So i've made enough fun of Death
for now.
Lets discuss some of the other interesting parts of the chapter:
- Seigi agenda both lost and gained ground.
We saw Seigi do shadow boxing and he was even fighting Yuko with bare knuckles. Now look what Death says here:
On the other hand, this line doesn't fit because it implies FakeSaw is older than the student (nobody would address somebody of the same age "young man")
I checked the raws and it's "しょうねん" Shonen, which seems to be translated accurately. But im still learning Japanese so im not sure if students would use this in a context other than referring to WSJ, but leaning towards "no".
So yeah this line could pretty much single-handedly collapse the idea of FakeSaw being Seigi.
Other thoughts;
- The student who was with Death could still be alive (it was stated the life was sucked out of him, not that he was killed). FakeSaw also kept talking to him after he was succed which makes no sense to me if hes dead. Chances for him surviving are pretty low, but not zero.
- FakeSaw speaks like a middle man being given orders ("My job is to do this!") and
thinks he is a Justice Devil contractor. So the idea of him being Fire Devil, who reminder, is this guy, a effective social manipulator and public speaker who convinced a bunch of kids to make illegal Devil contracts and successfully ran a multinational cult, is dead.
- The chapter title,
3 seconds, doesn't fully make sense to me. Its just part of a throwaway line from Death. Is there more to this 3 second line since it seemed they already passed with nothing of note happening, or was Death just that pathetically overconfident?
- Death has the power to absorb life to resurrect from the dead. This matches the other Horsemen Devils who all have one foundational ability related to their fear:
- Control has the ability to dominate anyone she believes to be superior to her.
- Famine has the ability to starve people, we were not shown how she accomplishes it, but if successful she can turn Devils into hand-sized puppets.
- War has the ability to make anything she believes she owns a weapon, whose effectiveness scales with her own attachment to it.
- Death has the ability to drain someone's life via touch, which regenerates her body and may have additional effects if used against Devils.
- Death is not quite as strong as anyone expected her to be (even i, who said FakeSaw would win, at least expected her to put up a fight), and also none of the High rank Devils who are meant to greet her are here yet - although she is calling for help, so they might not be far off. She may also be one month early. Her introductory line ("I know this is sudden") seems to support this. There is also talk about her being Fake, which i personally don't believe (Swirly eyes, Death powers..), but yeah.
- I'd be interested in what the Japanese scans for CSM talking about the prophecy of Nostradamus say. Did he really say "Partly responsible"? I have the raws but cant really make heads or tails of it.
Anyways with that im gonna log out for today.
