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Chapter 87 "Cannibal family"

Yuu's "He's, like, stupid strong now!" is my entire mood on Namanari!Guren. (That's probably just me, but I feel like hes waaaay too strong. Kind of reminds me when Mahiru and Kureto fought in the seventh book of Catastrophe.)

Guren, Noya and Mahiru bickering is amazing.

I'm not sure, but wouldnt it have been better to keep hinding until Mika and Yuus wounds are okay and then run away from Guren, rather than drawing attention to their hiding spot and themselves again? Would've made a lot more sense honestly, but it's not that bad.

Chapter 88 "Ashura Tepes"

Yuu being stuck in the ceiling had me laughing me for two minutes straight, oops.

Even though he's a petty bitch, I thick Noya is neat. His design is nice (cough Volume 21 cover cough) and he seems to have pretty good swordsmanship.

That chapter was basically just setup for the next one, so I dont have that much to say.

Chapter 89 "Vampires End"

So, you're meaning to tell me, that Mahiru can "auto-block" attacks (which sounds like its straight from a video game tbh), can move the sword on her own will, while Guren simultaneously uses spells?! We need to nerf Guren asap.

Mika biting Guren was the plot twist of the year. (And, admittedly, very clever.)

I'm not even going to try to understand which hit was who's, but that was brutal. Oof.

Did Yoichi not see Mika / didnt recognise him or didnt he say anything about him on purpose? So many questions...

Poor Yuu :(((

SO MRS KRUL TEPES HAS ARRIVED TOO, NICE!

Chapter 90 "Because of Mikaela"

So I'm guessing the human form of Shinoas demon is Shikama Doji, and the dragon-ish form is Shi(-chan). Hmm.

I really really hope Yuu stops trusting Guren after that. (Even though I doubt he will, because, as he said himself, he only feels like he has a reason to live when he is useful to other people.)

Asuramarus "Strong humans dont exist. Humanity has never really needed to be strong." has me thinking, but I have no idea what he actually means here.

Yuu has some real bad mood swings here, poor boy.

Before I start, let me tell ya why I'm posting this so late. Over christmas break, I almost completely lost interest in Owari. I'm not exactly sure why, but it happened. Well, I do know why, but that would be to long for this post. School keeps kicking my ass too, it ain't even funny anymore. Everyone of my classmates is either studying 24/7 to get good grades or they're drinking / vaping / smoking / doing drugs like theres no tomorrow, and both parties are rapidly losing their personalities. And I'm completely caught in the middle of this. Great school system. Well done. NOT.

Anyway, I'm back now with a ton of motivation for this blog. Buckle your seatbelts.

chapter 85:

Even though I'm not fully understanding what is going with Krul, Ashera and Noya in that flashback, Smol Krul™ is adorable and has to be protected at all costs.

Common sense is once again not a thing within the Demon Army. Why, and I can't stress this enough, ARENT YOU USING A HELICOPER OR CAR TO TRANSPORT "GUINEA PIG" YUU. Plot armor calls again.

I'm guessing, that once this life absorption barrier isn't active anymore, Guren will become (something like a) human again??? What???

At least, Shinya and the rest of Gurens Squad are kinda okay, maybe they'll rest and get backup- CAN YOU NOT? RUN AFTER GUREN AGAIN PLEASE? Shinya really has a death wish, doesnt he?

I honestly wonder what Krul is going to do, once she arrives wherever she's going.

chapter 86:

Mitsuba coming literally out of nowhere and hugging Shinoa. This is the content I signed up for. No, but in all seriousness, this is a super cute moment for them, regardless if you ship them or not.

Shinoa Squad reunion, yaay! (almost)

I have to admit, even I laughed when Yuu, after everything that went down in the last chapters, still called Guren his friend. Mika's expression was spot on too.

This whole scene with them bickering was just great. Had a good laugh. 8/10

"With all of them together, you might finally get that wish you've desperately clung to for so long" ???????? okay, we get it that everyone talks in riddles nowadays. not a fan. pls stop

"I have a reason to live. I have you, Mika." Okay, I could write an essay on, about how toxic and overall wrong this statement is, but I get what they're trying to say, so I'm skipping that. Kinda getting the same vibes as from Guren and Shinya couple chapters ago.

And because the best always comes last: wHeRe iS tHe eMoTiOnaL sUppOrt LiEuTeNanT geNeRaL

I know very well that I'm 2 weeks late on this. I read the chapter on the day it came out, but I had no time to type this post. Blame school.

I'm having the gut feeling that demon Guren's able to move at (almost) lightning speed. (The scene where he effortlessly takes Mirai away from Kimizuki and stabs her, yk, that one seems odd to me)

Yoichi's still a lil' crybaby and Kimizuki starts to look like catastrophe!Kureto. (No, but in all seriousness, look at these two. What kind of foreshadowing is this?)

I'm still not fully understanding what's going on with Guren, Noya, Mahiru etc. but I'm getting there, and I strongly believe it will be pretty epic when we fully know what they're trying to accomplish.

I'm honestly curious if they show us Kureto land (and probably break every single bone in his legs twice) or just skip that whole part and go on. I'm fine with both, tbh. (I'm really interested how they'll put him into the whole demon Guren scenario anyway, and if he'll help Shinya and the others or if he'll continue to go his way alone / with Aoi.)

I really like the demon!Guren and demon!Shinya designs. Guren looks unique with his devil-ish horns. Shinya has more of a "simplistic" design but it suits him very well. Great job.

When Guren got possessed in the light novel, he had a horn like Raimeiki (I tried so hard to not say unicorn and I failed, great) - and now he has two horns, coming from the sides of his head. (Maybe cause he now has "two" demons??? Idk???)

Gureshin. Yeah..no. If it becomes canon, I'm fine with it but I honestly don't think it will.

(could be an) unpopular opinion: I'm neutral when it comes to Shinya, but his answers in his chit-chat with Byakkomaru really annoyed me. Dude, pls just say whatever u want to say and don't try to be so private about it. (I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a part of his personality but it still annoys me.)

Kureto's still in the air, great.

I feel like Guren will be moving back to Shibuya and have a "talk" with Saito. Idk, I'm just getting the vibes from the "I sacrificed myself again to let u live"-part @ the end of the chapter.

Good chapter overall. But honestly though, it wasn't as boring as the last one. (Before y'all come @ me, I know there need to be chapters where it isnt full action, fights etc. but were in a middle of a "event" and I think, a full chapter shouldn't be just talking then.)

I have a love-hate relationship with this chapter. I mean, it's cool that they finally showed us what Guren was doing the whole time but that's about it honestly.

I had hope that Guren would finally learn that Mahiru probably isn't someone who should be trusted but I got disappointed again. (I mentioned in the previous thoughts post already, that Guren had NO character developement since Catastrophe and that chapter proves it even more. Like, have him rebel against it in some way but not this weak 'I-have-accepted-my-fate-already' shidd. It's getting boring.)

Guren's Team really needed 2 (I believe?) chapters to head to wherever tf Guren is, only to find him instantly? Unrealistic. Did not like.

I'm not even attempting to understand whatever happend with Noya and Mahiru.

wheRE TF IS MR HEAD OF THE HIIRAGI FAMILY??? STILL IN THE AIR OR WHAT (AT LEAST show us him land or smth god damn, it's not that hard)

Rigr "I-have-massive-dad-issues" Stafford already annoys the frick out of me. So is Kagami really telling us, that this dudes goal for about 2000 years was to just impress his "father"? You kiddin' me?

I'm pretty sure I said this somewhere already, but everything takes forever to happen in this series. It's going on since the main group went back to Shibuya in Chapter 70-something.

Unpopular opinion: Guren has had NO character developement since Catastrophe. He's still the same when he was 16, which isn't necessary a bad thing, but I personally think, he deserves some. (Maybe it'll come in the next chapters, but I'm very salty if ons ends with no character developement for Guren.)

I love how in Catastrophe the characters called each other to deliver information etc. In Vampire Reign this is suddenly not a thing anymore. Why? I'm pretty sure we never got an explanation for that. (Without this form of communication, it's currently just "If you see it, you know about it. If you dont, you dont." Even just text messages would be enough to keep up with one another.)

Is Infrastructure still a thing? Do they have routes from Shibuya to Shinjuku or to other important locations or do they always have to take a car?

Do they still have resources like ores (coal, iron, gold, etc.) and do they mine them? If so, what are they being used for?

Do they work with renewables? (windmills, solar panels, etc.) If no, why not? Missing technology?

In general, how did the world change after the Catastrophe? (I cannot stress this enough, but basic questions like these should be answered by now.)