I really love how all the cases he's taken so far has furthered his existential crisis. I wonder if, because of his desperation to finding a reason to live, he also becomes a sentient plant. Except instead of acting on his base instincts from when he was alive, like the child, he's fully conscious. Either way, I don't care what his final form is, as long as my boy gets a happy ending.
The idea of these 90s era violent delinquents using shoujo rival tactics to defeat the strongest guy in school is so absolutely perfect. I really hope this gets more chapters, it's way too good to not be continued.
I feel like even if the author takes back the incestuous setup, the damage would still be done. Like having Ruby's development get rewound just so she can act like a harem character is just really sad to me, even if it's not going to happen. It feels especially bitter considering that Ruby has kind of been more of an afterthought in some arcs rather than one of the main characters. Idk I just feel like her character was less developed than Aqua's in a lot of ways, and the current incest jumpscare feels depressing.
So any theories on what the curse is? The most popular theory is that he won't be able to enjoy eating anything anymore, but I feel like the actual curse will be more complex than that. Like the lion specifically says that his desire will never be granted, not anything about the loss of desire. Idk though, the latest few chapters have shown him in a more subdued manner regarding eating, so that theory makes the most sense. It's also not the angst fest that is the Falin not reviving theory, so I'm personally hoping that it's true.
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It's fine dw!
i think the curse is that he won't be able to eat monster meat anymore bc the monsters are too afraid of him and won't get close enough to hunt?
From the beginning his desire is to get to know monster. How they live including how they taste. Looking at how they said no monster would ever get close to him in a whole town radius, I think the curse is no monster would ever get close to him. (That's why Izutsumi sell him monster carcasses, because he can never see them in their habitat anymore). Kensuke probably died after the curse too and the cocatrice simply couldn't run because it's hurt.
Whats the point of recording? He's pretty much accepted his death so why would he livestream the fight? I guess so that people could watch him die but why??
The scene where the priest tells him to stay at the church and the sun shines behind him like a halo makes me think that Ichiro might start worshipping him as a sort of god figure... Of course it could go the other way and the priest might be the obsessed one. I don't know but I'm intrigued by the premise.
Revisiting the series after learning the author is getting a new work (yay!), I feel like the ending is kind of pointed. Like, it's obviously supposed to be a bad ending, I get that, but the message being that the talented Lucky gets to live because hard work can never beat talent feels very... heartfelt? Just knowing that the manga was cancelled makes me wonder if the eq vs iq portion was put in there specifically because the author knew it was going to get axed. I guess there's no use questioning the authors intentions though, since it's already axed. Still, I hope their next work has a more cheerful outlook on things.