#sinful key

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One of the things the fandom has been wondering it’s related to why or how Shikama was able to pop in the middle of the conversation between Krul and Shinoa; therefore, let’s talk about said topic, shall we?

But, before we start wondering why he possessed her easily in chapter 98, let’s recall some events to explain why such event happened

As far as we know, Shikama Doji was able to possess Shinoa by taking Yu and Ashera as hostages back in chapter 74:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 74

Of course Yu and Ashera weren’t rivals to the First due to the inmense amount of power he has; thus it lead to Shinoa go in opening her heart and rescue them; this only allowed the First Progenitor to fulfill one of his many tasks to do to fulfill or achieve his dream of revenge or whatever he seeks within the story. As far as we know, his past and all his actions are shrouded in mystery.

But now, returning to the main topic, we might recall that Shikama took total possession of Shinoa in chapter 76 after Ferid aimed to make the First appear in a “weakened state”, and you might wonder how I can state that.

For that, let’s recall that the First was taking Shinoa’s possession at his own rythmn, but of course Ferid didn’t allow such thing:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 76

Within this, the First Progenitor slowly started to “play” around with the vampires that sided with the humans; until Rigr Stafford came in and started to have a serious fight against the First; eventually, the events on which Guren used 3 sinful keys to restrain the First Progenitor came in; but within this, the First Progenitor stated something rather curious:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 85

He stated he could resist the effects of the Sinful Keys but that’d be harmful to Shinoa since she was still a human that didn’t go through a vampire transformation state.

Therefore, does this mean the sinful keys failed?

No. But why or how can I state such thing?

The Sinful Keys alone were used for one sole reason asides from buying time, what could it be?

Correct. The sinful keys used against the First were used mainly to seal him or trap him within one sole body but, how can I be so sure about this?

Back in chapter 57, Kureto got possessed by the First, though, his demon Raimeki managed to withstand such event, allowing the First to roam freely; but then again, how can I be so sure about this?

That’s easy:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 61

Shikama’s shadow heading towards Shinoa’s location, that can be displayed in chapter 66 and 67

The shadow that is circled in the picture above, it’s actually Shikama Doji’s shadow; same issue happens in chapter 73

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 73

Shikama heads to visit Asuramaru

Therefore, it can be said that Shikama had freedom to invade other hearts easily in order to achieve his goals or seeking ways to invade and finally possess Shinoa’s heart; therefore, this shows that the Sinful Keys held down certain effect, and that was to restrain his freedom:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 84

We can state that if Guren had the 7 Sinful Keys, the effects would have been much bigger compared to 3 sinful keys; but that alone was something Guren and Mahiru aimed; and that is to save Shinoa’s life from the First Progenitor without the need to kill her or sacrifice her.

But now, why did Shikama reappear after they used those 3 Sinful Keys?

That’s easy, if many might recall, Shinoa and the First Progenitor might not be close in terms of fondness compared to Yu and Asuramaru’s bond as wielder and demon; but, their link goes in a different form; what do I mean?

It means that whenever Shinoa would be endangered, Shikama would protect her even if it’s focused for own personal selfish objectives and of course, that’s awfully displayed in the next panel:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 98

But of course, about how this change happened will be explained in another theory.

Returning once again to the main theory, it can be concluded that the Sinful Keys were only there to stop the First Progenitor from roaming freely to his own will; hence why when Mahiru used a special drug, they delayed even more the moves of the First Progenitor to track down the demon Mikaela.

As for Shinoa and the reason she was possessed easily, it’s because the door to her heart was left open when she went to save Yu; despite supressing her emotions, she already stated the side effects of it:

Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 86

Correct, her body no longer belongs to her alone after the possession and her rescue; therefore, for the First Progenitor is easier to take over her when there’s something that catches his interest forehand; such as tracking down the demon Mikaela.

But now; many might wonder why Shinoa is so easily to possess and perhaps the conclusion is because her desires alone were released but, in fact, that’s not the issue; what do I mean?

Shinoa Hiragi doesn’t views herself as someone worthy to save.

Perhaps readers might dismiss the idea of such thought but Shinoa has been carrying a sense of guilt for a long time; and that is something visible in the last volume of the Catastrophe at 16 LNs; after Shikama returned to her; Shinoa learnt that her sister sacrificed herself so she could live up a more peaceful life; to add more to this, in chapter 72, after realizing that her sister was protecting her from a monster, she deemed herself as the only one that held down the path of happiness to her sister and Guren Ichinose; furthermore, the fact that she allowed Shikama Doji possess her alone, it was something that despite she aimed to save her family, it also caused damage to the outside world.

Those emotions alone, make her doubt if she should keep going or not.

But well, the story must keep going, and we can only wait to see how this girl will eventually evolve in future chapters.

What do you think guys? What are your thoughts?

Let me know!

Omg can't believe need to write this again but it seems you guys really have problems with this case....

If you read Wrat19 novels (both volume 1 and volume 2) you clearly can see Mahiru DIDN'T lose her memories after becoming a demon.

The first time she appeared on the third chapter of Wrat19 volume 1 she completely KNEW about her brother Kureto and his demon Raimeki although she knows about Raimeki on Catastrophe at 16 novel 7 and BEFORE turning to a demon and so if she was a USUAL demon then she must NOT remember ANYTHING about Raimeki but not just she could REMEMBER but could even HEAR the discussion between Kureto and his demon, Raimeki (Wrat19 volume 1 chapter 3) although we all know that usual demons CAN'T contrat with each other like how Mahiru did.

Again on that chapter (Wrat19 volume 1 chapter 3) when Mito came to meet Guren and asked him to f*ck her (lolllll) and Guren answered her is someday she needs him then he will help him by that way (LMAO) then Mahiru asked him with an even hurt way that the night they had sex together Guren thought she only needed him because of his body?!

And it clearly shows Mahiru could REMEMBER the night they had sex AND she even HURT knowing Guren was thinking about her that LOW.

Again on that novel again (Wrat19 volume 1 chapter 3) before the end of novels Mahiru first warned Guren about Reiger coming to meet him although since she became a demon she didn't have any contract with Reiger (Saito) so it means whatever was the plan, it had been mange BEFORE the world end means when Mahiru WASN'T a demon yet and so again she HAD her memories before stabbing with the sinful key.

And at the very end AGAIN on Wrat19 volume 1 chapter 3 Mahiru tild to Guren she KNOWS how to save Shinya and the others although if she was a USUAL demon who couldn't remember anything then she needed to NOT know about this case too.

Why should she even know how to save them? She needed to only know about Guren and what Guren can see and feel and hear but she knows much MORE than this.

So Mahiru was stabbing with that sinful key WASN'T for her to remember her memories again cause she HAD her memories before that too.

I mean, did you think Mahiru was that much fool to turn to a demon ALTHOUGH she KNEW from the start of her life that she will someday turns to a demon and didn't make herself READY for it?!

She was a genius.

She was and is still a big master of everything so did you really think she was going to turn herself to a demon without thinking about what if she'll lose her memories with Guren all???!!!! And do not something in order to stop this???!!!

Hope this post can finally end this case here and forever.

Remember the reason why Saito stabbed Mahiru with thag sinful key WASN'T to she will remember her memories again as she HAD her memories far before too but as Saito said this himself he HIDED that key on her body for still unknown reason (which I believe that it is something relates to Guren as Mahiru is living on his heart and body now)

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So far, I believe many readers are still distressed and keep wondering, waiting even hoping that Mika has survived or transforms into a seraph; in the LATAM fandom they’ve stated that seraphs such as Yu and Mirai have exploded, there’s also a vampire that is half vampire and half cursed gear that also exploded when he entered in contact with a Sinful Key.

Exactly, this second progenitor is no less than Rigr Stafford, and he’s done everything possible to drag the First Progenitor’s attention but, how does this involve the reasoning behind the explosion and Mika’s case?

First of all, I thank a friend over FB, she also reads the manga story, LNs and as many might know or not; whenever a human with the seraph trait or michaela trait or both cases become vampires; those traits desactivate; as much as many expect Mika to transform into a seraph, the seraph trait and Michaela trait are inactive due to the body condition of a vampire; therefore, whenever a vampire is dying for starvation, they end up becoming demons and yes, this might seem like a broken record but now I ask the readers the next question:

Have any of the readers seen how a demon is created within the story? What kind of reactions does a vampire show as in body reactions to see their transformation to demons?

Exactly, we know absolutely nothing about it; we know the requirements for vampires to become demons but not the process their bodies undergo in order to become one; we know that the stronger the vampire, stronger the cursed gear will be.

Now, the story is focused in a battle or fight against destiny, which is something Mika did, instead of proceeding with Guren’s plan, he fought and now his body after being severily injured with blood loss, we could see how his body slowly started to get surrounded by dark mist or what seemed to be shapes of lightning. Once this happened and at the end of the chapter Mikaela literally exploded, why do you think it happened?

To begin with, Mika’s body started to release the curse that ties all vampires to their final destination whenever they die of starvation, which means demons; he was half vampire undergoing into the process of becoming a demon;  second, Mika’s sinful key was never removed from his body and possibly, these two might have created a reaction that created said explosion.

Of course, some readers will consider it as a crazy fact and perhaps the interrogation such as: -How is it possible he didn’t explode if he was turned into a vampire long ago?

First of all, when Krul turned him into a vampire; Mika’s transformation was incomplete, which means, he could still grow as a human being but he couldn’t consume food humans ate; once he drank Yu’s blood when Yu was still partially human, Mika managed to transform into a complete vampire, tearing apart his humanity.

Second, Mika’s body was never subjected to drugs despite being a vampire, this means, there wasn’t a factor that could have made the Sinful Key react; therefore, as long as Mika stayed as a pure vampire, the Sinful Key would never react against his body; but once the process to transform into a demon begun, the fact that his body started to levitate and release more smoke, this only made a contradiction with the Sinful Key within one same body, which is the possible reason why Mika’s body exploded.

Now, how is Guren involved with this?

As we know, it is possible to host two demons in one sole weapon such as is the case of Guren Ichinose; this might also be the key for Yu to save a part of Mika’s soul though, the main issue is that in case Yu manages to retrieve Mika’s soul, he’ll likely suffer knowing Mika is a demon and he wasn’t able to save him; which this leads us to a second scenario. What kind of scenario?

Correct, it is possible that Guren might know how to catch Mika’s soul in case Guren survived Mika’s attack.

What do I mean with this?

Guren perfectly knows how cursed gears react, he has Mahiru’s knowledge to create and infuse weapons with demons in order to have a demon’s soul reside within a weapon to create a cursed gear; which is also possible that, after the tragedy within the latest chapter, Guren might find a way to retrieve Mika’s soul in order to find another way to trigger the resurrection.

Of course, this would be quite twisted idea that could happen; of course, this is something I wouldn’t like to see but in ONS, everything’s possible.

OnS follows a line on which what we think it’s the end, in fact it’s just the beginning.

What do you think? LET ME KNOW!!!

Well dear anon, it was clear that once the squad removed the Sinful Key the boy returned to normal, which means, the 6th trumpet doesn't have a way to activate itself.

It is likely the boy was left in the Ichinose residence

I'm sorry if I'm not able to give a better view towards this dear anon; but ever since the team removed the Sinful Key, his powers were removed.