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Sharmeela and Kehar facing Tsuna and Spider Pops on equal ground, with Kehar even outclassing Sicarios(when using Navari), made the reveal of the latter's partial Vimutti hit harder, it also gives Eldarius explanation take much more weight, like, even if you manage to injure a strong Rakasha by grace of being a Freak of nature and goin' extreme diff with them, a small slip and the fucker transforms onto a Faster, Larger and far more powerful monster version of themselves, Sicarios as an example, just his shifted limb is longer than Vimutti Malhory's tall, if he activated his full transformation?, probably half the City goes into the sky...or is covered on webs(?), is straight up unfair, obviously this makes sense in world, I mean, the strategy is simply kill them without givin' an opening but still. They are already powerful as is, what reason could possibly be for them to have evolved with such crazy panic button/trump card?

At first I thought in Mastoravia's case, it was her skin showing cracks akin to a statue, givin' her a "Stone-like" appearance or sum, tbh I'm partially still on that boat but, looking closer, while her nose shows something close to cracks(tho, it might be the same dark veins than Agravana's), the white lines on her appear to be 'leaking light" rather than just receiving it from the Sun. As for the Vimutti's, If in Mother Mastoravia's case those -veins- are indeed emanating energy, i think they(Rakashas while transformed)would be showing that same effect as her, just at a lesser scale. As for Agrava, in his case the lines seem more akin to black veins, this while he's in base, but I think that's intentional, as he's -maybe- specially powerful even among Rakasha Lords. So that's that.

PD: I couldn't fit her on the post, but Mandragloria also shows some of those 'White veins', but in her case they appear as well aligned lines forming net-like shapes on her arms.

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Following the title, it kinda struck me as if other Demons seem to assume OR imply that Terapho bite it because he was either too reckless or foolish, is probably due to him being the most recent Rakasha Lord that declared War on humanity(and lose), plus a lot of other relevant Demons rn being likely around his age, iirc he was just a bit older than Gloria and Osumi 30 years ago(and that's not very long for them). Unlike Octasonia who both happened centuries prior AND even while losing, still killed the Hero sent for her head and destroyed a Human Nation during her fall.

Now, about my second point, about how Terapho was probably cool going by his name, i didn't really notice on my first read, but his name is inspired by the 'Theraphosa' Spider type, basically big asf Tarantulas, on the same way that his(and Tsunagumo's/Sicarios') surname is inspired by the 'Marpissa' spiders(Cute, jumping ones), SO, in conclusion Terapho was most def a beefy guy, maybe with his Vimutti even being Kaiju-sized if we assume him being a Tarantula in motif(plus a Rakasha Lord) scale him up in comparison to his Grandpa and Cousin being likely smaller spiders in motif. More than that, by how Gloria referred to him as 'Lil Terapho' i feel like he was prob a fun fella, maybe akin to her personality-wise, a lovable one, him having launched an extermination war against humanity aside I mean, also, i might be reaching here since we don't know exactly how the final battle on the previous Holy War go down but, since Ramia accompanied Gertrude in the war, Terapho MIGHT had fought two Heros, which would be pretty crazy of a possibility but well, there's that.

Following the title, I don't think it would be an stretch to think of Osumi, Tsunagumo and Sicarios as family of sorts, according to their character sheets, Sicarios had his ass kicked by Osumi's Mom(Demon Queen Octa) centuries ago, and since then, he became her Butler, even after her death, he still keep his role now for her Daughter, more than that, Tsunagumo has been along Osumi since they both were little. That being said, while they obviously care for each other(Osumihime getting visibly mad at Kehar drawin' blood from cool spider gramps, at least i read it as so), they still seem to maintain a clear hierarchy, with Tsuna and Sicarios referring to Osumi as -Their Lady- with reverence, on the other hand, Chernokog is treated far more casually by both Kurkila and Nhimp, being called nicknames and hugged, so what do ya think?

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Following the title, I can't help but think this is so, obviously we don't know a lot of either, but from what little we do, Mastoravia paints to be on a whole different ballpark. During Eldarius lesson, he mentions how besides Chosen/Blessed Heros, the Entities that could kill a Rakasha Lord are either the Dragon Queen Maevritu or Mastoravia, mentioned on the same breath, but they don't appear to be seen as equals, Maevritu for one was rumored to be on Friendly Terms with Octasonia a Demon Queen, and Eldarius said that if they officially became allies "It would had been bad news.", or something along those lines, but no assured extermination, hinting that while powerful, Maevritu probably wasn't that much above Octasonia, now, I'm not saying the latter wasn't powerful, she was a Demon Lord after all, and possibly a particularly dangerous one at that since she killed a Hero Party while going down herself.

That being said however, Mastoravia is talked on a completely different way, Eldarius outright says that no Demon Lord would be foolish enough to challenge her, as if it was common sense, like you don't declare war on the sun, even their titles are vastly different, from 'Primordial Goddess' to 'Ancient Queen' there's a gap. More than that, even on importance they seem far different, unless my memory is faulty, Maevritu hasn't been named again after Eldarius talk, Mastoravia on the other hand is used in place of "God", in the setting, on casual expressions of surprise, even her offspring far weaker than herself were monsters of great Power, and(here I might be wrong)even some spells seem to call upon her name as chantings as seen on a previous chapter. Now, this might very well be intentional, and i think it is, because Mastoravia's just that much cooler imo, that said, I'm not implying that Maevritu's lame or anything, I mean we -haven't even seen her-, and honestly a Giant Dragon Queen made of Flames is a rad concept, even more so, she seems to nonetheless be paired with Mastoravia more than once, so they might be closer on standing than what I assume but, as it stands now, Colossi just sound Cooler than Dragons, including their Matriarchs.

Pretty nice design choice, also it leaves some implications, namely the fact that while on Vimutti, Sicarios probably has one of the best perceptions of the verse, with how even on base he and Tsunagumo match the total number of eight limbs of an spider(six arms-two legs), the same is likely the case on Vimutti, ending with an eye count on the forties if each leg has the same eyes on the place of joints, he would have a better version of the saying, 'Havin eyes behind your back' but like, literally. Also, is kinda crazy how wide the quality gap of Vimutti between a High Class like Sicarios and Middle Class such as Malhory(and the other poor devil that was bisected by Gloria, he looked like a rad but simple in comparison Kaiju bulldog) is, honestly pretty cool we get to see at least a partial High-class transforming at this point on the Story.

On a slightly unrelated note, talking about Maly, on her Vimutti sheet, is said that a high class "*in base*" would have difficulties catching her, a reminder of how Vimutti is an overall boost, not just on toughness/strength, and Sicarios and Tsunagumo are surely a nightmare to face on Vimutti, prob even for an stronger opponent, because iirc, TGS mentioned how their Surname derives from the 'Marpissa' spider group, so basically jumping spiders, picture these giant monstrous spiders just jumping around up on the sky all giddy, while weighting tons.

Following up with the title, I'm wondering if they treat it as something deeply special or personal, especially since the word itself comes from a Buddhist term(IIRC)being something akin to a State of pure freedom, on which an individual is truest to themselves to the point of being free from the Cycle of Reincarnation. And in the story itself, Sicarios mentions how difficult is to restrain oneself in Vimutti, Ramia too mention how she didn't expect those two Rakasha she fights on the flashforward to be able to coordinate well while on Vimutti, hell even Malhory who doesn't enjoy combat seemed to be on full steam while attacking those creatures during her escape(tho maybe that was due to how scared she was of Gloria, still i think is worth noting), hinting at Vimutti making them euphoric/deeply pumped up on different levels.

So yeah, my question is if on Rakasha culture going Vimutti holds an special meaning beyond having a power-up, if they regard themselves differently while on it OR, alternatively is just something that they see as casual.

I'm a sucker for Giant Creatures/Monsters overall, so Mastoravia and her Children the Colossi are some of the background lore bits I'm more curious bout, now, we can't say for sure how powerful a Full fledged Colossi was, but I think a metric can be assumed, or even a gut feeling. Mother Mastoravia appears to be one of the most Powerful Entities on the Setting by a WIDE difference, things like Eldarius saying that no Demon Lord or their army would be stupid enough to even try to pick a fight with her, as if it was common sense, like trying to punch a tornado, also some of the Spells used seem to call upon Mastoravia on their chanting, so even her name holds some power, now that was about Mastoravia, the Mother of the Colossi, we KNOW her offspring weren't on her level, since most are dead on the current timeline, and the Colossi whose corpse later created the warped Garden on the Darklands, was according to TGS one of the biggest and baddest, even then, he was smaller than Mother Mastoravia by several KM. Still, the Colossi were Mastoravia's children nonetheless, and one's corpse after so long still maintain an Anti-gravity environment plus a mutation factor that creates freaky powerful monsters on bulk, and only an attack from Mandragloria briefly cancelled said anti-grav, and that just on a localized space.

So, sorry for the yap, but to resume, how powerful do y'all think an average Colossi was?, having into account that the Garden One's corpse was apparently strong even among it's kin, would you say they were on the level of a High Class Rakasha using Vimutti?, an Special High Class like Chernobro and Osumihime?, or maybe even Demon Lord tier?, since Mastoravia their Mama is likely far beyond a Demon Lord or Hero.

Now, with the title I don't meant to suggest that Kali wasn't actually that impressive or something the like, she was, thematically(and by feats) one of the strongest, probably ever. What I meant is, I feel like in comparison to other powerful beings, she's just too 'simple', her own E.G.O seems to just gave her an amp to her already crazy physical stats, and maybe more control over mimicry, she didn't need more clearly tho, just pure power, skill and a reliable weapon, but again, in comparison to some Abnos that have crazy Hax, Elder Bloodfiends with their hemokinesis, other Colors with a handy gimmicks or the whole crazy bs that are Singularities as a whole, Kali stand up too much imo by seemingly lacking something like that, unless later on another entry, her E.G.O is retcon, or rather more deeply explained(?, I think LoR left a bit of space for that, either way, what are your thoughts on this?, does Kali's simplicity make her stand like a sore (no pun intended) thumb?

Very cool Fanart by.- 'aeoncore1'

The title come out a tad weird, but basically, I'm wondering if Van on the new Tsuki canon could maintain that chill/easygoing, and pro-human self as seen on his few appearances, like on the Ell-Melloi storyline, obviously Van's an odd man by virtue of being as ancient as he is, and a DA to boot, but there he largely seems to be a nice old man, mostly enjoying human culture and life alongside his Daughters, rather than a malicious vampire, but again, that's on Fate Worlds, I wonder just how different he would be on Tsukihime, how much more powerful, being two ranks above plus his Idea of Blood, but mostly, would he be more 'rotten'?, after all he calmly watched Ciel's Town burn down, is financially supporting(albeit not eagerly iirc)the ritual to resurrect the Dark six, but more than that, the new Tsuki setting seems more cynical(?, regarding humanity's chances to thrive, then again, it could always be said that Van-Fem "loves" humanity on a twisted way, like a Beast, anyhow, I'm curious about what's your take on this.

Fanart by.- "metarogu"

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I think the Middle Members, on the upper ladders might have a 'Beast' Motif, PM seem to love that after all, R-Corp, Old G-Corp, the Heishou, etc. Back on topic, imo, the Enhancement Tattoos as the former Singularity of a fallen wing, on it's highest level, could manifest Beast-like traits on it's user, for instance the two strongest members of the middle(both on an iffy position too, or in Tanya's case, not even one no more)we have seen, Tanya and Matthias both seem to have ties to an animal, this can be an stretch of my end, but bear with me, while I know a Distortion is something personal and unrelated to an external factor like the tattoos, I see this as more of a Meta 'connection', Tanya even after losing her faith on the Middle's familial ties, and instead cherishing the idea of individual might, was still up to cooperation, the Ensemble, so is fitting for her to still be a Wolf, a pack type of predator, dangerous on it's own, but sociable still, what about Matt then?, this could tie to a reading of his character i like a lot, Matthias was a Bear, Bears, especially males, are solitary animals, you can feed them and they might tolerate you, but in the end, they would always be savage and put themselves above anything else, like Matthias, he was able to feel 'love' but in the end, he was first, never a Wolf or a Lion, sociable animals, but a Bear, capable of kill even his own family, ofc there's Moses words about how the middle are all show, which holds weight since she's an experienced and brilliant woman, but i think some give more weight to her take than it should, she's a character in-world not an omniscient narrator, while needless to say, Middle Members are wackjobs, obviously, Matthias was his own type of beast, disowned for a reason imo. This all to say, i think it could be cool if each Great Sibling had some messed up freaky claw, what do you think on this?

Tanya's Art by.- "Nito-にと"