Fukushuu o Koinegau Saikyou Yuusha wa, Yami no Chikara de Senmetsu Musou Suru - Ch. 138

[TeamDia]

Finally! THE TRUE SHIP SHALL FORM!!!

RAOUL x VICTORIA, LET'S GOOOO!

 

[Joel281996]

This is pretty annoying, is like that shitty thing they did with sylvanas from world of warcraft "It was never her fault it was something else controlling her" I really don't like that type of plot twist because is telling you one of villains was never a villain and that feels pretty stupid in my opinion, you showed me this now and never gave me a hint as to why atleast NOT hate her as much then after 138 chapters you decide to make me feel emphaty for her? bullshit; now I have a bad taste in my mouth for enjoying the punishment of an "innocent person".

 

[AngelusDaeva]

Author fully intends to redeem Victoria huh? Oh well, let's see what happens. At least this series is interesting enough to warrant such following.

The author has already shown us that the Goddess of Love manipulated Victoria by using the Saintess as her proxy. Now we're throwing in another God that possessed her.

Victoria can't seem to catch a break.

 

[SorbetGlace]

This isn't "redemption". Redemption is when a person realizes that they've done wrong and reverses course.

But "True Victoria" isn't responsible for all of this. It wasn't her choice. So it's not her guilt. (Though I doubt that she'll feel that way.)

The problems with redemption stories:
Type 1) The story where the author revels in portraying an evil character, but then wants that character to get away with it and not suffer the retribution they deserve. Essentially, the author themselves is a sociopath. (Sylvanas in World of Warcraft.)
Type 2) West vs East Ethos. In the west, individuals are responsible for their own actions -- when a person chooses to do evil, that's purely their choice. Vs. East (well Japan at least), there's a very strong ethos of "people do evil because they got tainted by something -- the problem essentially is the taint -- remove the taint, and they go back to normal". (Naruto, repeatedly.)

But in this manga:
Type 1) the author did not wallow in Victoria's misdeeds. And she was roundly and horribly punished already.
Type 2) A ton of other characters did willfully commit evil and have been punished. If Victoria is getting a "not my fault" it's very much the exception to the rest of the story. I.e. it does not represent a general ethos.

So I don't see either of the redemption problems in this arc.

I really like how you point out the ethos of different cultures: west and east in respect to redemption.

 

[reGAPTCHO]

Forgot about this manga don't know when it updates but the Victoria propaganda still going... sigh.