Meeeeeeephyyyyyyyy, what are you planning, what’s that damn key about? The key to go search Yukio, to knowing the truth?
For real though, I was rereading back a few chapters and, even if he’s a huge asshole, I just love the way Mephy plans stuff ahead, there is really no equivalent to how great a chessmaster he is, I mean…
you’re literally the king of time bby, of course you said that to piss him off and make him go to the Illuminati.
Because Yukio going to the Illuminati would obviously force Rin to ask about the truth in order to bring his brother back (since Yukio is obsessed with understanding why Shiro didn’t kill them), having to destroy the Illuminati who will want to keep Yukio in the process…
Because the Illuminati and Lucifer want Satan to also be able to materialize in Assiah, something that will easily happen or so Satan seems to think, probably because Mephy made some kind of pact with him about stopping his destruction of Assiah during the Blue Night in exchange for being given Rin as a vessel once he’d be ready:
Except that Mephy is obviously lying to his “father”, because he’s not on Satan’s side since he doesn’t want to see Assiah or humankind completely annihilated by Satan:
Mephy loves his human toys
However, Mephy bullshitting Satan is probably going to explode back to his face at some point, not that he’s not already expecting it. I guess that’s why he said…
because he too will surely have to fight at one moment or another (as Rin’s backup against Lucifer & the other Baals on his side maybe?) and maybe that’s why Sensei once implied we’d see Mephy’s demon heart in the story.
It’s probably going to be one hell of a fight if/when it happens (anyone remember him getting angry at Rin in ch66?) and I’m totally looking forward to it. 😀
So yeah, Mephy’s planning is top-notch but what particularly gets to me is the fact that, by doing all that, he’s precisely proving us and Shura wrong when it comes to the whole “demons can’t understand humans because they have no feelings”…
…because he explained before that being a Baal and losing their vessel was the worst thing ever for them and yet, he’s been prepared to go all out and to sacrifice even his own vessel at some point (”I cannot abandon this body just yet”, as if foreshadowing that he would have to later)in order to make sure that Assiah would survive Satan.
So yeah he may be an asshole, a trickster and sees everyone as his toys, but he’s Assiah’s biggest ally alright.
…Anyway, so what is this key around Rin’s neck about, Mephy? I can’t wait to know.
Ahhhhh I haven’t read ch1 in so long I totally forgot, thanks for bringing that up!
okay so, more accurate question becomes WHAT DID YOU HIDE MEPHY?!
Frankly I’m wondering if it might not be for opening some sort of parallel dimension/timeline that Mephy created
(like where Neuhaus is), in order to let Rin find out by himself about what happened during the Blue Night.
I mean, obviously Mephy was only going to tell him about his origins once he’d have broken the sword/seal over his demon heart in Gehenna. …Oh, maybe it can also take him to where Yuri was buried by Shiro or Mephisto?
Or maybe it just has to do with Rin’s powers somehow… Anyway, thanks for reminding me! 😀 I guess we’ll see next month.
Meeeeeeephyyyyyyyy, what are you planning, what’s that damn key about? The key to go search Yukio, to knowing the truth?
For real though, I was rereading back a few chapters and, even if he’s a huge asshole, I just love the way Mephy plans stuff ahead, there is really no equivalent to how great a chessmaster he is, I mean…
you’re literally the king of time bby, of course you said that to piss him off and make him go to the Illuminati.
Because Yukio going to the Illuminati would obviously force Rin to ask about the truth in order to bring his brother back (since Yukio is obsessed with understanding why Shiro didn’t kill them), having to destroy the Illuminati who will want to keep Yukio in the process…
Because the Illuminati and Lucifer want Satan to also be able to materialize in Assiah, something that will easily happen or so Satan seems to think, probably because Mephy made some kind of pact with him about stopping his destruction of Assiah during the Blue Night in exchange for being given Rin as a vessel once he’d be ready:
Except that Mephy is obviously lying to his “father”, because he’s not on Satan’s side since he doesn’t want to see Assiah or humankind completely annihilated by Satan:
Mephy loves his human toys
However, Mephy bullshitting Satan is probably going to explode back to his face at some point, not that he’s not already expecting it. I guess that’s why he said…
because he too will surely have to fight at one moment or another (as Rin’s backup against Lucifer & the other Baals on his side maybe?) and maybe that’s why Sensei once implied we’d see Mephy’s demon heart in the story.
It’s probably going to be one hell of a fight if/when it happens (anyone remember him getting angry at Rin in ch66?) and I’m totally looking forward to it. 😀
So yeah, Mephy’s planning is top-notch but what particularly gets to me is the fact that, by doing all that, he’s precisely proving us and Shura wrong when it comes to the whole “demons can’t understand humans because they have no feelings”…
…because he explained before that being a Baal and losing their vessel was the worst thing ever for them and yet, he’s been prepared to go all out and to sacrifice even his own vessel at some point (”I cannot abandon this body just yet”, as if foreshadowing that he would have to later)in order to make sure that Assiah would survive Satan.
So yeah he may be an asshole, a trickster and sees everyone as his toys, but he’s Assiah’s biggest ally alright.
…Anyway, so what is this key around Rin’s neck about, Mephy? I can’t wait to know.
Why Mephisto is so willing to tell Rin everything, but not Yukio…
Throughout the series we have followed Yukio and Rin’s actions and seen who they are. Basically, though it’s well hidden, Rin is much more mature than Yukio is. Yukio wants to know the answers to everything and cannot accept things he does not like. He places himself in danger and has the urge to be better, stronger than everyone else, and is rather bitter when he is not.
This makes him very child-like:
Rin, however, understands he can’t know everything (though he wants to) and has the capability to accept things he doesn’t like. He tries to subvert danger, but neutralizes it when it occurs in a way that is sensible; at least, to him (see: Rin saving Kuro, Rin handling the Impure King, Rin with the Kraken, Rin with the 7 mysteries of True Cross, ETC). He tries to solve problems. He may feel inferior to others but instead of being bitter (like Yukio), he strives to better himself.
This makes him adult-like.
Mephisto has recognized their behaviors. He knows Yukio is very childish and bratty, and therefore doesn’t believe he deserves the answers he seeks. He is, in Mephisto’s eyes, unworthy because he is childlike. Mephisto views Rin as more mature, but he’s also recognized how static Rin tends to be. He’s been subtly pushing Rin to ask questions because he feels Rin is deserving of knowing the answers. Hence why he’s so willing to tell Rin everything and why he was so excited when Rin finally asked.
Mephisto is certain that Rin is more mature than Yukio. Why? I’ll explain.
Mephisto is clearly an omniscient character. He is aware that we are reading the story. Since he frequently breaks the fourth wall, is it so forward to assume that the anime was actually an alternate universe that Mephisto spectated over? Perhaps Mephisto has known from the start how unstable Yukio could be, since he’s already seen it before. He watched Yukio try to esponge the world of demons using his own brother as a sacrifice, unable to accept his brother for what he is. He’s seen how utterly ruthless and stupid Yukio could be. He’s seen Satan possess the moron.
Perhaps he was so unwilling to tell Yukio anything, not only because he’s an asshole who just wanted to be a catalyst for the end of the world, but because he knew how Yukio would react all along?
Why do these things always come to me while I’m making food? O.o
We all know Shiemi gets exhausted when she overtaxes her powers (Shemihaza nephilim or something similar), and this time, she even got a nosebleed.
What if every time she creates life with Nii-chan as a conduit (he provides the earth) that she uses a bit of her own life force to do it. That would make things EXTREMELY dangerous for her to continue using them in such a way and being an Exorcist would quite literally shorten her life. She gets taxed far more than any other tamer when using Nii-chan to grow plants. (Link to larger version of image below.)
Altered the image used to illustrate better.
I’m positive her mom has ulterior motives, and this is a little out there, but maybe THAT’S what she was told to her and it scared her into quitting, on top of being HUGE info [Nephilim]. She’s too far removed from being a “living concept” (as Mephisto described demons)
and is a flesh and blood creature, there is no endless source of power. She can’t generate life from nothing and it has to come from somewhere… herself.
And just like how Yukio was concerned that Rin was using his flames too much (at the cost of his humanity), her power use comes with a cost, too. Her life. Her version of being “consumed by the flames” would be dying. That would definitely put the brakes of her becoming any sort of super-badass, godly Exorcist.
That would also explain why she’s so torn about her decision but still doesn’t hesitate to use it to save people, and also explain the reason for her to not tell her friends about why she’s quitting… shame. She’s being “selfish” in wanting to live, and for her, that would be against everything she stands for: being selfless.
I need to stop editing after posting initially. :S
Shiemi Moriyama is the literal queen. She has blessed my life, that girl is so resilient and strong, and has the biggest heart! she deserves all the love.
Vote for Shiemi a.k.a TheStrongestQueen2k18, I mean
she grew an entire forest to protect everyone from Rin’s flames in, like, one second.
I’m telling you guys, she’s Shemihaza (the emperor of creation)’s nephilim. Even Amaimon implied that she was special during this chapter (and you don’t get that kind of comment from him unless there is a reason).
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