#ons chapter 52

Hey anon.

Hmm... I get what you mean regarding the whole "Mika wants to die". If anything, Mika's not really the type for that. One of his desires is that people blame him for the failure of the escape plan; sadly, even if Yuu tells him it's not his fault, Yuu is a close source of the incident. I wonder if someone exterior told him that would he be able to believe it...

But well, let's focus on the second part. Contrast to many characters, Mika is a special case from going as a human, to a half vampire, full vampire and lastly a demon.

You could say depending on the nature, his insight changes a lot.

Let's take first the aspect of half human/half vampire.

Half human/Half vampire

As one, at that point, he had seen the reality of both worlds.

Mika's only drive to keep going was the very fact Yuu was alive and kicking, if anything, his sole goal was to separate him from the demon army due to all the insane experiments humans had conducted for so long.

However, given that he was still half and half, his emotions of regret, sadness, pain, loath, etc.; were still active just like that serenity vampires adquired due to then losing those emotions.

Even as chapters go on, his goal is the same: Save Yuu, take him elsewhere in a quiet zone, and that's it. At that time, he only knew humanity was attempting the Seraph of the End experiment & of course, due to his trips overseas he understood it was a no good.

However, time was running out for him. He struggled and fought the urge to drink blood; he relied on Krul's blood until it wasn't enough.

Vampire Mikaela

Next, is when he fully turns into a vampire after drinking human blood. However, instead of welcoming the change, he actually rejected it.

And I'm not even saying he's in a point of "I don't want to live"; no, he's viewing that his change goes against all things that are supposed to be natural. If anything, Mika clinged to the hope of becoming human once again. But at least during that point of the story, such change was a point of no return.

Furthermore, even back when he was a half vampire, he saw the horror:

This of course only fueled him to reject the whole experiment of the Seraph of the End along how they eventually learnt what it focused on.

In further chapters, when Guren revealed he was going to bring others back, they discusses a lot about the candidates and what not. Ultimately, Yuu was very excited to revive everyone; yet the squad remained with hesitation. Mika on the other hand was fully against it given that

It was true. They didn't know the requirements. They weren't fully aware the stakes for such plan. But Yuu of course pulled the "Akane & the others".

Let's not forget that as a full vampire, the mentality and emotions drastically change. Given that Yuu is still alive, his emotions towards him remain the same because he's "alive" contrast to Akane and the rest of the kids. This of course, doesn't mean he doesn't love them nor means they mean less to him. But rather, he's focusing on what's in front of him. It's like setting on a balance between the living vs the deceased ones. For him, Yuu being alive reflects that even the plan got everyone killed, one managed to live, it means it wasn't for naught.

Even if his vampire nature is dulling his emotions regarding the Hyakuya kids, his rational mind still views them as something precious he lost. It was his family too; he struggles with it, he blames all the time about it; yet because Yuu wants it, he ends up conceiding against his better judgement.

But of course, even his life as a vampire came to an end. And let's point out that he was never happy to become one.

If Mika managed to live for the period of time that flowed within the manga story, it's precisely because there was a source that kept him going, that was of course Yuu. That pushed him to go on, that made him to try and adapt as a vampire yet he was never happy about becoming one.

He ended up accepting he was one, but it was never stated he felt joy. The only thing that he was glad, was the fact that he could protect Yuu with power.

Demon Mikaela. Before & after

Now let's talk about the dream part. Do you remember what are they keypoints that make demons?

Let's look at the Catastrophe LNs and manga.

Demons take the shape when their desires were the purest.

This only means one thing

It means that the dream was the best and purest desire Mika had. For him, those years when he spent time with his family were the best of the world.

At that time, he felt powerful, hence why he adopted the appearance of a kid.

But even before he accepted becoming a demon, he realized all of it was a dream. It wasn't something possible. Even if he wanted to be with his family, to be with the ones he loved, deep down, he wasn't asking to revive them, he knew they died, he understood he lived yet they were killed and for him, allowing Yuu to become a demon meant that he never did his duty properly.

For him, the happiness he felt the most was when he was at that age, spending time with the kids be looked after, cooking, playing, it was pretty much an equivalent to heaven on Earth.

That's why his demon persona couldn't remember but viewed the image, the dream world as something beautiful and worth to protect. Of course that ended up rather quickly given that the 1st needed to capture his soul and sent his right hand for that.

Once he was saved by Yuu and company, he managed to understand Yuu's emotions, the many times Yuu thought about dying.

But now, the final topic. Him seeking to disappear are the same who detect Shinoa's lies... hmm I differ from there.

I believe there's a huge difference between:

"Acknowledging Mika understood he was no longer alive vs Mika saying he wants to disappear".

When Yuu was made to face a harsh decision. A huge dilemma on who to save; for Mikaela at that point, he understood that even if Ferid, Krul, Guren & Mahiru were actors in a huge plot; their battle went against the 1st; the very monster that toyed with their fates. And Guren bringing back humanity was a way to restore all the damage. (At that point he couldn't tell Yuu to leave because he was fully aware the 1st meant bad news).

Even if he was against the resurrection; he knew that Yuu wanted the kids back, however, with that huge decision, he wasn't lying about something.

"He's dead". Back in chapter 89, Asuramaru points it out. Mika died. He vanished from the physical world to become a demon.

But now, even if he's following Yuu, he doesn't entirely have a free will of his own. He's a demon and he's pretty much bound to a contract.

However, on the things he's fully against, is that Yuu sacrifices himself for the angels and the vampires. If anything, he understood well that reviving humanity meant having a safe countermeasure, yet with the angels, that was a different story.

But given that Yuu points out the "I won't be able to bring you back if I don't bring the 1st and the vampires", Mika can't do much about it.

So, while Mika does accept the resurrection of humanity even if it's not a good thing; he's not exactly in favor of bringing the rest back considering that it'd mean that his whole mission of protecting Yuu would be for naught.

Hmm... this is a matter of perspective dear anon. If anything, you can view Yuu as a samaritan; however the world has rules. Just like the real world.

As to why I lean more to Shinoa's squad team, it's not the thought of "she's my fave chara and that's it".

No.... For me it was thanks to my best friend who's giving her best shot in her master degree right now; she actually made me dig deeper and understand a new insight within the story because I actually did quit it once back when dinosaurs appeared. But thanks to her. I started reading it again but from a different insight, from a more literature wise point. What kind of characters are we seeing, what kind of tropes are managed in the story, etc.

But back to the topic. I find it amusing that you bring Mika to the equation considering Mikaeka despite feeling grief, sadness, anger at his own self, loath & hatred towards himself. He knows much better than doing the resurrection is not okay. It's not Shinoa and squad. It goes way back to Mika as a vampire.

Back when the squad learnt about the resurrection, the very 1st one to go against said plan was Mikaela. If anything, I supported his stance from the get go. True, it sounds marvelous to bring back your loved ones back.

However, that goes against pretty much everything. Humans live, they experience, heck, Mika knows the kids had the worst kind of fates; yet humans are bound to die one day. Be it by someone's hand or from old age.

This was in chapter 52 btw, Mika pointed out that the very thought itself was making Yuu greedy, way too much.

Then

Chapter 59; Mika is still trying his best to convince him to not go further, to not lose himself. To value what he has right now.

Then we repeat that in chapter 63.

The reason why the squad at the beginning was going all along was because it was just reviving humanity. Then Guren made certain he had hosts ensuring Kimizuki and Yoichi would jump directly into the equation very independent of Narumi.

Even way before we went this current path

The one who at this point could stick there and still headed on to at the very least bring humanity back because they were basically doing what Guren said... Mika did have a point. Yuu's always avoiding reality, always running away.

And as Mika said. No one can have everything in life. It'd be cool to have everything, but we always end up facing up decisions. We have to take decisions every single day.

You decide one day to have something for breakfast: let's say, you like eating eggs but you also like eating pasta.

Both are delicious, but you can't eat both unless you are ready to face the consequences of overfulling your stomach.

Same applies here. Yuu wants A, B, C & even D as possibilities. The story stands on a philosophical insight of how one must treasure the time we have, the time we spend with others; but it also touches how it's against nihilism, how also people struggle to move forward; how the scars from the past may halt us from walking into the present.

So, for you, Shinoa might be the antagonist. However, her role from the get go has been the protagonist. Of course, what kind of "protagonist" she is differs a lot from the kind of "protagonist" Yuu is. And if you have doubts. The Catastrophe highlighted that.

If we talk about her not connecting, that'd be quite the opposite. She started to connect with people thanks to her squad. When she chose to save Mika back then, the consequence of her actions lead for Narumi's squad members to die. She felt bad, guilty about it, but at that time she had made her choice.

Yoichi upon learning the massive stakes of bringing everyone back to life or attempting even would mean to see someone burning for eternity. And as much as he loves his sister or the image he created of her; he'd rather let go than taking away the chance of those who live in the present for that wish. That's not being selfish, it's been conscious.

Kimizuki at first glance may seem like a quick change but in fact, it isn't. If anything, he's a realistic character. But given that he didn't want to let go of his past; Mirai who had a chance due to Kimizuki actually listening or being conscious, she was able to appear and was able to tell him to move on, to treasure his new family.

Kimizuki is the closest one to be a mirror or reflection of Yuu; however, he is the path Yuu chose to walk away from.

As for Guren, Mahiru and Ferid. They were facing a petty God who played with endless humans lives. I mean, who was the one to choose which empires rose and fell? Who was the one who ensured endless kids were cruelly and brutaly experimented on?

But hey. Let's remember chapter 114:

That was not under Rigr's plan. If anything, all of it was orchestrated by the 1st progenitor. The very character that pretty much toyed with his experiments.

And regardless of that, Yuu wants to bring back the 1st progenitor? Even Mika was against it.

But given that Yuu always pulls the "it won't bring you back" card. Mika doesn't have much option to voice around.

Sooo... very independent that I consider Yuu's portrayal as an unusual protagonist which I commend, I like changes. It doesn't mean that the reader side if me agrees with his whole plan. If anything, it goes against the very core and philosophy of the story.

Well, this is the other theory I’ll write for the day along a special one, I hope I’m not pressuring you guys and sorry if it seems a lot ^^;

Anyways, this theory is made due to the latest chapter and well, I only hope you get to enjoy the theory guys, therefore, let’s begin!!!

This will seem like a broken record after recalling the events of chapter 92 but well, we saw how Guren stated that Mikaela as a vampire died and now he’s been born as a demon. A black demon no less; therefore, how did this leads to acknowledge Mika as a powerful demon?

If you might recall, vampire progenitor ranks are labeled that way due to their rank, age, longevity, sires, etc. For Mika’s case, he was sired by a  third Progenitor who was likely sired by Sika Madu, the First Progenitor and sire of all the Vampire Council.

Now, in order to determine Mikaela’s rank as a vampire, it’s necessary to look at Ferid’s vampire progenitor rank.

Ferid was sired by a 2nd Progenitor, Rigr Stafford, commonly known as Saito in the present time; his rank was determined as a 7th Progenitor; therefore, if Krul sired Mikaela her being a 3rd Progenitor, it is likely to see Mika in the ranks between 10th-8th Progenitor; and you might wonder how’s that possible when he lost to Fuola Honte.

The reason within this is mainly that vampires adquire strength and knowledge as time goes; same goes for resistance; which clearly states how Ferid Bathory, Ky Luc and Lest Karr have survived fatal hits or being sliced in half.

Likewise, there’s something else to add as to how Mika became a black demon. This is likely due to the drug Guren injected to Mika; said drug is generally applied to demons/namanaris or cursed gear wielders; but as I stated in a previous theory, it’s likely the chemical reaction it had with a vampire wasn’t the best.

Therefore, once Mikaela died as a vampire and a demon popped out, Noya being from the black demon series got frightened by the scream; but why? How was it possible for a demon to get scared?

Easily. Mikaela wasn’t a common vampire; Mika was a strong vampire that once had the Seraph trait and Michaela trait; therefore, once his cycle as a vampire was done and he became a demon, these traits not only remained within the essence that belonged to him but rather stayed with him despite his transformation, therefore, this only suggests that Mikaela is now the most powerful demon that has ever existed.

A sign of his power is the terrible scream that was unleashed which could only be heard by vampires and demons alike; said scream was able to crush down windows from buildings, suggesting that once in combat, a demon like Mikaela will be a devastating force to be reckoned with.

Now, many might wonder how exactly Mika will look like, users like @aaliyuuuu57, @kyisfuckingcute, @saltysourpatch1, @fallenhylian and @sonali6661; have gotten a picture on how Mika will look like.

Some ideas suggested involves Mika having big horns or perhaps a cool design. (I can’t give an opinion since I’m not that great at imagining people along clothes)

Along this, it is suggested that Mika might end up residing within a sword, which only eludes that his abilities for the future wielder will give said wielder a huge advantage against future enemies within the story.

What do you think guys? How do you imagine Mikaela as a demon? On which weapon do you think he’ll reside? By weapon, I mean katana, trident, a new weapon such as a spear, etc.

Let me know!!

Hey guys, we’re close to the end of the theories for the moment, there are 5 theories left for this, two will be extra theories while other will be left for next season since I’ll end up rewriting it over. It ended too long but that’s enough, 

I hope everyone’s alright and doing well, therefore, let’s begin!!

In a previous theory, I talked about Ferid’s lessons through the story despite his demanor towards life and the other characters, but, for now, let’s focus on the boundaries a vampire possess.

Now, you might wonder why focus on the boundaries, for that let’s take a review.

First of all, vampires are well known for being creatures whose body functions stopped working, they have no heart beat, nor digestion process, nothing a human can do. 

Vampires are aware they can only depend on blood as the only desire left in them; they’re aware that if they starve to death or end up losing blood, they’ll eventually reach the path of becoming a demon. 

Furthermore, it is stated within the story that vampires usually die after they lose their heads, their heart or they’re attacked with cursed gears, therefore, why does the manga itself and Ferid Bathory break such boundaries?

As I’ve been talking about this in some theories, vampires themselves are a society, the rules created 2000 years ago by the First Progenitor, they’ve been tied by them up to the current time.

Sika Madu explained and told the first two vampires how their bodies eventually changed, which is why Urd and Rigr, when they first meet Ashera mention they’re not like humans, they are likely superior beings.

But despite this, vampires grew or more likely, learnt to grow with boundaires or limits; what does that mean?

As I’ve stated in the beginning, they’ve grown to learn that once they get certain body parts removed, they’re unable to move or keep battling; but of course, like any story, there’s always a character breaking such things, and this character is Ferid Bathory no less, but how did Ferid manage to break such boundaries?

There’s something that Ferid possesses compared to the rest of the vampires, perhaps you might believe it’s the Michaela Trait but no, this time is not that, it’s actually something more simple, and that is the fact that Ferid’s mind knows no limits.

Vampires, despite living for long centuries, they still have the mindset of a human, this means, there are some things or aspects or more likely primitive aspects that makes them end up in a human mentality set.

But, before proceeding, there’s something amiss as I’ve stated at the beginning, what could it be?

Correct. Thre are some aspects that still don’t make sense but, at the same time it does. Now that we know that it depends a lot on the mindset and will of a vampire, let’s talk about why they die or not:

Vampires cut in half

One of the most basic aspects that limit a vampire is that their bodies end up getting cut in half; one of the most basic example is with Lest Karr when he faces Rigr in chapter 51; Rigr easily cuts him in half, and instead of Lest trying to have any sort of movement, he attempts to attach himself again, but why?

Despite Lest living almost the same time as Krul, for him it’s likely to see that once he’s cut in half, he won’t be able to be productive as a vampire or more likely, there will be a limitation for it, of course, compared to Ferid whose lifespawn is less compared to Lest, he was able to move up his lower body to his will.

Beheaded vampires

Once a vampire’s head is cut off, it’s likely to imagine they’ll die; for vampires with no noble ranks, its more possible for them to die; for higher progenitors, this means the lack of connection between body and head, what do I mean?

The link between nerves is long gone, therefore, there’s no connection with the body. This kind of event happens with most of the vampires such as Crowley in chapter 76. Shinoa as Shikama managed to cut Crowley’s head. Instantly, Crowley stopped moving, which states that him as a vampire, is not capable to give orders to his body to pick his head off.

Damage received by vampire weapons

This highly depends on the rank of a progenitor but, at the same time, it resolves around endurance, resistance, time of living as a vampire and abilities.

Whenever a vampire of a lower rank gets attacked by a progenitor of a higher one, it’s likely to see said vampire lose the battle but, how is it possible for vampires to die with such weapons?

When vampires are merely cut, they’re likely to lose blood and they’ll require blood to heal themselves, but, when the head is attacked or more likely the brain, this ends up killing the vampire.

Like any human in real life, once the brain stops working, the whole body dies. Within the story, this is clearly seen in chapter 52, when Crowley faces Fuola Honte until killing him.

But despite this, there’s a contradiction. In chapter 92, Ferid was attacked twice by Urd Geales; the difference of strength is huge but as expected, Ferid was able to survive, but why?

Easy, Ferid’s brain wasn’t attacked nor his heart, which actually allowed him to keep moving.

Damage by a cursed gear

It’s common to see vampires being attacked or stabbed by cursed gears to instantly die, this is by the fact that cursed gears end up acting as poison for them but, there’s one issue here.

In chapter 62, Ferid jokingly presumes his body regeneration to Mitsuba and Shinoa; Shinoa seeing a man naked for the first time, ends up beheading Ferid with Shikama Doji. This could mean that a certain amount of damage would affect Ferid but it was the latter; Ferid was like normal and carefree, he didn’t mind and at the end his head attached once again.

Same event happens with Mikaela, even when Yu stabbed him once they encountered for the first time after few years, he was able to withstand the injury he received, of course, him being a young vampire, the damage did affect a little and that was due to the fact he wasn’t a full vampire.

To conclude, we can say that as a vampire, Ferid hasn’t faced up limitations; the way his mindset works ends up giving him the advantage of using his vampirism to all the extend he wishes to; which is as of why, in the latest chapter, despite being cut twice, he manages to give Crowley the Sinful Key.

Despite this, perhaps the same Ferid might have been able to give certain knowledge to higher progenitors so they can see that limits for vampires don’t exist.

What do you think? Do you think that at the end the other Progenitors will change their mindset to their boundaries or not?

Let me know!!!

*Engages in battle with teenagers gets arm cut off*

-whispers- What the fuck....

*Get’s called to aid Ferid in battle finds out he’s really not needed*

-whispers- what the fuck...

*Nearly blown up by Gekkoin*

-whispers- what the fuck...

*Realizes location has been compromised*

-whispers- what the fuck...

*Realizes Ferid is the traitor and gave away his location and that he could give two shits*

-out loud- what the fuck...

*Ferid gets him to come along to get Mika+Squad to form an alliance*

-whispers- What the fuck...

*Finds out all this crap from Ferid is to be noticed by his senpei*

WHAT THE FUCK

*Now has to babysit teenagers*