Hello everyone, I hope you’re doing alright, one of the things I’ve noticed is one of the most controvertial characters within the series and that character is Yuichiro Hyakuya, the main protagonist of the story.

Therefore, I’d like to make a deep analysis on him due to his psychology and his bevaior. 

P.S: THEORIES AND ANALYSIS ARE HELD WITHIN NEUTRAL VIEW. SHIPS ARE EXCLUDED.

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Yuichiro Hyakuya is well known for being the main protagonist of Vampire Reign; but of course, like any other character within the story; he has had his hardships within the past along the fact that he was something without form but rather, someone treated as an object or a synthetic human by Sika Madu.

It is well known that Yuichiro had quite the personality before he befriended Mikaela Hyakuya; he didn’t consider the Hyakuya orphanage his family until the events with Ferid Bathory changed his life:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 01

Of course, this only made Yu fear of bonding with other people; the only figure he could rely on was Guren since he was his saviour, a person that found him lost in a destroyed world; but even after Guren picked him up and trained him to defend against others; he couldn’t interact with people; Yu was left unable to make friends nor wanted to follow up orders; which eventually gave him the result of going to a school in order to bond with others; thus leading with the encounter of Shinoa Hiragi:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 02

Shinoa was tasked to keep an eye on Yu but along with this, she was also ordered to make sure Yu was able to make friends; and of course, her being an observant, she detected easily Yu’s fear which was to make friends or find the love of his life, though of course Yu wasn’t having such thoughts, his only thoughts were to avenge Mikaela and slay vampires.

Gradually, his world started to become bigger; he was able to find a new family; despite the ways he made friends; those who became important to him were Shiho Kimizuki, Yoichi Saotome, Mitsuba Sangu and Shinoa Hiragi.

He took his time to follow up orders; and that was due to the fact he aimed to be stronger, he wanted to defeat vampires to fulfill his revenge, that was his sole reason to live. 

But after several chapters which could mean days within the demon army; a fateful event occured.

Correct, he was able to meet Mikaela once again; with the surprise he was alive but as a vampire. Though, the reunion didn’t go as expected since Mikaela was aware the demon army only experimented on humans; by worst Yu saw his new friends being food for vampires which made him lose control and awake his seraph until he ended up returning to normal and thus lead to a comatose state of a week.

But then, was this the factor that made him acknowledge Guren as everything?

No. At this point, Yu was happy Mikaela was alive no matter what, plus he received the support of his new family. He felt blessed; until he discovered that Guren had knowledge of previous events but despite that, he stated the next thing:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 18

Correct. Yu stated he wouldn’t mind being a Guinea Pig if it meant to bring Mika home; of course Guren dismissed such thoughts and stated they were family, and family would bring or save each other.

Despite that, time went peaceful, Yu was still impulsive and mostly when the Nagoya Arc began; he met another squad which was Narumi’s squad; they eventually worked together and supported each other until they heard Guren was caught.

This triggered Yu’s mind to the point he didn’t mind consuming pills in order to unleash his demon; of course, Asuramaru at that time halted him from doing such reckless move towards his body and instead suggested him to allow him to possess him; which only made the squad rush for him and save him; only to see Mikaela attempt to retrieve him without thinking that he was surrounded by the Demon Army.

Afterwards, they were reunited again, but something changed; what do I mean?

If many might recall, Yu went towards Nagoya’s airport with Mikaela in order to meet with his friends, but what he wasn’t expecting was to see the demon army killing humans in order to trigger the experiment of the Seraph of the End with Mirai Kimizuki.

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 40

This was the detonant as to why Yu had the mental set of seeing Guren as a good person and in fact, he’s not wrong; Yu’s aware Guren carries a big weight over his shoulders but like any other rational being, such message isn’t easy to deliver specially when the squad doesn’t know Guren like Yu does; Yu was able to see sides of Guren since he was the one that took care of him after his rescue.

But then, does this mean Yu will always be trusting Guren as if nothing happened?

At first, it seemed he understood why Guren did such thing and that was because he commited the biggest taboo which was to bring back the dead; Yu understood that his actions were out of the pain and grief and thus he didn’t mind his return nor the fact he’d use him again; thus lead to Mika get angry 

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 58

Mika was the first one to tell Yu it wasn’t alright but Yu didn’t respond to that because to Yu’s possible mindset, it was that Guren endured a lot and he needed everything he could to restore the world again; such event followed suit to the preparations to face the 5th progenitor Ky Luc.

Afterwards, Yu’s heart stopped and was treated quickly but this only made Mikaela fear rage and anger towards Guren due to how he was using Yu specially after showing those two that he kept the 6th trumpet within his household:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 64

Nevertheless, Yu still supported Guren’s ideals. After stopping the 6th trumpet, the squads went to Shibuya since Kureto Hiragi called Guren; of course, he called them in order to inform he was possessed by something Godlike for the time being and his demon was fending against such monster; said events would follow suit to the possession of Shinoa Hiragi and the fracture of the squad.

Yu was kidnapped by the Hyakuya Sect along his cursed gear; Mikaela eventually found a way to escape and find Yu; Yu’s friends escaped by their own while Mitsuba tried to find them; and of course, after Guren saved Shinoa from Shikama’s possession; the battle between Yu, Mika against Guren, Mahiru and Noya began.

Such battle was intense, it only made Yu allow Asuramaru take full possession of him in order to give him power but the results of that strength weren’t enough; Yu was halted by Mahiru; Mika did the imposible to rescue him leading to his death and of course, the biggest impact on Yu’s heart came:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 90

Yu stated he wished to die; Yu’s been bearing too much pain for so long and whenever he attempted to rescue someone, he couldn’t go further which made him think he was the problem. And as surprising as it was, Asuramaru conforted him and made him recall what Mikaela told him; the fact he needed to live was what made Yu cry and see his first family, his treasured person die in front of him.

After such events, the demon Mikaela started to manifest on the real world; Krul Tepes was able to meet up with Yu and told him a way to save him but of course, they needed to find a spot where to hide for the meantime. Within this, he pleaded Krul to save Mikaela or to at least get knowledge on how to save him

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 96

This result only ended up making the Queen start asking them if they knew who the enemy of the world was, who they were fighting, what their reasons to live were; but before everything could keep going, the First Progenitor took control of Shinoa’s body which was something Krul quickly detected and luckily, Mahiru managed to supress his cells from Shinoa’s body with quite the strange drug.

After that, we saw Guren and Mahiru entering the building the squad and Krul were in leading to the eventful details of chapter 99, which were the sealing of the demon Mikaela and the most controvertial scene for the fandom:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 99

Now the real analysis begins.

Why is Yu so trustful? Why is Yu so easygoing with Guren’s actions? Or something that the fandom asks, why is Yu so dumb to not even doubt Guren in the sightlest?

WARNING: Theories and analysis aren’t focused on viewing characters in a bad light nor attacking the faves of the readers; analysis and theories are held within a neutral view and ships are excluded.

Something the fandom hasn’t noticed is Yu’s nature within the story. What do I mean?

Yu himself viewed as the character that deserved to die for bringing harm towards those who were close to him which explain why he didn’t want to make friends before meeting Mika and after Mika’s death as a human.

The fact that he eventually found support made him have a change of heart and the fact that he discovered Mika was alive gave him more reasons to fight the world he lived in; he was tired of always running away from everything that could harm him and so, he decided it’d be best to find answers; such answers would lie with the Vampire Queen.

But among this, Guren kept coming back to his life; was it bad that he did?

In a sense it wasn’t bad, because despite the harsh decisions Guren had to take in order to fight a God like entity, he did care about Yu and the squad as well;he understood the distrust they had and it was fine for him to carry such weight on his shoulder but, does this mean Yu will easily forgive Guren every time his feelings gets hurt?

The answer for this isn’t a yes or a no, but rather a why. Why is Yu forgiving towards Guren?

The answers is scary and the reason is because Yu has an overwhelming fear.

How can I state such thing?

Yu’s mentality hasn’t been stable from the very beginning; ever since the incident with his parents; he saw himself as a monster, and the fact Mahiru met him one day and saw the terrible experiments they did with Yu only made her give him an advice which was to find a reason to live even if it was a simple one. He had the right to live.

After Yu grew up and learnt the Hyakuya Sect performed experiments with kids and learnt that Guren knew such thing, he didn’t care if Guren used him, he was fine with that as long as he could provide help.

But, have you dear readers noticed such thing?

Of course. That’s the most terrifying thing Yu is afraid of. He is afraid of being alone and not being loved. He is afraid of being discarted, he is afraid that those persons around him hate him. He is afraid to be a let down to those who surround him.

Yu can’t simply discard such idea of his mind; that’s why when Mika was a half vampire, he didn’t mind if Mika drank his blood; he didn’t mind fighting and using his seraph powers or having his demon give him power if it meant doing something for the greater good. 

When his most important persons were endangered or were close to dying, he’d lose it; he wouldn’t even know what to do, he begged God or anyone to save them. But whenever he heard there was a chance, he didn’t mind the result, as long as it made it possible to bring back the person he cherished which is something that can be seen with Mika.

Yu’s nature goes to not only from being a kind guy but rather, he seeks to be helpful but along this, it only leads to a self destructive attitude despite him not acknowledging it.

The reason he lacks character development is not because of being badly written but rather, because his heart carries many traumas, he hasn’t been able to move on from them, he hasn’t learnt how to overcome them and have the confidence to state what he really feels aloud; he’s afraid of rejection; his actions alone speak that he wouldn’t dare to betray someone’s wishes because it’d mean losing the trust he might have built with the characters he has interacted with.

But then, there’s something else to notice about Yu’s behavior, what could it be?

Correct. Despite Yu being someone who wishes people could rely on, he unconsciously sets barriers towards the people that know him, such barriers are directed towards the squad that has worked up with him and became an important family to him; but how can make such statement?

That’s simple. It is reflected within the behavior seen in the latest chapter. Shiho and Yoichi for losing their loved ones and seeing Yu crying for losing his loved one as well, understood the pain he went through; and thus, for them being easier to express such thing without the fear of losing anything else, they don’t want to risk to lose more; such behavior is directed towards them unknowingly

It can only be said it is required to wait and see when Yu will stop fearing to have contradictions or rather, when he’ll start being more honest of what he truthfully feels.

What do you think dear readers?

Let me know!

Hello everyone, the theories are boiling and honestly, I believe once the official translation comes in, more theories will rise, but for now, let’s take a break before the special theory comes up, therefore, let’s begin!

Despite the release of the latest chapter in Japan; let’s talk about Rigr Stafford.

In the World Resurrection LNs, Rigr blames the First for what he became, he has a small conversation with Guren about how the First Progenitor is playing God changing and deciding which religions and empires would rise and fall but, as the story goes on, we finally were able to spot Rigr playing a role in the current story; he is portrayed as a vampire with a grudge against the First Progenitor, a vampire that aims to show the First that he is worthy.

But, why do I state he’s one step closer to be a creator?

First of all, Rigr created the Thousand Nights commonly known as the Hyakuya Sect once he divided the Ichinose Family from the Hiragi Family, which is stated in the Resurrection LN Vol. 2:

“The Sire has no interest in the human heart. What you think about, how you live, who you love or hate--it’s all meaningless to him.”

Perhpas it’s because he’s too complete, too inmaculate. Or perhaps it’s just that he’s lived too long. But he disdains the human race.”

“It was no different when the Ichinose Clan was cast out for the sake of love. He let it happen. It didn’t strike him as important. He had never considered how much power there could be in love, or jealously, or anger. And as a result the Ichinoses were expelled. This split made way for the rise of the Thousand Nights.”

Secondly, despite Rigr being the one who created the Hyakuya Sect  he stated this in the LNs:

“Although I was the one who created the Thousand Nights, they never seemed to do what I wanted them to. They began conducting their own research without my knowledge. Research in fact, that seemed to play right into the Sire’s hands. It almost seemed like my creation of the Brotherhood had been part of his plan all along. What was I to do? The most I tried to catch up with him, the further ahead he seemed to get. I felt like Sun Wukong trapped atop Buddah’s palm”

As Rigr told that to Guren about how the First seemed to play the role of God, he also shared small hints of his creations such as what exactly the Hyakuya Sect focused on, creating a strong Seraph of the End along other experiments that seemed useful for Rigr.

But then, why did he state everything went according to the First?

The First himself’s been focused on having no one interfering on his path, the First is very aware that Rigr is trying his best to outsmart him but, for the First, that’s just a game he enjoys.

But then, was Mika a part of the First’s plans?

As many might have seen within fan translations about the recent spoilers, it has somehow created doubts but I have to say, thanks to @sonali6661​, we spoke about something related to Mika about this, and we concluded that Mika is in part, something Rigr aimed to get and experimented upon,

Furthermore, why do I state Mika isn’t a part of the First’s plans?

If many might recall, Mika’s life has been filled with tragedy, destiny itself is trying to erase his existance but someone out there manages to put him or pull him towards other direction; what do I mean?

Mika himself is a key element that isn’t helpful for the First, instead the latter, he’s someone who will actually interfer with the First’s plans. Hence why Mika ends up in the most terrible situations within the story.

Furthermore, in the Resurrection LNs, in the Second Volume; Guren was tasked to retrieve and bring alive Yuichiro Hyakuya and Mikaela Hyakuya due to them being important test subjects for Rigr Stafford.

Of course, as everyone might recall, Mika never was able to make it alive as a human since Ferid Bathory pretty much interfered with Rigr’s plans and ended up turning Mikaela into a vampire. Furthermore, with the latest chapters, Mikaela ended up becoming a demon, which in fact, it wasn’t something Rigr planned right away, he wanted Mika to be away from Yu but as everyone saw, things went south again and Mika ended up getting turned into a demon.

But now, if Rigr’s goal for Mika was to be his ace or key element, what makes him someone close to be a creator?

Correct. Despite his plans being twisted  by fate, somehow, the fact that Mikaela is now a demon, holds one of the key elements to defeat de First; in a way, Mika’s tranformation isn’t something to destroy Rigr’s and Guren’s hopes to destroy the first, but instead the latter, giving away the awakening of someone capable to stand against it.

Such being is likely “Michael”. (In another theory, I’ll talk about this special event along a special theory I kept for a while)

Hello guys, as you might have noticed, yes I enjoy writing down theories related to the chapters that come out and going backwards in the story to link more dots missing; therefore, let’s start with a new theory, shall we?

To start off with this theory, perhaps many of the readers noticed that Ferid Bathory and Mikaela Hyakuya have some things in common such as both possessing the famous “Michaela Trait”, both being of certain interest to Rigr Stafford; and, as well, tragedy within them.

Perhaps you’ll wonder why I’m not including Crowley or Ashera when both of them have this famous Michaela Trait, but the reason I’m leaving behind these two will be explained at its own moment within this theory as well.

First of all; Ferid and Mika share these similitudes or physical characteristics to the angel sleeping in the coffin in chapter 85:

Yes you might wonder how these characteristics go like, but well, let’s compare the younger versions of Ferid and Mikaela

Young Ferid Bathory

Young Mikaela Hyakuya/Shindo

Many might notice the resemblance, and of course, Rigr Stafford was focused on finding his personal Michaela after Sika Madu left the Vampire Progenitors by themselves; which quite implies he was seeking someone with certain characteristics and physical atributes as well.

Before heading off to explain the main characteristic these two share asides the Michaela trait, let’s make a review:

Selection due to Michaela trait

As I stated before, these two harbor the famous “Michaela trait”, as to what exactly this trait can do is officially unknown and this is due to the fact that Kagami Takaya hasn’t continued the story of the LN.

But the fact that Rigr chose them to be Michaelas at a certain point has a lot to do with what the First Progenitor did with the other Vampire Progenitors that are currently trapped within the Cursed Gears.

Among vampires, only selected ones were turned into cursed gears; but why selected?

Mahiru Hiragi was the one who managed to create the very first cursed gear; after that, she ended up working with more and that’s something the First Progenitor could see and observe with detail.

Among this; Rigr Stafford at first wanted to test and create what the First Progenitor did with them; find someone with that “special trait” and turn it into a vampire; which is how Ferid was eventually found and turned into a vampire.

He had something within him that made Rigr think he was special and thus proceeded to turn him into a vampire; but, with time, the results Rigr was expecting were null; which is why he left Ferid and decided to pursue or find another test subject that would give better results. How can I assume or believe this?

According to Ferid in chapter 64, Ferid stated that he once called an angel, a MIchaela but then, at the same time, he stated that Rigr chose a new one, a new Michaela, but how?

As many recall along the new parts within the newest LNs, Rigr Stafford after trying to reduce the influence and power of the Hiragi family, he proceeded to do the Project of the Seraph of the End; thus among the test subjects that gave better results; within that list was Mikaela Hyakuya; mainly because Mika had the Seraph trait and the Michaela trait.

Rigr’s plans were mainly focused on making Mika meet Guren and eventually see what the story unfolded within the beggining such as seeing Yu becoming a seraph; having a cursed gear, etc.

But, thanks to Ferid Bathory, such events never came to light and Rigr’s plans were ruined.

A mutual feeling, a feeling both know  NOTE: This does not involve ships

Now, with that small review, there’s something these two share in common, and many might haven’t realized but what could it be?

Yes, “love”. That word that fills or revolves around the story, that feeling that seems to be so strong to the point of killing, or to the point of obssession.

How can I reach such conclusion?

To begin with, Ferid Bathory, stated that he loved his family, and of course, his form of love can be represented as twisted; among this, in chapter 91, many saw how he stated he loved Rigr before attempting to kill him.

Likewise, Mikaela Hyakuya has experimented this feeling as well; back when he was a kid that feeling of love began with the orphanage and the Hyakuya family; within the manga chapters of the Catastrophe, he knew how to direct the kids in order to gather knowledge, he was overprotective over them; he was wary of others which is not bad; but his mind and tactics were higher compared to other kids.

After the loss and having Yu as the last member of the Hyakuya family, his form of love became close to obsession; but before we continue, let’s explain better this term.

The obssession Mika shows or displays is not the one many might believe, in fact, it’s the fact that he’s afraid of losing his last member of the Hyakuya family, the last person that cared for him on his life; which is why he always asked and begged Yu to leave with him; that’s why he did the impossible in order to take him out from humanity’s grasp.

Now, once cleared that; returning to the main topic; Mikaela and Ferid know deeply the feeling of love; both are aware the concept behind that term, both are aware what that feeling can actually make others do; and so, the feeling itself can take two shapes:

A love that is so strong to the point of killing which is a twisted view for people except for Ferid.

A love that is so strong that it can reach the point of obssession, a strong feeling of doing everything within hands to keep someone safe even if it can go against its own wishes.

Now, why didn’t I include Ashera and Crowley within this theory?

Crowley and Ashera are quite alike in terms of attitude, both focused on the greater good of others; both seeked reasons to live but the paths they ended up following eventually lead them to lose their memories and the other, to eventually chase someone until the point it ended up making him lose its feelings towards the fallen ones.

Therefore, what do you think of this theory? Do you think Mika and Ferid share some things in common or not?

Let me know!!