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OnS Chapter 136 Analysis - Love vs The Past

Well, a new chapter dropped. I must say that I liked it. We really are heading towards the end of the story and two sides now are on stage.

One fighting for love; the other one fighting to bring back something that is long lost.

Love can often be misunderstood in the manga story; to the point it distorts a lot, but in reality, it takes so many shapes, so many forms along giving birth to ideals.

Each character within the story is moved to do something for "love". But in this role too; the "love" for the "past" exists.

The past is a momentum that will always live in our memories; it is something that will forever be frozen; something that will not change. It's something that is part of us without defining us.

As we've seen today; the chapter starts with Yuu trying to reach the First; but given that the Progenitors want to avoid the destruction of the world much further; they were preventing Yuu from making contact with the First.

Of course, we see how Mika couldn't withstand the raw power of Urd Geales; we saw Shinya and Kureto alive and kicking once again; and finally, the main spot; the reunion between Shikama and Yuu.

Shikama is aware that Yuu has all his memories back ever since he detected an anomaly along the interaction with the corpse of Mikaela. Of course, whenever Shikama knows the soul of his son is alive and kicking, it's up to interpretation. Though, it is clear he knows it exists.

Eventually we see how Shikama is going to bestow Yuu his knowledge and power

But before he could give away his power to Yuu; Shinoa interferred with the possibility.

Leading to our possible future battle between Shinoa and Yuu.

Two ideals being carried away within the story. And yet, at the same time they connect through the main theme. "Love."

And no, it's not "romantic love ". The "love" or 愛 which is not the same as other interpretations of love itself. Just "ai". A love that takes so many shapes.

Let's begin with the real analysis here.

Yuu isn't exactly fighting for humanity nor his friends, nor his family. Given that the "regression" process he made to recall his whole life; he saw how his life originated alongside being the son of the First.

Given that, he is actually aiming for the task of "saving" but given that "love" is playing its role as well. It is the love he has deep down for his father that he is doing everything to bring back what his father cherished in the past. Which is something reflected as well when he was the angel Mikaela. Taking his life so divine punishment wouldn't fall upon his father.

Shikama did love his angels, his followers and he did blame himself for the punishment that fell upon them. But given God's nature; it was normal that the punishment fell upon those angels given that they no longer praised for God.

Though; one thing Shikama and Yuu have in common, is the attachment to the past. It is the very fact that the past for them is something that should have prevailed instead of changing. What do I mean?

To Shikama, the Progenitors he chose, despite being reincarnations of those angels that followed him once; are not his angels.

And this is highly visible once Ashera asks Shikama what he should do back in chapter 117.

To his eyes, Shikama's sired progenitors were just tools given that to him; they are shadows of who they were once, but to those progenitors; even if they have acknowledged that they are reincarnations; they made a choice.

They chose to follow up their own path. And as they've stated back in chapter 114; their last and final task is to protect the world they live in. Meaning avoiding the resurrection of the angel Mikaela.

But now, why do I say Shikama and Yuu have one thing in common?

Yuu is a character that despite living endlessly; along having a constant memory reset until now that he gathered all his memories; he's done one thing to no end. And that is living in the past.

True, there are scars that take its time to heal from the past; some are very difficult nonetheless; he chose to live in such past. When he had a chance to make a choice; that choice was no longer centered in the present; it began to lead further astray to the past.

But then, what's the point of those promises?

Given how everything has turned. Those promises are something that can't be fulfilled. What do I mean?

In order to revive the angels from long ago; sacrifices must be made. But here's another thing that it is being dismissed. What could it be?

The absolute lack of appreciation to life.

Yuu might state he aims to save everyone; even to Ashera who at the end understood that there are limits to life. He loved and embraced he managed to get his sister back; but the cost for that was making her suffer for eternity; nevertheless, the lives both had, those kind of experiences they managed to live had their moments of bliss; bringing back entities that perished long ago, is discarting the moments experienced, the moments lived along the emotions that were carried through a lifetime.

But now, there is an opposite force here. And that force is no other than. "Love."

Many might consider that Shinoa's love is "obssession, madness like Mahiru's love" but no. This is actually wrong.

Back when she stated she would kill Mikaela; there was a massive misconception of this which chapter 133 explained a lot.

Shinoa thought Yuu was being possessed by Mikaela at that time hence her retoric; but given that she saw first hand that Yuu had fooled them; she understood that Yuu was doing everything on his own will. And let's not forget that Yuu might be dumb, but not clueless or ignorant.

Shinoa's form of "love" is not something that came out of nothing; it's something that began taking shape by her own; it began from curiosity, turning into uncertainty, then transforming into caring, along developing feelings for a special someone. Such feelings for her were seen as something hideous or bad; but at the end, she understood they weren't bad, nevertheless, she never admitted them until or rather never accepted them truthfully until chapter 133.

Chapter 133 was a very reflexive chapter given that it gave Shinoa resolution; a resolution as to why it is the reason she was standing still in the very end of the world.

Shinoa's love is not centered to one person, but rather; it is centered to the very core family she gained through her journey which lead to this.

Her battle and her resolution is directed to the very family that has stood with her and has followed her through the long journey she has taken so far. Hence why; she is standing along her squad just like how the vampires did; how they are going to live. Not by a decree of an entity, not by a decree of her sister and Guren nor the vampires; but rather, taking their own path until the very end.

Hence why Shikama states that her love is self centered, which is no different from him. He centered his love to his angels; Shinoa is centering her love to those who exist in the present. Along letting them return to their normality before the world ended; given that the end of the world, the events that took place before they were born, were all spiderwebs made by the First.

This is the first time they are fighting for their own.

What do you think it'll happen next?

Let me know!

#owari no seraph #meta #hmm framing it as past versus future is so interesting #so many people think Shinoa is being like Mahiru but I don't think it's like that at all.

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Dearest, darling, my universe,

Will you take me in with you?

let’s run away from the world go, run on

until we reach the end of earth my lover

will it be a bad ending for us both gone astray?

Happy Birthday Kureto Hiiragi ❤️

-31 March 2024

#owari no seraph #art by op #HBD to #Kureto Hiiragi

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Hey, if you don't have something nice to say about other people's creations (gifsets, art, fic etc)

then

don't say anything at all.

#fandom

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its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

#tumblr #if you already had 'discourage option' on they did opt you in to the prevent 3rd party sharing #it should have been opt-in and not out; what about the thousands of abandoned blogs #fuckign generative ai bs

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another guren sketch

#owari no seraph #art by op #Guren Ichinose

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old meme … still funny

#owari no seraph #art by op #Kureto Hiiragi #Guren Ichinose #oh nooo

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CHOBITS PREMIUM COLLECTION

VOL 1

#chobits #official art

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Persona 3 Reload - It’s Going Down Now

#persona 3 #embedded audio #music

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Persona 3 Reload - Full Moon Full Life

#persona 3 #embedded audio #music

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Persona 3 Reload - Color Your Night

#persona 3 #embedded audio #music

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Guren was crying.. collection

oh yeah

the fact that half of them are dead shinya flashbacks is kinda funny (heartbreaking tbh)

#owari no seraph #Guren Ichinose

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Some headcanons about Guren&Shinya ~

- They have matching silk shirts. A pink one that belongs to Guren and a blue one to Shinya. They often exchange them.

- Sometimes Shinya gives Guren a kiss on the mouth before a mission for example and Guren always gets angry so obviously Shinya continues

- They sleep together at least once a week for X reason. Either Shinya comes to his bed because he is bored and wants to be with him, or Guren comes to his because of his trauma from the catastrophe to reassure himself that he is alive

- They sometimes take showers together (It's Shinya obviously, he always invades his personal space like Shinoa with Mitsuba)

- Shinya is the one who detangles and styles Guren's hair in the morning. His hair is so unruly and Guren can't get it right

- Shinya is forced to drag him to the meeting room. He is unconsciously his babysitter

- Likewise, he always reminds him to eat (Shinya is seriously considering installing an app to remind him to eat and drink)

- Guren always listens to his heartbeat in one way or another. Same for the others

- Absolutely EVERYTHING is a competition between them

- Shinya always keeps physical contact with Guren in one way or another when he sees him. He sticks his shoulder to Guren's, puts a hand on his knee, crosses his legs with Guren's when they sit opposite. Sometimes even more obvious in the sight of others, putting his arms around him. Guren is pissed (as usual) but now he lets it happen

- Guren is a tea person while Shinya is a coffee person (match)

#owari no seraph #gureshin #shingure

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Speaking of Guren becoming a demon... I noticed that this was the first interaction with a demon for Guren and the first thing the demon says is "I am you". Which makes the narrative more clear to me that after you make a contract with a demon you more and more become a demon yourself. And this means, you're not getting possessed by a demon, it's still you just fallen into darkness.

According to this, Mahiru became a demon herself. And also Guren has become a demon. They aren't the person they used to be.

#owari no seraph #meta

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Hello, I hope I haven't disturbed you, there is a topic that bothers me a lot, and since you are a writer yourself and have a very good analysis of how to write, I decided to ask you about it because maybe I am the one who is wrong. My question and problem is related to the current story of Seraph and its fandom. I don't know why, but I have the feeling that the author is trying to force Yu or the original Mikaela to be the hero of the story also forcing his ideals to be the right ones, in a way that questions all of its logic until now. For example, I remember during the war between Guren and Yu, when Yu forgave Guren, everyone was upset because of why he forgave him, but now, according to the title of this new chapter, which is forgiveness for everyone, the author has actually accepted that Guren, Mahiru, or Krul, for example, should forgive all the troubles Shikamaduji brought to them, and the interesting thing is that exactly the same people who had a problem with Yu's forgiveness of Guren, have now accepted it easily, and it doesn't seem to matter to them at all that Shikama made a thousand times worse disaster to Guren, Mahiru, Farid, Krul, and his friends in exchange of what they did to Yuu. Shikama brought it to them. What kind of stupid logic is this? Yu was nothing but a toy until a few chapters ago, and now he has completely changed his personality and turned into a complete genius who seems to have the right to choose for everyone. Whether Mahiru, Ferid, Guren, Krul, Shinya, Kureto, Shinoa, etc want to forgive Shikamaduji or not is not up to Yu. If God is bad in this story, Shikamadouji, who created humans and planned their whole lives from beginning to end, is not much different from God, and he is also bad because both of them performed and played exactly the same role just for different people They, Shikama and God, are two sides of the same coin so how can we just accept one is bad and the other is good? I am really tired. This story has no meaning, it's just a series of ideologies that the author is trying to forcefully feed us, and MikaYuu fans or not, it's better to say Mika fans praise it wherever it benefits them and wherever it harms them they are knocking I really don't know what to do anymore, this story doesn't feel the way it did in the beginning and it's very upsetting to me so I decided to ask you to see if I'm just overreacting or what I'm feeling is true.

Sorry for taking so long for the answer. How long has it been? I don't even remember. All the new chapters come and go every month without me remembering much.

First thank you :) I learned a lot about writing from an editor and it's always fun to project them on series.

So back to topic, you are valid anon. I also get the feeling that the story is forced - a lot. Though I don't know if I would say for me that Yuu is the problem here but he probably plays a bigger part in the current mess.

My biggest problems with the current arc are two things:

No stakes and no consequences

Events are happening without characters having a proper motivation

No stakes and no consequences

No stakes is simple, Yuu has nothing to lose. If he doesn't succeed nothing will happen or rather we don't know what will happen. So we don't care. This is the biggest issue that makes the story meaningless. There's no tension, no real goal.

Having Yuu as the main character, a guy with no brain and the naivety of a child isn't the best choice to begin with. Especially if he doesn't have a plan. So the problem with Yuu is that he doesn't have a clear goal, a plan and the story has to bend to his benefit so he won't get killed in all of this.

Events are happening without characters having a proper motivation

Second thing is that characters now do stuff for which they don't have a reason or a motivation. Characters do stuff because they have to do it. And in the end it doesn't line up. E.g. Why should Yuu now go to Saito? Why should Yuu forgive Guren at that moment? Why should anyone understand Shikama? There's no reason behind it, not even one that you can build yourself. And that feels wrong. The story had been good in the past because characters did what made sense according to their individual goals and beliefs. Now it's all over the place.

To me it's almost as if Kagami decided once how the story should go and now doesn't know anymore how to do it. How to get to the point he wanted the characters to be. And instead of reconsidering and rewriting, what you should do as an author if you notice your story don't line up anymore, he just proceeded to write events. The only thing that is narrative consistent atm are the single chapters in itself. But that's not enough to have an engaging story.

On top, the inconsistency breaks the suspension of disbelief for me. At the beginning of the story I wanted to believe that everything that was happening had a reason. And eventually I found the reasons. But now that the characters act inconsistent and not according to their motives I started to doubt everything that's happening before I get proof that it makes sense.

Considering this, it makes sense that you start to doubt the reason for the story and what it is all about. To be at least it doesn't seem that the story is heading towards forgiveness - even though it had been a bit too fluff in the past for my liking. But I at least feel that Shikama will be the last to be forgiven even though Saito felt empathy for him? Which doesn't make much sense. But Shikama is still the villain even though he has gotten a motivation and motivation isn't bad.

To sum up, for me the problem of the story isn't the forced ideology but the writing issues and that therefore the story doesn't know where it wants to go anymore. The true masterminds do nothing interesting and there's nothing the story is heading towards.

Seraph of the End had been so cool back then and it hurts me every time to see where it is now. There was no clear goal but it at least seemed as if Yuu had a chance to turn Mika back into a human. And he was a toy which wasn't bad because it was present in an interesting way.

So your feelings are right, the story became meaningless by now.

Last point the fandom, Well, yeah the Guren hate and Shikama glory in the fandom is tiring. Any mikayuu crumbs are good and everything that actually matters is not good enough. I don't know why it became like this but I have the feeling that most fans that were actually interested in the story already left the fandom. And now a lot of fans remained that are only interested in their ship. Though personally, I wouldn't want my ship if it was written badly. So I'm hoping we will slowly get some good story moments back that will actually feel genuine again because they make sense.

#owari no seraph #meta

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134 spoilers

I think the most interesting question is what is 440 referring to?

The amount of people he has killed (seems a little low) or maybe it's the number of vampires eaten?

Ferid is also using the chains, which we've seen Tenri, Saito, Guren use. I wonder if it''ll end up each link is tied a soul. SInce Ferid seemed to say he was bringing Crowley with him.

{Also Saito tried to chomp on Guren in this way when they were fighting Shikama posessing Shinoa, so maybe the number also includes demons}

And personally I think he has his sights set on 4 more people, with the number 4 being associated with death (superstitiously in Japan, like how 13 is with bad luck) and 444 also being known as an 'angel' number.

#owari no seraph #spoilers

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At least they can be together again 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

(the height differences don't really fit so uhhh pretend crowley is knealing or smth)

My current exploration team on genshin bc Wrio, Ei and Kirara remind me of Crowley, Horn and Chess respectivley :,) (Xianyun is there bc I just got her and wanna play with her lol)

I accidentally let Kirara fall to her death once and ngl i wanted to kms in that moment /lh

#owari no seraph #art by op #Crowley Eusford #Horn Skuld #Chess Belle #they deserved better #but also cute art

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So I finally read the new ons chapter and I’m silenced…because what the hell was all that?? Also why are all the characters drawn so weird now 😀. Although shinoa and them were drawn the same but why is everyone else built so square now 😭. Also FREE my man Crowley, I’ll miss you pookie.

Also FREE my girls chess and horn skuld they deserve better than whatever happened to them.

Anddd finally it’s ironic for Shikama to be calling shinoa a monster like STFU 🤨

#owari no seraph #agreed