(L) Date A Live [Light Novel]

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by tuckersister

Origami nearly got her ass handed to her by Westscott. I kind of knew she would have a tough time fighting him. At least she better than the fight with Mio.

I really thought this would be the last volume. I did expect Mio to die after she was redeemed. Westscott FINALLY died after he got what wanted. However I feel pity for him after what lead to him becoming what he is now. I did not know that Reine would died. She's one of my favorites. I like that Reine brought up the conversation about "Shidou's mom". However in the end, "mom sacrificed herself to protect her son" is satisfying to me.

It seems AST and other "certain" characters appear again. I wonder what's their reaction (AST already know their identity before hand).

What is utterly surprising is the ending? Why would Tohka do such a thing?

The AST don't know their identities in the new timeline.

[dark44]

Originally Posted by Mizo

well seems when shinji died his soul already went to the after life so shido only have his memories.....shido himself is born as new life from Mio ...

someone who finally read vol 19 posted a summary in reddit :

Spoiler for vol 19:

Shidou comes back from the future and asks Reine out for a date. She agrees to, of course.

Shidou then, through Maria, so that Reine doesn't find out, tells Kotori about what happens during the fight (all the spirits die, etc.)

Both of them then decide to tell the other spirits, but turns out Origami has most of Shidou's clothes bugged with listening devices, so they already know.

Shidou also alerts Kurumi to the fact that she has Mio INSIDE OF HER.

The date with Reine is to a traditional Japanese Onsen Hotel. The Spirits are running the multiple choice date options with the rest of the crew.

First thing they do is go into the open roof bath together. Shidou plans for them to wear swimsuits, but Reine isn't having any of that and goes in naked. Shidou then reciprocates. They talk about Reine's past quite a bit.

Shidou then takes Reine to the beach where Shinji took Mio thirty years ago. He asks Reine to "choose him", and kisses her with her affection levels high enough to seal her.

This fails. Turns out Shidou isn't powerful enough, and all this did was let Mio get Shidou's memories of the future. Then DEM shows up because Wescott found out about the time shenanigans with Beelzebub. Then Kurumi shows up.

Kurumi fights with Reine, but eventually Mio pops out of her chest like last time. Then Mio fuses with Reine, and she goes off to fight DEM.

However, this time, Wescott has decided to throw secrecy out the window and takes a bunch of the spirits friends hostage, like the AST, AiMaiMii, among others. He demands that they give up Shidou and all the Sephira.

Of course, our heroes are having none of it, so Wescott orders the Bandersnatches to kill off some people. Mukuro teleports a bunch of spirits around to save everyone.

Of course, while the spirits are away, Elen, Artemesia and Isaac attack the Fraxinus directly. Shidou, Kotori, and Mana are forced to confront them.

The battle doesn't go too well with all the Nicolbels flying around, but right when Shidou is about to die, Kurumi comes out of nowhere and stabs Wescott in the chest, ripping out his Sephira. Turns out, she transferred her Sephira and personality to one of her clones before Mio killed her.

Kurumi takes in the Sephira, but before anyone can do anything, Mio comes back and is about the execute Plan:Kill Everyone and Get Back Shinji.

Kurumi KISSES SHIDOU and get sealed. Shidou now has all the Sephira. He uses the power of all the angels to approach Mio and kisses her.

Shidou and Mio get enveloped in a giant cocoon of light. Meanwhile, Kurumi decides to use Rasiel, because she has that now, to figure out what the hell is going on.

Inside the cocoon is the same beach, only in Summer. Shidou and Shinji get split into separate beings, and so do Mio and Reine. They play on the beach, have a cooking contest, and eat shaved ice togther.

Shidou turns out to have gotten Mio's memories from the kiss as well. He asks if, even if Mio's plan works out, if the resulting being would even be Shinji. He claims even the Shinji at the beach isn't really even Shinji. Shidou posits that what Mio really wanted was a being that could kill her so that she could be reunited with Shinji. Mio agrees, but Shidou says that instead of killing her, he's going to make her fall in love with him over Shinji.

The happy fun time is interrupted by Team DEM, who set up a magic ritual: the ritual that created Mio in the first place. Wescott set himself up as the center so that he will become a primal spirit, like Mio. The reason he can do this is that he can hijack Mio's power while Shidou was keeping her distracted.

Mio and Shidou come out to confront Wescott, but it's too late: Wescott summons Belial, the Demon verson of Ain Soph and begins to rewrite the world.

Mio gives a power up to the spirits and has them wants them to make a path to Wescott so Shidou can hit him with ALL THEIR POWERS COMBINED.

Wescott almost kills Origami and Mana with the Demon version of Ain Soph Aur, but Nia comes and saves the day with her own version of Nicolbels, which are being piloted by Maria.

Shidou manages to falcon punch Wescott with everyone's power, but before Wescott loses full control, he uses the demon version of Ain to try and take everyone with him.

Mio uses Ain to cancel out the attack, but ends up being erased in the aftermath. Her final words to Shidou are: "You really are wonderful. I love you. But not as much as Shin." Mio dies, but a vision of Shin comes out to greet her as she disappears.

Wescott's been almost completely obliterated, but is alive enough to say goodbye to Ellicot and Elen. He dies in absolute ecstasy from the devastated expressions from the two.

Mio's Sephira appears, with Reine's teddy bear on it. Then Tohka says "Sorry, but I'm taking this", and stuffs in her chest. End Novel.

idk about you guys , but after Mio / Reine died seems to me i lost the reason why i was following DAL....and shido for god sake suffering suffering ....give a man a break....tbh i cried in this volume shido lost Rinne now Mio /reine at ffs let him have his mother beside him... this volume make it sound clear that once someone is ded is DED unless time travel fix all this mess ...anyone got any info about the afterward ? and it's pretty much confirmed next vol cover will be tohka in her new astral dress ...

thanx but is that mean shidou is mio and shin child or lifeform without parents

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by dark44

thanx but is that mean shidou is mio and shin child or lifeform without parents

Shin isn't his father. Biologically, he is Shin. His biological parents are Shinji and Mana's.

[dark44]

so he have the body but new soul in it really stupid move to make him like that he is fake

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by dark44

so he have the body but new soul in it really stupid move to make him like that he is fake

Yes...that's the point.

[Mizo]

anyone know why tho shido kissed Mio/reine he couldn't seal them ??

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by Mizo

anyone know why tho shido kissed Mio/reine he couldn't seal them ??

He wasn't powerful enough to seal Mio.

[Darkwolf907]

With just read the summary my tears already come out, what will happen if i read the full volume i wonder.

[Mirable]

Originally Posted by Mizo

anyone know why tho shido kissed Mio/reine he couldn't seal them ??

To seal spirit, you have to make them fall for you.

He failed cuz Mio/reine doesn't love Shido, the one she loves is Shin and deep down Mio/reine know that Shido isn't Shin.

[Darkwolf907]

^so thats explained Shido’s trademark that he will make Mio fall for him over Shin

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by Mirable

To seal spirit, you have to make them fall for you.

He failed cuz Mio/reine doesn't love Shido, the one she loves is Shin and deep down Mio/reine know that Shido isn't Shin.

You're incorrect. Kotori confirms that Reine's affection is high enough to be sealed. It's as I said - Shido wasn't powerful enough to seal Mio.

[Darkwolf907]

^thanks for your info @Chaos Entity

For me, The most impact info is about Mio and it still weighting my mind after reading this forum today, haha (dry laught)

[Mirable]

Originally Posted by The Chaos Entity

You're incorrect. Kotori confirms that Reine's affection is high enough to be sealed. It's as I said - Shido wasn't powerful enough to seal Mio.

but Shido still failed to seal Reine so Kotori is wrong this time, simple as that.

Shido even said that he will make Reine choose him over Shin in their date.

[Dark Rose Princess]

Originally Posted by Darkwolf907

^thanks for your info @Chaos Entity

For me, The most impact info is about Mio and it still weighting my mind after reading this forum today, haha (dry laught)

You're welcome!

[cyberdemon]

Spoiler for Kurumi:

im shocked that people aren’t upset that kurumi is dead. A clone taking on her crystal makes her not much different from shidou to shinji. A clone given memories

[Kuroageha]

^
Isn't the same.

[Mizo]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

Spoiler for Kurumi:

im shocked that people aren’t upset that kurumi is dead. A clone taking on her crystal makes her not much different from shidou to shinji. A clone given memories

i doubt anyone knew she died, to begin with all what caught their attention her new astral dress ,

we have a bad end vol 18 , now vol 19 true end aka bittersweet , next would be happy end , if shido couldn't seal Mio's power through her then maybe he will get it from tohka now that she got her sephira then the only card i know the author can play is finally shido in his fully spirit form and probably his going to try and fix this entire mess i hope .....still i can't believe koushi killed off Reine definitely ...

[Jord]

Originally Posted by Mizo

i doubt anyone knew she died, to begin with all what caught their attention her new astral dress ,

we have a bad end vol 18 , now vol 19 true end aka bittersweet , next would be happy end , if shido couldn't seal Mio's power through her then maybe he will get it from tohka now that she got her sephira then the only card i know the author can play is finally shido in his fully spirit form and probably his going to try and fix this entire mess i hope .....still i don't believe koushi killed off Reine definitely ...

After all this time reading DAL there is one thing that's for sure, most of the deaths won't matter because the characters will be back anyways. Right now Wescott's death is something that will be permament (I hope) so everything that's left is fixing this whole situation, bringing back Kurumi, dealing with anything that Tohka is trying to do and maybe, just maybe Reine back to the world of the living (you know, after all she's still someone relevant for the girls and Shido).

On my side I still feel like this volume was very underwhelming, even after the detailed summary and a few tl's here and there. Nothing was surprising, maybe what Tohka did at the end, most of the important parts were predictable or expected to happen, i just want to see if the next volume delivers something truly surprising instead of the usual patter DAL has been following since the first arc.

[tuckersister]

I still can't believe Tohka pull something like that in the end. As expected of the idiot princess.

[Kouta6659]

I really hope Shidou goes full Spirit or becomes Da'at next volume. If has to go against Tohka (presumably it's the Tohka we know) with any new powers and forms he's gonna need it. Or has to go on a more sophisticated date with Tohka different from the normal dates he's had with her.