Shuumatsu no Valkyrie - Ch. 102 - The Soul’s Salvation

[Klordz]

Rewriting ancient history is one thing, but rewriting modern documented history is just cringe.

 

[KnightSpark]

Wait, so, Simo disfigured himself in a misfire?

 

[WiseMansBlood]

would be hilarious if loki is actually dead now... sadly we all know he won't be

 

[BlackHoxton]

He listed his kills as his sins in his private memoirs, so I'm not sure that's really true.

I'm only going by his Wikipedia page so I could be wrong but he explicitly said he felt no remorse near the end of his life.

 

[WildJoker]

Wait, so, Simo disfigured himself in a misfire?

Seems like the soldier he shot pressed his trigger near death, but the bullet randomly rikocheted and hit Simo

 

[HORRIOR]

Wait, so, Simo disfigured himself in a misfire?

Nah, an enemy sniper shot him with an exploding bullet while Simo was commanding a squad of troops during a fire fight.

Not sure why the author decided to change historical facts in that regard.

 

[FiendishFish]

seems like either way this is going to be a short matchup

 

[MasterKurosawaKakeru]

I'm only going by his Wikipedia page so I could be wrong but he explicitly said he felt no remorse near the end of his life.

I think that's based on the answers he gave to questions about the war. When asked what he felt when he took a shot, his answer was "the recoil", and when asked if he regretted it, he said he did what he had to.

Note that none of these explicitly deny that he also may have felt compassion for the enemy soldiers after the fact, or that he may have considered the whole situation a tragedy to begin with. I think it's hard to judge a person based off what they say in public, and again, his private memoirs hint at him having had more thoughts on the matter that he just did not disclose while alive. He clearly felt it was his duty to do what he did, but anything more is speculation. And I think this idea of him as a stone cold killer is more pop culture than objective reality.

 

[BlackHoxton]

I think that's based on the answers he gave to questions about the war. When asked what he felt when he took a shot, his answer was "the recoil", and when asked if he regretted it, he said he did what he had to.

Note that none of these explicitly deny that he also may have felt compassion for the enemy soldiers after the fact, or that he may have considered the whole situation a tragedy to begin with. I think it's hard to judge a person based off what they say in public, and again, his private memoirs hint at him having had more thoughts on the matter that he just did not disclose while alive. He clearly felt it was his duty to do what he did, but anything more is speculation. And I think this idea of him as a stone cold killer is more pop culture than objective reality.

Yeah I agree, I just find the inclusion of severe PTSD in this chapter's depiction to be a bit revisionist. I'm sure he felt compassion though.

 

[MasterKurosawaKakeru]

Yeah I agree, I just find the inclusion of severe PTSD in this chapter's depiction to be a bit revisionist. I'm sure he felt compassion though.

Oh, sure, that's definitively just the author's creative liberty at work. Though, it's not like the other fighters were any more historically accurate in their writing, so this is kinda just par for the course.

 

[K_Takuya]

So... Can Simo sacrifice his balls?

If someone shot his balls at me with a magic Nagant I'd die regardless whether it hits me or not. The sheer disrespect alone would kill me

 

[crimeone]

At this point his going to use the heart the strongest bullet he could fire.

 

[Demomanowar]

Rewriting ancient history is one thing, but rewriting modern documented history is just cringe.

I can agree with that, but it's nothing new to this series considering everything about Tesla.

 

[kohakusan]

PIERCE THE HEAVENS! TOUCH THE UNTOUCHABLE! BREAK THE UNBREAKABLE! FIGHT THE POWER!

 

[dsfargeg]

Wait, so, Simo disfigured himself in a misfire?

A communist soldier fired an explosive round into his jaw, historically. In the manga, it was also fired by one, but didn't seem to be explosive.

 

[Woodchipper]

I don’t get why the fuck they made all that shit of how you can’t Volund the bullets without a heavy prince even though Jack was doing that with knives, stones and even the Big Ben. Simo Haya shouldn’t have that nerf.

The volunds aren't "a weapon" but rather they help their users manifest the tools they desire, i.e. they're a conduit for humans to attain limited divinity.
Lu Bu wanted his halberd because that's all he ever needed to destroy his enemies, Jack wanted those gloves because he's a trickster and liar, Raiden wanted something that allowed him to fight using his own strength and Tesla created the Super Automaton Beta because that's what he thought would be the perfect tool etc.

Simo offers up his organs because that's what he believes his weapon should do. As shown in the backstory, killing was agonizing for him and he only felt relief when he got hurt and injured in combat. In short, Simo isn't "being nerfed", he "nerfed" himself.

 

[1kken]

I am still depressed that the next fight won't be with Sekmeht. Author has gone on record that he doesn't want women fighting

His roster of female characters left no doubt this was going to be a sausage fest.
even the few female leads lean towards masculine/tomboyish.
Only the literal tools and Aphrodite have any trace of "female" to them.

In a story with magic, Divine and Valkyrie powers, only men are strong enough to save humanity.

 

[benkbloch]

Translator note that didn't make it in: one reason Simo Hayha specifically said he preferred iron sights to a scope was that it made it so he couldn't clearly see the faces of the soldiers he was shooting. Yes, the man did not regret being a sniper/soldier, but he wasn't some execution machine either.

 

[Amphonyus]

So... is that a clone?

 

[Arx724]

can't see this fight ends until he sacrifice his own heart