When Hachiro gives Tatsuko Fang, and stabs it into her chest, it seemed almost sexual, (pretty damn rapey and creepy actually!) He owned Tatsuko after the act, the consummation of the demon contract. Since Hachiro didn't have a human body, he couldn't sleep with Tatsuko, but it didn't matter. A demon pact with a human is better than sex, it's all about power and control.

Then I get back to thinking about Shura. In Kyoto, she attacks Mephisto through seduction, only to hold a blade to his neck. The demon king is much more powerful than she is, and Shura hopes he'll kill her. She tries to regain her power from Hachiro by dominating Mephisto, and goading the demon king to end her curse. Of course, that's not what Mephisto offers. The demon knows all about Shura's past, her future and her lifespan. He knows that a pregnancy will also end her life. He makes that insinuation that he could do it. Is it all BS? Who knows? Unlike Hachiro, Mephisto does have a human body.

Mephisto does want Shura, but he wants something better than sex, he wants her body for his own. As the human pet of Hachiro, Shura has hundreds of years worth of demon resilient DNA from a Hydra with profound regenerative capabilities. Hachiro's contract through generations of natural cloning, has made Shura superhuman.

Mephisto's human body is on borrowed time as he tries to contain the man-made Gehenna gate. He must make a contract with Shura to keep himself alive. Shura is probably the only human strong enough to take him on. He convinces her that a longer life has purpose, using Rin and Yukio as leverage.

He gets the boys to rid her of Hachiro's contract.

By the time chapter 94 rolls around, Shura and Mephisto have already consummated the pact between them. We haven't seen it but it's happened. Mephisto makes a rude/lewd hand gesture that she's "his woman". He flirts making her uncomfortable, and talks about Shura becoming a public face for the order, because pretty soon THEY will be running things. Mephisto will become Shura.

Luckily after he's shot, he's not quite ready to hop into Shura's body. But it's quite clear: That day is coming.

Im sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've got a lot of stuff going on.

"You know, when I see this lovely shade of blue smattered across the sky, I'm reminded of something. Do you want to guess what it is...?”

“...That’s right. The haori of the Shinsengumi.” - Iba Hachiro, 1869

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I challenged myself to finish an art piece in a day. This took about 6 hours I think. Cue my favourite line from the entire game.

My idea with this piece was that he is sitting and reminicing on a distant memory from a past life he can't pin point in his present life. The blue sky reminds him of something, but he can't remember what.