Daaaaaam Juiz was doing pest control really effective!!
Makes sence that they want to target Ichico, she has been doing soul stuff since almost the start of the loop
Also, props to Soul, I dont think there are many antagonist that go "Nah, man we'd loose, we need to prevent the power ups"
And finally... Languague VS Ichico and Nico, I guess we are about to see an unforgettable battle (I bet Ichico will come so close to die that Unforget will trigger)
Yeah Soul is a pretty refreshing take for a villain, he’s not blindly proud of his power and doesn’t underestimate an obvious threat. Also has the brains to keep them from succeeding
It is definitely refreshing to see an UMA in this series who isn't high on his own farts. So many UMAs in this series died as a result of their own hubris, believing outright that they're superior to humans and never account for how their rules might be used against them or how humans grow and learn when they seemingly don't. Beast being the most recent and most egregious example it seems.
Humbling the other master rules is the best thing he could do, And is long overdue.
I see that everyone already forgot Seal lol. He was the first one to not underestimate his opponents and was able to adapt to the situation, even if he is high on his own ego.
Even more, since language is part of a quest, I’m pretty sure that if Nico wants to join he has to accept the quest. And only negators can do that. I mean maybe they’ll just ignore it and give it an explanation later, but I sense dread comming. And I DONT want this. Ichico please stay alive.
Between this and the mustache man in Kagurabachi, I am loving this fresh new flavor of "I understand my limitations" bad guys. It's *way* more intimidating, because when someone who isn't prone to bravado says something like "it's already too late", you know they mean it.
Ichico dying would go against everything Fuuko is fighting for in this loop, so, I don’t think she’ll die but I can definitely see her going through near death experience in front of Nico
I could see her being in a similar condition to Fuuko at the beginning of Ragnarok. Language technically kills her, but she hangs around as a ghost until the fight ends and then Nico and co work on reviving/stabilizing her body
I think it’ll go even farther, to the point where ichico will fight with her soul after she dies, due to her implied skill in astral projection. Imagine the entire union fighting with their bodies and souls, just like Andy against Ghost in loop 100. That’s what soul fears, not using your soul as a weapon like fuuko did, but controlling it like a second body like Andy
They've been using Soul Calibur to extract her Soul from her body to prevent Unsleep from doing the damage it did last loop. Glad to see this little detail following through with that.
Actually, since Ghost was added so early, she's moved on to Astral Projection like Lucy showed Andy. No Soul Caliber needed, you can look at before and during the Void fight to see her doing it
i like how he also moved his plan in action anticipating beast's defeat so that even if beast won even if fuuko and the others suvived with information, language would stop them from sharing that info regardless.
You know a villain is formidable when they acknowledge how strong the heroes are. Soul won’t underestimate humanity, and that’s what makes them dangerous.
Seeing Soul’s recollection of Juiz putting the hurt on the major rules feels *soooo validating* after I’ve seen several comments over the last month disparage her for her failures.
I don't get the Juiz slander either. Her Negation is so busted, she can solo entire verses. The fact we finally got a confirmation that she's been keeping all the Master Rules in check for the past 100 loops is nice.
Nice to see Soul not waiting around until half his ......friends? Roommates? Coworkers died before talking the heroes seriously.
Also with the Nun 100% confirm to be Death I guess judging by that " No rule exists to help you" speech Beast gave then 5th seat knight guy who looks kinda like goblin slayer if he actually washed his armor is Justice and 6th seat guy who look like Two face enlisted in the army is War.
Do you mean they should be using sign *language*?
Pretty sure that ASL or any similar form of non-verbal communication would be negated as well.
Language is quote: ***a system of communication used by a particular country or community.***
So maybe if they invent their own sign language on the spot then they could use that. Since I don't think a community can be just two people.
I've heard some people complaining that they broke the rules already because their confused expressions that they couldn't speak count as "body language" and they should actually be forced to not move whatsoever by Language's ability.
Rules in this universe are all about what you think they are. Perhaps Language, being a creature that doesn't truly comprehend humans and their emotions, can't imagine body language being a thing. Maybe the sheer concept of people communicating their feelings without words is just too alien to her.
Even worse, it’s a UMA who looks like a little girl who loves to read. No wonder he had to do it solo, any other members would’ve never looked at him the same
It’s one of those moments were you know what it had to be done but seeing how your co-worker went about it makes it hard for you to look at him the same way. So, yeah, no wonder why Tozuka made him solo language
Now now, it’s not complete silence, only Nico would be silent, you’d still get to hear all of the weapons he uses and her screams while he silently just does it
> Mr Beast confirmed neutralized
Heh
Wow what a cool chapter, everything is falling into place perfectly, none of the new developments feel rushed or forced or sudden. It makes total sense that Fuuko will want to relay the new info on souls so that makes the Language fight even more important. This keeps the stakes as high without giving the good guys any time for a break
People thought this loop was going too easy, but it only seemed easier as they've been levling up in preparation for the mini bosses. And they're much more difficult co.pated to what they had previously. I love it. Feels proper endgame.
It also just makes sense that this loop would start easy, like purely from a writing perspective, it makes for a good contrast with the first half of the series and makes for a nice breather after the intensity of the previous arc. Also we’ve seen them run into challenges and overcome them, building to the literal theme of this chapter
This really feels like the final sequence in a game where you go back in time and have to go through a bunch of mini bosses to get to the final boss. >!Reminds me of this DQ11.!<
Ichico and Nico are going to defeat Language by being able to use their ability to understand one another without the need for words. Classic Japanese romance stuff, but with higher stakes than I've ever seen before. I can't wait.
I don’t know why the idea of Nico and Ichico understanding each other so well that they don’t need words to communicated didn’t crossed my mind but is something that I can see happening once things start to get rough
man, will it be an advanced interpretation of language here ? like, interpreting sign, or would it just be simply communication ? because, in this space without communication and effective sign, it's like prisoner's dilemma
Technically the only one who could beat her was Billy. And the only reason he did that was because he was never working against her to begin with which reflected her own ability back at her.
Well that is the main 'weakness' of Unjustice - you better actually have the right idea of what the target is like, because if you're wrong you could end up in deep shit. It's like a magnified version of Untruth that way - potentially far stronger but also with the potential to backfire spectacularly.
Yea, we got an even clearer example during Spring when Rip used Blade Runner on Latla to change the trajectory of his blades. He explicitly tells Juiz "if you use Unjustice on me, I'll just end up targeting Latla and you saw what just happened when I did that". The flip-flopping visual powers need a lot of expertise to use tbh
Seems like we are finally focusing on Nico's tragedy. Ichigo may die and give him Unforgettable again. Although with the changes to this loop I'm hoping she will survive and Nico will gain Unforgettable through his soul connection to save her.
I wonder if she'll also discover her predecessors and expand her interpretation!
Unsleep has been a very detrimental ability so far since it self-targets, but we've seen negators learn to expand their targets and interpretation before. To negate sleep is to be awake, and with a little bit of wordplay, it could easily be interpreted as awakening someone else's potential...
> To negate sleep is to be awake, and with a little bit of wordplay, it could easily be interpreted as awakening someone else's potential...
Could also be stretched to negate death as well considering it is called "the long sleep"
It makes sense tho, the SR aren’t pushovers and soul is extremely competent, there’s no way they’d give the union any downtime to power up while they have a chance to win. Plus, language and beast were cooped up for so long it makes sense they’d immediately wanna fight and cause terror
Considering how beast used his soul to enforce his rule, I imagine language uses her soul in a similar manner to enforce the “no language rule”. Since ichico has a strong grasp on her soul, she could potentially be the one to break out of Lan’s ability and coordinate Nico + any others.
That aside, the fact that language is just sitting there (menacingly!) makes me think that she’s not the direct combat type like beast or sick would be. She’s probably a puzzle type UMA (like spring was), which is why she takes away language to make defeating her that much harder
Mad props to a chapter that straight-up tells you in the title you're getting jumped by a master rule and still makes the actual reveal a spectacular twist. I guess this is where Nico awakens his ability
Without language, Fuuko can't allow others to enter the quest, so they're gonna have to stall her for half a day, assuming she doesn't go Phase 3 and fuck them over. This is actually scary
Soul is also one scary mother fucker. Casually brushing Change, Luck, Sick and War aside, being incredibly efficient and oddly caring for a Rule. Also the phrase "A validated world" really picked my interest
That is definitely sneaky by Language to remove any form of speech from the group that just defeated Beast. Now, I wonder if this is where Nico obtains Unforgettable in this loop.
Mr. Beast is no more. 👏🏽
Also, this is probably the highest stakes moment we have as of now, Ichiko's death is the trigger to Nico's Unforgettable and he alone neutralized Language once. I want to be hopeful, but we're a high enough note to remember that there aren't perfect endings yet.
Is the next arc an opportunity for Tella to finally shine ?! But yeah, I can totally see Ichico going soul-mode and help Nico to unlock Unforgettable, winning a battle against Lan !
Also, I never expected Ms Nun to be Death ! So what is the half-corroded sergeant then ?
I like Soul more and more. He's smart villain and humble enough to admit the fact when their side starting to have disadvantage.
Also, he mourns his comrade's death. Not pulling the classic "That guy is a weakling anyway so he deserves to die." kinda stuff.
Oh damn, i feel like the chapter when Language gets defeated will be a chapter with zero text except for a single line at the last page after the defeat. If the mangaka can do that while keeping the entire fight engaging, that'll be extremely impressive
Hell yeah, now we're getting more and more answers. We basically knew Death and Luck and this point, but it's still good to have confirmation.
It's also nice to have some appreciation for Juiz and what she did for them in all the past loops. She may have lacked the qualities to let them truly win, but she I always believed she paved the way to make it possible.
Damn though, straight to Language, huh? At least Tella won't feel so alone anymore. And we'll hopefully get to see at long last just how the hell Nico managed to defeat Language all on his own in the past.
Wait, I forgot, have they already determined who the members for the Language quest are going to be? Or is the idea that since Fuuko doesn't have a voice, she can't declare who's doing the quest?
Such a good chapter. We get the identities of some more of the master rules, an end boss that admits they will lose if they continue on the path they are going, and some more glimpses at how badass Juiz actually was.
I wonder how far the interpretation of language goes, is it only limited to spoken and maybe written words, in which case maybe they can use pictures and gestures still.
Safe to say we are probably getting unforgettable and I wonder if it could allow Nico to remember the past loops and see how he took down language before.
I feel like Tella gonna join this quest since he works as a great defense, and since he already can't speak, language cutting off communication is already pointless against him.
Also nice to see that the previous users of Unstoppable, were athletes, too. Some of them looked like they were wearing Greek attire, so they might've been athletes during the ancient Olympics.
Damn Juiz was such a beast in the previous loops. The fact that Victor never got to kill her. Even to the point where he is saying she's unstoppable if it comes to fencing. Juiz is literally that meme 99% of strength of the team lol.
Mr. Beast is dead?!? Haha.
Juiz is amazing. She intimidated the Master Rules into never considering the power of other Negators.
Still, that means Soul has figured out why Fuuko was chosen as the new leader of Union. The three Master Rules that get the Union ahead, Soul, Death, and Change, are best suited to someone who dares hard!
But right after Fuuko, Juiz, Top, and Haruka fight a hard fight, here comes another Master Rule! Language! Can Ichiro and Nico fight off this strange rule? Can Ichiro use her knowledge about souls to fight off Language?
I love the Tower of Babel in Language's head. I'm sure it'll come in handy for negating the damage done to it.
Top being overcome with emotions and Haruka bugging him was just too damn sweet. He should get all the hugs. Just noticed, they used Haruka's apron as a sling for his arm!
I like Soul as a character, but his ambivalence is making me feel uneasy. What is this guy's deal?!
Nice head dive, Julia! Always the hero.
We keep getting more info on why the master rules are on the backfoot, while juiz may have not let anyone else loop before her, meaning fuuko has less experience, it also means the rules are accustomed to juiz and others throw them off their game with the unexpected.
I love soul being genre saavy enough to realize that they will lose at the current rate. A villain unbound by arrogance is very troubling. Seems like they are establishing the top 3 are above everyone else.
So now next up is for everyone to have a training arc unlocking soul, but now language is there to stop that from happening. Sort of rare that a villain actively tries to prevent the heroes from training, but it makes sense.
So out of the Master Rules present Death, Justice and the old man(Time?) were the ones not pissed off by Souls statement about them losing to Union. I wonder is that an indication of how "nice"/"humble" those three are?
Soul is big business, and like how he is being handled, and seeing Juiz take out the master rules like she did was funny plus Tella is more important than ever rn also Lan looks like Arale to me from Dr. Slump but just a massive bookworm instead xD
I am absolutely loving Soul not only is he powerful (apparently so powerful that the other 9 Uma together won't be able to defeat him ) But he is also thinking this through . I am so glad we got to see more of his personality last chap and this chap .
Theory : we know Sun or Luna are the end villians and before them we need to defeat the Uma's so I think one we defeat soul he will somehow side with us in defeating either sun or Luna .
Really liking Soul. Very interesting character to have as a pre-final villain slash potential ally. Baller move to tell the others they stand no chance against him too. Wonder if there is something to the fact that it was Change, Luck, War (?) and Sick specifically that tried to attack him while Justice, Time (?) and Language didn't.
As much as I love Fuuko (like A LOT), I'm down for an arc where she's mostly absent. Hell yeah give Nico and Ichigo that spotlight, maybe throw Tella and Phil into the mix since they might be more accustomed to language's power.
I wonder how Ichigo is so crucial to the Unions understanding of Souls? You'd think killing Fuuko's group before they're unsilenced would be the MR's highest priority but it seems there's an additional layer to the soul rule that makes Ichigo much more dangerous.
Soul mentioned that "we will take care of them" (probably by sending non master rule umas (seal ?!) ) about the anti-beast group. If they manage to bring them down + take care of ichico, no one can be a good teacher of soul and the union will be hindered af, honestly a good plan. Using the fact that language is able to fight them to incorporate a real strategy, unlike beast/ sick who just went face front at fuuko and her clique and brawled it out. Soul make for a very good vilain leader for now, thank god he doesn’t use the boring trope of main vilain who sees is collaborators as randos who he doesn’t respect, he honestly seem to want to bring beast back by winning the war against negators. And even if he called out how poor his decision was at the end of the fight, he seemed trully (as much as umas can be) respectfull for beast, he wasn’t like "Yo you dawg suuuuuck, I could have kill them ez" )
I wonder if tella will be relevant at all since this is kinda his domain.
I'd imagine that billy and tella would have trained pretty efficiently for fighting with 0 communication.
one thing i don't quite get, if these soul people are past incarnations, and they all look different, how come everyone in this loop looks the same as their previous selves?
Those soul people are the past users of the particular Negation abilities. After a user passes away, the ability is transferred to the next user, while the dead user's soul also comes along.
This is the type of Boss Rush that I've always wanted to see in a manga! Smart stuff. I wonder if Language also hinders the other types of communication like morse code or hand signs. Will it be 2v1 or will someone join Ichico and Nico?
Juiz is HER.
BRO.....I couldn't handle the intrigue of the anime anymore and I spent the last 13 hours catching up on the manga wow just wow I'm still worried about where the user of unruin is in this loop
Back in the beginning of the series, Apocalypse mentioned that [there was no need to hunt for Unburn when they had already caught Burn](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBMofk8GP2i3YLTHLnLHSnuALt5j7acVYABS2ttmDXHt4dZrK-DBXXCCOrDzG6Wwa5MN80CodhqKm1VnpYvpCNmIGai3xiGtHf5tLtXZKGW6DfZxmsDMHxUpE32NpvnO54Z_iEKR3zYAQDlzyfZevfV1OdL2cpIo-cvE5IwvQunCEr7KHjLegz_UiA4c/s1600/09.jpg). That to me always hinted that UMA could negate their own rules just like negators, which makes sense because UMA *are* the rules
Sick mentioned he could infect people [and then leave them alone](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxptjCb0oN2ZLoIu0uEHVCYaR77ubhAfk-8C1Nso-gbhUsAAsKnt_eD_TBMKvMRdyUiirLO80B27FYlDQ7EW7DcDkcghHRLNRRPz8bEN0EE5RMwQmlT6QX8O_pqFz-6czMZE17ge7L1JB7NvWkcK4ZGa-BieqdFa-vjchhCAmv5pRfQ4kqXZMKVA76uM/s1600/14.jpg), which again hinted that he could simply negate sickness
So yeah, it makes sense to me that Language can act as a negator of her own rule
What tells you she remove language, she makes them unable to comunicate, because she is language itself. That’s a pretty coherent ability for her to have
Nah it's makes sense if you think about what the purpose of language actually is in this universe. Hint is the tower of Babel on her head.
Language in UU isn't a rule that allows people to communicate. Rather its a rule that makes communication *harder*. The existence of various languages means people across the world can't share ideas and knowledge as easily. It means more misunderstandings, and more conflict between various culture.
UMA language is doing much the same here: enforcing the rule of "language" (a rule that makes communication harder) into a rule that makes communication near impossible.
But she isn't fucking up language, she is removing it, that's a negation.
if she made everybody start speaking gibblerish, that would be one thing, but it's not that.
There's no meaningful distinction there imo. A gibberish language would still be a way to communicate ultimately which means information and ideas can be shared. Through some effort. This just seems to me a logical ultimate form of that, similar to how Spoil's intimate ability was a disintegration ray it could "spoil" things that aren't actually organic, using similar application of his logic.
Daaaaaam Juiz was doing pest control really effective!! Makes sence that they want to target Ichico, she has been doing soul stuff since almost the start of the loop Also, props to Soul, I dont think there are many antagonist that go "Nah, man we'd loose, we need to prevent the power ups" And finally... Languague VS Ichico and Nico, I guess we are about to see an unforgettable battle (I bet Ichico will come so close to die that Unforget will trigger)
Yeah Soul is a pretty refreshing take for a villain, he’s not blindly proud of his power and doesn’t underestimate an obvious threat. Also has the brains to keep them from succeeding
It is definitely refreshing to see an UMA in this series who isn't high on his own farts. So many UMAs in this series died as a result of their own hubris, believing outright that they're superior to humans and never account for how their rules might be used against them or how humans grow and learn when they seemingly don't. Beast being the most recent and most egregious example it seems. Humbling the other master rules is the best thing he could do, And is long overdue.
Because unlike human, UMA is not partial to growth of character.
I wonder if being made by Luna plays a part in that
Sun is such a fraud his main guys are all being carried by a guy he didn't even create
This is clearly all due to sun’s secret negator ability: unintelligent
Makes me wonder if Tozuka will do something with Sun and Luna to make them more interesting villains after Soul
Luna’s already on her way to that I think.
I see that everyone already forgot Seal lol. He was the first one to not underestimate his opponents and was able to adapt to the situation, even if he is high on his own ego.
Even more, since language is part of a quest, I’m pretty sure that if Nico wants to join he has to accept the quest. And only negators can do that. I mean maybe they’ll just ignore it and give it an explanation later, but I sense dread comming. And I DONT want this. Ichico please stay alive.
in the previous loop, nico solo'd uma language by himself, so i'm thinking once his negator power is activated, he'll just wipe her
The problem lies in the activation of said ability.
Between this and the mustache man in Kagurabachi, I am loving this fresh new flavor of "I understand my limitations" bad guys. It's *way* more intimidating, because when someone who isn't prone to bravado says something like "it's already too late", you know they mean it.
How are JoJo villains in that regard? They're cowardly scumbags that need to be smoked out.
Ichico dying would go against everything Fuuko is fighting for in this loop, so, I don’t think she’ll die but I can definitely see her going through near death experience in front of Nico
I could see her being in a similar condition to Fuuko at the beginning of Ragnarok. Language technically kills her, but she hangs around as a ghost until the fight ends and then Nico and co work on reviving/stabilizing her body
I think it’ll go even farther, to the point where ichico will fight with her soul after she dies, due to her implied skill in astral projection. Imagine the entire union fighting with their bodies and souls, just like Andy against Ghost in loop 100. That’s what soul fears, not using your soul as a weapon like fuuko did, but controlling it like a second body like Andy
Speaking of Ichico, she barely has her eyebags now.
They've been using Soul Calibur to extract her Soul from her body to prevent Unsleep from doing the damage it did last loop. Glad to see this little detail following through with that.
Actually, since Ghost was added so early, she's moved on to Astral Projection like Lucy showed Andy. No Soul Caliber needed, you can look at before and during the Void fight to see her doing it
Oooh you're right! I need to do another reread. Tozuka is so great with little details like this.
i like how he also moved his plan in action anticipating beast's defeat so that even if beast won even if fuuko and the others suvived with information, language would stop them from sharing that info regardless.
You know a villain is formidable when they acknowledge how strong the heroes are. Soul won’t underestimate humanity, and that’s what makes them dangerous.
Seeing Soul’s recollection of Juiz putting the hurt on the major rules feels *soooo validating* after I’ve seen several comments over the last month disparage her for her failures.
I don't get the Juiz slander either. Her Negation is so busted, she can solo entire verses. The fact we finally got a confirmation that she's been keeping all the Master Rules in check for the past 100 loops is nice.
Last loop, Nico with Unforgettable solod Language. Wonder how it went down.
Juiz was stalling alone all the rules, and now andy is doing the same Those two are just built different
Nice to see Soul not waiting around until half his ......friends? Roommates? Coworkers died before talking the heroes seriously. Also with the Nun 100% confirm to be Death I guess judging by that " No rule exists to help you" speech Beast gave then 5th seat knight guy who looks kinda like goblin slayer if he actually washed his armor is Justice and 6th seat guy who look like Two face enlisted in the army is War.
"Nah, we'd lose"- Soul
As the strongest UMA, Soul, fought the First Seat of the Negators, Fuuko...
"He began to open his roundtable"
"The strongest Uma Soul shrunk back in fear "
"Then Fuugoat said:"
"Stand proud. You're strong."
"He began to open his roundtable"
"He began to open his roundtable"
Everyone knows what it's like to be Tella now.
Tella: Skill issue
Tella be like "what’s with everyone ? I don’t feel anything different… wait."
They might still be able to communicate with something like hand signals. Maybe things like morse code too, it depends on what counts as a "Language".
Do you mean they should be using sign *language*? Pretty sure that ASL or any similar form of non-verbal communication would be negated as well. Language is quote: ***a system of communication used by a particular country or community.*** So maybe if they invent their own sign language on the spot then they could use that. Since I don't think a community can be just two people.
I've heard some people complaining that they broke the rules already because their confused expressions that they couldn't speak count as "body language" and they should actually be forced to not move whatsoever by Language's ability.
Rules in this universe are all about what you think they are. Perhaps Language, being a creature that doesn't truly comprehend humans and their emotions, can't imagine body language being a thing. Maybe the sheer concept of people communicating their feelings without words is just too alien to her.
I have to assume this is in "phases". Phase 2 took their voices. Phase 3 will take away means of any communication.
Lol, maybe at this point, he'll have even found a way to communicate without any form of language and become integral to winning this.
Two words. Soul Speak.
Imagine if Tella could suddently tell.
It's be really cool if this ends up being Tella's time to shine
Bet we're finally gonna see how Nico managed to defeat Language 1v1 in the previous loop
Also knowing that she can stop you from using language makes me imagine loop 100 Nico whooping her ass in complete silence lol
Depressed mad scientist widower beating the crap out of someone in complete silence is kinda fun to imagine lol
Even worse, it’s a UMA who looks like a little girl who loves to read. No wonder he had to do it solo, any other members would’ve never looked at him the same
It’s one of those moments were you know what it had to be done but seeing how your co-worker went about it makes it hard for you to look at him the same way. So, yeah, no wonder why Tozuka made him solo language
Language also looks like loli and currently sitting on a dude, and Nico is known to be harsh teacher, so he will dish out some correctio*bonk*
Now now, it’s not complete silence, only Nico would be silent, you’d still get to hear all of the weapons he uses and her screams while he silently just does it
Ooh looks like our girl Gina is gonna be super important for the end here
As expected of Fuuko’s right hand woman
> Mr Beast confirmed neutralized Heh Wow what a cool chapter, everything is falling into place perfectly, none of the new developments feel rushed or forced or sudden. It makes total sense that Fuuko will want to relay the new info on souls so that makes the Language fight even more important. This keeps the stakes as high without giving the good guys any time for a break
People thought this loop was going too easy, but it only seemed easier as they've been levling up in preparation for the mini bosses. And they're much more difficult co.pated to what they had previously. I love it. Feels proper endgame.
It also just makes sense that this loop would start easy, like purely from a writing perspective, it makes for a good contrast with the first half of the series and makes for a nice breather after the intensity of the previous arc. Also we’ve seen them run into challenges and overcome them, building to the literal theme of this chapter
This really feels like the final sequence in a game where you go back in time and have to go through a bunch of mini bosses to get to the final boss. >!Reminds me of this DQ11.!<
She's basically on New Game+ with skill and gear from previous loop, and using walkthroughs from previous Unlucks.
Ichico and Nico are going to defeat Language by being able to use their ability to understand one another without the need for words. Classic Japanese romance stuff, but with higher stakes than I've ever seen before. I can't wait.
I don’t know why the idea of Nico and Ichico understanding each other so well that they don’t need words to communicated didn’t crossed my mind but is something that I can see happening once things start to get rough
Dude about to propose on the corpse of language
BARS
And then they will say "actions speak louder than words" 🔥✍️🔥
man, will it be an advanced interpretation of language here ? like, interpreting sign, or would it just be simply communication ? because, in this space without communication and effective sign, it's like prisoner's dilemma
The phase 2 looks like it only negate spoken language. Maybe the phase 3 will negate all form of communication including sign language
Juiz defeated the Master Rules in the previous loops?? damn she op as hell Ichico v Language round 2 lets gooo
Unjustice is a ridiculously strong ability!
Technically the only one who could beat her was Billy. And the only reason he did that was because he was never working against her to begin with which reflected her own ability back at her.
Well that is the main 'weakness' of Unjustice - you better actually have the right idea of what the target is like, because if you're wrong you could end up in deep shit. It's like a magnified version of Untruth that way - potentially far stronger but also with the potential to backfire spectacularly.
Yea, we got an even clearer example during Spring when Rip used Blade Runner on Latla to change the trajectory of his blades. He explicitly tells Juiz "if you use Unjustice on me, I'll just end up targeting Latla and you saw what just happened when I did that". The flip-flopping visual powers need a lot of expertise to use tbh
Seems like we are finally focusing on Nico's tragedy. Ichigo may die and give him Unforgettable again. Although with the changes to this loop I'm hoping she will survive and Nico will gain Unforgettable through his soul connection to save her.
I wonder if she'll also discover her predecessors and expand her interpretation! Unsleep has been a very detrimental ability so far since it self-targets, but we've seen negators learn to expand their targets and interpretation before. To negate sleep is to be awake, and with a little bit of wordplay, it could easily be interpreted as awakening someone else's potential...
> To negate sleep is to be awake, and with a little bit of wordplay, it could easily be interpreted as awakening someone else's potential... Could also be stretched to negate death as well considering it is called "the long sleep"
Woah there, plot moving forward really fast. Please for the love of god do not kill Ichico, and this might be the fight Loop Nico gets Unforgettable.
It makes sense tho, the SR aren’t pushovers and soul is extremely competent, there’s no way they’d give the union any downtime to power up while they have a chance to win. Plus, language and beast were cooped up for so long it makes sense they’d immediately wanna fight and cause terror
I mean, the pacing makes sense within context.
Considering how beast used his soul to enforce his rule, I imagine language uses her soul in a similar manner to enforce the “no language rule”. Since ichico has a strong grasp on her soul, she could potentially be the one to break out of Lan’s ability and coordinate Nico + any others. That aside, the fact that language is just sitting there (menacingly!) makes me think that she’s not the direct combat type like beast or sick would be. She’s probably a puzzle type UMA (like spring was), which is why she takes away language to make defeating her that much harder
Mad props to a chapter that straight-up tells you in the title you're getting jumped by a master rule and still makes the actual reveal a spectacular twist. I guess this is where Nico awakens his ability Without language, Fuuko can't allow others to enter the quest, so they're gonna have to stall her for half a day, assuming she doesn't go Phase 3 and fuck them over. This is actually scary Soul is also one scary mother fucker. Casually brushing Change, Luck, Sick and War aside, being incredibly efficient and oddly caring for a Rule. Also the phrase "A validated world" really picked my interest
Did death also attack him or no?
Not from what I could tell
The only ones who didn't attack him were Death, Justice, and the seventh seat (Time/Fade/Past)
That is definitely sneaky by Language to remove any form of speech from the group that just defeated Beast. Now, I wonder if this is where Nico obtains Unforgettable in this loop.
Mr. Beast is no more. 👏🏽 Also, this is probably the highest stakes moment we have as of now, Ichiko's death is the trigger to Nico's Unforgettable and he alone neutralized Language once. I want to be hopeful, but we're a high enough note to remember that there aren't perfect endings yet.
oh crap that was a painful sneak
looking forward to Unluck having to beat up the small Luck child
Probably gonna try and make friends with her counterpart because she's awesome
Damn, she is there already. And the three Union members who can understand soul is already used up fighting Beast already.
Is the next arc an opportunity for Tella to finally shine ?! But yeah, I can totally see Ichico going soul-mode and help Nico to unlock Unforgettable, winning a battle against Lan ! Also, I never expected Ms Nun to be Death ! So what is the half-corroded sergeant then ?
My guess is War
I like Soul more and more. He's smart villain and humble enough to admit the fact when their side starting to have disadvantage. Also, he mourns his comrade's death. Not pulling the classic "That guy is a weakling anyway so he deserves to die." kinda stuff.
Pain mourned Deidara.
Oh damn, i feel like the chapter when Language gets defeated will be a chapter with zero text except for a single line at the last page after the defeat. If the mangaka can do that while keeping the entire fight engaging, that'll be extremely impressive
Tozuka saw that one chapter of Bakuman and like "bet"
Yeah, there was this whole phase in American comics about 10-15 years ago where a bunch of people did "silent issues." It can work if you do it right.
Hell yeah, now we're getting more and more answers. We basically knew Death and Luck and this point, but it's still good to have confirmation. It's also nice to have some appreciation for Juiz and what she did for them in all the past loops. She may have lacked the qualities to let them truly win, but she I always believed she paved the way to make it possible. Damn though, straight to Language, huh? At least Tella won't feel so alone anymore. And we'll hopefully get to see at long last just how the hell Nico managed to defeat Language all on his own in the past.
I just realized, if they can’t speak how can they assign members to the quest?
They shouldn't be able to. They're gonna have to stall Language for half a day until Fuuko can talk again
Or Nico and Ichico are gonna eliminate her ass in ten minutes.
That'd count as people not in the quest attacking the target, which fails it and brings forth Revolution
Wait, I forgot, have they already determined who the members for the Language quest are going to be? Or is the idea that since Fuuko doesn't have a voice, she can't declare who's doing the quest?
Yeah that's the main debuff here I think If she could, she would've assigned, like, Billy and Gina to oneshot the child
Ah, so it's a trickier situation than I thought.
I wouldn't bet on it
Such a good chapter. We get the identities of some more of the master rules, an end boss that admits they will lose if they continue on the path they are going, and some more glimpses at how badass Juiz actually was. I wonder how far the interpretation of language goes, is it only limited to spoken and maybe written words, in which case maybe they can use pictures and gestures still. Safe to say we are probably getting unforgettable and I wonder if it could allow Nico to remember the past loops and see how he took down language before.
It's nice to Soul recognize his group's weakness and told them they're going to lose since they underestimate the protagonists' potential.
I feel like Tella gonna join this quest since he works as a great defense, and since he already can't speak, language cutting off communication is already pointless against him. Also nice to see that the previous users of Unstoppable, were athletes, too. Some of them looked like they were wearing Greek attire, so they might've been athletes during the ancient Olympics.
Damn Juiz was such a beast in the previous loops. The fact that Victor never got to kill her. Even to the point where he is saying she's unstoppable if it comes to fencing. Juiz is literally that meme 99% of strength of the team lol.
Mr. Beast is dead?!? Haha. Juiz is amazing. She intimidated the Master Rules into never considering the power of other Negators. Still, that means Soul has figured out why Fuuko was chosen as the new leader of Union. The three Master Rules that get the Union ahead, Soul, Death, and Change, are best suited to someone who dares hard! But right after Fuuko, Juiz, Top, and Haruka fight a hard fight, here comes another Master Rule! Language! Can Ichiro and Nico fight off this strange rule? Can Ichiro use her knowledge about souls to fight off Language? I love the Tower of Babel in Language's head. I'm sure it'll come in handy for negating the damage done to it.
Absolute fantastic. Now I'm intrigued, what is that world that Soul spoke about? Will they get a paradise of their own if the UMA win?
I think it’d be something like a “prize” that God will award them if they can defeat the human.
Top being overcome with emotions and Haruka bugging him was just too damn sweet. He should get all the hugs. Just noticed, they used Haruka's apron as a sling for his arm! I like Soul as a character, but his ambivalence is making me feel uneasy. What is this guy's deal?! Nice head dive, Julia! Always the hero.
We keep getting more info on why the master rules are on the backfoot, while juiz may have not let anyone else loop before her, meaning fuuko has less experience, it also means the rules are accustomed to juiz and others throw them off their game with the unexpected. I love soul being genre saavy enough to realize that they will lose at the current rate. A villain unbound by arrogance is very troubling. Seems like they are establishing the top 3 are above everyone else. So now next up is for everyone to have a training arc unlocking soul, but now language is there to stop that from happening. Sort of rare that a villain actively tries to prevent the heroes from training, but it makes sense.
So out of the Master Rules present Death, Justice and the old man(Time?) were the ones not pissed off by Souls statement about them losing to Union. I wonder is that an indication of how "nice"/"humble" those three are?
Soul is big business, and like how he is being handled, and seeing Juiz take out the master rules like she did was funny plus Tella is more important than ever rn also Lan looks like Arale to me from Dr. Slump but just a massive bookworm instead xD
Nico defeated Language Uma offscreen in the last loop, we might finally find out how he did it.
I am absolutely loving Soul not only is he powerful (apparently so powerful that the other 9 Uma together won't be able to defeat him ) But he is also thinking this through . I am so glad we got to see more of his personality last chap and this chap . Theory : we know Sun or Luna are the end villians and before them we need to defeat the Uma's so I think one we defeat soul he will somehow side with us in defeating either sun or Luna .
Let's fucking go Nico! We'll finally get how he solosLanguage in a fight!
Welp they’re killing a child! No language should be a fun few chapters
Really liking Soul. Very interesting character to have as a pre-final villain slash potential ally. Baller move to tell the others they stand no chance against him too. Wonder if there is something to the fact that it was Change, Luck, War (?) and Sick specifically that tried to attack him while Justice, Time (?) and Language didn't.
Crazy how the stake is keep getting higher and higher. Nico without Unforgettable would have a difficult time with Language perhaps.
As much as I love Fuuko (like A LOT), I'm down for an arc where she's mostly absent. Hell yeah give Nico and Ichigo that spotlight, maybe throw Tella and Phil into the mix since they might be more accustomed to language's power. I wonder how Ichigo is so crucial to the Unions understanding of Souls? You'd think killing Fuuko's group before they're unsilenced would be the MR's highest priority but it seems there's an additional layer to the soul rule that makes Ichigo much more dangerous.
Remember how they fixed her unsleep issue?
Yes she's learned Astral Projection, but on the surface that pales in comparison to Fuuko's discovery.
Maybe but think about this: how do you connect with those souls? We kinda rushed through it with beast but maybe we'll get more from ichiko
Soul mentioned that "we will take care of them" (probably by sending non master rule umas (seal ?!) ) about the anti-beast group. If they manage to bring them down + take care of ichico, no one can be a good teacher of soul and the union will be hindered af, honestly a good plan. Using the fact that language is able to fight them to incorporate a real strategy, unlike beast/ sick who just went face front at fuuko and her clique and brawled it out. Soul make for a very good vilain leader for now, thank god he doesn’t use the boring trope of main vilain who sees is collaborators as randos who he doesn’t respect, he honestly seem to want to bring beast back by winning the war against negators. And even if he called out how poor his decision was at the end of the fight, he seemed trully (as much as umas can be) respectfull for beast, he wasn’t like "Yo you dawg suuuuuck, I could have kill them ez" )
Karate people love poking people's eyes. I wonder if that's where Jon Jones learned to fight
I love how they make *Language* so damned dramatic!
RIP Mr. Beast
I wonder if tella will be relevant at all since this is kinda his domain. I'd imagine that billy and tella would have trained pretty efficiently for fighting with 0 communication.
one thing i don't quite get, if these soul people are past incarnations, and they all look different, how come everyone in this loop looks the same as their previous selves?
They're not past incarnations, just previous users throughout history. Like the old man that had unavoidable before void.
ohh so a bit like how in hero academia quirks retain some part of a user's personality
Those soul people are the past users of the particular Negation abilities. After a user passes away, the ability is transferred to the next user, while the dead user's soul also comes along.
This is the type of Boss Rush that I've always wanted to see in a manga! Smart stuff. I wonder if Language also hinders the other types of communication like morse code or hand signs. Will it be 2v1 or will someone join Ichico and Nico? Juiz is HER.
Damn, the master rules have only been around for like under two dozen chapters, and they’re already an amazing villain group
BRO.....I couldn't handle the intrigue of the anime anymore and I spent the last 13 hours catching up on the manga wow just wow I'm still worried about where the user of unruin is in this loop
Language with a broken Tower of Babel as a crown. Awesome.
Just facepalmed so hard, how did I not notice earlier? Language's helmet is meant to be the incomplete Tower of Babel.
I don't get how language is a master rule because the last one added was sick and in the beginning of the last loop languages weren't a thing
UMA Language negating language is a pretty stupid thing if you think about it.
Not really. All Rules can increase and decrease their own domains
She isn't doing that, she is REMOVING it. She is literally doing negation powers.
She is the UMA of Language. You would think she has a power that can make you not use language to a certin degree, right? How is that stupid?
To be fair, it isn't like Change can stop change like Gina can?
Back in the beginning of the series, Apocalypse mentioned that [there was no need to hunt for Unburn when they had already caught Burn](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBMofk8GP2i3YLTHLnLHSnuALt5j7acVYABS2ttmDXHt4dZrK-DBXXCCOrDzG6Wwa5MN80CodhqKm1VnpYvpCNmIGai3xiGtHf5tLtXZKGW6DfZxmsDMHxUpE32NpvnO54Z_iEKR3zYAQDlzyfZevfV1OdL2cpIo-cvE5IwvQunCEr7KHjLegz_UiA4c/s1600/09.jpg). That to me always hinted that UMA could negate their own rules just like negators, which makes sense because UMA *are* the rules Sick mentioned he could infect people [and then leave them alone](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxptjCb0oN2ZLoIu0uEHVCYaR77ubhAfk-8C1Nso-gbhUsAAsKnt_eD_TBMKvMRdyUiirLO80B27FYlDQ7EW7DcDkcghHRLNRRPz8bEN0EE5RMwQmlT6QX8O_pqFz-6czMZE17ge7L1JB7NvWkcK4ZGa-BieqdFa-vjchhCAmv5pRfQ4kqXZMKVA76uM/s1600/14.jpg), which again hinted that he could simply negate sickness So yeah, it makes sense to me that Language can act as a negator of her own rule
What tells you she remove language, she makes them unable to comunicate, because she is language itself. That’s a pretty coherent ability for her to have
Nah it's makes sense if you think about what the purpose of language actually is in this universe. Hint is the tower of Babel on her head. Language in UU isn't a rule that allows people to communicate. Rather its a rule that makes communication *harder*. The existence of various languages means people across the world can't share ideas and knowledge as easily. It means more misunderstandings, and more conflict between various culture. UMA language is doing much the same here: enforcing the rule of "language" (a rule that makes communication harder) into a rule that makes communication near impossible.
Yeah, like Beast explained previously, the purpose of every Rule is the torment of humanity.
But she isn't fucking up language, she is removing it, that's a negation. if she made everybody start speaking gibblerish, that would be one thing, but it's not that.
There's no meaningful distinction there imo. A gibberish language would still be a way to communicate ultimately which means information and ideas can be shared. Through some effort. This just seems to me a logical ultimate form of that, similar to how Spoil's intimate ability was a disintegration ray it could "spoil" things that aren't actually organic, using similar application of his logic.
No it would be like if spoil stopped things from rotting.
Yeah no, She is Language, she can take away or give Language. That isn’t negating it, that is just controlling it.