Souboutei Kowasubeshi - Vol. 10 Ch. 96 - The Survivors

[MangaDex]

 

[boldmonkey]

I miss the original group, the two new ones are no good.

 

[Knonderd]

Man, just when I got attached to the twins. If they're indeed got possessed already, then I don't see why would both of them helped the protagonist on the earlier chapter. This chapter left me with a bad after taste.

 

[TheDarkness73]

While a little disappointing, I think the reason they are possessed is their sister with their eyes got posssessed. So when she died they got their eyes back but also something more

 

[ixsaz]

I still want to believe they aren't possessed, but someone outside was already and maybe they tried to make them look to be taken over so they could put them on heavy surveillance and be safe until they are all ok.

 

[NotALewdGuy]

Shit's got real yo

 

[Xitel]

@Kryon_PL Given that the invaders seem to be obeying Deido, and Deido wanted Takoha's help/companionship as an artist, it would stand to reason that they would help him if they were possessed.

 

[NIB]

This chapter was confusing, why didn't the sisters tell the truth about what's going on inside Souboutei? so the "exorcism" what's Takoha doing isn't working at all?

 

[4V29LN0n]

Always hate this kind of chapter.

 

[MisterSteak]

@NIB
This chapter left me with a bad taste in my mouth too, the first time. Whenever you're not sure who's telling the truth, it can be frustrating. Yadorigi's internal monologue confirms that, at the very least, she isn't aware she is possessed (which hasn't been a thing so far).

As for when the alleged Kirita possession happened, it could be when Yadorigi thinks, or it could be after that. Either way, it's confusing.

It also sucks because possession has been literally akin to character death in this series, so revealing characters to be possessed is essentially revealing them to be dead.

One thing that might make things less confusing, is the detail Shino gave in her internal monologue while trying to possess Rokurou. She said that normally they destroy the person's soul before taking over, but it was also possible for them to take control while the person's consciousness was still alive. Surely that method is unreliable or they'd never bother with the paintings at all, so I'm certain Takoha's ability to save people from that first step of soul-death is still really powerful.