#ch149

[curapicas]

I know enough spoilers to see the sheer irony of Nirvana's words being paired up with joongdok. It’s absolutely delicious

[readingcomics-sometimeshiatus]

HELLO?????

HELLO??????

IS THIS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE WHAT I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE??????

[abybweisse]

How do you think names work for reapers?

Do they get transfered to their afterlife and reapers just have the option to either go by their name or the number? Or do they get to choose their own names once they get reborn as reapers?

Names aren't really official in the human world, at least they aren't for reapers, since they are just ways to identify each other. It would make sense if the dispatch refused to use names of the reapers from when they were alive.

But that leads me to wonder whether UT could actually be Cedric?? Don't get me wrong, I'm fully on board with Grandpa!UT theory, but if he always went by his ID number, that could mean he never chose a name for himself, which would mean Cedric can't be his name since he has no name! That is of course, in the case that reapers have to name themselves.

I might just be thinking a bit too far into this though hehe 😅

Reaper names

Well, now that I'm reading Scythe by Neal Shusterman, I started to consider that perhaps Kuroverse reapers choose completely new names when they become reapers. Much like how royals can choose what name to use when they ascend to the throne or how clergy can choose new names to go by, "scythes" in that book series do this, usually choosing the last name of a scientist they particularly respect. Faraday, Curie, etc. In Kuroshitsuji we've seen a nod to Shakespeare himself, as well as to a priest who wasn't even born until February 17, 1888 (Ronald Knox).

However, we've also seen a Shakespearean character (Othello), a nod to a serial killer who wouldn't be born for several decades (Sutcliff), and two names (in the manga) that seem random (Sascha and Ludger). We haven't been given Sascha's or Ludger's full names -- or Othello's -- but it's probably safe to assume they have them.

It's entirely possible these are their actual names from before they died. If they go through karmic reincarnation (get reborn as reapers with their old souls), these could be the names they were born with as reapers.

The mere fact that Undertaker's name isn't known to Othello, since he preferred to use his registration number, increases the chances of it being Cedric K. Ros-- (whatever that is, like Rosewood, Rosedale, etc.). This allows Yana-san to make us wait even longer to learn the truth about him. Then, for some unknown reason, Undertaker wanted to cut ties with his old self. Even back then.

And Othello makes it sound like they usually go by names they had before they were registered. More specifically, these are "given names".

This suggests that, wherever the names come from, reapers don't typically choose them for themselves. Undertaker, despite being the epitome of a reaper, was breaking customs right from the start by using his registration number.

I'm curious now why Othello just says "most of our kind" instead of "all of our kind, except this one". What other reaper changed their name, and why?

Of course, this all lines up very well with one of Undertaker's parallels in Mother3. There are 7 Magypsies in the game, just as there are 7 named reapers in the manga. (Eric and Alan's names have never been mentioned in the manga; Anderson hasn't either.) They are all named after musical modes: Aeolia, Ionia, Lydia, Doria, Mixolydia, Phrygia, and Locria. Locria deserts the others and changes their name to Fassad (like a façade). We don't learn that Fassad was a Magypsy until a while after they're destroyed. But this works with how Undertaker uses a given number instead of a given name... and then changes it to something else when he deserts his position.

One way to find Undertaker's given name when he chose to go by 136649? Have someone pull his old registration files. The given name he chose not to use should be there. Othello just didn't know because he never looked. Probably never had access to it. But I bet William does. And Sascha and Ludger might have seen it, too, by now. After all, William is sharing intel with them.

[nagirambles]

Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 149

I think I saw someone mention before that’s it’s hilairous and jarring that their real names are so weirdly typical. They have actual civilian names that aren’t as dramatic and fancy as their codenames-- Richard, Erik, Sawyer, Macbeth, and even Sorano. (The ‘typical’ part is kinda subjective, but you get my point, right?) 

And you know, it’s on purpose. 

It all comes from this joke right here, where HotEye sets himself up for a dramatic ‘leave this to me and go’ moment only to cheesily turn around and proudly say:

“By the way... my real name is Richard.”

I lose my shit every time.

[every-sanji]

Oh Luffy 😓😓

[opbackgrounds]

So fierce, much power

[blackreapersreign]

Undertaker half destroyed the shinigami headquarters - so? (Crack theory)

This is not the crack theory I kept on talking about these days, and I actually just got this thought after reading the previously reblogged theory from @/midnight-in-town, but yeah.

Remember the famous Reaper Number 136649 who attempted to escape from the shinigami organization and half destroyed the headquarters in the process...

And also remember how, all throughout the manga, we’ve been constantly reminded how terribly understaffed the British Branch/London district?? is?

Well, here’s a crazy thought - what if these two are actually connected?

What if they are so understaffed specifically because of what Undertaker did 70 years ago? 

Because here’s the thing - destroying half of the shinigami organization’s headquarters (by the way, I would say it’s the British Branch headquarters in particular, I don’t think it’s the main-main headquarters) has done more than just to show us that, “Wow, Undertaker is so cool and strong!”

No. It has to have done quite some serious damage there. 

First of all, I’m guessing offices were destroyed, with precious paperwork and other things there. Activity was slowed down. The building (or half, or whatever part) was literally destroyed. So there has to be physical damage, first of all.

Second, what about the reapers? I’m guessing that even reapers themselves could’ve been killed or at least injured from the fight. Othello warns Grelle in 149 that there’s no way to win one-on-one...

...not against him. He must be talking from experience, having seen plenty of other reapers trying to take him down. 

Now those are two reasonable things to consider. But what about a third one, what about... technology? What if he also destroyed some important technology back then? 

Sure, it could be rebuilt, but it would take years, and we know nothing about how exactly are the shinigami made.

Major crack theory number two - but what if he destroyed part of the technology or whatever was used to modify the bodies/souls of the shinigami themselves?

That is something I’ve been thinking about as well. I don’t know, the whole being understaffed situation seems so fishy to me, and we’ve been constantly reminded that all throughout the manga. So what if things are really bad... really deep? All because of him? *ba-dum-tss*

Something to think about for another time

Did Undertaker want to leave the organization peacefully and to take his death scythe with him, and they didn’t allow that, so that’s why half of the headquarters was destroyed?

Or did Undertaker fully intend to destroy the headquarters, of his own will? I mentioned many times that I would rather support this theory. And if so, him going after vital parts of the organization would make a lot of sense.

And if he actually succeeded with anything at all, then it could, perhaps, leave the British Branch quite... understaffed for a long time.

Well, this is getting long and is quite messy already, I will probably return to it later, but I just wanted to get some of the cluster in my head out and prepare for later, perhaps even crazier theories. 

Any thoughts, opinions are welcomed. 

[animethings]

Man: Who taught Ran how to play Mahjong ?

Kogoro & Conan: I don’t know. I don’t know~