#nichrom

I never used to ship Ren much and then I made new friends who were Renthusiasts and now look at me...

I enjoy hoping from ship to ship. Hyping up my friends and enjoying their beautiful works.

So many fun dynamics!

A/N; The sk fandom isn't as main stream or widespread like other fandoms and some things haven't be said or talked about enough.

Some of these things might be based on my personal perspective so they may or may not be canon. Also this a little thing I'm doing so let me know if you want me do one for a specific character but i mostly focus on underrated characters. ALSO THERE MIGHT BE SOME slight MANGA SPOILERS JUST TO BE SAFE but i'll try to be as vague as possible. I went on a little rant for Tamao's bit cause she deserved better.

Nichrome

He's actually a prodigy.We we're never really told his age but i'm assuming he's between the ages of 8-14. some sources say he was born in 1990 making him about the same age as Jeanne but I'm uncertain if that's confirmed by Takei. But nevertheless he did become a patch official at a tender age. Being a patch official is honestly a huge deal in the shaman world,they literally do not just pick anyone to do the job. And yes ,the main reason he was picked was to replace his brother but I doubt if he we're incompetent that they'd pick him. I'm sure they saw some potential in him aside's the fact that he is/was chrome's brother

Pirika/Pirica

She may have had more potential than she let on. This more of a speculation but I feel Pirika is actually stronger that she's portrayed to be or at least has the potential to become a formidable shaman. Pirika instead of training or developing herself as a shaman chose to invest her time in training her brother because she wanted him to be the shaman king and save the koropokkuru .We aren't aware of how she trains him or what sort of training methods Horohoro is subjected to but we can tell it's pretty intensive and it's even been compared to Anna's style of training. That's definitely an indicator that she trained him well . You can just imagine if she decided to apply them,there's a possibility she may or not have become a really badass shaman if she had trained herself to do so. She definitely deserved more screen time and her own storyline. But alas it's simply a matter of what if 's as we may never truly know

Tamao

Ren had a whole arc about fighting his father because he couldn’t forgive himself over all the killings he had committed before meeting Yoh. But what happens when a relative of one of his victims appears? He was so shocked that he lets himself get stabbed & killed. It happens rather quickly as a surprise attack in the manga, but now that the anime caught up to this part, they’ve taken some liberties in showing just how deeply affected Ren really felt at the time & I love it!!!!

As soon as he hears about his misdeed, his reaction is to turn to Nichrom in disbelief

He sees his victim in Nichrom & enters a headspace where he’s surrounded by various bodies stabbed by his weapon as if to remind him of just how many lives he took bruhh what

Ren sees his self, from not so long ago, do the dastardly deed…

That last shot leads to his own stabbing from Peyote’s Grande Fantasma, as if he’s receiving a blow from his own self. Deep down, this was because Ren felt he deserved it & it’s so neat to see the anime displaying like this!! I’m still sad, but I’m happy with this neat addition!

Also the part where the view darkens & other characters’ voices wane into the background because that’s exactly how Horohoro & Joco are feeling in that very moment, as the utter shock of Ren’s demise gradually catches up to their reality. Ahhh I felt so bad for them!!! Also a song starts playing to add to the tone 😢