sound like a dbz character lol
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I too would love to be one of Yayoi's pokeghosts and hang out with her every day. We'd be besties.
