Chapter 6 part 4 liveblog and summary (episodes 80-89)
The end is finally in sight!
Warning for spoilers and possible mistranslations.
oooooo nice sunrise. I don’t really think about it a lot since it is the background, but I gotta say that I love the art style that twst uses for backgrounds.
After leaving the Isle, Rook and Vil also praise the beauty of the sunrise, and then... Vil bursts into tears. Alright great way to start the day. Okay wow so he isn’t as okay with being an old man as he said before lol. Understandable though.
Spurred on by Vil’s loud wailing, they quickly arrive back at the NRC sports field. Everyone laments their poor ears for a bit before Ruggie and Jack run up to them. Ruggie welcomes Leona back while Jack checks over the whole group. He notes that Vil doesn’t seem to be here, and asks who the old guy in the Pomefiore robes is. Oh no hfdfdlkghldskhg time for more Vil crying. Jack & Ruggie realize what’s going on and express their shock before asking what the hell happened to the group. Instead of answering their questions, Leona says he just wants some food, a shower, and some sleep.
Then Kalim runs in, somehow makes Jamil’s name sound like a pterodactyl screech, and knocks Jamil over while at the same time asking if he’s alright. Jamil tells him to get off of him already, but Kalim continue rambling about how worried he’s been since he heard Jade wondering if the kidnapped students were even still alive. Jade and Floyd then make their entrance, with Jade saying he was just pointing out the possibility and didn’t intend to make anyone worry more. They welcome Azul back, who in turn asks how Mostro Lounge has been doing in his absence. They report that they’ve kept it open, but due to the chaos they’ve had zero customers. Azul is distressed and wants to go there asap. Priorities lmao
Riddle reminds Azul that he should go to the infirmary first and Floyd promptly freaks out at Riddle’s white hair. “Goldfishy’s becoming a white killifish!” fhgsjgsdfhdfl
OKAY BUT THEN AFTER FLOYD’S DONE BEING SURPRSED JADE’S STILL JUST STARING AT HIM WITHOUT SAYIGN A WORD FJSGKKGDSKLJF I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE’S THINKING SO BADLY
And then Trey and Cater run in and join the freak out party. Cater says that Riddle looked like an old man at first glance, and Riddle thanks Azul for his quick judgement keeping him from becoming an old man “too”. Trey and Cater catch the “too”, look around, see the still crying VIl, and freak out even more.
The next members of the welcome committee are Lilia and Malleus who teleport in and congratulate them on coming back safely before Vil’s appearance shocks them. Malleus doubts himself for a moment on how much time has passed since they were kidnapped. Lilia realizes that stepping into the underworld is what caused this, and Rook explains what happened with the underworld. Lilia says that if the monsters of the underworld were set free on the world, even the Briar Valley would have been in trouble, so it’s only right that they should reward these people for their hard work, right Malleus? Malleus sees what Lilia is saying and approaches Vil. He says that he can’t turn back time, but he can share a little magic with him.
Malleus: Schoenheit, blessing to you.
Malleus: ... Now, return to your perfect world!
And with that, old man Vil is gone. He cries out in relief so loudly that it spooks Rook and Epel. As they recover and start laughing together with Vil, Malleus comes to welcome back the player. Ace and Deuce also finally run in for them and Grim. They immediately gets mad at them for being idiots and making Ace & Deuce worry. Grim then teases them for being lonely without him, and Deuce is about to retaliate before noticing Grim is starting to cry. AAAAAAAA YES COME ON GROUP HUG TIME.
Lilia watches them with a smile, but Malleus starts talking to him about how fragile humans seem, since they become old like Vil was after less than a 100 years of life. Lilia replies that it is because their lives end so easily that they can form such strong bonds and history with each other. Malleus ponders what Lilia said before we get a scene change back to Styx.
Idia is tinkering with something. As he inserts something into it, we get a flashback back to him looking at whatever it is that Grim coughed up, which turns out to be a memory card from robot Ortho’s body which contains all of the AI’s memory and program data. Idia worries that Ortho might go on another rampage if he uses the memory card. However, he still decides to put the memory card into an Ortho body. It switches on and begins a start up sequence as Idia watches and anxiously hopes that it’ll work. It finishes successfully and Ortho opens his eyes and asks what happened after Ortho and “him” were sucked into the Underworld together and Idia explains Grim swallowing the memory card.
Ortho realizes what must have happened to “him”, but says he feels some warm sensation around where his memory card and core parts are. Idia worries if something’s wrong, but Ortho says nothing wrong, it just feels like Ortho is “here”. Idia then asks what he should call him from now on, since he doesn’t want the robot to have to pretend to be Ortho anymore. Ortho is confused and asks if Idia doesn’t want a little brother anymore, but Idia explains that as a result of the blot and the Thunder Spear’s attacks, Ortho’s magic circuits have been altered. They’re now immune to any outside interference and so his memory and programming can’t be changed anymore. The only way for them to change is through Ortho’s own heart. Ortho can do whatever he wants now, he’s free.
Ortho thinks about this for a bit, and says that what he wants is to become Idia’s “real little brother”. Even if the neither the blood nor the curse of the Shroud family runs through his body, he still has all of Ortho’s memories and thoughts.
Ortho: I am Ortho, and Ortho is me. Therefore, this is my will, Idia.
Ortho asks if he can still stay with Idia, and Idia replies that Ortho is already his “real little brother.” Then they hug. AWWWWWWWW HGHGLDKFLDSFGDLK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Then Ortho says that even if they weren’t able to change stuff such as the curse, they were still able to play games with friends and take that first important step to change more.
Ortho: Let’s go back together. To Night Raven College.
Ortho: There’s people waiting for you, big bro.
Then Ortho says there’s something he wants to do back at NRC and he whispers his request to Idia. Once he’s finished, Idia snickers and says to leave it to him. Awwwwww this chapter’s ending is so sweet so far I love it
Then we time skip to a few weeks later, oh okay. The front of Ramshackle Dorm is now really cleaned up. Apparently the player and Grim have been staying at Pomefiore while renovations have been going on and Vil was pretty strict on them there, so now Grim’s excited to come back home. Before they can go inside, the Scarabia and Pomefiore boys come to check out Ramshackle with them.
The door area looks... okay? I guess? I don’t remember how it looked before well enough to notice what’s changed lol. The ghosts show up now too and come with them to the lounge. Also I just realized that Malleus didn’t do anything for Riddle, like he was much better off than Vil but still, didn’t he lose some magic/life power too? Eh whatever, if nothing happened I guess he’s fine.
Alright now this looks a lot different! Vil and Jamil talk about how STYX really came through on their promise to fix everything up after it got wrecked in the invasion. Kalim says he would’ve put a fancier chandelier here though fkdslfsdkfsk just rich kid things.
ooooo the room looks a lot fancier now too! However, Vil says that with all the changes to the other rooms, they didn’t actually have time to get to the bedroom, and with the flick of a switch it reverts back to what it was like before. The fancy appearance was just an illusion made by a magical device. Bruh.
Someone rings the doorbell then, so the group goes down to the foyer. It turns out to be Deuce and Ace, who’ve come to congratulate us on the renovations and bring a celebratory tart from Trey + snacks from the school store. Grim goes to dig in, but Crowley suddenly shows up and asks for some. Uh dude WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN
He explains the stuff with STYX was resolved yesterday and then Idia also comes in. The group all move to the lounge, where Crowley complains about what a rough time he’s had. He was called to the national congress building in the Land of Dawning, and along with STYX, important people from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Magic also questioned him about why so many overblots were happening at his school. He starts ranting about how he doesn’t know and why he deserves this when he’s been managing this school so diligently. Oh hold up the Ministry of Education is stationing a counselor and a doctor at NRC? Please tell me I’m reading this right and they weren’t already stationed here please give these boys some therapy and competent adults to watch over them.
Anyway, Crowley announces that Idia will be coming back to school. There’s also a new student, and Ortho comes in.
OMG SCHOOL UNIFORM GEAR LET’S GOOOOOO
Ortho is transferring into class 1-C! Everyone immediately descends into loud confusion and shock. Crowley says that Ortho has been allowed to enroll here as the first magic humanoid holding “self-consciousness” in the entire world. AKA, he now has a will and human feelings and stuff.
Also Idia what are you doing other there gdkhglkfsdhlds
Rook congratulates Ortho on this and changes his nickname for him to “Monsieur Wonder (Miracle)”. Crowley talks about how Ortho will serve as great inspiration for those interested in magical engineering in Ignihyde, but right after he starts grumbling about all the trouble STYX has caused for him. Crowley stop complaining and do your job lmao.
Ortho is excited to make friends with the other 1st years, but Idia just begs for them to ignore him. Then, Ortho reminds Idia to give “that” to the player. “That turns out to be a “Wonder Link,” a popular new game console. They also give the player enough points in the download store to buy 10 games as well as some already downloaded games that they recommend. As Ortho and Idia go to set it up, Crowley asks Grim how he’s been since he came back here. Grim says that he feels fine and nothing was found to be wrong with him at the hospital. Then,
Crowley: I’m truly glad that you... no, that you all returned to school safely.
CROWLEY. CROWLEY WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT. WHY WERE YOU ABOUT TO ONLY SAY “YOU”. Alright this man just became like twice as sus, what the fuck do you know about Grim that we don’t
The fucker makes his escape soon after that so we’re gonna have to wait for chapter 7 to solve that mystery I guess. Instead, it’s video game time. Idia brags about clearing all the hidden stages and secret bosses on hard mode on the games that the gang played back at STYX, so everyone makes him play while they watch him.
awwwwww and we get chibis! this is so cute!!!
I like that it’s a rhythmic instead of an actual gameplay sequence, makes sense since it’s Idia playing this time and it also fits the mood better I think.
Everyone is super amazed by how good at video games Idia is, and Vil specifically is amazed at how fast Idia’s fingers are on the controller. Alright if I ever get isekai’d into twst the first thing I’m doing is forcing Vil to watch me play Project Diva so I can see if I can make him faint, cause if he’s amazed at this chill shooting game then rhythm games are probably gonna blow his fucking mind.
Before the group moves on to playing a racing game together, the brain cell trio get hungry so Jamil offers to get the snacks. Kalim offers to help and Jamil instinctively starts to refuse him, but then he asks Kalim to get the plates and forks. HELL YEAH SCARABIA CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION LET’S GOOOOOOO
Everyone is having a blast, and Ortho talks to Idia about this being a “going to a friend’s house to play video games together” experience. idia says that this is totally different, since these people aren’t his friends and this isn’t really the player’s house. Ortho challenges him to a racing game to decide who is right. So now it’s racing game time with Idia, Ortho, Epel, Ace, Deuce, and Grim. While they play, Vil talks to Rook about how him rescuing Grim and then Ortho’s memory card being in Grim’s throat feels like a miracle. However, Rook says that its not a miracle. He explains how the diligent Lord of the Underworld surely couldn’t have let living souls into his realm, so Ortho’s memory card, which is basically his soul, couldn’t have stayed down there.
We then cut to night, where Grim is sleeping in the bedroom and the player is reflecting on the fun day they had. They decide to talk to Mickey. Oh yeah oh god this weird side plot. What’s up Mr. Michael Mouse.
Mickey: Ah, Yuu! I can finally see you!
Mickey: We haven’t met up since that night that you went to search for your roommate, so I’ve been worried.
Mickey: Did you find your friend?
*nods head*
Mickey: That’s good~.
Alright great chat, time to go right back to sleep I guess. Oh, nope, we’ve woken Grim up. We try to show him Mickey cause he’s still in the mirror, but it seems like Grim can’t see him.
Mickey: Yuu? Is there anyone beside you in that room?
Mickey: Perhaps, your roommate?
*nods head*
Mickey: It’s always really foggy, so I can’t see anything besides you, but...
Mickey: Perhaps, you can’t see anything besides me either?
Mickey: There’s a moving sofa here, a dog-like ottoman... and a table with a nutcracker on it. Can you see?
*shakes head*
Mickey: Hmm, that’s mysterious. And also too bad.
Mickey: I thought it would be nice if the number of friends I can meet in my dreams went up.
Mickey: ... Ah, that’s right! Speaking of friends...
Mickey: While you were away, I saw someone I didn’t recognize in this dream room.
Mickey: A man with silver hair and strangely colored eyes.
Mickey: He went away already, so I couldn’t get his name...
SILVER???????????? HOLD UP WAIT HOLD ON ALRIGHT I WAS EXPECTING THE MICKEY STUFF TO ONLY HAVE BIG SIGNIFICANCE IN LIKE THE END GAME BUT WHAT IF THE MICKEY STUFF COESM IN IN CHAPTER 7 WITH SILVER. Okay and ev en if it doesn’t still WHAT THE FUCK HOW PLOT RELEVANT IS SILVER GOING OT BE???? I”M. OH MY GOD.
Mickey: That was the first time someone else had come to this room, so I was surprised.
Mickey: You as well, it’d be nice if you could come to this side of the mirror to play.
*ring ring*
Mickey: Ah! This sound... It looks like I have to wake up.
Mickey: Let’s meet... again later... Yuu...
> The other side of the mirror is, a dream world...?
And then it scene changes to Diasomnia. If Silver shows up now and mentions seeing Mickey I’m legit gonna scream. Oh god yeah it’s Lilia and Silver here, don’t do it boy I swear to god.
They discuss the recovery of the campus and Riddle, and Sebek is also here. And Malleus too, and Malleus seems distracted. Lilia asks him what’s going on, but before Malleus can say much Lilia gets a message from his online friend (Idia). Lilia was worried that he had to stop gaming with him because of real life stuff, so he’s relieved Idia’s back and ready to dungeon dive. Lilia, Silver, and Sebek, start talking about Lilia staying up all night, but Malleus stays silent and flashes back to that time in Ramshackle when Lilia said that this might be last time he sees these stars as well as that time when the gang returned from STYX and Lilia talked about the fragility of human life.
Malleus: ... Easily broken like silk thread spun by a spinning wheel...
Lilia: Hm? Malleus, did you say something?
Malleus: ... No.
...
Malleus: It’s nothing.
And on that ominous note I am finally free to delve in all the new fan theories and memes and whatever that I had to avoid due to spoilers. Bye!