Wow... I didn't think I could despise Poppy more than I already had... I am impressed.
You know a funny thing... i kind had caught up on how "modern" Poppy's situation seemed, everything she said are the signs of a hikikomori, not the depressed sort but the egomaniac type, but i left it to the side because well... manga, fantasy story, and i had caught too that there was some "altered time" aspect at that point.
And you know one more thing... I just realised the author must have planned Miura's death from the beginning... after the flowering was revealed as a possibility, and that it enhanced Rami's powers, it became pretty clear that the moment Miura flowered, his particular set of abilities would be an enormous imbalance in the story.
We saw he wouldn't be invincible, and there are a few people here that could deal with him... but that was just the first stage of flowering, imagine when he could tap on that power freely... yeah, even the asshole from the empire would have difficulty fighting him, especially coupled with Zoe and Lucas as support.
What Oscar said to Lucas was... actually quite sweet of him.