New theory - about Kamejim
I'll try to make it quick to publish it before episode airs
Ok, so first of all, we learned that Bugnarok came from another planet that Grodie destroyed
It sounds an awful lot like what Racules' B plan was when he was setting up his 3rd duel with Gira (aka, taking people to the castle and fly away with it to save at least some people)
But who would suggest such a thing to Dugded back then? Or did he come up with this himself?
Well, what if Kamejim was originally one of the Bugnarok back on that planet? His name follows Bugnarok naming convention with his "-jim" ending like Gerojim and the MotW, which would suggest his Bugnarok origin
But why would Kamejim join Dugded? Well, what if his reasons were the same as Racules'? He joined so he could save (at least part of) his nation meanwhile he was scheming in the shadows (so, what he's doing best) to eventually overthrow Dugded
In this way, Kamejim would be foil to Racules, much like Grodie is one for Gira. But unlike Racules, Kamejim has been committing attrocities for Dugded for over 2000 years, so even if he started out good, he would eventually lose his conscience in the process of keeping his act, eventually making him live the act
Ever since the beginnig of the show, Kamejim has been acting kinda sussy. Yes, it's because he was working for Dugded, but even in service of Dugded his actions are kind of... odd
The very first episode post-time skip introduces us to Dugded and we see him demanding from Gira to destroy all the Bugnarok. We also see that the Bugnarok other than Jerami were dealt with by Kamejim himself and we, the audience, were led to believe that Bugnarok were eradicated completely, just to be confused when it was revealed not to be the case
But what if that was supposed to be this way? What if Kamejim just did all this to make Dugded believe that Bugnarok had been wiped out to get his attention off of them? After all, after the kings come back from the crossover, Bugnarok is the only kingdom not to be taken over by Dugded's lackeys. A coincidence or not?
Another thing, in Kamejim's plan when he was pretending to be Himeno, he had many opportunities to poison at least some of the kings. We've seen with the real Himeno that the poison works over time so he could have poison couple of them before the symptoms would kick in, but he didn't. Sure, one could say that it was just classic plot armour, but we've learned by now that King-Ohger is better than this
When Racules revealed his tyrannical self on TV, many thought he was just being a stupid villain, but it was in fact calculated by him. Maybe Kamejim also pretended to try to kill the kings but didn't because he knew that ultimately they will help him get rid of Dugded eventually
I was also kind of wondering why would Kamejim kill Desnarak back then. After all, he'd die soon anyway. But it was said that a king of Bugnarok is established through a fight, so Jeramie becoming a king through an agreement with Desnarak may have not been accepted by then a heavily warrior nation. Let's remember that if the theory is true, Kamejim ultimately cares about Bugnarok as a nation, so killing Desnarak to ensure that there won't be another civil war in Bugnarok makes sense
Now, Kamejim has conveniently placed himself as the last Jester alive and the preview for the upcoming episode had only shown us Dugded, so Dugded being dealt with before Kamejim is a real possibility, imo
Now, let's get back to parallels with Racules. We've seen Racules doing horrible things throughout the show, but he never killed anyone. At least not in such a cold calculated manner as Kamejim does that. But he was very close to doing that when he invaded N'kosopa and almost had Yanma killed. He then burst out laughing. Many viewers pointed out how disturbed Racules' expression was right before the laugh and the production notes stated that it was him losing his mind. But then, in the show, he told Yanma that it was his hunger for power taking over him, which seemed to contradict the previous explaination
But what if it was both? With that strike, Racules thought he just passed the line from which there is no return. Until then he was meddling and just remaining idle in the face of danger. Now he himself was directly responsible for someone's murder. It caused something to break in him, to push his moral boundries even further away, making such acts easier for him to perform in the future and to lose the rest of his conscience. Or rather, that is what would have happened if Gira didn't save Yanma at the last moment. I wonder, whether Racules would have become as ruthless as Kamejim if Yanma had died back then. I think that Gira, by saving Yanma, saved Racules' conscience and humanity
Anyway, so much for now, gotta post it before the episode airs, might elaborate later if the next episode won't crash it
