[Alhazad2003]

Originally Posted by Chris38

Spoiler for 50:

Like I said earlier I see two reasons why the whole rematch with Kuyou is taking place in the current arc.

First reason why such a rematch is going to occur is to show how much progress Tsukune has made compared to the start of this manga.

Second reason is to provide as with some information about Tsukune's "humanity" and the current state of his vampire transformation - it might be even possible that Kuyou is going to be the antagonist who will actually "finalize" Tsukune's vampire transformation - after all, we can't deny the fact that the whole topic of Tsukune's "transformation" has been brought up by Kuyou when he almost killed Tsukune, and Inner Moka was forced to inject him with her blood - so, if Ikeda wants to go along with the "full circle route", it might be possible that Tsukune's transformation is going to be actually finalized during his rematch with Kuyou.

Of course, it would mean that this rematch would take a lot more time then a single chapter, and personally I doubt that Ikeda is actually going to resolve Tsukune's transformation in the current arc, but on the other hand I can't deny the fact that the possibility of Ikeda leading the story in that direction exists, and that it would be quite symbolic if Tsukune's "transformation" would be resolved like that.

Spoiler:

Ooohhh, nice. I hadn't thought of that.

Yes, it would be most appropriate if Kuyou was the one who "completed" Tsukune, so to speak. He started it back at the academy, how ironic that it might be finished within the Floating Garden. Naturally Kuyou's not thinking about that, he wants to erase Tsukune for all the humiliation he caused him a year before. So if the manga does go down this route, it would make the perfect precursor for the dramatic battle against Akuha.

Hmm, I wonder if that's the reason Miyabe set this up, that sounds like a plan he'd formulate. So in a sense, Kuyou's going to be thrown under the bus in order to further Miyabe's plans. Not really surprising, I sort of guessed he wanted to "eliminate the competition," so to speak, and this is a devious way to do just that. Man, I'm so anxious for the next issue already, I want to see Kuyou get the thrashing he so richly deserves, and then Akuha gets the same. Until then...