Yesterday the manager had an ((("""accident"""))) and now Lafalle and Lapis are co-managersChapters 20-25 >>275183470
o7 OP
>>275241300>Tries to fuck him over even when they're friendlyYup, that's Koko alright.>>275241315>Immediately gets screwed overKek, karma's a bitch
>>275241370TT0TT
>>275241205I noticed all the managers we've seen are in Fuuta's inner spirit clique
And look who it is
>designer baby>incurable diseaseI'd ask for my money back
>>275241315I wonder what caused this shift. He answered the first manager that they're alive immediately.I would bet actually knowing and having a relationship with someone who went into a brain case. His uncle and cousin went in when he was a little kid so it's not like he was having these more philosophical thoughts
>>275241588KEKKON
>>275241315lmao nice self own, Lapis
>>275241482Nono? She was also who they were going to take care of before dying last time right?
It's that simple, /a/What's your excuse for not having a cute daughteru?
>>275241739I'm not a brain janny yet.
>>275241654Fucking lol'dI love how every incarnation is a slightly different personality but has a lot of the same traits. I could see all of their incarnations pulling this shit>hey everyone we're married and have a 7ish year old daughter now. That is all.
>>275241739Hmmm they're doing a good deed but they seem to both enjoy getting to break the law to do it
>>275241651Yes. All three reincarnated just to have this happen correctly this time.
>>275241600Finally!
How do you pronounce Lafalle? La-fa-le? La-fail? La-fa-ye?
>>275241750>they didn't come back last time:(
>>275241804Just realised that Carol and Claro are anagrams, wonder if it was like that in the raws. So is the genetic engineering research that tightly protected, even for someone like Claro? Giving her turbo-cancer seems to be one of those things that could've been avoided unless a lot of information was censored.>>275241840I like to think of it as La-fa-el, like a cross between Lafayette and Rafael.
>>275241300And so, the cycle of karmic revenge starts again. Not over murder and blood, but a dickhead coworker
>>275241334>>275241315With this and the minutia Mizukami shows when describing the various tasks of each worker in his story, it feels like he's been wageslaving his fair share
The brief vingette is at least a very interesting look and how future people see and treat robots
>>275241969Least insane little brother yet>Ash comes after the fireI wonder if Lafalle is some kind of reference to fire in some language
So, other than raising Carol are you two actually doing any forbidden research?
>>275241980GUARD BOT NOOOOOOO
>>275241462Cute!!
>>275242046They would never.
>>275242054He's got airbags. He's fine.
>>275242046Well despite having jobs this reincarnations feels like a couple of lazybones
>>275242089Lafalle... you're adding so many death flags, you look like a parade.
>>275242032Why do they even care about the technology stuff anymore? It hasn't worked to increase the birth rate. So why not just let people be superhuman again if it didn't make a difference?
>>275241654>no one gets married anymoreThe decline...
>>275242109Radicalized by little girls
>>275242217Epic terrorism fail!
>>275242190Silco was right the whole time
>>275242217THATFUCKINGCAT
>>275242163>Lapis wants her to fit in to society>Lafalle wants society to fit her
>he knows
>>275241819butt>>275241840La-fa-le makes sense to me
>>275242217FUCKING CAT
>>275241837>>275241865Hey, look, Vergil's back.
>>275242234>hits pipe
>>275242217Somewhere in Greece a scream is heard.
>>275242317This will end well
>>275242351In this thread too I bet.
>>275241893>>275241912>>275241927They're not that antagonistic in that life for once, that's pretty neat
>>275241944
>>275242300Uh ohhhh some one just got some pretty terroristy ideas I think
>>275242402>>275242417For some reason this makes me angry
>>275242417>hits e-pipe
>>275242400He even holds his anger back, gives Lafalle a warning, and says he wants to stop burning shit down. From one life to the next, that's gotta be the most extreme change in the manga.
>>275242434What? Nahh
>>275242034I like Ash. Can't believe I missed the fire reference.>LafalleSeems to be a rare French name
>>275242417I fear for her safety. If the glowies already try and kill the managers they'd definitely go after an ubermensch
>>275242300some people are satisfied with a little light bulb over their heads when they realize something, lafalle gets an entire spirit circle
>>275241969Finally a good younger brother and all it took was for him to become a terrorist
>>275242317zetsubou
I read this once and kind of want to get back into it to read with you cuties. But I also started reading Yu-Gi-Oh! and I'd rather put my time into that, when I'm not reading an actual book.Have a good time xoxo
>>275242481For me, it's the zappy blaster on the left 2nd from the top
>>275242442>orders robot to simulate hitting pipe
>>275242477Well they're not far from the Mediterranean apparently
>>275242010I feel like even though his lie is kind of transparent, she's not close enough to him to bring herself to question it.
>>275242522>not going for the sword that probably shoots lasers
>>275242168Just because it's not looking great right now doesn't mean it can't get worse
>>275242619STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM
>>275242605Weird how a non factor kouko is in this life
>>275242046I like how fucked up everything is, no side actually knows what they're doing
>>275242605I like the night scenery in that bottom panel. What do you suppose that structure that bends towards the sky is?
Lafalle did nothing wrong
>>275242109Lafalle is the most based life
>>275242660Space elevator. Like the one Lafalle's parents worked in.
>>275242688It's Fortuna's favorite, after all.
>>275242133>>275242145>Ash actually taught Lafalle self controlImpressive
>>275242675ENTER: TERTIARY NIGGAS
>>275242710Because it's him but better
>>275242690If he was able to recruit these other guys it can't have been that crazy an idea.
>>275241805Breaking the rules is not always advisable, but it is often enjoyable.
>>275242763And the grudge is back
>>275242266Oh boy
>>275241370ENTERTHE TIME TRAVELLER
>>275242795Shit, good catch, I had never noticed that.
>>275242797E N T E R THAT FUCKING CAT
>>275242797oh no...
>>275242763>>275242774TETASUOOOKANEDAAASUZAKUUULELOUCHEEE
>>275241980I enjoy that the sunglasses are apparently not part of the robot, he's just wearing them.
>>275242489The terrorists are the ones going after the managers, the glowies are only enabling them
>>275242869DO THE IMPOSSIBLE SEE THE INVISIBLEROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
>>275241633This is the first and probably only time the both of them have ever agreed this much on something
>>275242847>serious falling out of characters who almost got to fully reconcile>this fucking cat shows up out of nowhere to interrupt the drama >"mom dad please stop fighting"My sides.
>>275241739>no incarnation of them as partners in crime in the wild westRUINED
>>275242513YGO is really good so this is fine.
>>275242918ROLL CREDITS
>>275242905[cheers in greek]
>>275242933The tower has fallen. Millions will die.
>>275242918B R A V O
>>275242955MILLIONS
>>275242946YOU'RE NOT GETTING OFF THAT EASY
>>275242955Thats a fair number
>>275242649He's hiding everything from her after all.
This retarded cat is ruining the scene
>>275242986CAT....... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...............
>>275242955statistics>>275242986tragedy
>>275242986Somewhere in Greece, a skeleton starts clapping.
>>275242671Spacifica is proof Lafalle was right
>>275243019Well Flors are you happy now?
>>275242986flors won
>>275242986Nono is pretty cursed too now that I think about it.
>>275243019They both saw that? I don't think this ever comes up again
>>275241804I believe I said this in the last storytime, but it's pretty cool how Lapis and Lafalle begin to have different views of Claro and the world around them from this point onwards. Lapis believes that Claro is a monster for researching on his own daughter (going from her own experiences) and Lafalle instead sympathizes a bit with him because he believes he wanted to give her the best life possible. It also plays in how Koko/Fortuna's incarnations act in each life, Lapis believes research and experimentation is dangerous whereas Lafalle is more open towards pushing the limits even further.
>>275243060Hmm...This seems bad.
>>275243060Well I hope those time travel experiments have made progress, because Ash is a fuckup yet again.
>>275242728>they are only responding to stimuliThat's the line I was waiting for. Clean rebuttal.>>275186351>>275185578>>275186736
>>275243070What a loser
>>275243060ONE JOB, ASH
>>275243070little bro continues to disappoint epic poverty fail.
>>275241999>The randos genuinely care for the well being of the robotCute
ENDHoo-whee, what a humdinger of a story that was
>>275242109Lafalle? MY FUARKING HERO
>>275242918He's so cool man.
>>275242109>We've never even held handsGlad 4chan will still have anons in the future
>>275243203That might've been one of my favourite stories so far. I think the cat interrupting was a bit too much but I get what he was trying to do with it and I respect the attempt. I really don't know what to say about the brains; well, I suppose I already said it a thread ago. It's not right, even if it seemed necessary at first.
>>275243203Lafalle did nothing wrong.
I've always thought this one was a plot hole. If reincarnation isn't restricted to the flow of time, why were birthrates dropping?
>>275242300That switch flip when you browse /x/ too long.
>>275243103Look man he tried okay? That's much better than his previous lives
>>275243203Thanks OPHave to say that i dislikes this reincarnation feels the one with almost non relation to the other ones, Lapis also feels like an uninportant side character that only appears at the end for no reasons when you think of it, the discussion of life and spirits feels pretty superficial and Laffalle getting into the rebirth conclusion feels forced and the setting is underutilized imo.
>>275243203that was depressing
>>275243289Even if the order doesn't care about time, it might be that the same soul can't be at the same point in time twice.
>>275242300>>275242317This scene is always an amazing "Oh SHIT" realization, you can kind of see it coming from the first few chapters but then it hits you full force with Lafalle's realization
>>275243155He did nothing wrong
Would you have done the same thing as Lafalle?
>>275242402>>275242417Notice how Elia is the reincarnation of Flors' son
>>275243374Yes
Lafalle? Did nothing wrong
>>275243289spoilers doesn't fortuna say that the towers and all that had nothing to do with it? souls just weren't attracted to that era or something
>>275243358He doesn't even really seem to think so, either. Maybe he's just desensitized after everything he's seen. But he was way more distraught over other people doing probably no more than two dozen executions in Fone's name than he is over Lafalle personally killing millions.
>>275243412Yes. Still doesn't make Lafalle any wrong
>>275243419Maybe he'd be pondering the philosophical implications of stopping the towers if the world didn't end suddenly
>>275243374I would have freed more
>>275243412I don't remember that, but that does resolve the plothole.
>>275243374I would have done it sooner.
Once again, Fuuta is progressive while Koko defends established order
>>275242217Fuck that little shit I want to kick it.
>>275242918BRAVO MIZUKAMIRAVO
>>275242657Probably pretty close to reality>>275242745So this life's lesson is to open up more about big things you're thinking to the people important to you
>>275243702The lesson is don't put brains into jars
>>275243203Lafalle is easily the best life, everything in it was gripping as fuck.Also Lafalle did nothing wrong. Surprisingly enough, Lapis didn't do anything wrong either (other than trying to stop Lafalle). Shit was fucked either way.
>>275243062Fuuta's spirit has the masculine urge to beat society into a better place
>>275243718Let's be real, I don't expect Lapis to make the same choice as Lafalle on the fly. Even if she thought like him, it's just too much to accept on the spot.
Today, I will remind FortunaKEKS (obvious spoilers)
>>275243155How the fuck is he supposed to think about algebra and writing and crap when he just witnessed the actual end of the actual world
>>275243857This is Rune's fault, she should've distracted her and kept him from asking questions.
>>275243751Lapis was confronted with the idea that the non-living were dead people artificially being kept alive and the idea was too much for her; she deflected hard when confronted about it. Though she's willing to kill Lafalle, she doesn't have what it takes to shut down the tower.
>>275242596Important point offhandedly mentioned
>>275243857Between Kouko's comment about the future not being sorted out yet and what Carol observed with her time travel experiments I'd like to think there's a timeline where Ash succeeds.
>>275243797I always found it pretty funny how Lafalle mogs the shit out of Fortuna's kill count. You could easily argue Fortuna's is worse though, since Lafalle only shut down brains in jars whereas Fortuna engaged in actual genocidal massacres. Dude straight up cleared entire towns.
>>275243381Cool detail
>>275243941Not to mention, Fortuna did it because he didn't value human life, while Lafalle did it because he did.
>>275243715That's a good lessonNo way in hell it was used for nothing but peaceful dreams. They probably used to put criminals in hell, probably still do to their political opponents or uncooperative terrorists
>>275242317He's become a sigma life
Lafalle did, in fact, do one thing wrong: He trusted his failure of a brother.
>>275243886And Lafalle knew it. If embracing Carol's superhumanity was too taboo for her, there was no way he was ever going to convince her that shutting down the tower was the right move.
>>275243886That is interesting, she was willing to shoot and possibly kill Lafalle to keep the brains "alive"
>>275242905Somewhere, from deep within, he can hear what google tells me is>Κόλαση Ναι
>>275244026I'm not sure he had much choice. As far as I can tell his only other option was going to the government with the black hole bomb info. But there's a good chance they already knew and were OK with it in which case Lafalle would be putting himself, Ash, and both their plans at risk for no gain.
>>275241315>KICK HIM IN THE BALLS! THAT'S AN ORDER!!
>>275244018That makes his comment about this life being his favorite even more interesting
>>275244026The game was unwinnable from the start, I doubt he could just sneak into the terrorist faction to stop them from ending the world
>>275244128It's really funny because Fortuna clearly doesn't give a shit about right and wrong and philosophical dilemmas even though he loves this life. I guess he enjoyed the powertrip maybe?
>>275244026Fuuta needs to put drain cleaner in his baby brother's food before he launches a nuclear ICBM or something.
>>275243289>>275243412Yes. Basically it's like a tourist trap that fucking sucks, you won't have as good of a time as you would elsewhere and you'll be stuck there until someone mans up and lets you leave. Fuck reincarnating into that shit, I'm going to go off and be a knight or a farmer or a normal salaryman or any number of other things because even if they suck they'll last at most, what 80-90 years right?
>>275243374Yes, without hesitation.
I just thought about it but this Ash fuckup mirrors how he got in over his head during Houtaro's life. Well, I guess he didn't fuck up because of greed this time, he was oddly reasonable in this one.
>>275244119Good managerial call. Give that lying faggot a reason to stay bedridden.
>>275244119>>275241315>kick him in the ballsI recognize that line
>>275241980mechazawa NOOOOOOOO
>>275244212Sounds about right, imagine living a plain but somewhat comfy life in the far future then you suddenly get aloha snackbar'd in collateral damage by a random Arione hit, and now have to live up to 300 years with your brain being prodded by electrical stimuli inside a glorified jar while your family and the rest of the world watches and thinks "man my uncle must be having some pretty nice dreams in the Sleeping Tower." FUUUUCK that, better to live as a random peasant for 30 years then move on to the next life.
>>275244248Honestly, at a certain point you just have to accept that the Armored Core For Answer ending with Old King is the right way.One down. 20 million dead.Forty million.Sixty million.Eighty million.One hundred million. Done. There are still so many more lives to take. Our journey is just beginning.
The goats can at least rest now
>>275244413Good thing Lafalle pulled the plug before they got killed by an even bigger explosion this time.
>>275242986YEEAAHHHHH FUCK YOU CAT
>>275243014Stalin...
>>275244413>tfw you realize that Lafalle killed almost everyone he cared about either directly or indirectlyAt least Carol survived, I think?
>>275244478Mercy kill is a net positiveso Lafalle's killcount is only 400 millions since he saved 100 millionsbased?
>>275241300>pulled a fast one on him>>275241315>got screwed for her troubleDeserved.
>>275244478She did, yeah. He sent her to New Zealand, far from the explosion. But we'll see more of the aftermath another day
>>275241482Now take care of her and be a proper happy family!
>>275241600YOU CAN'T JUST GRAB HIS HANDS OUT OF NOWHERE LIKE THAT! AT LEAST TAKE HIM TO DINNER FIRST!
>>275241739I'm not a manager of some super facility.
>>275241819All the previous managers died of accidents. I'd be suspicious.
>>275241865He's a terrorist, isn't he?
>>275241893>>275241912Lafalle's sharp.
>>275241980He's a good robot. o7
>>275244293I feel like these two fit as reincarnations of Fuuta and Kouko pretty well. Kouko fits a little less though
>>275241999Guard robot's fine!
>>275244371I could hear that line in my head and see the colony ships dropping but I don't remember any other context it's been so long
>>275242032So there was a rat.
>>275242892
>>275242217Your Flow is spilling again, Lafalle.
>>275242300>>275242317Saw that coming miles away, great pages to convey it.
>>275242263It's tied nicely to their experience. Lapis got her artificial limbs from her father's experiment, she just wants to be normal. Lafalle's limbs got fucked by terrorists' bomb, he wants to change the society.
>>275245405Seems like Fuuta and Kouko have the best parents of any incarnation
>>275242579>not going for the sword that probably shoots lasersNah, I bet that one's an anti gravity sword that lets you fly.
>>275242596Is this an elaborate plan to kill her daughter's boyfriend?
>>275242657That's how the real world is as well. It's just a handful of people who aren't complete retards trying to keep the ship floating.
>>275242675Literally whos. I don't think I've seen them in the reincarnations before, but I might be wrong.
>>275245572Definitely. Fuuta has good parental figures from his other lives, and Kouko's dad is an absolute chad in every life he's been in so far. Shame we don't really get to see Kouko's mom, though.>>275245709You'll see them in the future in Fortuna's life.
>>275241739>What's your excuse for not having a cute daughteru?3 words. Reverse Hikari Genji.
>>275242918It's all coming together.
>>275242217I can see Flors PTSD in panel 2
>>275242955That's a tough high score to top.
>>275243070Damn it Ash, you had one job.
>>275243155HE DID NOTHING WRONG AND YOU KNOW SPIRITS AND SOULS ARE REAL NOW, YOU STUPID BITCH
>>275243203Thanks for the dump.
>>275245979She doesn't seem that mad. I think she's mostly just bothered because he was capable of doing that.
>>275244371You muthafuckah.>>275245029>I could hear that line in my head and see the colony ships dropping but I don't remember any other context it's been so long>"In a Revolution, blood must be spilt. Don'tchu think?"IIRC there were theories about how Old King had a wife or daughter and were poisoned by Kojima Particle Contamination. The emblem Lisa is either one of them. His last few lines in Occupation of Arteria Carpals was: "You don't get to choose who lives and who dies." in answer to the last 5 LYNX.
>>275243374lolno. Just make souls or non-living revival a research project. Or ask Carol to look into it. Being a janny/manager bored Lafalle so much he started using ghosts as sources and went full crazy terrorist.
>>275246432Sorry, I'll go with the ghost instead of the dying society
Lafalle did absolutely nothing wrong and I will never change my opinion on this matter.
>>275246454gonna coax this anon into some serious atrocities after I die
>>275246247Maybe I'll dig up my copy and play it again. I think I remember liking the faster mechs better than how they are in 6. Gotta be somewhere around here.. I just don't remember if it was for ps3 or 360
>>275246530"Anon, first world countries have low birth rates because their experience of death is perverted! Start a world war!"
>>275246488Listen to this man
>>275246530Hopefully that's not that anon going into regenerative science
>>275246579Birth rates are one thing, putting brains in a jar is another. I bet even the glowies would agree eventually
>>275246562It was for both. 360 was steadier but PS3 had the bigger community players.
>>275246610Just say "fuck terrorists and the government" and give the non-living new bodies. Can't be that hard if they can make black holes and superhumans.
>>275246673Pretty sure that they don't because they can't. When describing the tower and technological breakthroughs, Lafalle just said "it's been X years since any of the non living died", meaning keeping them alive and stimulated electrically is already a challenge
>>275246673Some people had tried and it didn't work out well. I'm guessing the souls themselves just wanted to die and would go at the earliest opportunity.
>>275246615I just don't remember what my copy was. If it was ps3 I'm pretty sure it's toast but my 360 is still good
>>275246941Last time they left her to go out for a while they died
>>275243090Goodbye Lafalle. You were unfathomably based and impossibly cool.
>>275242745Oh man... she indeed had feelings for him why did it took so long to be open about it?
>>275243374I don't think I would have come to the same conclusion as Lafalle, that the non-living are trapped between life and death. To me they're already dead without the technology to revive their bodies and restore their consciousness and the tower is ultimately a pointless fake heaven made to comfort the dying and their loved ones. I guess that means I'd have pulled the kill switch if someone else gave me a decent reason to.
>>275242834At least this there are tears in their eyes while hurting each other
Lafalle's world really could've been its own manga
>>275242933You know? I think this life strengthened Koko's resolve like she learned the lesson that if she acts nice he will inevitably do something fuck up.She probably tought that killing him would be an exageration until she experience this life a realize that he will get a lot of people kill one way or another
>>275247943It's interesting and I wouldn't have minded a few more chapters of it, but it ultimately still hinges on the cycle of reincarnation of souls. I don't think it would read half as well without the rest of the story to give it context.
>>275243144Can you imagine knowing exactly when the world will end? it might be in the far future but it will definitely make you cynical, every human confilct will look stupid knowing how everything ends
>>275248200>every human confilct will look stupid knowing how everything endsEven worse, everything you did would feel pointless.
Lafalle was not only wrong about the souls but died a meaningless death. The only good thing he did was waiting for Carol to thawHe was cool though
>>275242675I never thought about it before but I guess the other tower managers would see the ghost as well
>>275242745Life Lesson: Share plans of historic genocide with your loved ones.
>>275242955that seems really low, actually i thought the world was supposed to have 20B?
>>275243374definitely would've talked to koko about it before pulling the plug
>>275243267>the cat interrupting was a bit too muchthat's the best part of the story
>>275243374No. I'd give Carol some siblings
>>275248067I think it's pretty insane that it delves into political conspiracies to this extent in this context. Every side to this situation is multifaceted and struggling
whatever happened with teh rei? fortuna said he can't ever see that spirit again because their business was concludedwas there an actual conclusion i've forgotten?
>>275250795It's 100M for Lafalle alone, not sure about the others. I think the entire world has 10B though
>>275250918The conclusion is Vann giving her a great and full life, so they can't see each other again
>>275250795I noticed that, but his tower alone has 100 million >>275241300 so I figured he was reporting the numbers on his end. The others could have even higher K/D
>>275245873cool it with the anti-semitic remarks
>>275246941I'm coming inside her.
>>275251196Elia...
Hatesex is the only solution at this point.
>>275242234hey Flors it's your son
>>275249940>>275253349>ubermensch btw
man Ash gets screwed even when he tries to do good.
>>275250851She would have just ratted you out. She was never gonna go for it.
>>275242505I bet this is why fortuna particularly likes this life.
>>275242728The most tragic about this is that ultimately lafalle was wrong, humanity wasn't on the brink of extinction because souls were unable to be reborn. otherwise the numbers of humanity would remain the same regardless of era. Souls choose when to be reborn and they simply decided lafalle's era was too boring. At most, you could say souls refused to go to lafalle's era because there was a chance they would be left dreaming for centuries, but you could also say the real problem was the anti technology movement...
>>275255329The Spacifica stuff shows the towers were an issue at least
>>275242109>we've never even held handsSo this >>275241600 was rape?
>>275256308yes, obviously
>>275243203Anyone else feel like a plot point about how babies everywhere are being stillborn would make sense seeing as they would be empty container. Maybe it would be a little too on the nose
>>275256417Like you said it would make things too obvious, as things are you can't really tell where the issue starts and where it ends, but it's basically that humanity lost its way
important question time: who's gonna get a plush/stuffed toy if spirit circle gets an anime(image stolen from mizukami's twittter)
>>275256817Robo-cat, of course.
>>275245873Ash demolished his record minutes later
How far into the future would a vision of the end of the world be foe you to not really give a shit? Obviously fuuta cares since his reincarnation was involved.
>>275257103he probably didn't, actually. The entire world population is now 500m and we don't know how big the blast was
>>275257331I'm assuming not all tower managers were in on the plan, so he probably killed a whole lot of pickled brains as well. I doubt the whole world had only 5 towers.
>>275257109Well there's one already.
>>275242010>>275242553That's what marrying out of obligation leads to. I think Lafalle and Lapis didn't really see each other romantically in this life, but they cared for each other on a very platonic level with Carol as the cornerstone of their relationship.
>>275257490Spoiler for later stuff they actually didn't blow up the entire world though, we know that from the boring life
>>275258593The date after the boring life is my favorite part of the manga
>>275242217Flors' seething trascends time and space.
>>275242442I agree. I fucking hate that cat's face too.
>>275242579It just dawned on me Carol might not be a virgin anymore in this page. If she had the means to sneak to the basement and dragged her bf with her...
>>275242649He kept her out of everything. He was right to do so, considering how she reacted when it all came crashing down.
>>275259243They still conspired to adopt a kid and navigate this hostile environment, but yeah she missed on the terrorist subquest
>>275243060>>275243070ONE JOB AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>275258091Humanity could be space colonists or even dimension hopping immortal androids by then. Seeing it all end without a trace would be different.
Thus ends the best part of the manga, that should have been a whole manga of it's own.
>>275256931
>>275259641Or long dead due to the folly of man
>>275261425the folly of Ash*
>>275261755The pyromaniac dumbass tried his best this time, ar least he managed to not burn down his own house like he did over and over in previous incarnations. Even if the black hole bombs still went off.
I had a dream last night where I was the manager of a tower similar to Lafalle. I can't quite remember what happened but I think I was trying to shut down the tower at the end. Maybe I was one of these other guys >>275242675 in a previous incarnation.
>>275263056You know what's even funnier? He was the first brother incarnation to successfuly kill his Fuuta.
Soon!
>>275265300That would only be true if he was trying to detonate the black hole bomb, but he was trying to stop it. Otherwise, you could also say his feudal japan incarnation also sucessfully killed his brother by accidentaly setting up his fight with yoko's conterpart.
>>275267215I read this >>275243070 as him causing it to destroy the world. It'd be like if Vann's brother had trapped him in their burning house. Kaijirou causing Houtarou's death is a lot more indirect and required Houtarou to make certain choices, most notably killing himself through overexertion getting to the tree.
>>275267668The point was ash stopping it, it was his one job and he failed. Unless you are trying to argue HE was the leader of the faction trying to use them, and he sucessfully rused lafalle into helping him.But that feels to elaborate after saving his life...>>275241927
>>275268001No, I'm saying he made it worse by accident. It's not specified how much damage the bomb would have done if it had operated as expected and it could have malfunctioned on its own. So maybe Lafalle was dead either way. But, if it was just going to blow up a different city or something, then Ash accidentally making the bomb worse would mean he directly killed Lafalle when he otherwise would have survived.
>>275263056>>275267215>>275267668>>275268001>>275268312Note that the narration at the end of Lafalle's life are merely Lafalle's final thoughts. He doesn't actually know what happened over there. It's possible Arion was about to blow everything up either way.
>>275267143Spoon!
>>275243060>tfw me and my brother read this page immediately during new years I think it was during 2017
>>275242579>>275259072gf with>superhuman intellect>superhuman strength>superhuman endurance>perfect memoryPoor guy doesn't know what he's in for
>>275270442Have you assassinated your brother yet?
>>275256817Wouldn't mind a Rune. She's kinds of the mascot, right?
What's with Lafalle thinking designer babies are fine but humans shouldn't pervert death? In a way it's like he's pro tech on one side but anti in another.
>>275271683It's not about "anti-tech vs pro-tech" it's about the application. One is keeping people in a perpetual state of non-death as a brain in a jar which may or may not have implications for souls and the cycle of rebirth, the other is giving his daughter to live her life more freely than most people can hope for.
>>275271864I think you nailed it. Fuuta's lives are, more often than not, trying to reclaim power for people
>>275271892It's not about power for the people per say, more like fighting against an unwanted status quo, that being a tradition of human sacrifices, being seen as cursed, not being acknowledged how you want to be, being an illegitimate bastard or in this case, the slow extinction of humanity.
EhhhWe got enough thread left for two chaptersSorry late comers
>>275273280Pretty sure the downtime between this life and the next one is small anyway. Hell, the next life is already short as fuck.
>>275273314None of his lives have been very tall
What good friends
>>275273480It's over for Nono, she got daughterzoned
Phrases frequently said by people who did nothing wrong
>>275273450>>275273461This is 1000% cope by Koko. Even if she's ok with being a murderer, Kouko isn't and will carry the weight of killing Fuuta to the grave. It'd be even worse if the events unfolded as they originally would and she killed Fuuta as soon as he found out that his mom died during childbirth and her baby miscarriaged. Adding to that massive tragedy would fuck anyone up, and it'd be even worse knowing that you did to to a genuinely nice, innocent kid and his family.That and people won't forget you're a murderer that easily, all it takes is someone that really doesn't like you to start digging for dirt and boom, everyone knows you're a murderer again.
>>275273619>>275273638I suppose his high score he worked so hard for did get beaten only seconds after he set it.
Lapis didn't know anything
>>275273699Lafalle was the better parent
Here it comes
>>275273768What?
>>275273768WHAT?!
Nono, no....
>>275273768Best comedy bit in the manga. Never fails to make me smile.
>>275273822S'pretty good
>>275241205>((("""accident""")))funniest thing i've read all month. good job anon, i threw up my coocie.
>>275273347I'd grope Rune ngl
>>275273768Nonobros...
>Meanwhile, in an entirely different manga
>>275273461I thought Japanese universities were super competitive. They're gonna let in a premeditated murderer with a GED?
>>275274166she caught the dreaded japanese cold?
>>275273768Nono can't stop losing.
>>275273768Poor Nono...
>>275274218>unremarkable, uneventfullmao no wonder this idiot got got
I did a cheeky editKeep newbies in the dark for tomorrow
>>275273876Umi is best girl.
>>275274368he will never be
>>275273768I really, really like this page.
>>275273749I'm glad the tsundere fad is long dead, mc falling in love with girls because they try to hurt or kill them never made sense to me.
>>275273970I have been wondering for years what she told him here.
>>275273382>I'm not, he said>while speaking in a way no highschool student could
>>275274050I don't think they care about that.
>>275273529>Nono or Kouko>Nono daughterzoned>Kouko is Koko
>>275274601The likely answer is Tetsu, but I think it's purposefully never revealed to leave it open because frankly, it changes nothing. They're all good friends regardless. She said Nono
>>275274601Umi's been with Fuuta and Tetsu, now she's getting the D(aiki)
>>275273619>>275273638I agree with Kouko.He keeps so many things to himself.
>>275273749YESYESYES!I hope East and Rune is nearby.
>>275273768WHAT!
>>275274585I like non-violent tsunderes. And in Fuuta's case he fell in love with her before he knew how she was. Which may have been influenced by the parts of his previous lives where they got along. >>275274601My guess is Daiki.
>>275273749Honestly I feel like anons have been too harsh to Kouko this whole storytime. She's clearly being mindfucked by her past lives like Fuuta is, honestly even harder. We only see the real her a handful of times throughout the manga
>>275273807NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO
>>275273819>ACK!Rune...
>>275273831>>275273843Proper answer, yes.I love her expression.His reaction, too.
>>275274693Lapis had her chance. It's Nono's turn.
>>275274833The Stona story didn't leave a good first impression. But I've been warming up to her ever since her gamer rage.
>>275274368Haha, I know this.I love it.Especially THAT bit.
>>275273807Nono, noooo!
>>275274898>Lapis ahd her chanceYes, and Lafalle squander that whole life.What did Lapis think when she slowly come to a realization that her 'husband' is going to become a mass murderer?Then, it actually happened.
>>275273749>>275273768OH NONONONONONONOBROS DON'T LOOK
>>275273749This series really is good.
>>275273843He's back as himself, imagine how nice being a new person instead of fucked up twisted you
>>275274833As I said before, Kouko is a good girl and doesn't deserve most of the hate. Koko is a massive bitch that brings her grudge to every other life though and is more than willing to ruin Kouko's life just to settle a grudge that has nothing to do with Kouko.
>>275273768How could they do this to my Nono
>>275273914Nono deserves happiness ;_;
>>275273807>>275273819How many genocides and bad karma for this bad luck?
>>275243374Don't know.I'm adamantly against murder, but letting someone die isn't necessarily that.If I was living Lafalle's life, present in the tower, I feel like I would spiritually come to 'know' what the correct answer is or at least have a better idea since this doesn't seem like a question with a rationale answer.
>>275275079>and Lafalle squander that whole lifeIt takes two to hold hands.>slowly come to a realizationI wonder when she first suspected. Was it not until he shut the robots off? Or had she already realized from him acting weird and was just too afraid to confront him and confirm her suspicions? It's not like the idea would have been alien to her. Spacifica wasn't exactly subtle.
>>275273280AIEEEEEEEEE, I THOUGHT YOU'RE GOING TO BAKE A NEW BREAD FOR SURE
>>275274050>I thought Japanese universities were super competitive. They're gonna let in a premeditated murderer with a GED?I vaguely remember something about how juvenile crimes aren't public record(from a manga about a guy who can travel into people's dreams to get revenge) so it might be the college can't background check her?
>>275243374The problem is the set up is meant to achieve a certain moral quandary, which it does just fine. But in reality, it should be completely trivial to "answer" whether they're alive or not with the technology we've seen. There's really no reason why they shouldn't be able to have even rudimentary communication devices, much less exosuits or the like.The situation is constructed very specifically to make actually "knowing" impossible to preserve the core idea, which is about the nature of souls and life and death.
>>275275626>There's really no reason why they shouldn't be able to have even rudimentary communication devices, much less exosuits or the likeI can see a few. They're keeping the brains alive in a jar and pumping them full of electronic signals that are meant to stimulate them into "dreams". It's not too hard to believe that's the extent to which they can go, and that any experiment to try and "communicate" with the brain is inconclusive and cannot actually prove this was bad.
>>275275626>The problem is the set up is meant to achieve a certain moral quandary, which it does just fine. But in reality, it should be completely trivial to "answer" whether they're alive or not with the technology we've seen. These were the exact thoughts I had. I absolutely understand the need to prevent the existence of a technology that allows one to communicate or sufficiently restore the non-living in order to maintain the moral dilemma and develop the concept of a soul, but I really think if they were capable of robotics and biomedical engineering that advanced, then surely a long-term answer would've already been developed by a government that was already dissatisfied with how the non-living are currently "surviving." I suppose that Mizu could've fleshed out reasons on why the technology was either prohibited or destroyed, given the state of the world he created, but I also suppose that's not the point.
>>275275626To me the question doesn't even hinge on whether or not they're alive. Even if everything was working as advertised, I'd still kill them and want to be killed if I was one of them.
>>275273309Lafalle is so cool man.
>>275275681I still feel like there has to be a way to do input-output. We can do rudimentary bionics RIGHT now. Even if you had to have something in your brain while before you became un-unliving, that would still account for people like Aizen, Riffle, and Talio. If they can stimulate stuff that they can detect is like dreams, it doesn't feel impossible to have developed something to allow cybernetics. They already have artificial limbs too.At a certain point, if you can't get ANYTHING out of them, then they're dead, or at least brain dead.
>>275275940The government was so anti-technology in general that I think that serves as justification enough for why they never progressed beyond simply keeping the brains alive. That and I also theorize that they would eventually just outright reject living and die if they were allowed to remain cognizant.
>>275275990They might not respond to inputs in a way that either proves or disproves them being alive. We don't even know if they're detecting dreams or brain activity here, even if that's what they assume the brains are doing. Either way this is a question that's more about the spiritual nature of what they're doing than the practicalities of it, or at least I feel that's what Mizukami went with this.
>>275273843
oh, about the next chapter (spoilers for it and later on) if you're using the official digital version the alien's talk in parentheses was supposed to be not so easy to read which is why they flashback to it when it's relevant, they fixed it in the print release (it's still readable but a lot more annoying)
>>275273638>>275273651Heh, how does it feel? Not so smug anymore, aren't you?
>>275273690>>275273699I'm not sure who's talking here. Fuuta using Lafalle's knowledge or Lafalle himself?
>>275273768AIEEEEEEE NYONYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>275273807>>275273819Nyonyoooooo.....
>>275273876Look at her going all yankee and shit. I love her.
>>275277278She's perfect.
>>275274601It was me, she love me.
>>275277166I think Fortuna would be more smug.
>>275274368WHAT DID YOU DO, YOU BASTARD?! Thanks by the way.
>>275276247Fuuta belongs to Nono.
