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Vincent Lalo is often remembered as one of the greatest masterminds in Usogui, a man obsessed with diamonds, talent, and perfection.

But beneath his calm demeanor lies a far more tragic contradiction.

A character distorted between obsession and humanity.

A leader who wanted to caught talents in movement in order to see them eternally.

A snake of genesis who ate the forbidden fruit.

This analysis explores the symbolism, philosophy, and psychology behind the leader of Ideal, revealing how his admiration for beauty slowly transformed into an obsession that ultimately consumed him.

If you’ve ever wondered what truly defines Vincent Lalo, I hope you’ll enjoy this journey !

There it is, the Vincent Lalo writing analysis:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/133lQyKHVTt83ly4XOi3S1mshBysLm\_1SPHEekXjI0c0/edit?usp=drivesdk

I am currently analyzing Vincent Lalo from Usogui.
What’s your troughs on this characters 👀

I find this conflict one of the best ideological and philosophical fight of the manga 👀
What do you think of these 2 goat and their duel ?

I’m working on an Usogui edit, here is some animation. What do you think of them ?

I have a question for you guys, in theory, Caracal died at Tower of Karma after being killed by Martin.

But, one scene made this "death" way more ambiguous

The monologue in image 1-3 explained that people can disappear of the scene after quitting the system. Normally, it is about Leader disappearance but it also work with Caracal.

Moreover, the scene at page 3-4 is a reference to the plane scene of Caracal. In this scene, Caracal had also bought every first class seats, making a big correlation.

And the hostess is also the same as the plane scene, the one who know perfectly Caracal. Caracal has made a promise to her: made her her partner (page 5), that’s why she said she was waiting for him

I have two theory about this scene

1. Caracal isn’t dead as Baku’s monologue stated

2. The whole plane scene never happened and it was a symbolic scene representing Caracal’s loneliness (the plane in page 6 is flying far away)

What’s your troughs on it ?

In terms of character writing, Lalo might be my t3 character of Usogui.

Lots of ppl think he is only a cold mastermind with an insane aura and intelligence (it is true), but he is actually a very complexe and depth character, I might do an analysis on this character later🧐

What’s your troughs on the Leader of ideal ?

Some Usogui news: Usogui vol 1-5 will be published the 18 September 2026 🥂
(It will cover 53 chapters, so the entire abandoned building and a portion of Hangman)

As a French guy, I’m so hyped 🥶

Most people remember the 10 seconds fight for its choreography and intensity, but I think they miss what it really is about.

The battle between Kiruma Tatsuki and Yakou Hikoichi isn't just a clash of strength or strategy, it's a philosophical collapse between two ways of existing.

One man who became so "perfect" he stopped being human.
One man who remained human precisely because he never could.

And the more you look at their duel, the more it stops being a fight and starts becoming a question about existence itself: Can perfection exist without the death of humanity?

There it is, the first part of the tower of karma analysis: an analysis on Kiruma Tatsuki, Yakou and their ideological fight:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13W8sDwtZONpRB-xp5iw9bvaYxqxzd1iOiAXDFVtdpic/edit?usp=drivesdk

I hope you will love it 🥂

1. Baku’s dream during AP
2. Life is like a gamble

I was reading an interview of Toshio Sako and I saw that the salary of a Kakerou member was 0$
Then what about Ideal members 🧐

In Japanese folklore, the Baku (dream eater) is a chimera said to devour nightmares.
But some legends claim that if it remains hungry, it will eventually consume your dreams, ambitions, and even your identity itself.

And this is precisely what makes Baku Madarame such a terrifyingly fascinating character.

Throughout Usogui, Baku does not simply defeat opponents. He devours their illusions, fear and false identities. The lies people tell themselves in order to keep living.

This analysis explores the deeper symbolism behind the dream eater and why Baku may represent far more than a genius gambler:
an anomaly standing between a saint and a demon, chaos and order, death and human truth.

Here is my Baku’s symbolism analysis about The Dream Eater, I hope you will enjoy it🥂

https://docs.google.com/document/d/149mcUZI4Wjt3mVPemsqaQYY8wlBkxZNkvHtxTVlYkAM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Baku is a very dense character in terms of complexity and symbolism. But what is his best symbolism in your opinion ?

(Here is all the Baku symbolism that I remember: Dream eater/ Baku, Lucifer/ Demon, Saint, Fool, Joker, Rotten corpse, bloodshot eyes, Mara, Hanged man, Grim reaper, androgyny)

Tower of Karma is often remembered for the insane clash between Baku and Suteguma, but the arc's true strength goes far beyond its main rivalry.
What makes Tower of Karma exceptional is how every character has a different relationship to karma, identity, violence, and systems of power.

From Caracal and Martin's tragic cycle, to Marco/ Rodem's inner conflict, Kurama's poisonous humanity, or even Kakerou as a superorganism, the arc constantly explores how people are shaped and destroyed by the structures surrounding them.

This second analysis of Tower of karma focuses precisely on that side cats of the arc: the hidden philosophical and symbolic depth carried by these characters, and why Tower of Karma feels far larger than a simple and peak gamble between two geniuses.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1351pYtYw2Pg-E-PyiLikQPra4Tq\_O4rITKpCMFRkYZw/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hope you will love it 🥂

Am I cooking 👀

Tower of Karma is often reduced to its complexe mind games and psychological battles, but that surface-level reading hides something way deeper.

This arc is ultimately about chaos as a force of identity destruction and reconstruction, and the collision between two opposing ways of surviving inside it: Baku, who embraces uncertainty, and Suteguma, who tries to dominate it.

There it is, my first part of my Tower of karma analysis, focusing on the character of the black child, Suteguma, the evolution of The Lie eater and their dynamic.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12u3yw6vsZHUhMCNX2MnvFCyTnlDYDWXwn4WtpjVlsrM/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Good reading guys, I hope you will love it✌️

I was planning on doing only one dense analysis of Tower of karma but the amount of thematics, parallels and side characters is just crazy.

It will probably do a series of 3 or 4 documents on it 😼

What if Baku Madarame's true power in Usogui was never just his mind... but the people who orbit him?
Because Kyara, Kaji, Marco, and Yakou are not just allies or side characters. They are what happens when you get too close to the Lie Eater himself, creating four completely different answers to the same impossible question: how do you survive a world built on lies, risk, and absolute loss?

Kyara becomes sacrifice pushed to its limit.
Kaji becomes awakening through ignorance.
Marco becomes broken innocence trying to be rebuilt.
Yakou becomes order slowly collapsing under chaos.

Baku doesn't just "lead" this group, he distorts them, reveals them, and ultimately reshapes them into reflections of himself... or warnings of what he is becoming.

This is not a simple mind game's team.

It's a system of human reactions orbiting a single existential anomaly.

And every one of them pays the price for standing too close to him.

To understand how deep this influence goes and how does every characters of Baku's team reflect a portion of his existence, we need to look at each member of Baku's "team" individually.
Here my analysis of Baku's team structure:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/124GTCRtiYcfVgsbBwu3Lry-FcfvXM5zTO0VGI4\_lqrU/edit?usp=drivesdk

I hope you will enjoy it 🥂

In Usogui, some characters are not introduced in a linear and classic way, they are deconstructed across time.

Where Madarame Baku’s introduction builds a chaotic but readable presence, Souichi Kiruma is the opposite, a character who can not be understood from a single moment, because he was never meant to exist in a single form. His existence itself was fragmented, such as his introduction.

Royal leader, Hal, Souichi Kiruma, Hachina Naoki. Hal isn’t a single person, he is a system where multiplies identity coexist for the quest of an impossible goal: the achievement of perfection.

This analysis does not explores a simple introduction, but a structural phenomenon: how a character can be written as a fragmented identity spread across multiple chapters and arcs. And why this fragmentation is not a narrative flaw, but the very expression of his core theme, the pursuit of perfectionism at all cost.

To understand Souichi Kiruma, we must not ask ourselves who he is, but why he can not remain one person.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-vtyxeCASwH\_c8ugKXYWy0lux5Iyey5NcKvlzQdwFjQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Disclaimer: It contains a lot of spoilers of Souichi’s backstory and conclusion.

I hope you will love it 🥹🥂