Tsumi to Batsu no Spica - Ch. 15 - Nameless Malice (4)

[Pedro_Alcantara]

"Back in my serial killing days..."

Spica please, who is not a serial killer in this series? well i guess the edgy boy is the one exception, but still, what's the point of acting surprised? you yourself are a serial killer too!

... Heck no
We only see serial killers because the series revolves around spica, wich THUS FAR is a vigilante working by that "unbbutoned ends" concept, and im not calling vigilantes serial killers unless they become kira, wich in that case they are just tyrants

So far spica killed:
Some pedo bussinessmen above the law
A pedo teacher that killed a student
A idol that burnt down a woman and kids
And, hopefully, this old men, senille or not, he's done unrepairable damage

No sympathies

 

[Nivek]

Guys, he is senile about everything, but he perfectly remembers he is a killer. He can still be punished.

That's a good point,thanks the well executed vague timescale we never truly know how old he truly is...but still seems that's a genuine memory doesn't want to forget

and nice of the mangaka, using dementia/senility to play about missing/forgotten memories

 

[Doomroar]

... Heck no
We only see serial killers because the series revolves around spica, wich THUS FAR is a vigilante working by that "unbbutoned ends" concept, and im not calling vigilantes serial killers unless they become kira, wich in that case they are just tyrants

So far spica killed:
Some pedo bussinessmen above the law
A pedo teacher that killed a student
A idol that burnt down a woman and kids
And, hopefully, this old men, senille or not, he's done unrepairable damage

No sympathies

Vigilantes are serial killers too, the only entity that is given the right and privilege to kill, is the state, and only for the cases in which the state has been given the common agreement, by the people, of being able to kill as a form of problem solving, everyone else is a serial killer stepping out of line

No sympathies not even for vigilantes

 

[DewaDe_]

i thought spica already knew everything

 

[savetheprince]

cat meme sfx Huh

 

[ryuumajin]

THIS BASTARD HAS A FULFILLED LIFE UNTIL HE GOT A DEMENTIA!?!?!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

 

[Blururet]

bro almost got away with it
too bad he remembered at the last minute

 

[Elki]

I wonder how this will go. People pointing out that he can still be punished are right, but in this state he might not even realize what's going on, whatever she tries to do to him. Trying to get him to admit it or think about all the wrong is done might lead absolutely nowhere.

 

[Ranzo]

She's gonna totally kill him because..

 

[Bearman851]

Misbuttoned: She may still regard him as "misbuttoned" regardless of whether he remembers, or if he'll feel any punishment. As for punishment... Even with dementia he'll still feel the pain of being dragged to death behind a car, so that's fitting. Also, he may have dementia, but he certainly hasn't forgotten killing people.

What can she do? Well, kill him obviously. But aside from that, she could reveal to the world that he's a murderer. That would bring resolution to families of the victims.

Wife: The way the wife looked at him burning the pictures... it suggests that she knew. Maybe further, she enjoyed looking at the pictures herself, and so didn't like that he burned them.

Justice: Spica is not quite about justice, but as for justice here... At minimum: Reveal the murders.
Then try him and lock him up. He can live his remaining dementia ridden years in prison confinement. (Though IDK how the JP penal system would handle a person with severe dementia.)

While you say he can kill him, what's the point anymore? He barely remembers his own crimes. Honestly, I can see this as a way to have Spica realize some criminals are gonna get away. With that, it strengthens her resolve to find even more criminals and kill them all.

 

[StormSen]

While you say he can kill him, what's the point anymore? He barely remembers his own crimes. Honestly, I can see this as a way to have Spica realize some criminals are gonna get away. With that, it strengthens her resolve to find even more criminals and kill them all.

I already answered this in the very post that you're replying to.

 

[Pedro_Alcantara]

Vigilantes are serial killers too, the only entity that is given the right and privilege to kill, is the state, and only for the cases in which the state has been given the common agreement, by the people, of being able to kill as a form of problem solving, everyone else is a serial killer stepping out of line

No sympathies not even for vigilantes

I will tell you what, legally and morally? Yeah
I too would say spica didnt really need to excecute the people she came across if she could bring them to justice, but how the hell is she gonna incriminate those people? She isnt neither spidermen nor the punisher

And at least i would count what she did as "problem solving", the teacher and idol were fully capable of killing more

With that being considered, if we consider self defenders, vigilantes and bounty hunters just some serial killers that stepped outta line, then law is the very last thing its supposed to be: arbitrary

 

[Tash2]

Crazy theory: The taxi driver never killed the guy from the first chapter. He just drove him to his destination then let him out. Later, he saw a news report about the murders and realized that he could have prevented the serial killings if he had reported the guy to the police. So he's been feeling responsible for the murders all these guys. Now that he's old and senile, his memories are screwed up and he thinks he actually committed the murders.

The twist is that "Gorou Yazaki" is the "nameless serial killer". The taxi driver had the name in the back of his subconscious forever but couldn't actively remember it. Now that his memories are a mess, the name of the serial killer resurfaced. But he thinks he is the serial killer, so he thinks it's his name. Spica will be able to punish the real serial killer due to seeing that what the taxi driver thinks his name is isn't his actual name.

 

[Aspidochelon]

This manga is just slightly better Talentless Nana

 

[Venommyotismon]

So driving a toy car does not cause his urge to resurface, I’ll stick to the theory that he just have a strangulation fetish, the phone cord is the trigger (which lost due to digitalization and wireless age), and his childhood abuse is just his BS excuse

 

[Venommyotismon]

Crazy theory: The taxi driver never killed the guy from the first chapter. He just drove him to his destination then let him out. Later, he saw a news report about the murders and realized that he could have prevented the serial killings if he had reported the guy to the police. So he's been feeling responsible for the murders all these guys. Now that he's old and senile, his memories are screwed up and he thinks he actually committed the murders.

The twist is that "Gorou Yazaki" is the "nameless serial killer". The taxi driver had the name in the back of his subconscious forever but couldn't actively remember it. Now that his memories are a mess, the name of the serial killer resurfaced. But he thinks he is the serial killer, so he thinks it's his name. Spica will be able to punish the real serial killer due to seeing that what the taxi driver thinks his name is isn't his actual name.

Unfortunately, it was pretty clear that the taxi driver captured him and murdered him too.

I had a theory on the first chapter too that the taxi driver won’t be the serial killer and he just would capture the victims similar to what the old man detective planned to do so I was disappointed too of how it turned out to be.

 

[HippoPilot]

God does not forget. You are not washed of your sins simply for having forgotten (you can't cheat divine justice). It's why it's best to try and make amends as soon as possible. If you forget then you can't be free of it because you don't even know what or if there's something to repent of, let alone how to actually try and repent.

 

[HippoPilot]

Exposing him brings closure to the victim' families. Even if his family themselves will become traumatized of such revelation it's an extent of his evil actions, not Spica's. If I burn down my house my children are not at fault but they still no longer have a house to live in.

 

[yozha92]

Wow some of you are missing the point lol

 

[animamoo]

.......there's no way you're gaining sympathy for a serial murderer

just let bro pay for his crime in the afterlife