Do we know which overblots were public knowledge and which ones weren't? the books mention something about Riddle's mother preventing him from being expelled and I'm pretty sure that Vil's was never publicly known due to Jamil making Neige a distraction. And of course there's um— Malleus. 💀
I’m not sure what your definition of “public” is here, because one could argue keeping the knowledge to family members is keeping it private to need-to-know parties. Is keeping the information among the entire NRC student body considered “public”? What about if everyone in a particular dorm knows about someone overblotting? What if only a secret organization knows? Because personally, my own definition of “public” would refer to at least the local residents of Foothill Town knowing what’s happened, and there isn’t enough information in the game about this to tell for most cases.
Here is, instead, a breakdown of who was physically present (based on limited game assets) to witness each overblot so far:
Book 1 — all Heartslabyul students, Yuu, Grim, Crowley
Book 2 — Yuu, Grim, Cater, Riddle, Ace, Deuce, all students in Savanaclaw, Lilia, Silver, Sebek
Book 3 — Yuu, Grim, Leona, Ruggie, Jack, Jade, Floyd, Ace, Deuce, various mob students from the other dorms
Book 4 — Yuu, Grim, Kalim, all students in Scarabia, Azul, Jade, Floyd
Book 5 — Yuu, Grim, Kalim, Jamil, Ace, Deuce, Rook, Epel
Book 6 — Yuu, Grim, Rook, Epel, Vil, Ortho, Riddle, Leona, Jamil, Azul
Book 7 — all NRC staff and students
With that in mind, let’s look at other evidence that clues us in on how far-reaching the events are:
In book 2 of the light novel, it is implied that Riddle’s mom was informed of what happened, and it was thanks to her arguing with the school administration that Riddle was not expelled. (This seems to suggest that parental figures or guardians are told of the what happened to their children.)
Additionally, Riddle is described in the light novel to experience ostracism from his peers after his OB.
Crowley seems to be present at the interdorm spelldrive/magic tournament, as he tells Leona he OB’d once he has recovered.
Jamil, Trey, and a number of mob students are also there to ask that Leona and Savanaclaw still be made to play, but it’s not 100% clear if they also witnessed the OB.
Azul’s OB occurred during Mostro Lounge business hours, so there were likely mobs from every single dorm (if not most of them) there to partake in the restaurant’s services.
Jamil’s OB happened over winter break, where most students had already gone home. However, all the Scarabia students had stayed behind due to a hypnotized Kalim’s mandated “winter break training camp”.
Jamil implies his parents and the Asim family know about his OB, but they “still don’t know the real reason I ovetblotted.”
Vil’s OB was relatively contained, as audience members were distracted by a hypnotized Neige. There are various characters that suspect something happened (Leona, Ambrose, etc.), but these instances are kept vague enough for us to not be able to totally tell if they’re aware or not.
Malleus does learn about Vil’s OB immediately after it happens.
Styx captures the 5 OB boys + Grim so far, so the organization has this knowledge. (They got a call from an unknown source.)
In early book 6, Kalim says it’s the people who overblotted that were taken by Styx. However, Ruggie is surprised that Vil OB’d too. This implies that the first 4 OBs (Riddle to Jamil) are known by the NRC student body.
Idia states “People all over the world are probably gonna hold me accountable as the mastermind of this whole incident…” but as far as we know, hie OB was contained within the Styx facility and didn’t leak to the news or anything. This might just be him dooming.
The public begins to spread wild rumors about what Styx is following book 6, but they never state they know about Idia OBing. The rumors are focused solely on Styx—what it is and what it does.
Malleus’s OB was most definitely the most public, as we his magic affected the 20,000 residents of Sage’s Island.
During book 7, the officials of many countries gathered to try and counter the threat Malleus poses. Additionally, many officials still have their eyes on him and continue to monitor the situation in the weeks after his recovery.
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