Ore dake Fuguu Skill no Isekai Shoukan Hangyakuki ~Saijaku Skill "Kyuushuu" ga Subete o Nomikomu made~ - Vol. 8 Ch. 68 - Kodoku

[chendu]

tanks for the food

 

[tekkenshu7]

Thanks for the new chapter!

"Survival of the fittest" technically is the main concept of Kodoku - to make the best one rise to the top.
Though I have to say, pitting poisonous creatures against each other is just creating the scenario of the 'frog in a small pond'.
The one who survives the kodoku might be the best amongst those it defeated but once that 'top creature' gets out of the kodoku/basket, it doesn't mean it will be the strongest within the outside world.
Even the most venomous cobra can be killed and eaten by a non-venomous/poisonous creature like the mongoose after all.

 

[T-sama]

Thanks for the new chapter!

"Survival of the fittest" technically is the main concept of Kodoku - to make the best one rise to the top.
Though I have to say, pitting poisonous creatures against each other is just creating the scenario of the 'frog in a small pond'.
The one who survives the kodoku might be the best amongst those it defeated but once that 'top creature' gets out of the kodoku/basket, it doesn't mean it will be the strongest within the outside world.
Even the most venomous cobra can be killed and eaten by a non-venomous/poisonous creature like the mongoose after all.

Pretty sure Kudoku is more mysticism than anything else, realistically speaking it don't actually makes sense or work, but there's the entire culture and folklore behind it, wasn't it originally used by like sorceres or something?

 

[tekkenshu7]

Pretty sure Kudoku is more mysticism than anything else, realistically speaking it don't actually makes sense or work, but there's the entire culture and folklore behind it, wasn't it originally used by like sorceres or something?

Yeah, I predominantly see them in those with the onmyouji characters/concepts. I think this was also in the game Ku-On.

 

[T-sama]

Yeah, I predominantly see them in those with the onmyouji characters/concepts. I think this was also in the game Ku-On.

Or if it don't outright has onmyouji characters and concept, Kudoku is basically used as the Asian version of battle royale or a survival of the fittest situation.

One day I'll play Ku-On lol

 

[tekkenshu7]

Or if it don't outright has onmyouji characters and concept, Kudoku is basically used as the Asian version of battle royale or a survival of the fittest situation.

One day I'll play Ku-On lol

It has that same feel as fatal frame 2, well because it is also a PS2 game. Not sure how good it really is but it might be worth checking out just because it was an attempt by FromSoft on a horror game (and a nice take on the onmyouji hype back then)

 

[T-sama]

It has that same feel as fatal frame 2, well because it is also a PS2 game. Not sure how good it really is but it might be worth checking out just because it was an attempt by FromSoft on a horror game (and a nice take on the onmyouji hype back then)

Being made by FromSoftware is pretty much only reason to try it lol, otherwise it never looked particularly interesting, unfortunately

 

[tekkenshu7]

Being made by FromSoftware is pretty much only reason to try it lol, otherwise it never looked particularly interesting, unfortunately

True - from what I read, it is not even well-received even in Japan but it is indeed a breath of fresh air if you look at current landscape of games in this era.

 

[T-sama]

True - from what I read, it is not even well-received even in Japan but it is indeed a breath of fresh air if you look at current landscape of games in this era.

I feel it's more of a curiosity more than anything else, due to being different from most survival horror + made by FromSoftware, cause yeah, not even in Japan they cared about it, which goes to show how it's just not good either way lol

 

[tekkenshu7]

I feel it's more of a curiosity more than anything else, due to being different from most survival horror + made by FromSoftware, cause yeah, not even in Japan they cared about it, which goes to show how it's just not good either way lol

Hahaha true - it really was more like FromSoft just doing a market check if they can also get a share of the onmyouji + Abe no seimei boom that was 'in' at that time 😆 sadly they just didn't have the writing prowess they needed.

 

[Kaarme]

Everybody always has fancy plans in this story, but none of them ever seem to do anything about those plans. Pretty much the only exception was the costly and lengthy plot to have the MC absorb the berserk skill, which makes him lose control if he tries to give his all in combat. Even that whole affair feels more like an afterthought than the actual plan. Even the dude acting as the donor of that skill was a famous war hero, so how bad can the skill even be, huh? It's all talk and then some more talk.