This still doesn't prove that Raphael continues to exist even if Rimuru's existence is completely erased.
Already answered in the OP's counter argument section, so argument from ignorance.
And it doesn't even prove that Raphael, without a body or anything like that, would be able to use "Secret Art of Resurrection" + "Secret Art of Revival", since he used it while he was in control of Rimuru's body.
Also answered in the OP, so once again, argument from ignorance.
And the scan you use to prove the opposite doesn't prove anything, since Raphael declares "to be in the corner of Rimuru's soul", declaring to be inside Rimuru, and "in a heart he should never have had" is
talking about feelings, Raphael was talking about his inability to feel happiness or sadness, and soon after he talks about the "heart that he (Raphael) should never have", talking about emotions, as he "shouldn't" have those emotions.
My man, if you don't understand what a heart or ego means in tensura, read the physiology pages. I'm not going to clarify something that is already well-explained in the physiology pages we have created for that sake. -_-
Clearly he doesn't say he was hit,
Being hit does not mean being directly hit. Do you not even know the usage of adjectives in Grammar?
where the hell are you getting that from?
From the scans, what else. Not an argument.
In addition to the but, the LN clearly says that
Rimuru sacrificed beelzebuth to neutralize the attack, also saying that beelzebuth would consume the attack, the manga makes it clear that
Rimuru did not suffer any injuries.
-_-
He did not suffer any physical injuries because he used Beelzebuth to neutralize the attack. However, Melt Slash destroyed Beelzebuth, which you have to reach the heart core to even achieve.
Report. Relaunching the ultimate skill Beelzebuth.
Just as the professor reported that to me, Beelzebuth swallowed up all the droplets of murderous light raining down from above.
In a moment, they wereall gone. Yikes. Set this thing to full blast, and it was a real monster. Even the paladins stared wide-eyed at me, shocked at the sight of all those missile blasts disappearing before their eyes.
But…wait a second. Didn’t I “sacrifice” Beelzebuth when I fought Hinata just now?
Understood. The ultimate skill Beelzebuth, Lord of Gluttony, was indeed sacrificed, but a copy had been backed up, so it was not a problem to reactivate.
This makes it clear that Beelzebuth was destroyed earlier when Hinata used Melt Slash herself,
which proves that the attack reached the Soul.
If you can't understand that even after me breaking it down into steps that even a child can understand, that's not my problem. I'll just leave it for the staff to evaluate.
Hinata aimed for a "non-lethal" location because
she believed Rimuru would be able to regenerate if only his head remained, making it clear again that she was aiming for a location so as not to fully disintegrate Rimuru's body if Hinata wanted to destroy his soul, her change of aim would be completely useless, it doesn't make any sense for Hinata to be careful not to completely disintegrate Rimuru's body if she was going to destroy his soul anyway, it's pretty obvious that Hinata would only destroy the his body.
"Probably"
Yeah, all of that is based off on an assumption, which is directly negated by the fact that such feeble attempts to reduce Melt Slash's lethality reduces nothing.
This is once again backed up by the fact that Beelzebuth was destroyed, to even destroy which you need to reach the Soul.
Instead of basing your arguments on pure "probably" assumptions, do more research, this time actual research rather than some ctrl + f quick scanning for these terms, and then make an argument.
I've never argued that Melt Slash doesn't affect magicules, but Hinata's attack wouldn't kill Rimuru anyway, as it wouldn't completely destroy Rimuru, given that she was aiming at a location that wouldn't completely destroy Rimuru, her completely destroying Rimuru's body and destroying his soul would completely go against what she wanted.
Basing off on assumptions again, argument from ignorance, when Hinata directly confirms that she was ready even if the attack kills Rimuru, and further backed up by the fact that its lethality CANNOT be reduced. Stop ignoring scans by calling them "what the hell is this" my dude.
It's not "she did not want to kill Rimuru", she just thought he wouldn't die since she has warned him, but still thought just a line later that she would be ready even if Rimuru was killed. This proves that even if "Hinata wanted to not kill him", that wouldn't do a thing and would still kill him if he hadn't used Beelzebuth, at least in Hinata's eyes.
So again, read the whole scans, preferably the whole volume, and argue afterwards. I'm here to argue how skills work, not correct someone who refuses to believe how the narrative is actually going because of a single "Probably" assumption.
Raphael'
s only "speculation" is
about Rimuru spending a large amount of magicules, there is no mention of any other attack other than the one Hinata used against Rimuru, she is just answering Rimuru's question, who clearly asks about the attack used by Hinata in the fight.
Dude, what?
Do you know how conditions work?
Attack B without any condition is not the "same attack" as attack B + more conditions, the same as how two mathematical equations are not the same if they have different conditions. This is school level logical deduction everyone learned.
There are clearly additional conditions, "He doesn't use beelzebuth" and "he takes a direct hit".
Him spending a large amount of magicules is because his body is made up of magicules. Now I'm not gonna elaborate on something that's already explained on the physiology pages, once again, so go read them.
This definitely didn't happen, Rimuru summoned beelzebuth at the last moment to stop the attack before it reached him (
this is even clearer in the manga),
he sacrificed beelzebuth for that.
Key word,
Sacrified. And again, keyword from another scan, "
backup". Those words
very clearly indicate Beelzebuth was destroyed.
Manga may have visual limitations, and skipped much from the LN, so using Manga over LN is a hard no-go here.
Same thing as before, the attack didn't hit Rimuru. Obviously the attack would be less lethal, since if not, it wouldn't make any sense for Hinata to target another location, in addition to Hinata not wanting to kill Rimuru, much less erase his soul.
Argument from ignorance, rather then focusing on a singe visual pannel that doesn't even adapt everything fully from the LN due to, well, manga expenses[whatever you call it], you refuse to understand the step-to-step explanation and continue with your own assumptions.
The fact that Beelzebuth was even destroyed by Melt Slash completely debunks your whole argument, but it seems that point is going in from one side of your head and out from another side.
Calling it fiction doesn’t mean you get a pass on everything.
I didn't mention
everything, though.
There is no reason for there to not be an exception when there do exist logical exceptions to it.
Anyways, if you don't plan to understand the narrative even after me pointing it out many times, your posts will be ignored from now on, and I'll simply wait for staff to give their evaluation.
If it’s HGR, then he’s being completely erased along with Raphael and coming back from complete Erasure without help of Raphael if you claim both are single existence, or it’s HG resurrection. If you say Rimuru is revived or regenerated due to Raphael, then Raphael and Rimuru are different concepts sharing the same body.
If you claim Raphael and Rimuru are the same existence, but one gets erased and the other revives the one who was erased, then it disqualifies as HGR because it does not regenerate from complete erasure.
These are the only three possible outcomes you will get. There are no HGR arguments on your end. What you claim as HGR either shows that you don't understand it's a resurrection (if you claim they have different concepts), or you are contradicting yourself by claiming they are the same existence (technically you are debunking yourself and it only grants MGR). Otherwise, prove he can come back from complete erasure without Raphael's help.
Argument from repetition, and nothing here debunks or even addresses anything I said[including the example I gave regarding accidental and essential qualities].
If you want to understand what the latter is, read
Ultima's sandbox for an explanation. That's where I got my example from.
Or, if you don't want to read the whole sandbox, a detailed explanation is also given by me
here on its logical working.