Ore no Shibou Flag ga Todomaru Tokoro wo Shiranai - Ch. 73 - Cost of Eavesdropping

[MangaDex]

 

[Sakidornis]

Finally, we will get to know what happened after his condemnation.

 

[Dicrel]

Oh my god. An entire chapter for the set up? I feel like the discovery of the eavesdropping and the start of the story could have been compressed to a couple of pages? I'm glad for the chapter, I just there was more development.

 

[Robinisback]

Man, sometimes I really wish they just showed what after the condemnation in a chronological order rather than flashbacks, it's a real hassle to go back to previous chapters and connect the events.

 

[lenovoaxioo]

I clicked the raw link and it only give me 404

 

[cryum]

The main purpose of this chapter is to show that Julius has them caught hook, line, and sinker. Elle got outplayed hard.

Spoiler: speculation on spoiler stuff

His comment about memories has me confused. Did he leave any traps here that would let him mind control either of the two if necessary? Or is the room sealed against spirits/astral memory?

 

[k40235]

Ah yeah I remember this
For people who dont want to read what had happened

Spoiler

He will tell the girls how much of a coincedence it was while he thinks/did how much of a culculative move that was

 

[magiccarpetjr]

I hope they aren’t going to make the scientists a good/okay guy.
From what I remember, he was a major contributor to Harold getting the death penalty.
Hope I’m just saying nonsense, but that was the vibe I was getting from the end of this chapter.

 

[Kaarme]

I don't believe for a moment Harold hasn't got much life left in him. His whole purpose in this second life has been to avoid death flags, those of some other people, certainly, but mostly he has been thinking of his own. So, what would be the point of killing himself with the sword? What would be the point of trying to avoid death flags (the very title of the series) if he's purposefully killing himself? Nah.

Either Justus is feeding lies to Leafa for his own reasons, maybe to make Leafa work in more nefarious projects believing she's helping Harold, or Harold himself has managed to fool Justus. One or the other.

 

[bejad007]

we all know the trigger of why Leafa cared so much of him is the goddamn sweaty raw abs 💦 from previous chapter

 

[Foreverkidd]

Now we're getting the real meat of things.

 

[Solaz]

I'm just tired of this criminal arc

 

[Robinisback]

I don't believe for a moment Harold hasn't got much life left in him. His whole purpose in this second life has been to avoid death flags, those of some other people, certainly, but mostly he has been thinking of his own. So, what would be the point of killing himself with the sword? What would be the point of trying to avoid death flags (the very title of the series) if he's purposefully killing himself? Nah.

Either Justus is feeding lies to Leafa for his own reasons, maybe to make Leafa work in more nefarious projects believing she's helping Harold, or Harold himself has managed to fool Justus. One or the other.

Didn't we already see that Harold only uses the sword when it's an emergency? Plus he has been shown to be reluctant while using it and we still don't know how much life it consumes, so considering his reactions and actions he have taken up till now, I'd rather lean towards that he is actually losing his life everytime he takes up his sword.

Also, don't forget that while he actively avoids death flag, he is extremely soft to core, it has been already shown that he is ready to take on death flags if it means he can save other people (in the forest battle arc), He is more impulsive of a character that you assume.

 

[CrimsonWarden]

The story has been going so slow.
Any folks out there who could hook a guy with info of a Light Novel for this series.

 

[Sunzo]

Just like the novel, thanks for the chapter.

 

[WonderingSFaiz]

Very Sus wording doctor, brainwashing? Hypnosis? Brain surgery? Magic tool of time rewind? King Curimson? I wonder which one will you use... Doctor

Also El, you idiot, should not have gone in

 

[Shiromon]

why are some people here wondering what Justus' intentions are, hasn't Harold himself established that Justus is THE MAIN VILLAIN OF THE ORIGINAL STORY, and the catalyst for many of the negative events that happen in it? And that while yes, Harold is working for him, it's not out of his own will, he got set up and forced into it, and he's extremely cautious of Justus. This is prob him trying to get something out of the two girls, either by lies and manipulation or some other means we're not aware of

EDIT: corrected me mistakenly referring to Justus as Julius, originally wrote this at like, 6AM after pulling an All-Nighter

 

[Robinisback]

The story has been going so slow.
Any folks out there who could hook a guy with info of a Light Novel for this series.

Ask.

 

[Kaarme]

Didn't we already see that Harold only uses the sword when it's an emergency? Plus he has been shown to be reluctant while using it and we still don't know how much life it consumes, so considering his reactions and actions he have taken up till now, I'd rather lean towards that he is actually losing his life everytime he takes up his sword.

Also, don't forget that while he actively avoids death flag, he is extremely soft to core, it has been already shown that he is ready to take on death flags if it means he can save other people (in the forest battle arc), He is more impulsive of a character that you assume.

There's a difference between being impulsive and deliberately killing yourself. From what we have seen, he's doing his "work", whatever that might be, alone. Justus isn't there to watch over his every move. Of course we don't know if that was the case in the beginning, but Harold himself would have known, from the beginning, what sort of sword it is. I doubt Justus is sending him to save people; not really Justus's style and not really suitable for Harold's infamous public image. So, Harold would have all the means available to get things done his own way, with using the life-leeching sword as little as possible.

I don't believe the forest battle ended the way Harold was planning for it to end. Getting caught and sentenced to death wasn't a part of Harold's plan. It was a result of the conspiracy he didn't fully foresee/understand. If it's a rather simple action/adventure/grinding game with some story thrown in, it won't go into super deep detail, so it won't always help him when it became real life.

 

[Georgeorat]

@Robinisback , @Kaarme as far as I remember(take with a grain of salt)
Justus believes, he is throwing Harold into situations where he has to use this sword, while Harold is so strong he (almost) never uses it, therefore out playing him