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While it looks like that one demon guy is dead as gently caress, I'd been wondering whether his whole "arc" was leading to a plot point where some of the "natural enemies" have a change of perspective as they're forced to contend with a threat for the first time. Then again, the demons are the only natural enemy race that has been shown to even vaguely have a mindset similar to normal humans (the others all come off as completely psycho and incapable of empathy, if they're even sapient). This might be because their power seems weirdly concentrated among this minority of executives/leaders (and I bet the actual top Demon King is a complete monster on par with the other strongest entities), but most demons seem like they can be plausibly be defeated by human heroes (with normal ground troops straight-up being fodder compared with heroes). So while the human race as a whole is powerless against the demons due to the strength of the demon leaders, they aren't quite as untouchable as most of the other "natural enemies." And demons seem to care about other demons to some extent, while the neohumans and giants don't seem to give a poo poo about other neohumans/giants getting killed.
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Devils Affricate posted:Why did Daikokuzan turn its head toward Hallow and co? They don't seem to be doing anything big enough to get its attention. I'm thinking maybe it's not actually chasing them, but looking in the direction of the human base after it teleported. tbf, it kind of worked out in their favor this time. Being able to summon demons on-command to come run headfirst into whatever other natural enemy is around seems like a nice powerup for their current plans, awry as gently caress as they've gone so far. I was expecting the teleport to move the whole castle too for whatever reason though.
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Man I really hope the aliens come back later with Mechadaikokuzan or something.
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Ytlaya posted:While it looks like that one demon guy is dead as gently caress, I'd been wondering whether his whole "arc" was leading to a plot point where some of the "natural enemies" have a change of perspective as they're forced to contend with a threat for the first time. The giants definitely care if their own kind get killed.
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Mraagvpeine posted:The giants definitely care if their own kind get killed. It seemed like they were mostly just offended by it and viewed it as a threat, rather than being concerned about the well-being of their allies. Whereas with the demons there seems to be a sense of actual loyalty. I kind of hope I'm wrong, though, since it'd be interesting to get some more depth out of the sapient enemy species.
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Man I really like how things have developed over these last few issues, this is good stuff! (A brave and controversial take for a series by ONE, I know)
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Ytlaya posted:It seemed like they were mostly just offended by it and viewed it as a threat, rather than being concerned about the well-being of their allies. Whereas with the demons there seems to be a sense of actual loyalty. It seems very in line with ONE’s writing to have individual members of the Natural Enemy factions gain empathy and join the humans. I could see potential for this in the demons (Kiva), aliens (they seem to have varied personalities, and simply regard everything else as bugs), AI Robots (perhaps a rogue drone), possibly others… ONE seems to love dogs, so maybe they get an untamed wildlife animal as a pet?
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Yeah I don't think the giants showed any personal concern for one another, they just got rattled by seeing one of their own actually get taken down. I don't get the impression that the demons have much loyalty or love for each other either, they just follow a hierarchy of strength. The Madarans seem to have respect for each other, though.
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I hope that Hallow becomes good friends with Akita Toriyama. Very classic DB with that capsule car driving around.
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Well that's the end of Kiva, couldn't have happened soon enough. Hey wait a second- 
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Devils Affricate posted:I don't get the impression that the demons have much loyalty or love for each other either, they just follow a hierarchy of strength. The Madarans seem to have respect for each other, though. Kiva at least seemed to be concerned about the well-being of the greater demon empire, and mentions "leaving their fate in Jachi's hands" as he goes to fight to his death against the Madarans. If it was just about strength, it seems like he'd just be ambivalent since the strongest will win in the end.
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I think Daikokuzan might be attracted by technology. It was noted to be trying to eat the ship, and it turned towards the humans who escaped on a tech device.
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Or it could be following Hallow's mana-rich fairy partner.
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It's Gamera in addition to Godzilla. It senses children it must save.
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Daikokuzan is probably detecting radiation from the vehicle they used
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I’m just going to go ahead and predict that the curse world humanity somehow brought the curse on themselves due to their terrifying soul-capture technology
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Bucswabe posted:I’m just going to go ahead and predict that the curse world humanity somehow brought the curse on themselves due to their terrifying soul-capture technology They must have really been going at it. That was what, one demon grunt to a mile?
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Pelican Dunderhead posted:Very classic DB with that capsule car driving around. Yeah I noticed that too! It looks too similar, I'm convinced it's an homage to Toriyama.
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Caidin posted:They must have really been going at it. That was what, one demon grunt to a mile? Well he was nearly dead.
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Yeah what non evil reason is there for having "Turn souls into lovely cars" technology
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Terror Sweat posted:Yeah what non evil reason is there for having "Turn souls into lovely cars" technology Look, do you want to solve climate change with renewable energy or not
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Terror Sweat posted:Yeah what non evil reason is there for having "Turn souls into lovely cars" technology It seemed like a pretty good car to me I think if I died I'd be okay with my soul becoming neat DragonBall car.
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I assume it's because the Curse is killing everything, so they used the dying as fuel.
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Ytlaya posted:It seemed like a pretty good car to me It lasted like 4 miles
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I bet a rocket fueled by souls gets a great weight/energy ratio, unless the souls need to be fresh for optimum output
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Terror Sweat posted:It lasted like 4 miles Maybe demons aren't a great fuel source for it, nearly dead or not.
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Terror Sweat posted:It lasted like 4 miles That's because they didn't drive it well.
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Ytlaya posted:That's because they didn't drive it well. Also Kiva crashing into it probably didn't help either.
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We're getting our tabletop RPG party, but instead of DnD, it's Paranoia/Call of Cthulhu.
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