Tatsuki fujimoto….

I honestly have a hard time putting down how I feel.

Denji seems happy, he will have his disease cured by Power, who is alive by the way! Asa will not be possessed by the War Devil and won't be isolated by her classmates. Technically, Denji fulfilled his promise to her, he saved her, even if she can't remember that. I'm glad Power's together with Denji, and that Nayuta is alive too, even if she's not the same Nayuta! I'm happy for them, truly! And Denji is on track to having a... decent life.

But at the same time, what was it all for? All of Part 2 was just a buffet of misery, a cycle, a revolution, like a chainsaw's mechanism, going on and on without end. And now its... over?

Is this ending meant to be a "flipping the board over" scenario? That Tatsuki Fujimoto lost interest and wanted to give some semblance of a happy ending to his characters before leaving them behind? Or is this meant to encapsulate some metaphor for trauma, that trauma will make you live in the past unless you learn to process it?

232 feels like an ending, and could have been a good ending (?) but I don't see any connective tissue between this chapter and all of Part 2.

I'm glad it wasn't a depressing/downer ending though. This ending could've been much MUCH worse, its still rushed and feels unearned but maybe... maybe...

Maybe this ending is about how Denji's life is stagnant but that there's still some meaning in all he went through? But... nothing that he went through happened. WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR, THEN? IS THIS MEANT TO BE AN ABSURDIST ENDING? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? DID I PUT TOO MUCH FAITH IN THE AUTHOR?

I mean, just because I don't "get" something, doesn't mean there's nothing to get.

I don't know what to think... maybe that is what Fujimoto wanted.

OMG YES SURE!!!!!!!! As I live in his shoes, I'll talk about him briefly based on information from Hell arc so it'll not spoil the rest. The information that I have tried to piece together is only from the information we were given in the web novel from this arc. (I don't really like the webcomic Hellkaros. They made him look...meh 😒)

Let's study him like a frog!!! (I'm really excited) Hellkaros is the Watcher of the 19th Purgatory and the King of Hell. The previous King of Hell was his predecessor. We still have no idea how Hellkaros became the King of Hell. What a pity. He has been working non-stop for 670,000 years. His main duty was to judge all souls who descended to hell after death through documents.

According to Lloyd's perspective, he received his information from the novel, The Knight of Blood and Iron. He said that Hellkaros is a pragmatic person and also less terrifying than the Hell Knights under his command. And a workaholic.

He's a workaholic. A judge that judges hundreds, billions, and trillions of dead souls. He's piled under a mountain of work, so he punished the others only with formal documents and the rule of law.

Chapter 230

Hellkaros never took part in direct combat and killed no entity. Documents and judgments were his only weapons he wielded to determine the fate of others. He had just left the work that required use of force to Hell's Knights and glued himself to endless never-reducing paper works. Lloyd knew this well and he knew that Hellkaros had the least chance of posing any harm to him. And Hellkaros was the safest brother 😭😭 Like, really! Javier was concerned before because Lloyd looked less scary about meeting the Hell King. And Lloyd was just, man no worry, the King of Hell is the safest person in Hell!

But yeah. A lot of stuff happened after the Hell arc. It's a spoiler, so I'm ain't talking about them.

Also, Hellkaros wanted to live a comfortable life, such as going back to his house and doing things he had never done before, watching movies, reading novels he hadn't followed in a long time, and so on, but he couldn't because he had a lot of work to deal with. In short, he didn't hate being the Hell King. He always set a new transportation route every day, every hour, and even when he entrusted the job to the demons under him, nothing changed. Like, he got reports for every minute about transportation problems. He had to open a new route for 800,000 demons who were working to drive the carriage. So that's why lol.

He can't leave this duty either. Because if he did, cell division would stop and more would die. The microbial food chain will completely break down. And the entire planet will face massive extinction. This part clearly explains that he is such a highly responsible person since he has been doing this nonstop for 670,000 years. He's such a busy guy to be honest.

Judging those bacteria's souls is easy for him because of their simple souls. They don't possess the flaws like humans. Normally, human souls are either sent to Heaven or Hell. But with the bacteria, they don't require much deliberation. He can manage to do over trillions each day. The only thing that dragged him down was to set a new route for the demons for this job.

He could see through spirits and know the identity of each one. This was the reason why he knew Lloyd's real name. Even if Lloyd didn't tell him. He gives off an atmosphere of being tired and engrossed in work all the time, no different from an office worker. And it was highly likely that if he continued to work like this, he would end up like the previous king.

He is very interested in Lloyd's abilities. At first, it was just Lloyd's singing. He also admitted that Lloyd's singing was such a sound that even the Hell King like him would regret living to hear it. He can also loop Lloyd's songs a thousand times lmao. And later, he....covets Lloyd THAT MUCH. Yeah. The “I covet you, Kim Suho.” is real.

Hellkaros is a person who hates free generosity. He likes to give and take, like Lloyd, for his own and others' benefit. He is also a very smart person. And with his personality being so similar to Lloyd's that even Lloyd had to admit it. He will be a good business partner. And regarding the construction contract, it was Hellkaros who first offered it to Lloyd. Hey let me share this. I really like their conversation (which has been cut off...)

A sense of clipping anxiety gripped Hellkaros that he might meet the same fate as his predecessor, who ended his own life from depression after overworking for 38 billon years. And there was the despair that such a fate was unavoidable. All these years, such feelings haunted him. But now, the dark cloud of anxiety and despair that shrouded his heart for the longest time started to thin out. That was probably why Hellkaros stared at Lloyd differently and why he put on a content smile, unlike a while ago.​ “I like that.” “Yes, so that means-” “Kim Suho, I'll trust you and leave the railroad construction to you,” announced Hellkaros. “Thank you!” Lloyd hung his head down. He always welcomed new clients. And now, it was time to... “Time to sign the construction contract?” Hellkaros asked first. “My, that would make me the happiest man in the world,” said Lloyd as he smiled and rubbed his hands, inwardly praising the king. He indeed was the icon of fair judgment and negotiation. Lloyd admired how the king first suggested writing a contract even when he didn't say anything. This kind of client is so convenient to work with.

Chapter 232

Yes. IT WAS CUT OFF GOD DAMMIT. The reason why Hellkaros trusts Lloyd and lets this man do things he doesn't know about is gone. Just the short paragraph I have given as an example is enough to give the viewer a sense of the character's thoughts and attitude. Hellkaros' hopeless feelings and the thoughts that he would one day end up himself that had been chasing him all this time were now relieved because of Kim Suho, a man running around in a dimension that wasn't his own. How he trust Kim Suho, and what did he see in Kim Suho, and what side did he reveal to Kim Suho? We don't get it in the webcomic and I want to bite someone. I'M GOING INSANE NOW.

Also, ALSO. ALSO. He also had a daydream that he could leisurely enjoy a glass of highly acidic juice as he bathed in a volcanic hot spring too :D He also wanted to catch up on the novel, legends, and other tales he missed in the last 670,000 years. He watched Hellfix, Hellver series, Hellcha through his mana-powered mable. He has a house. But haven't removed the protection film yet.

And...Hellkaros has quite a sense of humor? Yes, it was kinda delusional because I was just completely drunk on his and Lloyd's conversation. He even shrugged and teased Lloyd. This shows how much I wanted to get his plush and throw it in the washing machine. Again, we don't see this in webcomic. I want to commit a crime.

Over 1250 words and I still can't shut up about this loser Hell King. So I'll stop here! The pictures below are what I've taken before: My favorite conversation after the railroad is completed, Hellkaros' analysis.

Hope you enjoy it~ This is such long ass post please don't mind me.

After railroad is completed: