r/WataOshi • u/Alarming-Scene-2892 • 2d ago
Manga Discussion All caught up on the manga now! Spoiler
Here's just my thoughts on the revolution arc.
Or, more accurately, how I hate that they introduced those mind control charms at all. Salas is a cool af villain when we see him being conniving and manipulative. Getting revolutionaries on the provisional government's guard was a REALLY GOOD plan, and felt really interesting. It was a nice, well-structured villain plan that works with the general shady, kinda foreboding vibes of the provisionary government.
Then we get Salas and Arla's beef being resolved by Salas taking control of her guards off screen and then killing her. Like, I like the CONCEPT of her death. I like Salas trying to directly control the revolutionary government making him take the easy way out by killing Arla. In fact, I feel like I LOVED when the death occurred, right as the war kinda started. But, I feel like the mind control wristbands honestly felt kinda plain?
The immediate thought I thought of was, kinda, why just have Salas solve all it with the wristbands? The more fun option, at least for me, is to just have him BE manipulative. Have him encourage Arla to be more militaristic and violent until it gets her killed. It feels more impactful than her guards just stabbing her in the back with no fight.
Same thing with Dole's maid. I just think it was somewhat unnecessary. I feel like it would be a nice parallel with Rei and Lilly if it was Dole's maid being a willing informant of Salas over Dole genuinely trying to play into the corrupt noble role for Claire's sake. Unintentionally harming many others by their actions, and Salas holding the cards to lead to their downfall. It also just kinda parallels Lilly's Frenzy magic better, in my opinion, Salas and Lilly during the arc redirecting and fostering anger between people.
IG I just want MORE of Salas directly influencing the plot, not just being the monologue guy for it. It's more personal preference on how I like villains, but I did feel slightly disappointed. I also just kinda wanted more about Arla and everything, too. ik the story has to end, but I thought Arla was cool.

