(L) Mirai Nikki

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

lol, awesome chapter. Yuno being about to be killed by Yuno was moe. What was up with the slashed up moose (?) suit in the background though? Probably some detail from Yuno's past that I've forgotten, but it was super creepy.

Headless Akise holding out his cell to Yuki: win. Still rooting for Yuno though. Still rooting...

Didn't Yuno put on that suit in order to kill one of Yuki's classmates who had a crush on him?

[Sol Falling]

lol, right, I remember now. That was awesome. Thanks.

Yuno loev~

[Marion]

Hm...actually this chapter was insightful.

Spoiler for Chap 51 spoilers:

A couple chapters ago there was a special with Yuno trying to kill Yuki's friend who was bullying him. That Yuno from the past called Yuki "Amano" because they still were unfamiliar with each other.

If we compare this to Paradox's last chapter with the two Yuno's - one dead and one alive, then I think we can reach this conclusion:

As we already know there are two Yunos. They have similar diaries to each other, but one clearly identifies Yuki by his last name, rather than first. Our Yuno identifies him as Yuki and the Yuno from a special identifies him as Amano. Akise realized what we realized a while ago - our Yuno time leaped to the point in time after the current world's Yuno stopped Yuki from getting together with one of the class representatives. Current World Yuno already had a future diary, but because she was still unfamiliar with Yuki the diary addressed him as "Amano". Yuno stole the current world Yuno's diary as a decoy, just in case something like this would come up.

The only thing I wonder is why that diary works if Current World Yuno is already dead. Does this mean a diary can continue to work after it's user dies, as long as it isn't broken?

But yeah looks like MuruMuru has established herself as the final boss. My guess is that Yuno won't allow Yuki to kill her until the date that she and Yuki are suppose to be bound to each other - July 28th. At that time Deus's core should run out of power. My guess is that Muru will try to descend onto the human world to kill Yuki herself before that time comes.

[Haesslich]

Damn. I think Akise loves Yukiteru way, WAY more than Yuno. Look at what he did!

[LeaD36]

Yuno ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yF8PmfpVA

[blue skies]

Originally Posted by Haesslich

Damn. I think Akise loves Yukiteru way, WAY more than Yuno. Look at what he did!

Akise was a bro to the very end. I had the feeling something like this was coming, but damn if I'm not bitter about it.

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the end of a manga so much before. I can't wait to see how this wraps up and all the loose ends are tied up, although I'm hoping there's no reset ending.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Marion

Hm...actually this chapter was insightful.

Spoiler for Chap 51 spoilers:

The only thing I wonder is why that diary works if Current World Yuno is already dead. Does this mean a diary can continue to work after it's user dies, as long as it isn't broken?

Hmm, now that I think about it, I don't remember if we've ever seen what happens to a diary after a user dies. But I think Yuno's diary is a special case, and still works either because there is still one Yuno alive, or because Muru Muru modified it. Does anyone have a theory about Muru muru? She's the biggest mystery in this manga right now. Deus didn't see her betrayal coming, in fact, she shouldn't even have been able to do all this according to what he says.

And I'm also still rooting for Yuno all the way, no matter what she does. I hope she'll manage to kill Muru Muru.

[KLGChaos]

Right now my biggest hope is that both Yuki and Yuno die horribly at the end. The world would be much better off without them. It's the ony way this manga will have a good ending.

I honestly think this is the first time I've wished for the death of the main protagonist. :P

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

Still rooting for Yuno though. Still rooting...

I'll probably still be rooting for them well after this manga has finished.

Pretty about my favorite character dying like that, though at least he had a pretty damn epic impact on what's going to take place in next months chapter.

[Marion]

Originally Posted by KLGChaos

Right now my biggest hope is that both Yuki and Yuno die horribly at the end. The world would be much better off without them. It's the ony way this manga will have a good ending.

I honestly think this is the first time I've wished for the death of the main protagonist. :P

Yuki at this point is clearly desperate. He's always been shown as a lonely person, who doesn't put much trust in people. Then his mother and father both die and he wants to bring them back. Yuno knows he wants to bring them back above all and tries to manipulate this, which she successfully does since he ends up shooting his friends under the belief that they're going to betray him.

Yuki is going for the alas poor scrappy route from what I can see.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

WTF is going on? It feels like plot twists are just throw in for plot twists sake. Maybe once we finish the whole thing it'll make more sense >.>

I don't think they are thrown in the hell of it. None of this came out of no where - the animal suit is proof of that.

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

Didn't Yuno put on that suit in order to kill one of Yuki's classmates who had a crush on him?

So...when exactly did this Yuno come??

[Marion]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

So...when exactly did this Yuno come??

Current Yuno = The dead Yuno who's future diary addresses Yuki by his last name.
Future Yuno = The series Yuno who's future diary addresses Yuki by his first name.

Current Yuno had stalked Yuki for so long that she got a future diary at some point. She's the Yuno who followed Yuki and a class representative in Chapter 34 in that bear costume we see. A while after that happens Future Yuno time leaps from her previous universe and appears in Current Yuno's home. Future Yuno kills Current Yuno and takes her place and diary (as seen in the end of Paradox, when Akise goes into Murumuru's memories). This is why Future Yuno has two diaries - her diary addresses Yuki by first name because she's familiar with him from the last world. Her second diary was Current Yuno's, who addresses Yuki by last name.

Akise figures this out using the two diaries, which both have the same function with the only difference being how Yuki is addressed, and the time leap method that Deus told him about.

[Ashaman]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

Didn't Yuno put on that suit in order to kill one of Yuki's classmates who had a crush on him?

Nah. Yuno put on the costume to prevent Amano from giving a love letter to a classmate. There was no murdeous intent involved there.

This was apparently a year ago. Ish. About a months after she killed her parents.

It's rather amusing to see her go from:

Must stop Amano from giving her the letter! No murderous intent there.

to

Amano is being bullied. I'll just throw this make-shift spear at the bad boy!

This is all from the Yuno that called him Amano, i.e. before the diary game. If the other Yuno did the same things, then the Game f***ed her up more than we thought. Though she was already going nuts. Sorry, more nuts.

[KLGChaos]

Originally Posted by Marion

Yuki at this point is clearly desperate. He's always been shown as a lonely person, who doesn't put much trust in people. Then his mother and father both die and he wants to bring them back. Yuno knows he wants to bring them back above all and tries to manipulate this, which she successfully does since he ends up shooting his friends under the belief that they're going to betray him.

Yuki is going for the alas poor scrappy route from what I can see.

He may have been manipulated and brainwashed by Yuno, but so are terrorists who blow themselves up to kill innocents. He gets no sympathy from me. We're all in control of our own actions. Yuki chose to pull the trigger on his friends and he chose to side with someone he knows is psychotic. Whatever happens to him, he deserves.

Of course, Yuno deserves it 10 times worse. I've never understood why so many people find her awesome. It's like finding Timothy McVeigh awesome. :\

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Marion

Current Yuno = The dead Yuno who's future diary addresses Yuki by his last name.
Future Yuno = The series Yuno who's future diary addresses Yuki by his first name.

Current Yuno had stalked Yuki for so long that she got a future diary at some point. She's the Yuno who followed Yuki and a class representative in Chapter 34 in that bear costume we see. A while after that happens Future Yuno time leaps from her previous universe and appears in Current Yuno's home. Future Yuno kills Current Yuno and takes her place and diary (as seen in the end of Paradox, when Akise goes into Murumuru's memories). This is why Future Yuno has two diaries - her diary addresses Yuki by first name because she's familiar with him from the last world. Her second diary was Current Yuno's, who addresses Yuki by last name.

Akise figures this out using the two diaries, which both have the same function with the only difference being how Yuki is addressed, and the time leap method that Deus told him about.

Paradox is an alternate, how does it apply?

Originally Posted by KLGChaos

He may have been manipulated and brainwashed by Yuno, but so are terrorists who blow themselves up to kill innocents. He gets no sympathy from me. We're all in control of our own actions. Yuki chose to pull the trigger on his friends and he chose to side with someone he knows is psychotic. Whatever happens to him, he deserves.

Of course, Yuno deserves it 10 times worse. I've never understood why so many people find her awesome. It's like finding Timothy McVeigh awesome. :\

She is the epitome of all yanderes. lol.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Paradox is an alternate, how does it apply?

Considering how Paradox explains very well the "twist" and how it makes Murumuru's position obvious, it is very likely it isn't a random omake, but a solid tie to the main plotline.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

Considering how Paradox explains very well the "twist" and how it makes Murumuru's position obvious, it is very likely it isn't a random omake, but a solid tie to the main plotline.

I figured it was just to satisfy the Akise fans and all so I was in now rush to read it.

[Marion]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

I figured it was just to satisfy the Akise fans and all so I was in now rush to read it.

At first it seemed like that but both Mosaic and Paradox do tie into the story. Mosaic explains Minene's past more before the main manga gets to that point and gives more depth to her relationship with Nishijima, which looked rather sporadic and out of place in the normal manga.

Paradox is clearly an alternative world, but besides giving more insight into Murumuru's role and the two Yuno's thing I wonder what it was. Was it a failed world where things didn't go as Murumuru planned, so she had to rearrange things and thus it became inconsistent. Parallel worlds can exist according to the time leap method, but it still makes me curious.

[Ashaman]

Paradox was a mistake. Murumuru accidentally erased Yuno, which allowed Yukki to be fatally injured. Murumuru, for the sake of her plans, brought in Akise to serve as proxy while Yukki recovered and Yuno was restored.

I see it as a false start for her plans. Time resets at the end, and so begins the main story. At least this is what I got.

[Kanon]

Yep. Paradox is more of a prequel than an alternative world. Reading the last chapter of Paradox once again, it seems like Muru muru is what we thought Yuno would be. She has knowledge of future events Deus himself doesn't know about, as well as control on time and various other things.

Now I have this crazy idea she's another alternative Yuno...