Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyou Deshita? - Vol. 13 Ch. 92 - More Level Experiments

[CountryMage]

Haruto doesn't discriminate. He plugged sensei's hole, then proceeds to an old man's hole.

I still wonder what would happen if they connect a string of one person to a hole of another.

I think you give that level up, if it's one of the strings in the ground, but they probably just both end up mindbroken if it was one of the loose strings.

 

[0Zion]

Oh okay. The string was bent and then inserted.
It was then cut. So the previous string that was already stuck to the ground got a new "hole" and the previous one got disconnected to the ground.

 

[CraniumAmbiguity]

well that's a lot to absorb so quickly. So:

• you're born to this world with N number of "strings". These strings determine your max "level" (aka level of control over magic). As far as society knew, this N was unchangeable at birth. As these strings are not at all detectable, except indirectly through an appraisal spell.
• you have some number of strings bound to the earth and connected to your back, which determines your base level. The remaining strings are "loose", connected to the back but not tethered. This level can increase and strings tether through training and experience. but you are capped at N. Once you hit N your magical prowess cannot grow.

• as usual, Haruto being basically a reality bender is able see these strings. and tug around with them. These strings seem to be connected to the mental psyche, however. Though it's inperceptible to everyone else, the one who's strings are tugged will feel some mental anguish
• On top of that, he can see "holes" in a person's back. These represent untapped true potential. So a person's true max level is N + H, based on the number of holes.
• Haruto previously shown that he can force level ups by tugging these loose strings into the ground.
• As we are learning now, these strings are unseverable and unable to be unthethered. So Haruto cannot as of now reduce levels nor reduce the max level of a person
• Haruto can however, force a loose string into any holes a person has. This causes extreme mental anguish to the point of passing out, but the result is that the string seems to know in this circumstance to split itself. Filling the hole and thus increasing the subject's max level. Something unheard of in society.
• If there is no loose string, an existing tethered string can be forced in as well, also knowing to properly sever itself. I imagine this is even more anguish-inducing, but TBD.
• Lastly, Majins have no strings/tethers. if they possess a human, they also seem to temporarily lose their strings (loose and tethered) and holes. Supposedly a representation that their mental state was taken over.

I think I got everything? Man, I remember when this was a simple little slice of life with a cute little sister and a fox girl maid.

I guess that begs one more question though:

- can holes be created? I assume if strings can't be tethered then holes can't be closed (except by a string)

One more thing from previous chapter: The strings can get tangled preventing them from connecting to the ground. (how this all stated)

 

[cksn]

Forgot the main takeaway: in a world where your power (social and otherwise) is directly related to your max-level and decided at birth, the solution mc found was to... increase the max level with hole-count H - another number also decided at birth!

So rather than being a salvation to those who was born with a poor lot in life, this is a salvation to some (but likely few as H seems random & independent, and unlikely to be distributed way above the average N) and a curse to others, and once all the re-shuffling has been performed it will be the exact same situation where some are born with a poor lot in life.

who the fuck asked for this to be about reducing inequality?

 

[Souske]

This manga is really trying to compete with frieza's 5 minute. How many more chapters will they spend on this single exposition scene.

 

[Chaosfox]

Next test, can you plug a loose thread into a hole on another person? Would it result in a bond, or would it work like other cases of insertion, where it self severs?

 

[DeathkaiserG]

Wow so if pull one line that is stuck from outside of it and stuck on the free hole will make a new line. That is op! so the more latent power each one has higher their level will be....

I really curious now when Haruto remember to check Charlotte holes How many holes she will have
If her max lvl could go above 50 means if she has like 50 holes she will be over 100 levels.

Mer entered on anime rabbit hole! Oh no!

Iirc, Haruto cant see his holes....

Eitherway, even for Charlotte...


Trypophobia Intensisfies.... XD

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[jonsmth]

Thoughts and prayers to the people here claiming that this (and the prior) chapter is setting off a fictional phobia that they self-diagnosed themselves as having after reading about it on Reddit. They simply can't stop themselves from seeking attention with the made-up condition "trypophobia" and commenting on everything that "triggers" it.

I've got a legitimate fear of heights, but you don't see me commenting about every high space without safety railings I see in a manga and saying how much it triggered me, cause that shit is cringe (not to mention the height is entirely fictional).

Just because it doesn't give you the heebie jeebies doesn't mean it's fictional. I've known people irl who gets unnerved by lotus and lamprey images edited onto eyes or skin but don't even know what the phobia is called.

The thing about this one is that the manga is not intentionally depicting body horror, but it triggers people anyway and is worth commenting about.

 

[aramil31]

Just because it doesn't give you the heebie jeebies doesn't mean it's fictional. I've known people irl who gets unnerved by lotus and lamprey images edited onto eyes or skin but don't even know what the phobia is called.

The thing about this one is that the manga is not intentionally depicting body horror, but it triggers people anyway and is worth commenting about.

Every chapter with the hole deal has had "hehe my fake phobia is le triggered" comments, there's nothing of value in those comments. It's just "look, I also saw someone on the Internet mention trytophobia so I've gotta make sure I mention it every single time I see a group of holes!" It's like people who can't watch a movie without pointing out the same trivia bits every single time.

It was made up on an Internet forum in 2005 and is grossly mis- and overused to describe feelings of minor discomfort and revulsion, which is well below the reaction threshold of a phobia.

While there are likely a handful of individuals in the world who experience genuine fear and distress at the sight of any clusters of small holes, I sincerely doubt any of the people claiming to have trytophobia here are among them.

 

[Nuggz]

Wait where'd the tanned loli come from?

 

[Phaaze]

Wait where'd the tanned loli come from?

Mercumenes. The demon resembling a maid.
Got pwned by Haruto and crew. Turned into a loli and had her mind wiped by the principal.

 

[Nuggz]

Mercumenes. The demon resembling a maid.
Got pwned by Haruto and crew. Turned into a loli and had her mind wiped by the principal.

First off: Granberia best girl
Secondly, what chapter was that again?

 

[Phaaze]

First off: Granberia best girl
Secondly, what chapter was that again?

Mercumenes meets Shiva in chapter 47, escapes, but not unscathed. Doesn't appear again until chapter 74, as a loli. It's not explained how she lost so much power either; Shiva only tore a wing in their short encounter.
Gets mind wiped in chapter 79.

 

[pepperonimadness]

I want to lick gremlin sensei's back so bad

 

[Flanyl]

Porcus reminds me of Stewart from Beavis and Butthead.

 

[Greedygreen]

wonder if he'll be able to make a clone stronger by making artificial holes on him

 

[AMicrowave]

Thoughts and prayers to the people here claiming that this (and the prior) chapter is setting off a fictional phobia that they self-diagnosed themselves as having after reading about it on Reddit. They simply can't stop themselves from seeking attention with the made-up condition "trypophobia" and commenting on everything that "triggers" it.

I've got a legitimate fear of heights, but you don't see me commenting about every high space without safety railings I see in a manga and saying how much it triggered me, cause that shit is cringe (not to mention the height is entirely fictional).

trypophobia is very much real, and unlike a fear of heights, any image that has multiple holes can trigger it easily, whether drawn or not

 

[aramil31]

trypophobia is very much real, and unlike a fear of heights, any image that has multiple holes can trigger it easily, whether drawn or not

It was literally made up on the Internet, it has no basis in reality. Fears of heights, animals, etc. all can have ties to very understandable risks of danger and personal experiences, none of which exist for seeing a cluster of little holes. Like I said in an earlier comment, nobody commenting here is feeling genuine fear and panic over a set of fictional drawn holes, just as I do not feel the same over fictional drawn heights despite feeling fear and panic at real ones.

Feeling of revulsion or slight unease do not constitute a phobia. I do not feel revulsion at heights, I fear for my life at them. I have a physiological reaction that pushes me to get away from the heights. It does not drive me to comment "this triggers my acrophobia" on every manga chapter showing heights.

I would lay down money that none of the people claiming "trypophobia" here are feeling anything more than minor revulsion and discomfort, and are mainly doing so to get attention. That trivializing and misrepresentation of phobias is what's ticking me off here.

 

[Elfteiroh]

Taking even just 5 minutes to look at medical sources gave me multiple sources saying that trypophobia is real with actual cases. (There’s also notes of strong correlation of having it in combination of one or more of high stress, depression, and severe anxiety... make sense when you gain big amount of stress everytime you see a “pattern” of holes, which are prevalent. :X )