Mahouka LN - Steeplechase Chapter (Volume 13) Discussion / Poll

[SoboSobo]

Originally Posted by mPervy

i came here looking for the spoiler, but the sheer amount of the prediction and stuff made me lost the courage to stream all 77 page. no wonder the old threat got locked. kinda remind me of the old DxD forum.

there are plenty of spoiler if you look around, we are just having some civilized conversations around the spoilers.

Originally Posted by the one above all

The heir to the Saegusa family is Mayumi's older brother who has yet to appear in the series. He hasn't even been named yet.
On the topic of Kochi while I do want to see his magic I am a lot more interested in his goals and plans. He doesn't strike as one to really rely on force. He comes off more as a Lex Luthor type character to me.

i agree with ya, koichi is more a strategist then an actual fighter. As for his motivation of trying to undermine the yotsuba this is just speculation.
The saegusa clan is the leader clan in the 10MC with the yotsuba after them, now that the yotsuba have grown more powerful and more influential i think he fears the saegusa will lose their place as the 10MC leading clan. We know from the vol 12 from Shippou that the Ten Master Clans Selection is coming in the beginning of the next year , story time.
I think he just saw an opportunity in kudou plan for him to undermine yotsuba power in order to secure the saegusa clan place as the leading clan in the next 10MC selection.

[niffum]

Originally Posted by the one above all

The heir to the Saegusa family is Mayumi's older brother who has yet to appear in the series. He hasn't even been named yet.
On the topic of Kochi while I do want to see his magic I am a lot more interested in his goals and plans. He doesn't strike as one to really rely on force. He comes off more as a Lex Luthor type character to me.

Hmm, but the Ten Master clans are chosen on the basis of their power and the Saegusa stand at the very top, tied with the Yotsuba. While I suppose the head doesn't have to be the strongest member of the clan, they're probably far from being the weakest. Plus Kouichi fought what was apparently a tough battle with those Dahan kidnappers. And didn't Maki's investigations into his past show that he was considered very talented even when young? I really wouldn't write Kouichi off in the power department. That said, yes, it would be great to learn more his goals and plans.

[quigonkenny]

All this talk of Maya's (presumably stolen) eggs got me thinking. Have we ever been told just how old Zhou is? Did we get a flashback of him remembering stuff from Dahan before its (Yotsuba-inflicted) fall? Was he maybe conceived in 2062?

[kazakiri]

Originally Posted by SoboSobo

The saegusa clan is the leader clan in the 10MC with the yotsuba after them, now that the yotsuba have grown more powerful and more influential i think he fears the saegusa will lose their place as the 10MC leading clan. We know from the vol 12 from Shippou that the Ten Master Clans Selection is coming in the beginning of the next year , story time.
I think he just saw an opportunity in kudou plan for him to undermine yotsuba power in order to secure the saegusa clan place as the leading clan in the next 10MC selection.

Kudou's opinion in volume 4 chapter 12 that:

Spoiler for Yotsuba Progression:

"Through a series of checks and balances, we prevent the possibility of Magicians losing control of themselves. This is written within the design behind the Ten Master Clans."

Kazama's silence implied that, for him, Kudou's words were all known facts.

"However, at this current progression, the Yotsuba Family will become too powerful. At Shiba Tatsuya-kun and his sister's current growth rate, in the near future, Maya will still be around, Shiba Miyuki will become Yotsuba Miyuki with Shiba Tatsuya continuing as her guardian. In this scenario, the Yotsuba Family may become an existence that will eclipse the Ten Master Clans. Nay..."

Here, Elder Kudou paused and shook his head.

"Even in our current predicament, based on the fact that they possess unique abilities unmatched by other families and have a select but extremely powerful group of Magicians, the Yotsuba Family are already a special entity within the Ten Master Clans."

Here's Koichi's view from Volume 12:

Spoiler for Yotsuba Standing:

Kudou asked with an exhausted expression.

“What are you planning to do?”

“The Yotsuba have grown too powerful. They have long surpassed the Ten Master Clans and are beginning to upset the balance of the country. Mister, don’t you think so?”

At Kudou’s inquiry, Koichi responded with something that appeared unrelated.

“You are planning to use the anti-magic supporters to chip away at the Yotsuba’s power?”

• The Yotsuba are already above the 'Ten Master Clans'
• The Saegusa are 'officially' equal in standing (that's what the populace thinks)
• The Saegusa are not in danger of losing their standing. (The other clans are wary enough not to give more power to the Yotsuba)
• Volume 3 - "The Saegusa Family did not have a system that they did not excel at, so they were ironically referred to as 'Omnipotent'."

Oh and since we're speaking of Heads Koichi probably lost Juumonji clan's support because of his media ventures...

If he really was thinking about the clan he shouldn't be stupid enough to take Zhou on his word. Following spoiler makes Koichi's possible motivations sound much more personal too.

Spoiler for Parasites:

"I’m not privy to what Koichi is thinking. Though I do have a few guesses on worst possible scenarios."

That being said, he had no intention of playing along with his granddaughter’s speech pattern as Elder Kudou continued to speak as if addressing kin.

"Worst, eh……?"

"Hm. Kouchi knows that Maya is interested in the Parasites, so he may have wanted to seize control of it."

"The lady from the Yotsuba Family has expressed interest?"

"In the Yotsuba Family, the side branch Kuroba Family is responsible for gathering intelligence. Furthermore, the Kurobas apparently adopted assassination against the Parasites and investigated quite a few things afterwards."

"A side branch responsible for gathering intelligence…… The Yotsuba Family is certainly unique."

"Well, the 28 families were originally just like side branches for the development and research of Magicians. Indeed, no other family besides the Yotsuba Family has adopted the side branch system."

Elder Kudou wore a self-depreciating smile as he probably recalled his own origins. Fujibayashi made no attempt at any third rate words of comfort and merely waited for her grandfather’s next words.

"Setting that aside…… Knowing that the Yotsuba have an interest in the Parasites, Koichi would then act. That guy will want to surpass the Yotsuba by any means possible. How tragic it is that the demon from 30 years ago has still not been exorcised yet……"

[SoboSobo]

Originally Posted by kazakiri

Kudou's opinion in volume 4 chapter 12 that:

Spoiler for Yotsuba Progression:

"Through a series of checks and balances, we prevent the possibility of Magicians losing control of themselves. This is written within the design behind the Ten Master Clans."

Kazama's silence implied that, for him, Kudou's words were all known facts.

"However, at this current progression, the Yotsuba Family will become too powerful. At Shiba Tatsuya-kun and his sister's current growth rate, in the near future, Maya will still be around, Shiba Miyuki will become Yotsuba Miyuki with Shiba Tatsuya continuing as her guardian. In this scenario, the Yotsuba Family may become an existence that will eclipse the Ten Master Clans. Nay..."

Here, Elder Kudou paused and shook his head.

"Even in our current predicament, based on the fact that they possess unique abilities unmatched by other families and have a select but extremely powerful group of Magicians, the Yotsuba Family are already a special entity within the Ten Master Clans."

i already knew about yotsuba being more powerful in terms of magic than everyone else.

Also kudou made a mistake, if miyuki becomes yotsuba miyuki tatsuya will no longer be a guardian, that's pretty much obvious most likely he will be yotsuba tatsuya.(he made that reference about the siblings without knowing miyuki's goals so we can`t blame him)

[fujin of shadows]

Mahouka's full ending, it's a very beautiful song...

http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/el...io::41498.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge04Hd879u8

Spoiler for English lyrics of the song:

A gentle wind… blooming buds…
As this city is covered in flowers.

As time passes, beauty fades away,
Just like a dream.

Will even your warmth,
Disappear in the same way?

Shape of my love,
Even if there’s an end, let’s sing this song without fear.
Eternal Song,
I don’t need any pretense; just hold me and feel me.
10 years from now… 100 years from now… 1,000 years from now… let’s sing of love.

On this road I walked when I was young,
I’m now alone at twilight.

Back then, you were by my side, no matter what;
That past is always there, smiling back at me.

I can see your back far off in the distance…
Please don’t leave me behind.

You’re my everything,
Even if we part ways, I’ll raise my head and persevere.
Fate of my life,
I don’t need words, ’cause our hearts are connected.
Take hold of all the happiness… the sadness… and move forward.

Shape of my love,
Even if there’s an end, let’s keep singing this song without fear.
Eternal Song,
I don’t need any pretense; just hold me and feel me.

Shape of my love,
Even if there’s an end, let’s sing this song without fear.
Eternal Song,
I don’t need any pretense; just hold me and feel me.
10 years from now… 100 years from now… 1,000 years from now… let’s sing of love.

[Chimurry]

Originally Posted by SoboSobo

i already knew about yotsuba being more powerful in terms of magic than everyone else.

Also kudou made a mistake, if miyuki becomes yotsuba miyuki tatsuya will no longer be a guardian, that's pretty much obvious most likely he will be yotsuba tatsuya.(he made that reference about the siblings without knowing miyuki's goals so we can`t blame him)

This LN show 2 sides: 1 by everyone or popular knowledge and 2 Inside story, need Vol 13 to confirm but I think the only ones supporting 7th House is 5th Clan, 4th Clan release inside facts of 9th House fooling around and maybe conspirational against Japan Military power will be a hard hit to 10 Master Clans itself as ORG, Maya knowns the back story of Saeki and Kazama, as We read several times 101st is the joint of rejected or Magicians against 10 MC, maybe and just my POV: Vol 14 mentioned title in the afterword implies a purge inside JSDF, so far, We know: 1st Division being part of Kuduo faction and 3rd Division affiliated with 7th Clan, adding Koichi efforts to add Schools principals, Scholars and Jet Set people to his lobby group, mithical Maheshavara being 101st member will spook everyone, inside JSDF the power relation will be affected greatly and many top officers will do anything to oppose or diminish, all this off course its just one of many scenarios affected, take reminder Itsuwa Clan is inside 10 MC just cuz Mio SC magic, Yotsuba ready overpowering all them, without need add Tats to the ecuation.

BTW: I just curious imagining Ericka face when Mikihiko gossip about Kurobas and maybe Shiba siblings next to Him.....

[Hokoga]

Originally Posted by Chimurry

BTW: I just curious imagining Ericka face when Mikihiko gossip about Kurobas and maybe Shiba siblings next to Him.....

The thought of it makes me laugh
Was she there when Miki started gossip about Kurobas?

[anonfr]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

All this talk of Maya's (presumably stolen) eggs got me thinking. Have we ever been told just how old Zhou is? Did we get a flashback of him remembering stuff from Dahan before its (Yotsuba-inflicted) fall? Was he maybe conceived in 2062?

You're not alone in thinking he may have some Yotsuba genes. It crossed my mind too.

[Lucarion]

Originally Posted by anonfr

You're not alone in thinking he may have some Yotsuba genes. It crossed my mind too.

And he's in his 30's...I say that puts him in the right age.

[anonfr]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

All this talk of Maya's (presumably stolen) eggs got me thinking. Have we ever been told just how old Zhou is? Did we get a flashback of him remembering stuff from Dahan before its (Yotsuba-inflicted) fall? Was he maybe conceived in 2062?

Uhggg I feel like an Idiot.

Originally Posted by Lucarion

And he's in his 30's...I say that puts him in the right age.

A really huge idiot.

Uhggg. I'm ashamed

A small group of people came out led by a young man with an aristocratic air about him who was five to six years older than Masaki.
They were bringing the bound invaders with them.
"My name is Zhou Gongjin[4]."
The young man announced his name.
"...Zhou Gongjin?"
"That's my real name."
Young Zhou was used to this sort of reaction. Seeing Masaki tilt his head, the young man laughed pleasantly.
"My apologies. I am Ichijou Masaki."

Ichijou Masaki actually met Zhou, for some reason I completely overlooked this fact.

Also:

He definitely couldn't lower his guard.

This was the impression Masaki had of Zhou.
That being said, Masaki did not have the authority to comprehensively investigate any random individual.
In addition, on the surface, their assistance would put an end to the conflict in this sector.
Masaki expressed his thanks to Zhou and cooperated with the other volunteers to take possession of the bound enemy soldiers.
However, Masaki did not notice that this action would remove him from the front lines.

In retrospect, I'm lead to believe that Masaki being removed from the front lines was Zhou's intention.

Anyway, since Zhou is described as being "5 or 6" years older than Masaki, Zhou could be estimated to be 23 years old.

Not in his 30's

[NutShell]

Originally Posted by Chimurry

BTW: I just curious imagining Ericka face when Mikihiko gossip about Kurobas and maybe Shiba siblings next to Him.....

Originally Posted by Hokoga

The thought of it makes me laugh
Was she there when Miki started gossip about Kurobas?

Erika probably think ! Owh crap you suspect other people who pose awesome magic talent are Yotsuba, but you didnt suspect your lovers (tatsuya) being Yotsuba ? love clearly make people blind

[Chris38]

More spoilers from @OnyxObsidian and @tenjouten:

Spoiler for info vol. 13:

Continuing on from chapter 6 translated part
- Tatsuya greets Azusa, followed by Miyuki who is blushing as she is standing exactly thrity centimetres behind him
- Seven High is doing surprisingly well
- Kichijouji and Masaki talk about the results
- They think someone else has a chance of winning, not just first high (?)
- Tatsuya does Kirihara’s CAD, with Kent watching. It was decided to allow first years to attend as it gives them experience, especially when they are around Tatsuya
- Masaki calls on Tatsuya
- He gives him info received from the Ichijou clan about military involvement in the Steeplechase (?) and Dahan exiles involvement
- Tatsuya knows about Minoru, from Fujibayashi
- He now knows that the Kudou house, Kudou Retsu and the “hardliners” (I assume this means Zhou and his traditionalists) are working together
- Tatsuya finds it strange how Kudou Retsu says he hates the way that Magicians are being used as weapons, but he uses school Magicians as guinea pigs in his test with the Paradolls anyway
- Masaki is getting embarrassed talking about how much the Kudou are screwing up (this is what I got out of it)
- “Stimulation of destruction impulse and instinct’s struggle is the modus operandi that was also used in the training of Yotsuba”
- So, the Paradolls have not just undergone surgical procedures as it won’t properly stick
- Colonel Sakai is the ringleader (someone may want to check if that is the guy from Third CounterIntelligence… If not, I have no idea who he is)
- Sakai and Ichijou Gouki are old acquaintances
- Masaki denies the Ichijou Family’s involvement vehemently (to his future brother in law *cough* *cough*)
- Oh okay, here’s the explanation. Colonel Sakai was the highest commander of the Sado invasion incident (that occurred around the same time as Okinawa and made Ichijou Masaki famous)
- The purpose of the Kudou has nothing to do with him (Tatsuya) originally (?)
- Sakai organised volunteer troops for the Ichijou Family to recapture Sado, but was then told about the government awareness of Okinawa Incident (it seems to be occurring at exactly the same time)
- The Ichijou Family are grateful to Sakai even now for his aid in Sado
- He talks about the impact of Sado and what happened after
- Tatsuya for some reason starts thinking about Material Burst on volcanoes (at least that is what it sounds like) Actually, maybe wait for the translation on that part
- Afterwards, Sakai and Masaki’s father had violent quarrels over Colonel Sakai’s regiment not wanting to return to normal deployment
- Rebellion? Draws Tatsuya’s interest
- The rumours of rebellion of Sakai’s group are Tatsuya suspects it might be true
- There is no connection between the Ichijou and Sakai now
- If they are plotting something, they would be trying to bring young magicians to their camp
- Masaki leaves with a flourish
- Tatsuya thinks that Maya won’t let him blast the Fuji grounds (what a buzzkill)
- He admits to himself that he is tired
- They’ve done something for Tomitsuka’s zero range magic
- “Zero distance blast”
- Chiaki is so excited at seeing Tomitsuka win that she forgets that ewwie Tatsuya is standing next to her
- Oh dear, Tomitsuka did something to Hirakawa that has upset Eimi
- Eimi’s friends tell her that Tomitsuka is no good
- Tomitsuka is insensitive unlike Tatsuya (WHAT BOOK HAVE I BEEN READING??? SINCE WHEN WAS TATSUYA SENSITIVE???)
- Pixie interrupts with a telepathic hail to Tatsuya
- 16 parasite dolls detected
- Pixie’s reflexive behaviour is becoming more casual lately
- They are dormant
- Tatsuya worries that if Pixie continues looking, the Parasite Dolls will see her too
- Miyuki begs Tatsuya not to go
- Changes her mind and forbids him to go
- He is confused
- She reminds him that there is no reason to go out tonight as the Parasites are not actually his problem and he is extremely tired
- Miyuki thinks that it may be selfih, but she refuses to support him in working when he is exhausted
- Tatsuya is soaking in the shame
- Miyuki reminds him that he also bears no responsibility to the Steeplechase players
- She reminds him that she is his only priority and starts to tear up
- Miyuki threatens to seal his eyes if he goes
- He gets upset
- She might have to withdraw from the 9sc and magic high school and never use magic again if she does that, but Miyuki doesn not care
- He notices that he is tired and gives in, saying that he has no need to move tonight
- He apologises and said he’d go to their room to sleep
- He forgot he was treated as a human being (?)
- He says that the only opponents he had to fight were hers
- Minami is eavesdropping from behind
- Sawaki is worried about Tatsuya’s health as well, and how it will affect the competition (because he is the boss)
- Tatsuya assures him that he has slept thoroughly the night before
- Sawaki says that people are fired up just by looking at Tatsuya
- Yes, Kasumi had demanded to be in Mirage Bat, as it is the star of the women’s team and she is from the Saegusa, but he says no as she can’t beat Ayako
- No one can match Ayako’s speed in Mock teleport, probably not even using Flying type magic
- Monolit Code was being dominated by Takuma, but then Fumiya stomped all over him and won (get this bit) using spells that Tatsuya himself has used (so again, there is the hand of Tatsuya working behind the scenes, only for the wrong team)
- Insert bit about Subaru being pumped up to continue the invincibility myth of Tatsuya
- Everyone is saying that the engineer team is being awesome because of Tatsuya
- Someone is thinking about how Tatsuya is a lucky bastard, being surrounded by a table off gorgeous women LOL
- Sorry, I can’t tell who won the Official Monolith Code
- Pixie and Tatsuya go looking for the Parasites, who are all copied off Pixie (or attempted to- let’s face it, Pixie is way more “human”)
- Tatsuya has abandoned the idea of preventing pre experiment by Kudou
- Yakumo arrives
- They meet Fujibayashi, who wears a wry smile
- She suggests a change of venue
- She is brooding over seeing Pixie
- She gives him ice coffee, which he doesn’t bother to check because poisoning him would be utterly pointless
- Fujibayashi Family was one that sides with the “nine” magicians
- Fujibayashi and her father think making parasites are a mistake
- Tatsuya smirks nastily at Fujibayashi
- The parasites will interfere with the national power increase of Japan
- The Fujibayashi Family asks Tatsuya’s help (?) or is it the 101 (it says “we”)
- She makes a deep bow to him
- She opens a box that has ultramarine in it (?)
- If the 101 interferes with this experiment, there will be infighting in the Defence Force, the Ten master Clans and the army
- Tatsuya demands coldly if that is left to illegal destruction operatives like him (Strategic magician? Black ops guy? Don’t know that one, sorry)
- Fujibayashi will ensure that there is no way to interpret it that way
- I assume the 101 is asking for help, because he asks to use the Mobile Suit with added stealth features (there’s a stealth version of the Mobile suit? COOL!)
- Tatsuya says that they owe him
- Fujibayashi and Yakumo talk after Tatsuya left, and Minoru is mentioned (even Yakumo knows?)
- Fujibayashi tells him more about the process of making the parasite dolls, which Yakumo objects to in the name of him being a Buddhist monk
- She almost screams when Yakumo shows a devilish face
- Kazama sneaks in
- They talk about the forbidden art of the puppet and were asked never to use it (?)
- Yakumo asks why they want to let Tatsuya go on a rampage
- Tatsuya had told them about the Parasites (101 and Yakumo)
- Operative procedures to restrain the parasite is causing the malfunction
- They will allow Tatsuya to show the folly of using Parasites
- Kazama has a Monster dogma (I assume they are saying that Kazama will let loose his monster)
- Yakumo is requested to provide info to Kazama
- Fujibayashi was also deceived by Kudou Retsu
- Possibility of runaway has been filed in the Parasite but it had been taught that there was no chance of that
- Fujibayashi is congratulated on good work by Kazama
- Tatsuya completes his CAD work
- Just as the female Steeplechase is about to start Tatsuya heads to the parking lot where Pixie is waiting and, surprisingly, Minami
- He asks why she is here and is told that it is the will of Miyuki-sama
- Right now she is acting as a servant of the Yotsuba
- Minami wishes to help, and is not accustomed to seeing Tatsuya’s power
- Tatsuya gets into the car Fujibayashi organised
- He has to defeat the Parasites in 8 minutes, and complete the mopping up in 10 minutes
- Minami is asked to protect Pixie. She doesn’t think it’s a good role, but he tells her that he needs Pixie to tell him the locations of the Parasites but the Parasites would be able to sense her as well, and might send people after her
- Eight High has an advantage as woodlands are their home court
- Tatsuya was hiding on the outer edge of the forest by amping up the stealth capabilities of the suit, but jumped into the course of Steeplechase at the sound of the pistol
- Parasites are scattered throughout the second half of the course of the four exhausts
- Tatsuya crawls on the ground towards the first parasite and disposed of it
- Army people watch the Mobile suit clad Tatsuya in the forest and note that the distinctive armour is that of Saeki’s unit
- Kudou House came with the plan to exercise the robot weapons
- It is a secret examination without formal approval from the Armed Forces
- Hardliners believe that they are doing this because of patriotism and want a decisive victory over Dahan (okay, it has literally been saying Daya Union, which I thought meant Dahan, but it might be something else, like the Great Asian Alliance or something , sorry about that)
- Sakai orders the engineers to order the Paradolls not to give a fatal wound
- Tatsuya is being referred to as a destruction operative again
- No, they don’t know his real identity -_- Although I am surprised that nobody has looked into it
- The Paradolls are allowed to use all attacks that do not kill
- They are surprised how Tatsuya can pinpoint the exact location the Parasites are in, apparently
- The Parasites are ordered to restain Tatsuya and on orders of the Kudou Family, Pixie is ordered to be robbed
- Reaction rate of Parasites are above Tatsuya’s in battle now
- Only the dedicated machine is developed for combat instead of fast information processing because it simply has an electronic brain
- He is crashed into a tree from behind but he only gets a bruise
- Tatsuya uses some kind of Decomposition magic. I think it was Mist Dispersal
- Uses Gram Dispersal
- Parasite is upset
- He uses some magic to reveal the type of operation that connects the parasite to the doll
- He uses Far Strike on it, I think
- Okay, this part is hard to understand
- Actually, just wait for the translation. Let’s just say that he beats the parasites
- Kudou’s forces meet Minami protecting Pixie and are shocked by the strength of her barrier, which is on the same level as Phalanx and Ten Master Clans’ direct line’s magic etcetera
- Tatsuya is evil
- He feels his heart warming at Pixie’s response to his question about the location of the Parasites, which is sounding more and more human
- He thiks she’s the key to unlocking the identity of the “spirit”
- Players in Steeplechase are Kanon, Asako and Miyuki
- Kanon is using her earthquake magic
- Miyuki can create objective barrier magic apparently
- Hahaha the Parasite lead developer is literally screaming, watching Tatsuya destroy his babies
- Oh, okay. Basically, the reason nobody ever looked up Mahesvara’s identity is because everybody thinks he’s a myth. Not real.
- They are surprised to see that he is vry much real.
- Tatsuya is shot with 18 bullets of mercury
- Sakai is told about Mahesvara
- Mahesvara is described as Kazama’s “edge” Magician, his trump card
- They are all confused as to why he is here
- Okay, suddenly Subaru is there. I can’t tell if the player is Asako or Subaru or if it is the same person!
- They see the Parasites’ bodies, and are confused
- Miyuki realises that they are the Parasites her brother has ganked
- Kanon calls it a battle doll
- Tatsuya is dazzling in Miyuki’s mind
- Kanon suspects Miyuki knows something (?)
- People want to shout that Tatsuya is cheating using his magic as he does LOL
- Down to four Parasites
- Army people are screaming in panic
- Tatsuya fights the Parasite who is attacking him with the speed of Erika, but there is no trick to her so it is even easier to beat than Erika LOL
- One guy watching is crazy (Chief something)
- Pixie is helping Tatsuya
- Observers are screaming in panic and shouting “I don’t believe it” because the four Prime Parasite dolls keep attacking but the weapons are atomising immediately
- Again, wait for the translations of this, but basically Tatsuya stops the Parasites
- Pixie is thrilled and congratulates him on defeating her siblings
- All parasites are now dormant
- Fumiya heard the fight and came to help
- Wow. Fumiya refers to Tatsuya as his beloved brother
- Kanon is being shot at by paint bullets
- Miyuki wins Steeplechase, Kanon and Subaru following (I think she wins, this thing was hard to understand, sorry again)
- Sakai left headquarters and is covered in black fog
- Yay it’s Mitsugu
- Boys also win Steeplechase and thus 1st High wins the 9sc
- Kudou smiles with regret
- Parasite experiment had disappointing results when viewed superficially but I don’t know if that has stopped him
- Yep, traditionalists are the scapegoat
- Kazama and Saeki walk in
- Saeki is also evil
- They hear a recording of Saeki confessing to forcing the test of experimental weapons against high schools in collusion with the Kudou house
- Yotsuba gave them the data but it can’t be published
- Sorry, I can’t understand the talk of the Yotsuba’s purpose in helping
- Switches over to the Mitsugu scene talking about how that thing should not be allowed outside
- Meets with Zhou, gets attacked
- He accuses the Daya Union of controlling Blance, No Head Dragon and helping with the smuggling of the Parasites into the country
- It ends with the bit you know
- THE END
- I NEVER HAVE TO READ GOOGLE TRANSLATE AGAIN!!!

Basically, towards the beginning Masaki feels like there's shenanigans going on in the 9 School Events, but then when he lets Tatsuya know about it, instead of Tatsuya telling Masaki what he already knows, he sort of pokes fun at him saying like, "then why don't you use your family connections to find out about it?" just to see what sort of information Masaki can get. Masaki gets alittle irritated and goes away while Tatsuya's sitting there like, just as planned.

Later, Masaki learns about a few things through his family connections so he goes over to Tatsuya to let him know what he learned; he basically finds out that this head honcho named Sakai seems to be behind the militarization of the 9 school events, but he's not sure about the details. There's also some rumor going around that this Sakai is planning a coup de tat. When Tatsuya asks how he got this information Masaki admits that his father used to have connections with Sakai, but then starts saying excuses about how they haven't meet since the war/invasion and they've parted ways. Tatsuya basically just tunes him out and starts thinking about how he's gonna fight the parasites since Masaki's there saying a bunch of excuses. Masaki also starts going along saying conspiracy theories based on what he knows, but Tatsuya just basically went like "nope, you have no idea what's going on" in his head and just thanked him for the information.

[millie10468]

@OnyxObsidian and @tenjouten Thanks so much for the spoilers
@ Chris38 Thanks so much for posting it here. Seriously, waiting for translations would have been extra unbearable without you guys

I knew there was a reason I liked Miyuki If she doesn't act like that towards Tatsuya, that emotionless guy would probably overuse his powers and die. Plus, I think she was right. It's not even his fight, so why would he use up all his energy for something that isn't related to her.

But seriously, shit's getting real. Pretty soon, we'll be begging for their nice and quiet everyday lives that we took for granted
I can see now how the Ancient Magic faction will lead an insurrection in the next volume. If they're the scapegoats here, they're probably not that happy. I wonder what's going on in Kudou's head. I can't seem to make up my mind if he or Koichi is more troublesome. At least with Koichi, we know he's up to no good. Kudou acts like he's thinking about the future of magicians but, cjust like the rest of the elite families, he's out for his own gain. Unless I'm mistaken...

[SoboSobo]

@ Chris38
Man many many thanks for the spoilers.

And hell yeah shit is getting serious, i wonder what will happen to tatsuya's identity now that pretty much anyone including the public has heard about him, about the mysterious strategic class magician.
I wonder if his secret as a yotsuba will come out soon, with the clan taking more of a front position this time, and more people from the clan getting dragged into the mess the traditionalist have created.
I'm dieing for the translation here, hope some thing will come out soon

[nacer666]

‏‎90 and talking about future just like a lot of nowdays politicians.He is gonna die in some ugly way for sure.‎

[hakazee]

Originally Posted by nacer666

‏‎90 and talking about future just like a lot of nowdays politicians.He is gonna die in some ugly way for sure.‎

That will be very sad. Actually Kudou is a good grandpa.

[Verisimilitude]

So, next vol will probably be Zhou's faction vs Kudou, I guess.

[NutShell]

Originally Posted by Chris38

More spoilers from @OnyxObsidian and @tenjouten:

Spoiler for info vol. 13:

Continuing on from chapter 6 translated part
- Tatsuya greets Azusa, followed by Miyuki who is blushing as she is standing exactly thrity centimetres behind him
- Seven High is doing surprisingly well
- Kichijouji and Masaki talk about the results
- They think someone else has a chance of winning, not just first high (?)
- Tatsuya does Kirihara’s CAD, with Kent watching. It was decided to allow first years to attend as it gives them experience, especially when they are around Tatsuya
- Masaki calls on Tatsuya
- He gives him info received from the Ichijou clan about military involvement in the Steeplechase (?) and Dahan exiles involvement
- Tatsuya knows about Minoru, from Fujibayashi
- He now knows that the Kudou house, Kudou Retsu and the “hardliners” (I assume this means Zhou and his traditionalists) are working together
- Tatsuya finds it strange how Kudou Retsu says he hates the way that Magicians are being used as weapons, but he uses school Magicians as guinea pigs in his test with the Paradolls anyway
- Masaki is getting embarrassed talking about how much the Kudou are screwing up (this is what I got out of it)
- “Stimulation of destruction impulse and instinct’s struggle is the modus operandi that was also used in the training of Yotsuba”
- So, the Paradolls have not just undergone surgical procedures as it won’t properly stick
- Colonel Sakai is the ringleader (someone may want to check if that is the guy from Third CounterIntelligence… If not, I have no idea who he is)
- Sakai and Ichijou Gouki are old acquaintances
- Masaki denies the Ichijou Family’s involvement vehemently (to his future brother in law *cough* *cough*)
- Oh okay, here’s the explanation. Colonel Sakai was the highest commander of the Sado invasion incident (that occurred around the same time as Okinawa and made Ichijou Masaki famous)
- The purpose of the Kudou has nothing to do with him (Tatsuya) originally (?)
- Sakai organised volunteer troops for the Ichijou Family to recapture Sado, but was then told about the government awareness of Okinawa Incident (it seems to be occurring at exactly the same time)
- The Ichijou Family are grateful to Sakai even now for his aid in Sado
- He talks about the impact of Sado and what happened after
- Tatsuya for some reason starts thinking about Material Burst on volcanoes (at least that is what it sounds like) Actually, maybe wait for the translation on that part
- Afterwards, Sakai and Masaki’s father had violent quarrels over Colonel Sakai’s regiment not wanting to return to normal deployment
- Rebellion? Draws Tatsuya’s interest
- The rumours of rebellion of Sakai’s group are Tatsuya suspects it might be true
- There is no connection between the Ichijou and Sakai now
- If they are plotting something, they would be trying to bring young magicians to their camp
- Masaki leaves with a flourish
- Tatsuya thinks that Maya won’t let him blast the Fuji grounds (what a buzzkill)
- He admits to himself that he is tired
- They’ve done something for Tomitsuka’s zero range magic
- “Zero distance blast”
- Chiaki is so excited at seeing Tomitsuka win that she forgets that ewwie Tatsuya is standing next to her
- Oh dear, Tomitsuka did something to Hirakawa that has upset Eimi
- Eimi’s friends tell her that Tomitsuka is no good
- Tomitsuka is insensitive unlike Tatsuya (WHAT BOOK HAVE I BEEN READING??? SINCE WHEN WAS TATSUYA SENSITIVE???)
- Pixie interrupts with a telepathic hail to Tatsuya
- 16 parasite dolls detected
- Pixie’s reflexive behaviour is becoming more casual lately
- They are dormant
- Tatsuya worries that if Pixie continues looking, the Parasite Dolls will see her too
- Miyuki begs Tatsuya not to go
- Changes her mind and forbids him to go
- He is confused
- She reminds him that there is no reason to go out tonight as the Parasites are not actually his problem and he is extremely tired
- Miyuki thinks that it may be selfih, but she refuses to support him in working when he is exhausted
- Tatsuya is soaking in the shame
- Miyuki reminds him that he also bears no responsibility to the Steeplechase players
- She reminds him that she is his only priority and starts to tear up
- Miyuki threatens to seal his eyes if he goes
- He gets upset
- She might have to withdraw from the 9sc and magic high school and never use magic again if she does that, but Miyuki doesn not care
- He notices that he is tired and gives in, saying that he has no need to move tonight
- He apologises and said he’d go to their room to sleep
- He forgot he was treated as a human being (?)
- He says that the only opponents he had to fight were hers
- Minami is eavesdropping from behind
- Sawaki is worried about Tatsuya’s health as well, and how it will affect the competition (because he is the boss)
- Tatsuya assures him that he has slept thoroughly the night before
- Sawaki says that people are fired up just by looking at Tatsuya
- Yes, Kasumi had demanded to be in Mirage Bat, as it is the star of the women’s team and she is from the Saegusa, but he says no as she can’t beat Ayako
- No one can match Ayako’s speed in Mock teleport, probably not even using Flying type magic
- Monolit Code was being dominated by Takuma, but then Fumiya stomped all over him and won (get this bit) using spells that Tatsuya himself has used (so again, there is the hand of Tatsuya working behind the scenes, only for the wrong team)
- Insert bit about Subaru being pumped up to continue the invincibility myth of Tatsuya
- Everyone is saying that the engineer team is being awesome because of Tatsuya
- Someone is thinking about how Tatsuya is a lucky bastard, being surrounded by a table off gorgeous women LOL
- Sorry, I can’t tell who won the Official Monolith Code
- Pixie and Tatsuya go looking for the Parasites, who are all copied off Pixie (or attempted to- let’s face it, Pixie is way more “human”)
- Tatsuya has abandoned the idea of preventing pre experiment by Kudou
- Yakumo arrives
- They meet Fujibayashi, who wears a wry smile
- She suggests a change of venue
- She is brooding over seeing Pixie
- She gives him ice coffee, which he doesn’t bother to check because poisoning him would be utterly pointless
- Fujibayashi Family was one that sides with the “nine” magicians
- Fujibayashi and her father think making parasites are a mistake
- Tatsuya smirks nastily at Fujibayashi
- The parasites will interfere with the national power increase of Japan
- The Fujibayashi Family asks Tatsuya’s help (?) or is it the 101 (it says “we”)
- She makes a deep bow to him
- She opens a box that has ultramarine in it (?)
- If the 101 interferes with this experiment, there will be infighting in the Defence Force, the Ten master Clans and the army
- Tatsuya demands coldly if that is left to illegal destruction operatives like him (Strategic magician? Black ops guy? Don’t know that one, sorry)
- Fujibayashi will ensure that there is no way to interpret it that way
- I assume the 101 is asking for help, because he asks to use the Mobile Suit with added stealth features (there’s a stealth version of the Mobile suit? COOL!)
- Tatsuya says that they owe him
- Fujibayashi and Yakumo talk after Tatsuya left, and Minoru is mentioned (even Yakumo knows?)
- Fujibayashi tells him more about the process of making the parasite dolls, which Yakumo objects to in the name of him being a Buddhist monk
- She almost screams when Yakumo shows a devilish face
- Kazama sneaks in
- They talk about the forbidden art of the puppet and were asked never to use it (?)
- Yakumo asks why they want to let Tatsuya go on a rampage
- Tatsuya had told them about the Parasites (101 and Yakumo)
- Operative procedures to restrain the parasite is causing the malfunction
- They will allow Tatsuya to show the folly of using Parasites
- Kazama has a Monster dogma (I assume they are saying that Kazama will let loose his monster)
- Yakumo is requested to provide info to Kazama
- Fujibayashi was also deceived by Kudou Retsu
- Possibility of runaway has been filed in the Parasite but it had been taught that there was no chance of that
- Fujibayashi is congratulated on good work by Kazama
- Tatsuya completes his CAD work
- Just as the female Steeplechase is about to start Tatsuya heads to the parking lot where Pixie is waiting and, surprisingly, Minami
- He asks why she is here and is told that it is the will of Miyuki-sama
- Right now she is acting as a servant of the Yotsuba
- Minami wishes to help, and is not accustomed to seeing Tatsuya’s power
- Tatsuya gets into the car Fujibayashi organised
- He has to defeat the Parasites in 8 minutes, and complete the mopping up in 10 minutes
- Minami is asked to protect Pixie. She doesn’t think it’s a good role, but he tells her that he needs Pixie to tell him the locations of the Parasites but the Parasites would be able to sense her as well, and might send people after her
- Eight High has an advantage as woodlands are their home court
- Tatsuya was hiding on the outer edge of the forest by amping up the stealth capabilities of the suit, but jumped into the course of Steeplechase at the sound of the pistol
- Parasites are scattered throughout the second half of the course of the four exhausts
- Tatsuya crawls on the ground towards the first parasite and disposed of it
- Army people watch the Mobile suit clad Tatsuya in the forest and note that the distinctive armour is that of Saeki’s unit
- Kudou House came with the plan to exercise the robot weapons
- It is a secret examination without formal approval from the Armed Forces
- Hardliners believe that they are doing this because of patriotism and want a decisive victory over Dahan (okay, it has literally been saying Daya Union, which I thought meant Dahan, but it might be something else, like the Great Asian Alliance or something , sorry about that)
- Sakai orders the engineers to order the Paradolls not to give a fatal wound
- Tatsuya is being referred to as a destruction operative again
- No, they don’t know his real identity -_- Although I am surprised that nobody has looked into it
- The Paradolls are allowed to use all attacks that do not kill
- They are surprised how Tatsuya can pinpoint the exact location the Parasites are in, apparently
- The Parasites are ordered to restain Tatsuya and on orders of the Kudou Family, Pixie is ordered to be robbed
- Reaction rate of Parasites are above Tatsuya’s in battle now
- Only the dedicated machine is developed for combat instead of fast information processing because it simply has an electronic brain
- He is crashed into a tree from behind but he only gets a bruise
- Tatsuya uses some kind of Decomposition magic. I think it was Mist Dispersal
- Uses Gram Dispersal
- Parasite is upset
- He uses some magic to reveal the type of operation that connects the parasite to the doll
- He uses Far Strike on it, I think
- Okay, this part is hard to understand
- Actually, just wait for the translation. Let’s just say that he beats the parasites
- Kudou’s forces meet Minami protecting Pixie and are shocked by the strength of her barrier, which is on the same level as Phalanx and Ten Master Clans’ direct line’s magic etcetera
- Tatsuya is evil
- He feels his heart warming at Pixie’s response to his question about the location of the Parasites, which is sounding more and more human
- He thiks she’s the key to unlocking the identity of the “spirit”
- Players in Steeplechase are Kanon, Asako and Miyuki
- Kanon is using her earthquake magic
- Miyuki can create objective barrier magic apparently
- Hahaha the Parasite lead developer is literally screaming, watching Tatsuya destroy his babies
- Oh, okay. Basically, the reason nobody ever looked up Mahesvara’s identity is because everybody thinks he’s a myth. Not real.
- They are surprised to see that he is vry much real.
- Tatsuya is shot with 18 bullets of mercury
- Sakai is told about Mahesvara
- Mahesvara is described as Kazama’s “edge” Magician, his trump card
- They are all confused as to why he is here
- Okay, suddenly Subaru is there. I can’t tell if the player is Asako or Subaru or if it is the same person!
- They see the Parasites’ bodies, and are confused
- Miyuki realises that they are the Parasites her brother has ganked
- Kanon calls it a battle doll
- Tatsuya is dazzling in Miyuki’s mind
- Kanon suspects Miyuki knows something (?)
- People want to shout that Tatsuya is cheating using his magic as he does LOL
- Down to four Parasites
- Army people are screaming in panic
- Tatsuya fights the Parasite who is attacking him with the speed of Erika, but there is no trick to her so it is even easier to beat than Erika LOL
- One guy watching is crazy (Chief something)
- Pixie is helping Tatsuya
- Observers are screaming in panic and shouting “I don’t believe it” because the four Prime Parasite dolls keep attacking but the weapons are atomising immediately
- Again, wait for the translations of this, but basically Tatsuya stops the Parasites
- Pixie is thrilled and congratulates him on defeating her siblings
- All parasites are now dormant
- Fumiya heard the fight and came to help
- Wow. Fumiya refers to Tatsuya as his beloved brother
- Kanon is being shot at by paint bullets
- Miyuki wins Steeplechase, Kanon and Subaru following (I think she wins, this thing was hard to understand, sorry again)
- Sakai left headquarters and is covered in black fog
- Yay it’s Mitsugu
- Boys also win Steeplechase and thus 1st High wins the 9sc
- Kudou smiles with regret
- Parasite experiment had disappointing results when viewed superficially but I don’t know if that has stopped him
- Yep, traditionalists are the scapegoat
- Kazama and Saeki walk in
- Saeki is also evil
- They hear a recording of Saeki confessing to forcing the test of experimental weapons against high schools in collusion with the Kudou house
- Yotsuba gave them the data but it can’t be published
- Sorry, I can’t understand the talk of the Yotsuba’s purpose in helping
- Switches over to the Mitsugu scene talking about how that thing should not be allowed outside
- Meets with Zhou, gets attacked
- He accuses the Daya Union of controlling Blance, No Head Dragon and helping with the smuggling of the Parasites into the country
- It ends with the bit you know
- THE END
- I NEVER HAVE TO READ GOOGLE TRANSLATE AGAIN!!!

Basically, towards the beginning Masaki feels like there's shenanigans going on in the 9 School Events, but then when he lets Tatsuya know about it, instead of Tatsuya telling Masaki what he already knows, he sort of pokes fun at him saying like, "then why don't you use your family connections to find out about it?" just to see what sort of information Masaki can get. Masaki gets alittle irritated and goes away while Tatsuya's sitting there like, just as planned.

Later, Masaki learns about a few things through his family connections so he goes over to Tatsuya to let him know what he learned; he basically finds out that this head honcho named Sakai seems to be behind the militarization of the 9 school events, but he's not sure about the details. There's also some rumor going around that this Sakai is planning a coup de tat. When Tatsuya asks how he got this information Masaki admits that his father used to have connections with Sakai, but then starts saying excuses about how they haven't meet since the war/invasion and they've parted ways. Tatsuya basically just tunes him out and starts thinking about how he's gonna fight the parasites since Masaki's there saying a bunch of excuses. Masaki also starts going along saying conspiracy theories based on what he knows, but Tatsuya just basically went like "nope, you have no idea what's going on" in his head and just thanked him for the information.

Thx for the spoiler, I always think Tatsuya who will start the rebel but look like other people who did that
i dont understand why Miyuki didnt let Tatsuya go ? she always believe her brother is the strongest magician ever . . so Minami is fight with the paradoll too . .so as expected of Miyuki win the Steeplechase

Tatsuya being sensitive LOL in a certain degree Eimi friends was right

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Chris38

...Continuing on from chapter 6 translated part...

Geh. I can't read this yet. An overall, basic synopsis of the book is one thing, but I can't get into detailed spoilers starting halfway in... Maybe once BT gets up to chapter 6, I'll come back to this...

Not discounting the work done in getting those spoilers out, though. That is much appreciated.