Mato Seihei no Slave - Ch. 148 - Counting the Votes

[Exile]

Calm down, guy. You're saying an awful lot towards what seem to be imaginary individuals.

Its just so tiresome ...

This is (almost) literally a half chapter, we dont see the last votes and all some people talk is Ren, you know what this reminds me of? the typical overpowered isekai that because there are no real stakes and therefor no tension, its gets really boring really quickly.

Kyouka winning just makes her reach her end goal that is to became the Commander, at that point what the author is going to do? there are only 3 Gods of Thunder left and no indication there is another group, its just tiresome nobody seemingly wants to see were it can lead and just want a sprint to the end (thus my "typical isekai" comparison), I also seen this attitude a lot lately on any series that have a ambiguous antagonist, its like any depth deeper that a puddle is somehow "wrong", my first FF game was VIII and the first apparent antagonist is Edea and its not as if the real antagonist isnt as deeper as a puddle (because she is) but someone like her today seems impossible.

And yes, its a rant and I dont care.

 

[Exile]

Also, Kyoka's Uzen kanji is 'feather-front' (which was a name of a place in Japan - but I think it has been renamed now).

It was one of the old provinces, its today part of the Yamagata Prefecture after a administrative reorganization that was in the late 1800's

 

[NewMCWhoDis]

I haven't felt this invested even in my country's presidential election.

 

[AnonymousContributor]

This feels a bit contrived, but alright...

Thanks for the chapter!

Single issue voters. You might know some in our world.

What goes on in their mind??

Who knows??

But they frequently act in stupid ways.

That's all I can say without delving into real world politics.

 

[Vergift]

Man, Konomi's decision is just beyond stupid. What the heck with that reason? Yes, Ren probably had 10 different abilities, but that's sound superficial to vote for her because you see one of her hidden ability.

I hope Ren losing her shit in this long arc, either in election or later when The God of Thunder doing their shenanigans.

 

[kohakusan]

I'm so mad the weekly release is censored

 

[phoenix_eD]

Konomi must have seen an OP skill, I guess.

 

[tomtom78]

It's refreshing to see a character with normal sized eyes in a manga compared to the rest of the other characters. I wish they were all drawn more like that.

 

[Le_Grand_Pleb]

Its just so tiresome ...

This is (almost) literally a half chapter, we dont see the last votes and all some people talk is Ren, you know what this reminds me of? the typical overpowered isekai that because there are no real stakes and therefor no tension, its gets really boring really quickly.

Kyouka winning just makes her reach her end goal that is to became the Commander, at that point what the author is going to do? there are only 3 Gods of Thunder left and no indication there is another group, its just tiresome nobody seemingly wants to see were it can lead and just want a sprint to the end (thus my "typical isekai" comparison), I also seen this attitude a lot lately on any series that have a ambiguous antagonist, its like any depth deeper that a puddle is somehow "wrong", my first FF game was VIII and the first apparent antagonist is Edea and its not as if the real antagonist isnt as deeper as a puddle (because she is) but someone like her today seems impossible.

And yes, its a rant and I dont care.

you seem to miss my point, so I'll reiterate -- no one in the comments was saying or even implying any of the shit you were on about. Your rant is the equivalent of an old man shaking his fist at clouds

 

[kaZeTenShi]

Lost a lot of respect for Konomi... didn't think her vote would be earned with something as shallow as "let me show you one of my abilities".

...Sigh... well, who knows, maybe it was a really overpowered ability
But something about that just felt plain pathetic to me

Also - call me crazy, but didn't Kyouka also spend time with Konomi with training and even give her ways to improve. Not only that but she also let her bond with Yuuki?
So why is Ren's time spent so special when Kyouka did that out of sheer diligence, and not even to win her vote... huh!?

 

[Ninoren]

Konomi's stocks took a major hit right there 🥲..

Literally ignoring everything Yuuki and Kyouka did for her, just because Ren spent some time with her for clearly ulterior motives

Adding on that Ren clearly is after Yuuki and the other girls they care about, sorta turning Konomi and Ren into enemies of Kyouka and Yuuki

 

[PrecureHunter]

the Konomi vote for Ren felt super forced, Konomi is not the type of girl to be swayed so easily, specially not if its againts her Ane

some could argue that Ren's ability is a guaranteed win againts the gods, but even then its not like Konomi has a laser focus wish to destroy the gods, and even if she had one, she'd probably try to fight with her own hands

plus Ren is kinda clueless, she REALLY DIDNT KNOW HOW DEVOTED VARVARA IS TO KYOUKA? like really, a girl with her power and connections?


idk, chapter in general was super weak... at least it had Himari i guess

 

[kuchiki9988]

Well, I'm kinda fine with whoever wins just as long as the author has the guts to turn this a little more dark and chaotic

Because if Ren wins the Gods will poison humanity and if Kyouka wins i can see Ren going berserk. I dont think Ren would join the Gods of Thunder but she might try to kill them all alone to proove a point and fail, that would be a major hit to Mato.

 

[panupichit]

Gonna try and do a big brain prediction here

Yakumo’s next which means she’s gonna be voting for Ren because if she votes for Kyouka, then that’s means it’s 5-3 and they gotta keep it hype so now it’s 4-4. The mother’s gonna vote for Kyouka and the woman with the weird hair will vote for Ren which leaves Bell. It’ll probably be a “plot-twist wow!” kinda thing where Bell actually votes for Kyouka instead of Ren and then drama happens.

Just seeing if it’s gonna actually be right haha.

 

[Lowtier4life]

God the suspense is killing me. We gotta wait 2 whole weeks for the next chapter too! :/

 

[b-no]

Considering Ren’s whole pitch was that she was capable to handling the gods, yes, she proved worthy of the vote. It’s been stated no one but Ren knows the full capabilities of her peach ability so the fact whatever she showed Konomi reinforced that fact and got her the vote.

I agree with this. It’s just that Konomi’s delivery really put her in the bad light because it wasn’t well explained what the ability is.

I want to see Ren win and get her ass handed by the all the gods as she seeks help from Kyouka.

 

[Rafalga]

I agree with this. It’s just that Konomi’s delivery really put her in the bad light because it wasn’t well explained what the ability is.

I want to see Ren win and get her ass handed by the all the gods as she seeks help from Kyouka.

Ren winning means Yuuki is fucked for life because of his pointless, stupid and nonsensical confession which made absolutely no difference. That's adds another smoothbrain layer to Konomi's vote as well since she knows this but simply said "fuck that lol" and voted Ren with sparkling eyes. As far as Kyouka is concerned, she should never be allowed even in the same state as Yuuki after this. (but that won't happen because shounen)

 

[Rafalga]

Let's not hate her completely because she went against the MC. Well, the fMC, we are mainly following Yuki.

She literally signed off Yuuki's separation from Kyouka as a lab experiment for the rest of his life because Ren gave her a 30 seconds demonstration out of desparation. You can't simply write this off as simple stupidity or naivety since the threat was made right infront of her face. So she is fine with it?

 

[anontastic]

This entire arc has done so much to deflate all of the intrigue and tension around this story and it's characters. Maybe the author is looking towards an ending and wanted to start cleaning up loose threads? That's my most charitable explanation for all this.

These characters are too simple for their political opinions and decisions to be convincing or interesting. They're made to fight monsters in their Monster Fighting Organization, not debate the merits of electoral candidates. One of the chiefs literally being a stupid teenager who only knows how to fight kind of showed that this chapter.

 

[dmbase]

Gonna try and do a big brain prediction here

Yakumo’s next which means she’s gonna be voting for Ren because if she votes for Kyouka, then that’s means it’s 5-3 and they gotta keep it hype so now it’s 4-4. The mother’s gonna vote for Kyouka and the woman with the weird hair will vote for Ren which leaves Bell. It’ll probably be a “plot-twist wow!” kinda thing where Bell actually votes for Kyouka instead of Ren and then drama happens.

Just seeing if it’s gonna actually be right haha.

Possible.

My theory is that the Gods of Thunder are going to attack during the vote, thus causing the vote to be delayed while they sort out the incursion. The MDF will push the gods back, with likely heavy losses, and Ren will either be fought to a draw, or be badly injured by the gods, and her aura of invincibility will be shattered. Afterwards, the vote will conclude and Ren will be the ultimate winner. However, now having been shown her hubris, there will be major uncertainty in the ranks of the MDF.