#chapter 371

[donnovien]

Please tell me

the path through the Real Goods Box is two-way.

[donnovien]

If I had a nickel for every time Soleum

disappeared without paying back his debt to Lee Jaheon, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[donnovien]

apocalypse-shaped elephant: address me

Every time I go down the dark stairs, a new thought comes to me.

Things I leave behind.

Stories in progress.

Damn it.

What will happen to Seogwang Special City now?

Can the Disaster Management Agency's problems be solved by its agents?

I think I should have trained with you too.

I might have come up with a good idea.

Damn it.

Director Cheong's contract has been invalidated, so what will happen to the security team in the meantime?

I wonder if Mr. Jay is okay.

Chief Minseong will need a way to recover from the contamination.

I wish there was a way I could help….

Damn it.

What happened to the first agent?

The figure wearing the lion's mask disappeared, and only the agents of the goblin workshop remained. Or did they merge?

Did the students, teachers, and agents of Seogwang High School escape safely?

…I wonder if Hoyuwon is still providing counseling.

Will I still be there?

Damn it.

With each step I take, the urge to look back grows stronger.

I am increasingly becoming distant and detached from the story that once included me.

I think of people I wanted to talk to more, people I wanted to know about the future… .

Damn it.

I want to know the next story.

It seems like there's a lot of work left to do.

I'm curious.

[one-piece-panels-i-enjoy]

I love this

[oztoft]

[algumaideia]

Enies Lobby here we go, they cut the train and the ugly skull guy

Also the train is that fast??? Bc like everyone is basically outside and coming and going as they wish

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Thoughts on chapter 370 & 371

370 was, in my opinion, mostly about setting up the future events of the main battle, the BBs essentially just arriving to the scene and telling Asta to go ahead; that they can handle the clones. And that... for some reason the Clover castle needs to be in the skies for Lucius' plan to work (I guess JuLu really just is gonna climb the tree of Qliphoth and punch their celestial parent for missing out on parenting /j). But also just securing that Yuno and Asta as a duo are the only "real" threat to Lucius. Though I have to suspect that there is going to be some kind of a scene stating that they weren't alone, and were only able to do it because of the wonderful people and friends they met along the way.

(But I also gotta laugh at Auggie just chilling in his castle while there the apocalypse happening outside. Do the limits of this man's incompetence know no limits?)

Charlotte deciding that she can't die yet. My romantic heart wants to believe that it's partly because Sukehiro needs to talk to her about something, once the battle is over. But also for the very obvious reason of... the world being about to to end, and her being one of the people that stand in the way of it. Rill might just be able to soon paint his masterpiece.

Then...

MEREO

CLK

FUE

Oh gosh. I love how Tabs went from the pure battle into some lore! He gave an explanation to Mereo's decision to leave the capitol, and it was simply because she didn't think that she'd get to ... grow stronger, in the proper sense of the concept. Because growth exists outside of one's comfort zone, and she would have, most likely, been stronger than anyone she goes up against with just being comfortably at home. There wasn't enough to quench her thirst for ability, for knowledge. Life inside the castle walls just wasn't enough, because there was no challenge.

I can now really imagine how much that battle during The Tuesday of Blood and Fire meant for Mereoleona. It was one of the first, perhaps only, times when someone really, truly, engaged with her into a proper battle. She must've been ecstatic! Such a proud big sister!! And we always knew that she has fire in her heart, and she was going to make something out of herself, but even her, she couldn't quite make it on her own. She needed that push from the people behind her. They might have been weaker than she was, but they gave her the necessary nudge.

Then we have Morris, blabbering about how the most weak preach the most... and then goes to preach about how he was chosen by God. Well... I guess he can't appreciate the irony in it, but I can.

Fue arrives to the scene, when she's on the brink of realizing. After having shown some of his strength, and only to see the dead souls of their squad rise from the flames of hellfire that exists in Mereo's fire! She figures out her ultimate magic! And as she does, she declares that she wasn't waiting for anyone. She's going to charge ahead, with someone or without, because that's the only way to get stronger. To keep pushing the limits!!

Her soul is Fire! And she manifests that forth, into her body and gives body to the fallen souls. "You fools can't just die and think you'll get away with this!! That is not an excuse!" Like damn... what a mentality!

But these people were the ones who were not deterred by her training methods. They were afraid yes. They were aware of their weakness in comparison to her. But that was not an excuse for them to not push their own limits!! Mad respect. And Mereo grins. "This is the true shape of a human soul!" Something that burns with passion and bravery, charges forward and refuses to give in.

Like holy hell (pun intended)

And then she glances back with a mad grin, like something hell itself spat out.

I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes... like a fire spirit after this? I mean... Salamander is The Great Spirit of Fire, but he has a physical form. And Mereo is doing something similar, though at least between the Spare and Final arc, it seemed like she was able to still retain her body -body. I wonder if, but I also doubt, that it would be the same after the final arc. It might be that she'll become permanently a spirit. But... I honestly can't blame. Because that is not her death, even if it comes to that. It's her becoming.

If I wasn't afraid of Mereo before, I sure as damn am now (in a positive way)

That's my girl!

Hell yeah!

Burn baby buuuurrrrnnnn~

[manga-meow]