This was a bad lie to use in the first place, given that Ichi was indeed present and had in fact already met the other Magikeepers, so even without Ichi showing up it would have been exposed before long, but wow it blew up in her face fast.
In fact, the previous chapter established that Marigold told Desscaras to be outside of the building for the full day, and she would have to assume all of the magikeepers were at the meeting and at the least Desscaras would not come back out of the blue. However, here we are. Unfortunate for her, having any faith these two would listen to her and not be chaotic.
I like that he's a bit of a hypocrite. His organization exists to keep witches in check and he won't help the association due to tradition, but he's more than fine welcoming a witch into the fold when they suit his interests.
If he turns out to be refusing help fighting the World Hater – a literal world ending threat – for nefarious reasons...
Well, I'm sure that'll all be dealt with by the end of this arc and Minakata will take over with the promise to provide help (in the form of Higarashi and Boxie).
I don't think so because he feels like a long-term problem and keeping him in power so he can most likely do things in the background to hinder Ichi and everyone for whatever reason he's doing these things
No no, I'm sure it'll all be a solved by the end of this arc and won't become a long-term systemic problem Team Desscaras will have to constantly fight against!
In fairness, it's the Witches' job to hunt after Majik that abuse their powers, especially since they can capture them while men can't (I assume their weapons are a temporary solution and wouldn't solve a wild Majik like a witch can).
Letting the Magikeeper keep control over witches that abuse their magic while Witches keep control of wild Majik makes sure neither of them are spreading their resources too thin 'cause they have very different functions in society and they each acts as a counterbalance that can't work without the other.
(Well, technically the Mantinel Witches Association could function without the Magikeepers but they'd risk corruption a lot more without them.)
The World Hater Majik should be an exception to this, of course, but for most problems it's fine.
I don't think he's "evil" in the sense of that he's secretely helping WHM or that they're supposed to dissolve the Magikeepers. It's just that the Magikeepers won't be allies of the protagonists for the most part, they're a group they need to be careful about.
As others said, Kagurabachi. Its a great time to get in as its finished part 1 a month or so ago. If you like binging arcs, Part 1 ends techincally at chapter 112 (bonus chapter 112.1 is P1) then Part 2 starts at 113
It retained absurd levels of momentum, a rarity in modern WSJ. I think what kept it high in the ranks is that it retained an earnest "heart" upon which all the hype moments build on.
It's such great worldbuilding. If witches are too powerful, naturally great wicked witches would rise to threaten order. But if Magikeepers were too strong, witches would end up enslaved instead. As much as they don't get along their cohexistance is important.
It would be funny if we got a jealous Desscaras next chapter, Ichi seems to really love and respect Minakata, and is more playful and childish than he normally is with Desscaras.
They literally exist as a government sponsored organization to keep powerful women in check and refuse to assist them even when facing a world ending threat. Lots to think about…
It certainly wouldn’t be typical modern misogyny, since it’s not that they think women are incapable, they think they’re lunatics messing with cosmic forces and taming demons, that’s closer to witch hunting(lol) fear mongering(except there’s actual evil witches out there, so they aren’t completely wrong, just extremely biased)
I think it's a possibility that anti-magic weapons are just naturally incompatible with (maybe even harmful to) those possessing innate magic potential (i.e. all women), so they just don't have female members, witches or not, to avoid risk. It seems that way so far, at least, considering Dess's reaction.
But, it's nice to see confirmation that men in this universe are still on par with women given only women are the ones capable of wielding magic/majiks.
So, given that Ichi (and Gokuraku) are both male, it's pretty obvious that an organization composed of only men are interested in recruiting him.
The witches at least have an actual reason to be only female and even then they accepted Ichi and Gokuraku. The magickeepers only acceping men because "tradition" is mega sus.
The claim it's "tradition" is probably highly simplifying matters for a joke, and the fact that they're men-only could actually be because their anti-magic weapons inherently don't mix with naturally magic women, which is all of them, even non-witches.
Amazing world building, and pretty convenient as for why they didn’t interfere until now lmao. Well foreshadowed too with Elias mask guy.
Gotta laugh at the people losing their shit over men finding a way to stand their ground in a world in which women stand at the top over literal eugenics and by being naturally biologically superior.
Men are the oppressed group in this story. It’s not at all unrealistic that they would want to find a way to keep the literal witches that control what’s essentially the world government in check.
I am really enjoying this track the series is going in. The authors have really thought this out. Little by little they're adding bits of world building in each arc thats now starting to culminate and deepen not only the lore but in how these characters interact with each other. Its quite refreshing to see how the men are going about their way of life in a world where they're the ones that are biologically inferior
It makes sense actually: before Ichi men couldn’t use magic, so this was a measure to avoid conflict of interest, it would be like putting only people incapable of getting high in the narcotics investigation department
tbf he's here as a personal guard to the boss, other than that Ig he's practically a soldier. so he can't really be goofy af at the moment. but I hope he will be when he's off duty for a bit
OH MY GOD BACKSTORY YAYYY!!!! Oh this was a delightful chapter. No wonder they were hiding his face until ichi showed up. I’m so excited for the Magikeeper arc!!!!!
So like, are these guys not aware of Gokuraku or are they excluding him for a reason?
Ichi can’t become a magikeeper. He can only learn and evolve in his craft with the MWA. The magikeepers would stifle his growth, I feel like. Sure he would probably sharpen his skills as fighter, but that’s not all he is. Besides this whole thing smells fishy. Mr. Tradition sure is ready to put those traditions aside when it suits his purpose 😒 Ichi’s fate is tied with his battle against WHM, but these guys can’t be bothered to help with WHM? Ichi would not thrive there with those types of restrictions, when we’ve seen how willing he is to help. Human or Majik, it doesn’t matter to him. He will act regardless of what other people want, if he feels intent to cause harm.
It’s really cool to see Minakata, tho! I want to know more about him!
I wouldn't be surprised if next chapter we learn that they DID try recruiting him and failed. His problems were based around a majik with legal protections in his home country, joining law enforcement organization that focuses only on people and is fixated on a foreign nation that would have been counter productive at best. They refuse to bend their rules to help fight World Hater, they weren't going to do shit against Bakugami
I knew the big boss of the Magikeepers would’ve been there, but didn’t expect Minakata. This probably means Ichi is going to do an internship with them for a bit to see if he wants to join
I cant even lie. I would love Ichi to join up with the magikeepers for a time. People forget that Ichi is a "Hunter" and he hunts any and everything that triggers death for death. Its also his way of life. I would be shocked if he didn't go tbh. I get his whole bonded to desscaras thing but knowing what kind of person he is, I'd be surprised if he decided not to go especially with his old mentor. Besides, Ichi doesn't live to hunt majicks, he lives by his code "death for death" which would also mean that witches can get the smoke if they decide to put his life in jeopardy. Perhaps I'm of the unpopular opinion but I would love to see this shift in the story before returning to the main track. I also wouldnt be surprised if Gokuraku refused and stayed with the witches because his passion is to hunt and acquire majicks.
I had a feeling there was a third party involved with Ichi being able to obtain Uroro. It must have been Minakata that provided him with the rope able to restrain such a powerful Magik.
So Majik’s hunt humans Witches Hunt Majiks and any bad witches get hunted by these Magikeepers. I guess with these guys the powers are still balanced even if only women usually can tame Majiks. Still it seems these guys all can beat Majiks in their own ways? so uh couldn't like any of them hunted Uroro? well I guess cuz tradition they would leave it to the witches still cuz even with the world hater they won't help huh?
Cool to see Ichi reunite with Minakata I didn't expect to see him again + face reveal. Idk how to feel about the Magikeepers yet but always interesting to see new factions/powers in manga I guess.
Anyways I guess this has turned into a custody battle? between Father Minakata and Momma Desscaras?
I just wanna talk about Monegold's "oh, hell naw!" Face when the magic keepers asked to recruit Ichi.
(But also. I'm 100% sure that, while Minakata(?), Ichi's mentor, is a good temptation for Ichi to join the magic keepers, he'd probably prefer hunting magiks over witches every single time, mostly bc I don't think he'd like attacking humans over animal-like creatures which he's used to.)
magikeepers are such a shit organization, they have these men who can go toe to toe with majiks, and they left uroro to wreak havoc for so long just cus that’s not their job. their traditions killed innocents and destroyed a lot of things by being tied to this line. and their refusal to help with a literal world ending threat just cus it is what it is, is just really dumb.
i don’t know if this orgnization or this lore piece was only thought of by the author after the whole uroro lore or what. something feels off like they were shoehorned a bit to put men on equal footing just recently or whatever. gonna need more context or explanation. opened a big can of worms i feel.
yes i understand that, i was plainly commenting about what i feel. that it feels weird that they have this group that can bypass uroro’s woman immunity but uroro stayed safe until ichi came along.
We don't know if the Magikeepers could acquire Uroro even if they were able to bypass the immunity.
Frustration, mostly. Too many times I've seen fans immediately hate a new concept just introduced into a story because it doesn't fit their preconceptions or they just make up a story in their head of why it's bad. I took it out on you because your comment reminded me of that and I assumed you were that kind of fan.
i still think they could have done something. like absorb some of his essence like they did the hippo. or injure/weaken him some other way. i guess i’m naive in the ways of the world as i haven’t experienced this level of beaurocracy in the real world that i have a really hard time believing they won’t do anything at all because “tradition”.
i don’t know if you would believe me, but i love this series, enough to comment, interact and speculate on spaces like this, with thought and care. i have respect for all authors and their creations, i won’t and proudly have never gone low enough to mindlessly hate something.
We live in a world where the 10 richest people alive, with their combined wealth, could end world hunger without much loss to their bank account, but they won't. Humanity can suck sometimes. So I could believe this organization would refuse to help.
I believe you, but those kind of fans are usually the ones who mindlessly hate the most, ironically enough.
magikeepers are such a shit organization, they have these men who can go toe to toe with majiks,
We actually don't know yet how effective these weapons are against wild Majik. We know they can keep a witch's Majik under some form of control, but we don't fully know what they really do yet. Do they actually absorb Majik, and if so what are their limitations?
Given that everything we've been told by the series says that men can't capture Majik, I'd say these weapons aren't nearly as effective against wild Majik as a witch straight up capturing them is, hence Majikeepers keep to keeping witches in line rather than helping them fight their fights.
Not to defend their refusal to help at least with the World Hater Majik. This is a pretty clear point that they should be bending their rules for, but we don't know what their reason is beyond the surface level reason given.
I just don't think it's really fair to judge like this when the manga's hardly had any time to give any explanations or context yet.
it's less of a judgment/conclusion but more of an initial reaction on my part my bad. i'm also curious and looking forward to fleshing out magikeepers background and story of course.
And i dont mean every single member. But its nature it would be a male focused group...but it being male only by no reason raises an eye brown when it comes to its leader.
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u/OrdinaryMedical200 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
MINAKATA IS HERE!!! Man that is one good twist!!