#ons chapter 7

Hello everyone. I'm sorry for the massive delay 😅 got busy and also had some struggles...

But anyways, let's start ok?

First, the chapter itself was a breeze of fresh air, I liked it. Felt it was slightly weak in few points but overall, it was pretty good.

Now, the question is: Is Tomoe Saotome real or not? The answer is a huge Yes!!

First, the chapter starts as a flashback, but, the speaker isn't Yoichi, but Tomoe. Then we see how the Hyakuya Sect had special spots where they could conduct their experiments without a need of raising suspiciousness, however, to one's surprise, Tomoe had full awareness that everything was wrong.

Once they get back home, Tomoe advices Yoichi how he shouldn't let the scientists keep going. But Yoichi, (yes, Yoichi is a cinammon roll), is too honest with her sister about not hurting despite the endless shots they put on him.

Before they return home, Tomoe tells Yoichi their parents aren't their real ones. Of course, Yoichi dismisses it at first by simply going with the flow, enjoying dinner and everything. However, Tomoe being the keep one, she kept her act to not raise suspiciousness.

And here comes the tricky part. We see the picture of a family. Tomoe's in there just like Yoichi, right? For the time being let's keep up.

After night comes, Yoichi recalls that they lost their parents. This means, the Hyakuya Sect has made it possible to replicate those who are long dead within their ranks to act as parental figures around kids with the seraph trait. Which of course applies to Mikaela, Yuu, Kimizuki and the rest of the kids from the Hyakuya Orphanage.

Sadly, after this, the experiments kept going. Yoichi displayed impressive results to the point he could have surpassed Mahiru & Shinoa.

Key point here: just like the Hiragi family did their own experiments, the Hyakuya sect tried replicating them. The only difference was that the Hiragi family was created by the 1st Progenitor, meaning his traits were imbued within the family's DNA in contrast to the Hyakuya Sect.

However, due to Yoichi being too emotional & displaying inestability, the scientists aimed to create different personalities. BUT, here comes the issue. Tomoe was agaisnt it. She didn't want Yoichi to suffer and being played for eternity.

That's why, in order to protect Yoichi, in order to avoid further toying with his baby brother, Tomoe sacrificed herself.

What do I mean?

Let's answer some douhts here. Tomoe Saotome did die. Otherwise there wouldn't be stored body of her.

However, she didn't die like Yoichi saw & believed at the beginning of the story.

Instead, Tomoe died way before the Apocalypse took place.

When Lacus & Rene found Yoichi, the picture on the table only displayed Yoichi & his "parents". Does this mean she never existed?

The answer's a big no. What the Hyakuya Sect did was alter Yoichi's memories, ensuring he could see his sister Tomoe only in dire situations, but within his daily lifestyle, he carried it on his own with his "parents". Hence why the picture only had 3 members.

Of course, since they only saw evidence of just Yoichi being alive, they found it as strange, and given the level of stress Yoichi was enduring, Tomoe surfaced from her "slumber".

Which is why Tomoe took control of Yoichi's body & ensured to control Lacus & Rene untio humans were able to rescue & pick Yoichi. However, let's set this on stone, the one harboring that special skill "Hack" belongs to Yoichi alone, which is a skill that allows him to invade someone else's mind along manipulating thoughts unless it's truthfully recquired along the level of mental strength of course.

Once Tomoe ensured Yoichi was safe, we saw something rather interesting.

What does this remind you of?

That's correct. An eventual trick Mahiru Hiragi would eventually pull in order to stay by Guren's side & ensure he could keep up with his plan against the monster who wanted thr World's End.

Back when Mahiru pierced her heart with Noya (Guren's cursed gear) back in the Catastrophe, instead of turning to dust as a vampire, she was absorbed into the sword, ensuring her soul & will remain despite no longer having a physical body. That way, whenever Guren manifested her, she appeared just like that:

So you could say, the way Mahiru achieved this was thanks to the spells developed by the Hyakuya Sect.

Therefore, you could say Tomoe was something similar to a demon manifestation. But of course, now that Yoichi is a grown up, he no longer has to hide under the bed.

Hello everyone good evening, I hope you’re doing well, stay safe and healthy!

Before starting, this analysis will be focused on Shinoa’s feelings due to how chapter 99 ended up giving the readers quite the surprise due to how events turned, therefore, let’s begin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKVJi-FLvak Felt like it fit

P.S: ANALYSIS OR THEORIES EXCLUDE SHIPS, THEY’RE HELD WITHIN A NEUTRAL VIEW

With the latest chapter, we were able to see Shinoa finally accepting something that came within her heart which was her having feelings for Yu; but within this, it is common to hear that her feelings were manipulated or forced, therefore, let’s talk about it since it’s actually quite the opposite. How can I state such thing?

To begin with, it is well known that Shinoa’s emotions and desires were locked or rather, they never developed thanks to Mahiru; of course, the method wasn’t the best nor was the most joyful method to see but nevertheless, Mahiru kept Shinoa in a state of purity, what do I mean?

It means that, as a child, Shinoa’s desires could have been simple but strong, and this is visible by something she states and of course, within said panel it’s visible the type of love she holds within her heart:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 97

Correct. Shinoa’s form of love was a pure love, and this is visible by how she wants to fight by her sister’s side; she didn’t want her sister to face the world alone to the path of destruction.

But now, you might wonder if Mahiru manipulated Shinoa’s emotions; the answer is no. How can I state such thing?

Despite the crude actions Mahiru took to halt the intentions of the First Progenitor; Mahiru wanted to preserve the purity of Shinoa’s emotions and feelings; she didn’t want her sister to go to the same path as her since she fell in love at 5 and her desires might have been simple wishes but those were strong  enough to let her demon start taking over her; hence why, Mahiru didn’t want Shinoa to go through the same issue.

Therefore, what does this imply with the latest chapter?

It means that despite Shinoa acceptIng she loved Yu, her emotions weren’t under obssession and love, but rather, it was a pure love; a love that is selfless but nevertheless caring towards the character mentioned; but, how can I state such thing?

The reason goes from a long path of how Shinoa started to develop feelings not stricktly focused on Yu, but rather, the warmness within her heart that started to grow despite being labeled as an Ice Queen, therefore, let’s proceed:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 07

Back in early chapters, Shinoa was tasked to keep watch on Yoichi, Yu and Kimizuki; she was a character only focused on her work and follow up orders; she had no interest on forming human interactions or the sort; but the fact that she started to spend time with those 3, it only made her develop a sense of care despite being only fulfilling her job; hence why Guren wonders about her being an Ice Queen she started developing “human empathy”

As time went on, such lingering feeling of human empathy started to grown; she was aware that once the squad was created, she had the biggest responsibility despite her sassy nature; she was aware she had to give orders in order to preserve the lives of her comrades and of course, after seeing what happened with Yu after he awoke his seraph; she went ahead to face Guren only to hear one of the most common things that the fandom noticed on its time; what do I mean?

Correct. Within observations I’ve seen that the fandom states that Mahiru, Guren and Shikama manipulated Shinoa’s emotions but for the meantime, let’s focus on Guren.

To answer that, Guren teased her but nevertheless he never ordered to fall in love with Yu; this was mostly due to her trying to understand what exactly happened with Yu back in chapter 14:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 14

Shinoa being the squad leader, was aware that the members of her squad were nature kind hearted beings despite the hardships they’ve had to endure; she was aware she wouldn’t understand the pain they carried away but nevertheless her mission was to protect them; hence why, back in chapter 14 she faced Guren to understand why Yu turned into a creature that aimed to kill humans.

And of course, Guren to dismiss the topic he asked her if answering her questions would be of any help along the fact that he noticed Shinoa started to develop feelings not of a crush or love but rather, a caring nature; but, did that mean she was in love?

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 14

No. She wasn’t, but the fact she saw a person somewhat close to her along the fact said person belonged to her squad and was affected due to a human experiment was a trigger for that caring side to appear.

After such events, the squad started to recover after the events of Shinjuku; and that’s where the main most common motto Yu started to use came over. 

"Family”.

Despite being only a soft word or void within the world of Owari no Seraph, it gradually started to carry an important meaning within the squad; and such term was strickily heavy for Shinoa since she never had something to call “Family”.

And so, such term started to be applied on its early days when the squad decided when to tell Yu about the inident of Shinjuku; but within such; there was still some sort of hesitation or doubt within Shinoa; what do I mean?

Such event is visible when Nagoya arc began; after they were called; Shinoa and Mitsuba played along to leave Yu on the road to the point they ended up arriving late; and of course, a punishment came over by Guren; but what does this have to do with the events of the latest chapter?

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 25

After such events, Narumi’s squad and her squad started to work together; and within this, there was something simple and basic but it can be seen that a small and lingering flow of a small desire popped within Shinoa:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 28

After such events, this eventually leads to the fight between Crowley Eusford and the capture of Guren Ichinose leaving the squads with no other option than leaving; of course, within said process, things start to complicate since Yu was willing to throw his life away to save Guren but that only delivered to him getting possesed and lastly the escape from the Vampire Progenitors; and of course, one of the events that would cause an impact within the fandom is the fact that Mikaela appeared to take Yu and within this, the squad did what they learnt thanks to Yu, what may that be?

Correct. They aimed to protect him. They knew right away he was Yu’s family, hence why, within this; Shinoa rescued him first, leading to the squad take the same iniciative thus leaving the protection of Mikaela and give him an escape road

But what exactly does this play with Shinoa’s feelings?

Shinoa started to appreciate more life and the life of her family; she learnt that they were all left in the crude word she lived, hence why they made the Motto of “Family takes care of family”.

After further chapters, we are able to see the squad being close, making sure to keep food and giving their service to protect few citizens from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse; and of course, within this, they decided what they should do next. Until Crowley Eusford came in along Ferid; and of course, events happened and ultimately they got a cure for Yu’s rampage demon curse and an unknown trip that would lead them to learn why the World became a messed up World.

Within those chapters, it is visible that the squad (including Mika and Narumi) started to work better as a team, they even started to forge bonds and have trust with each other despite being humans or vampires.

Within this, further events lead to the eventual return of Guren and his squad; thus leading to another issue that perhaps to the fandom feels like a trigger of manipulation of feelings due to this:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 56

Mahiru states that Shinoa has now the opportunity to start releasing her desires since she was a far greater test subject from the experiments Tenri Hiragi performed, but, does this mean Mahiru manipulated her to eventually release her desires?

The answer is no. And the reason is rather simple; at that time, Shinoa couldn’t see her sister since Mahiru wasn’t strictly a demon compared to Noya or Asuramaru; she had the ability to percieve the stability between demon and wielder but she wasn’t able to see them completely due to her still locking the doors of her heart.

Within this, it is to be noticed that Shinoa started to warm up or rather to place some trust on the vampires since they were technically helping them out and working with Guren; thus leading to respet since vampires were formally humans as well and within the process, they lost treasured ones as well.

Furthermore, Shinoa of course would end up feeling the release of her demon in the World after Kureto Hiragi stabbed him in chapter 57; and of course, the next issue within doubt comes when Shikama goes to visit her in chapter 66:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 66

Within said chapter, Shikama started to taunt her and make her remember what lead to Mahiru’s destruction which was love and obssession in his eyes; thus event lead Shinoa to fear emotions, she decided that she’d keep those emotions at bay to keep internal peace. But, does this mean Shikama was right about Shinoa lusting about Yu?

The answer is no. Shikama was only waiting for the time she’d lower the walls of heart not due to her having lust or obssession, and how can I state such thing?

The reason is simple. Shikama never viewed “love” as something strong, but rather mundane or as something to replace the crude word of “lust”.

But what Shinoa really wanted  to learn the most at that time was a reason to live; she was aware she had to keep her emotions at bay, to not let desires run wild to not end like her sister; but at the same time, she wanted to understand what gave Yu a reason to live; how he could keep going despite everything:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 67

After that, the events the fandom knows more are Shikama’s plan to possess Shinoa which lead her to sacrifice herself so Yu and Ashera wouldn’t get killed by him; and such sacrifice was made after she lowered the walls of her heart in order to save them; but why did she do that? Was it because she was obssessed with Yu or she was madly in love?

The answer is no. Shinoa, with time, started to see Yu as an important friend but as her family as well; but among that it’s because she also didn’t see herself worthy; she didn’t see as someone worth saving, she didn’t acknowledge herself as important; she always considered herself guilty of what happened to her sister, along the fact that the happiness of her sister and Guren was never fulfilled. The fact that her sister sacrificed herself so she wouldn’t be a guinea pig was also a triggering factor that made weight under her heart as well.

She didn’t want to see her family die due to the curse she carried, due to the fact she carried a powerful demon tied to her from birth; hence why after she goes saving Yu and Asuramaru, she tells Yu it’s no big deal; which only lead to crude events such her turning into a vampire.

Of course, this meant to take action by Guren, Mahiru and Ferid Bathory who was tasked to check up on the First Progenitor  and stop him from turning Shinoa into a vampire; of course this made the First possess her with a delay which allowed Guren with not so favorable ways along with Rigr’s sinful keys to eventually seal Shikama for the time being.

And lastly, after such events, the battle that would seal Mikaela’s fate of becoming a demon began; the squad later on went to pick Yu along the Queen Krul Tepes and of course, the comedy relief which wasn’t very funny for the fandom came; afterwards they started to learn from the Queen what exactly happened that lead the plan to face down the rotten world that would turn thanks to the main enemy they had in common; along who were their alies stating that Guren Ichinose and Mahiru Hiragi had a lot to do with that.

Such event made Shinoa recall deep memories about her sister and this made Shinoa wonder more about her, about her struggles; but before such message was delivered, the First Progenitor managed to possess Shinoa again and now; the latest chapter that perhaps for some is joyful due to a character development, for others a disappointment due to how the Female MC is written (which I’ll explain in a theory as to why this happened) along disapproval due to ship preferences.

Being respectful towards such issues, the biggest lines that Shinoa could ever state were that she acknowledged she loved Yu among this:

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

Shinoa wasn’t letting lust or obsession run wild but rather, her will to fight against the First Progenitor, her demon, the one who ruined her life from the very beginning she was born.

But how can I state such thing?

This is due to the fact Shinoa is tired. Shinoa is displayed at first as a careless girl that eventually warms up with the people she was tasked to take care of and eventually said people became her family; friends that would watch her back just like she would with them.

She was tired of always losing what was dear to her; and thus, she decided for once to stop running away from what she really is, a selfless girl who loves those important to her without wishing anything back for exchange.

And so, her ordeal began.

This is the end of the analysis dear readers, it took me a good time; I understand it’s really long, and of course, as I always stated, such things are held within neutral view along ship exclusion. 

The fact that Shinoa stated she loved Yu doesn’t mean the ship will be concluded or anything; it only means she accepted something her heart felt along a resolution that will be later explained in a theory.

What do you think dear readers? 

Let me know!

Hello everyone, this is another theory I’ve been meaning to talk with many; as many might be aware, there’s hype and emotion along curiosity on how exactly Yu and Mika’s contract will be like, therefore, let’s talk about it!

P.S: Theories are held within a neutral view and ships are excluded 

As many might recall, chapter 102 was left in a big cliffhanger or rather an emotional one:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 102

And of course, one of the biggest questions is, how exactly will Yu make a contract with Mikaela if he’s broken?

For that, let’s retake the reason why he demon Mikaela was left broken and that was precisely after Asuramaru tortured the remnant of his soul back in chapter 101, he made sure to destroy and crush all what Mika loved by controlling his body without letting him have any sort of will in order to kill those he held dear without him being unable to gain control over his body:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 101

Such events lead to the eventual defeat of the demon Mikaela by the black demons that eventually were crushed by Yu, but, how does this panel relate to Mika’s contract?

That’s because the contract won’t be a conventional demon contract. 

How can I state such thing and what exactly do I mean?

If many might recall, the contract between demon and wielder has been reflected as one on which the interested recquires to touch the cursed gear in order to face a trial the demon sets towards them, such thing can be heavily reflected back in the beginning of the story with Yuichiro Hyakuya, Shiho Kimizuki and Yoichi Saotome:

Yuichiro Hyakuya’s First Contract:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 6

Back in the first chapters of Vamprie Reign, Yuichiro aimed to have his personal cursed gear, but for that, he recquired to touch it in order to face down the demon that resided within such weapon, which is something visible for anyone that aims to enter into a contract with exceptions such as Shinoa and now Yuichiro with Mika.

But, is that all there is to make a contract with a demon that is within a cursed gear?

Of course not, and such thing is reflected in such chapter:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 6

The human entering into a contract with a demon must possess a strong heart and willpower to not let the demon control its body with ease, and of course such thing was presented with Yoichi Saotome until he decided to stand and fight back:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 7

And of course, a possible question that might come up is how can we tell if Yu has a strong heart and willpower when he’s breaking into pieces due to the situations he has faced down?

Despite the condition of Yu within the recent events and chapters, it is to say that Yu still has a strong willpower to stand and fight against adversities that stand in front of him,

But overall, the process to enter into a contract with Mika have been different ever since he was going to get sealed, instead of the conventional form, Guren made the ritual and barrier to make sure Mika would reach his former weapon he wielded as a vampire:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 101

And of course, instead of seeing Yu meeting Mika directly, he saw the whole mess and a little Mika crying and left all broken in scene which of course angered Yu to no end, leading to the eventual assault on which Yu would get the victory against the 3 demons by ordering Asuramaru to get bound by the rules of the contract as for the other two, they stopped receiving power from their wielders, leading to this panel that was posted above:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 102

And now, the main question is, how will this contract proceed?

As many might have noticed, Yuichiro inserted his hand on Mikaela’s chest and of course leaving many questions about it, but, in fact, the action Yu’s taking is the first step for the contract he’ll have with Mikaela, but, how can I state such thing?

First of all,Yuichiro is aware Mikaela was left broken in tears, he didn’t respond even after he finally reached the place he was in; thus leading to an action he might do in the next chapter (of course this is just theory), such action is that Yu will aim to connect and heal Mikaela’s soul due to the vast damage the other demons left on him since he heard exactly when Mika screamt his name for help.

But how exactly will that be possible?

In previous chapters, it has been noticed that at least in Asuramaru’s case, he has done such action with Yu in order to look at the memories buried deep down on his soul despite him not remembering:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 62

With Asuramaru’s help Yu was able to recall he talked with Mahiru despite him not knowing her at that time, but how does this relate to Mika?

It is to say that Yu will likely touch the depthness of Mika’s soul to understand what broke him along finding ways to heal him in order to enter in a contract with him, but this contract won’t be filled with the visual greed presented in chapter 6, but rather, this contract will be filled with a different condtion, one on which both parties will agree without the need to harm the existance of each other and likely to live through life to the desired goal.

Yu will likely aim to find the lost crying Mika that was devastated, the aspect of his soul in order to communicate with him, with the purpose that Mika will find ways to forgive himself and learn to live again and pull forward.

What do you think dear readers?

Let me know!