Destiny Unchain Online ~Kyuuketsu-ki Shoujo to natte, Yagate『Aka no Maou』to Yobareru You ni Narimashita~ - Vol. 8 Ch. 68 - Full Moon & Gravestone

[WhimsiCat]

Author/artist must’ve loved the pacing for DBZ-grade fights. Fucking worships it.

Annoyingly it fits narratively speaking.

Spoiler: the flow

As with all the tournament arcs, the newcomers get to show what's their thing (since it's 2 v 2 guilds, there's 2 guild to introduce)

Things start out bad because the PKers are trolling.
Then some chapters in Hinagiku said something to the PK leader when protecting her, dying in the process.

Whatever she said hit deep enough that the PK leader decide to change her mind and want to try and seriously win.

And now Crim side get to show what they can do working together.

TBF, the manga is best treated as a "definitive version" or "Final Draft". It's less of an adaptation and more a full scale rewrite that expands the story significantly.
Also in what world is anything shorter than 50 chapters considered a long arc? Ignore the waiting period for chapters. Fill that time with other manga. The less you feel that wait the less it'll affect your reading experience. The Desert Merrow arc isn't even that long.

If a single incident take more than 1 full volume to cover, I think you can start considering it long enough.

And this is looking to take even longer than that so...

 

[TheWisestofWolfies]

Annoyingly it fits narratively speaking.

Spoiler: the flow

As with all the tournament arcs, the newcomers get to show what's their thing (since it's 2 v 2 guilds, there's 2 guild to introduce)

Things start out bad because the PKers are trolling.
Then some chapters in Hinagiku said something to the PK leader when protecting her, dying in the process.

Whatever she said hit deep enough that the PK leader decide to change her mind and want to try and seriously win.

And now Crim side get to show what they can do working together.

If a single incident take more than 1 full volume to cover, I think you can start considering it long enough.

And this is looking to take even longer than that so...

When I binge read through the manga catching up towards the tail end of the desert merrow arc, I didn't feel the length at all. It's definitely the monthly release schedule biting people here, because the actual pacing is pretty breakneck due to a lot of pages being dedicated to sprawling action shots that really sell the speed and impact. (I hope to god this thing gets a god tier anime adaptation that's like 200% sakuga. It's the only way to do it justice.)

 

[Khazar123]

Debuffs affect Crim differently than other characters, given she's essentially physically in the game. A minor debuff stat-wise is like a bad cold and fever for her.

Geezus, a bad cold knocks much more than 10% off my performance.

But again they could’ve taken the time to explain that to us readers in this Manga, when they did that whole debuff experiment thing.

Meta narrative wise it makes sense, since it gives the author the tool to make Crim weak whenever they feel like it.

 

[Wolvenworks]

Annoyingly it fits narratively speaking.

Spoiler: the flow

As with all the tournament arcs, the newcomers get to show what's their thing (since it's 2 v 2 guilds, there's 2 guild to introduce)

Things start out bad because the PKers are trolling.
Then some chapters in Hinagiku said something to the PK leader when protecting her, dying in the process.

Whatever she said hit deep enough that the PK leader decide to change her mind and want to try and seriously win.

And now Crim side get to show what they can do working together.

If a single incident take more than 1 full volume to cover, I think you can start considering it long enough.

And this is looking to take even longer than that so...

So Krillin dies and Vegeta gets a change of heart, got it. Next stop, we kill Freeza or something

 

[animetuber2199]

Yo crim got blood magic? That sounds cool, maybe they’ll unlock other spells eventually since yk they’re a vampire.


Also why is there randomly a nipple in the guild logo

 

[KazutoKatsuragi]

Those buff/debuff numbers aren't really that high. Shouldn't make a huge difference in the fight.

Every damage counts. I think it was all her stats that get reduced, right? Taking even 5% from a high leveled character with, I would assume, pretty high numbers, can be a decently painful debuff.

Better to kill something asap, rather than take an extra 30 seconds. You never know what will happen in those 30 seconds. Especially in a VR game where you're in the thick of it.

 

[AnotherDuck]

Every damage counts. I think it was all her stats that get reduced, right? Taking even 5% from a high leveled character with, I would assume, pretty high numbers, can be a decently painful debuff.

Better to kill something asap, rather than take an extra 30 seconds. You never know what will happen in those 30 seconds. Especially in a VR game where you're in the thick of it.

Well, if it's balanced very precisely so even a small debuff makes something take twice as long or something like that, sure. However, I don't think this game has that kind of balance, considering all the extra races and stuff like that, since they would severely mess up a delicate balance like that.

More likely it's just a basic DPS calculation, that would be 30 seconds off a ten-minute fight. Which isn't a lot, unless you're min-maxing, which she isn't doing here.

And let's be real here. Her performance here has nothing to do with stats, and everything to do with doing cool moves.

 

[Zatosu]

I love that Crim is using a scythe weapon like an actual scythe and not just some sword. I know that realistically scythes don't make great weapons in practice, but they look so damn cool.

 

[AncientWatcher]

That falling vertical slash was a great idea!

Censoring Crim's butt with sparkles is funny.

Shall we dance together, this time around?

I'll show you a dance cloaked in shadow!

 

[Kanade0021]

thanks for the translation!

 

[Sam_Lingdis]

I google lens-ed that form's link and they mistaken the "5" as an "S" and it took me 3 minutes to figure out :v

 

[Rhodynit]

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[Crookemango]

My favorite guild name is that bratty island guild that keeps popping up

 

[R4nd0mGuy]

Got to say, chunking an HP bad is nice, but watching an HP bar drop from 100 to 0 in 1 smooth drop just hit differently.

 

[zeever]

finally we got see Crim Reaper in action...
also the emblem kinda nice