Making a dumb joke does not make you "evil"....

Thank you

I recall MC earlier talking like if the crop was ruined they might starve before the next crop could come up.

Every time I see this stupid trope. People don't have enough to eat, so they eat other people and thus survive.

But this would never work. Your cannibalistic life stock would need to eat food themselves, if they ate barely enough to live then it wouldn't be enough for you who ate them to survive. After all, you burn calories just living. This massive inefficiency is why you don't almost ever see flesh eaters raised for their flesh.

Chatgpt estimates you'd only get ~72% of overfeed calories from eating something that eats something else, But of course it's much worse with those underfed or barely fed enough to live where you are losing calories instead of gaining them.

It's possible Raven was targeted for being the mage. But it is also possible Raven was the target altogether. Much more likely than it being the Manager or DS IMO

How is MC evil?

" bull3t in their butt "

Tuskine going around with fistfuls of cow pie trying to pull peoples pants down to fist them up their anus. That's some kink you got.

It's not true though.

I don't think it is either of those people.

1. Dragon slayer, there is still the ring indicating godly protection of MC and MC knows that Dragon Slayer has amnesia about what happened. Also that arrogant evil asshole seems too arrogant and direct to be leaving it to some assassin.

2. Manager, why go though all that to off someone and their group just because they said to leave them alone. Even if they are upset because you greatly frightened them. Doesn't really make sense.

Weird how MC won't consider past those two possibilities.

It could be some other party targeting someone in the group for some other reason. Doesn't even need to be related to MC. Raven was the person the potential killer was close to, maybe the target even. Was first time Raven left the tower, maybe a enemy saw that as a chance. Who knows if anyone else would even have been killed.
Maybe someone working for a plunderer who really doesn't want their identify revealed.

The phantom gave MC es heart? You mean the being with no physical body did....

You need to be listening, not explaining. I am pointing out how this does not serve the plot and is a plot hole and you have no reply except your "not a political message because I say so" BS.

If you have no interest in talking to me, maybe stop replying.

What rude dismissiveness You are talking past my point to your prejudices. Those "save the monsters" people, what purpose do they serve the story in your opinion? How is it not a plot-hole in your opinion?

How is that something to revenge over? It was needed herbs I assume.

"as if the scripture itself is evil, or that its being misappropriated by a bad actor. "

To my eyes the two sides of your "or" are on opposite sides.

Snowy is that angel that didn't seem like a angel they helped and at first befriended or something? I might have missed some chapters. Maybe that was the concept and idea of the Snowy arch.

But the whole 'protect monsters like they are a endangered sapient species' but is way different from that. The "monsters" being spoken about are full definition "monsters", dangerous mindless beings with only the desire to kill. Yet here are these ludicrous people trying to protect these mindless killing machines and by extension attack anyone deemed a "hunter". The story treats their nonsensical position with utter contempt. I think the main strawman representative of this idea is even killed by one of these monsters. So what is the point of having people with this ludicrous position?

I said I wouldn't speculate as to what messaging is meant but I guess I must. I think it's basically a right wing jab and caricature of what they would call "SJW" or "social justice warrior". If to not to make this social political like commentary, I see zero point of it all.

None of it narratively aids the story, hurts it even IMO.

And it certainly makes no sense to the plot, AKA a plot-hole. Garag (or however you spell it) or Omphalus etc have no incentive to push for a culture that seeks to protect monsters. And it makes no sense for people to come to this on their own.

At least "butt naked" as opposed to "naked" is a useful distinction. Some people consider certain levels of under-dressed "naked" Like walking around in only underwear would be "naked" to many people. Where as "butt naked" indicates no clothes at all, or at least no clothes in the most important areas, like nothing covering your butt, the possible reason for the phrase.

But the "ass" in "grown ass man" serves no purpose at all. No useful distinction to what amounts to another way of saying "adult" Which, now that I look at it, the whole expression even without the stupid "ass" word in the middle is worthless. Just use the existing word for it "ADULT "

I am unsure what is being communicated with this. Stoic people being shocked?

ROFLOL!

Interesting theory.

One example of many of the weird messaging in this comic is that whole bit where people were forbidden from killing monsters and people were all about monster rights or something. None of that makes sense story-wise. But I could guess as to a messaging purpose for that. I won't here because that is besides the point. The point is a element that makes no sense and serves no purpose story-wise suggests this elaborate element is in there for another reason.

I'm more incline to go with DRR, this could easily be resolved next chapter, and not even fully next chapter. Some mini boss who gave away their divinity/species and MC has a bunch of anti-dragon shit. Also from what I recall of this comic, it doesn't tend to stretch things out too much too often. Maybe some exceptions, but I seriously doubt this will be one of them.

On the other hand it could be a trick, a lie, but I don't think so. Es will either die, or flee and soon.