>!Guren, Krul or Ferid dying would surprise them, but Yuu fucking killing Mitsuba? Going through with killing his friends AT ALL? Anime Yuu could never even imagine! He'd probably wonder why he didn't just kill himself before getting to that point. !<
I have to say, this chapter surprised me a lot... what the FUCK will happen in the final chapters?? Yapping and overanalyzing below:
I did NOT expect Yuu to kill anyone besides Yoichi and Kimizuki, the ones with the sinful keys. I'd understand if he targeted Shinoa too, since she's the only one with enough power to stop them on her own, but Mitsuba??? This makes me think that they'll start eliminating by power level AND closeness to Yuu (lowest to highest, more as a narrative path). And the next target is tricky since not only are both Yoichi and Kimizuki kinda equally close to Yuu, but he doesn't know about Yoichi's new power. As far as Yuu knows, Yoichi is weaker in close combat but more in touch with his demon, while Kimizuki is barely catching up with demon sync but specializes in close combat. Maybe Kimizuki since the power gap between him and Yoichi is bigger. And Shinoa'd be the last with that logic. Either way it's gonna be MESSY.
I liked the parallel between Yuu and Shinoa. They are both regretting their actions when it's already too late, and they have someone desperately trying to pull them out of their grief and hesitation to essentially Lock TF In (Mika and Yoichi), because none of them can afford not to. And tbf, for Shinoa's team, even if they succeed, it's still depressing af. They won't bring Mitsuba back, and they'll have to live with that loss, and any other loss, because of what they stand for. Yuu's success is the best case scenario (ignoring all the catastrophic consequences of bringing billions back to life when the current population is starving, but I'll ignore it if we get a happy ending 🤣), but having to kill ALL his friends, not only the ones with sinful keys? He's already breaking 💔
I hope this doesn't try to make Mika the bad guy "who's pressuring Yuu to kill his friends". He tried to talk Yuu out of it every step of the way. Now that Yuu killed Mitsuba, there's no turning back. It'd be the worst thing to turn back now, for Mitsuba and for all who have died before her, and Mika knows that.
And Saito... what's that guy going to do??? I expected him to be vaporized by Shinoa, so I gotta give him credit for staying alive for one more chapter. I thought he'd have the biggest death flag, being the last vampire and all. He's still OP, and Shinoa, who's also OP, is in shambles. She just lost the only person she ever actually opened up to. Will she gain power from that loss, just like Yuu who's lost everyone? That might have been the last piece she needed to understand herself, fears and desires better. WHO KNOWSSSS AAAAGHHHH
Anyway, I really do wonder how this will all wrap up and I'm super intrigued. Still, Mika's very much deserved happy ending looks further away every chapter... I just want him to be happy 😭 Him having a happy ending means everyone else is ok, so they need to secure his good ending 😭😭😭