(L) Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou [WN]

[Huh...?]

Originally Posted by sierra117

There is high chance that Remia and Miyu are also the same, considering that they resemble Meiru quite a bit

If they are descendants, then it's probably of Diene

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Huh...?

Other than the new Pope (and his granddaughter), is there any hint to who else might be a descendant of the Liberators in the Main Story?

The heiligh royal family is descended from Laus through Sharm who founded the kingdom of Heiligh from what I read

Originally Posted by Huh...?

If they are descendants, then it's probably of Diene

Meiru did note in the short story that Myu reminded her of her sister.

Spoiler for Zero 6:

So why were Sharm’s brother protecting him? I thought they were on the church’s side.

I have to say that it is odd that the dragonmen would willingly become subservient to the church

I have to say though that Uralt has bad taste in men picking people like Darrion and Kouki lol.

[borisdrakoni]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

Spoiler for Zero 6:

So why were Sharm’s brother protecting him? I thought they were on the church’s side.

I have to say that it is odd that the dragonmen would willingly become subservient to the church

I have to say though that Uralt has bad taste in men picking people like Darrion and Kouki lol.

Spoiler:

They were defeated and captured with the rest of their family in the first half of the volume and brought along with the Liberators who escaped to the dragon country. While captive there they spent time speaking to Raus and getting to know the real him. Shallum also visited them everyday. This planted the seeds of doubt which finally bore fruit on the day of the coup, as they found themselves unable to stand by and watch as their mother and grandmother were beating Shallum to death to try and get back in the Church's good graces. Their first and last act of free will was to let their little brother escape at the cost of their own lives.

Not just the dragon people, even members of the demon army and some of Liberators' own members cooperated with the Church during the purge. The apostles' charm ability that brainwashes people turns them into fanatical believers regardless of their own will. Aside from a few rare cases, it's almost impossible to break free of its effects.

Similar to villains, heroes are also often the architects of their own downfalls. Much like Kouki after a healthy dose of Eri's brainwashing on top of a heap of ignoring reality, the Darrion we see in Zero has become thoroughly twisted after countless years(millennia) of serving Ehito, who it turns out was his original enemy in the folklore of the first Hero. However he was originally, the only thing left is just an obsession with possessing Ur Alt. Given how often Kouki gets summoned to various worlds, the Hero disposition itself must be so rare that the World Tree goddesses have to take what they can get, even if there are a few loose screws.

[cyberdemon]

So who exactly is the girl on the cover? Laus’s wife? The dragon princess?

[borisdrakoni]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

So who exactly is the girl on the cover? Laus’s wife? The dragon princess?

The best answer is adult Mildedi, post timeskip. She doesn't wear that dress in any of the other illustrations, but she's the only character that image fits. The former vampire queen Ania wears a red dress, and of course the dragon princess Shivre would wear their traditional kimono-type outfits.

[cyberdemon]

And the final and most important question, do Oscar and Miledi finally hook up before the end?

[borisdrakoni]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

And the final and most important question, do Oscar and Miledi finally hook up before the end?

Spoiler:

Nope, it doesn't look like it. All indicators point to them maintaining the status quo on their relationship until the very end. Otherwise Miledi wouldn't be able to go through with her plan. Oscar apparently spent the seven years during the timeskip trying to find some kind of method so that Miledi wouldn't be alone, even clinging to stories in folklore about other world summoning and reincarnation. He left her with a promise that he would absolutely come pick her up someday whether she was in the depths of hell or at the edge of the world even if eternity passed and he was nothing but a soul.

[sierra117]

Originally Posted by borisdrakoni

Spoiler:

Nope, it doesn't look like it. All indicators point to them maintaining the status quo on their relationship until the very end. Otherwise Miledi wouldn't be able to go through with her plan. Oscar apparently spent the seven years during the timeskip trying to find some kind of method so that Miledi wouldn't be alone, even clinging to stories in folklore about other world summoning and reincarnation. He left her with a promise that he would absolutely come pick her up someday whether she was in the depths of hell or at the edge of the world even if eternity passed and he was nothing but a soul.

So he, and other Liberators, did fulfill that promise t the end of Ehit's death then

[cyberdemon]

Man I really hope we get an after story featuring reincarnations of this poor couple. This also makes me hope Miledi and the spirits of the other liberators are more directly involved in that asshole Ehits death. Even something as simple as their spirits turning up to restrain Ehit so Hajime and Yue can deliver the final blow

Speaking of reincarnations. Anyone think some of Hajimes children will be reincarnations of the liberators. I could even see his child with Yue being Miledi lol

[cyberdemon]

It’s probably just a placeholder but Amazon has an expected August release date for volume 13

[borisdrakoni]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

It’s probably just a placeholder but Amazon has an expected August release date for volume 13

It's just a placeholder. Except for rare instances, Overlap only announces its new releases a month in advance. Even Amazon Japan doesn't have a page for volume 13 yet. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if volume 13 came out in August or September since I think there's a good chance the summer OVA could be bundled with it, but the chances of it seeing western distribution before the end of the year are pretty slim considering how long J-Novel usually takes to put out a new volume.

[cyberdemon]

I just realized after reading the tortus travel journals the the pictures Miledi kept were actually the colored images from the zero series

[Huh...?]

OVA is confirmed to be based on "The Miraculous Meeting and the Phantasmagorical Adventure" from the SS Collection Volume, and is going to released on 25th September (supposedly along with Main Story Volume 13)
https://arifureta.com/news/news-2751/
https://arifureta.com/blu-ray/blu-ray-2739/

YouTube

https://youtu.be/RMPL7pMWa2I

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[borisdrakoni]

^ They also cast Satoshi Hino as Nize, which is another big name for the Liberators’ crew. The OVA is apparently going to be around 40 minutes, but if they don’t announce a Zero adaptation after this I’ll be surprised.

[cyberdemon]

The author mentioned in the new after story chapter that the plan is to release volume 13 in September

[Huh...?]

There is also mention of how he feels it would be "nice to end the WN around the same time".

[cyberdemon]

Actually it says final part which is a little vague especially when the author said that they were still enjoying writing after story. Or was that a mistranslation? By final part it could just mean of tortus travel journal.

I’d hate for it to end. I want to get some stories about the demon king and his mistress lol

[borisdrakoni]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

Actually it says final part which is a little vague especially when the author said that they were still enjoying writing after story. Or was that a mistranslation? By final part it could just mean of tortus travel journal.

I’d hate for it to end. I want to get some stories about the demon king and his mistress lol

Shirakome pretty clearly wrote Web version(Ｗｅｂ版) in his afterword, indicating he was talking about the WN in its entirety, not just the Tortus Travel arc. Then again, this is him we're talking about, so his "maybe it'll be done by the end of the year" will probably turn into him finally wrapping it up around this time next year.

[Huh...?]

Yeah, what he said is pretty vague, which could mean either
* i am enjoying writing the WN, but as the LN is coming to the end, i want to
** end the WN version of the TTJ (which is like a recap of Main Story) at the same time or by the end of this year, or
** end the WN version itself.

[cyberdemon]

Then again it could just be the wn version so he can focus purely on a ln version of AFter story. Ending the wn version doesn’t mean he won’t keep releasing new stories in a ln version.