We know that he received his gift directly from the deity of the Sea, same as Julian. Luka received one of his two directly from the deity of the Forest. It's said that the gifts of those descended from a gifted one degenerate and become weaker, so it's possible that someone whose gift is total manipulation of biological matter, which is roughly and metaphorically related to water, could beget someone with total manipulation of water and someone able to manipulate a personal body made of water.

Ok. If you want downvotes, I can oblige. I just dropped a comment because you're an annoying faggot.

Shut up, loser.

Mid series all around. It's been floundering since the halfway point anyway, so whatever.

SEND THAT THOT LEMON BACK TO HELL WHERE SHE BELONGS. DATE KOGAHARA.

It's one of the really nice ways that this story actually emulates a Western. Instead of an obsession with celibacy despite clear romantic interest between a man and woman or some kind of overly lascivious harem fantasy, the MC meets women that he likes who like him and they spend a night together before he takes to the road again. You can tell that the author has actually watched and enjoys Westerns; he isn't just cribbing the aesthetic.

The author 100% invented this retcon because Lemon and Sunao are supposed to get back together. He probably feels like he wrote himself into a corner with this whole 4-timing thing, so now he has to go back and soften the blow by saying Lemon never actually cheated, she just spilled her spaghetti and let Sunao think she cheated. This series would be a lot more interesting if she had actually done it but grew up and became a better person and Sunao learned he could forgive her and then wrestle with whether or not he could fall in love with her again. The retcon about him not believing it at first and having to gin up hatred for Lemon later on is so blatant it's insulting. I wish the author had stuck to his guns.

I can't help but notice that the windowlickers saying Aka is trying to "save/extend the manga" when this is clearly just a small thing included in the volume release [it literally says "(extra)" in the chapter title] are the same people saying the ending sucked or ruined the manga. It's a tragedy. The ending is bittersweet. It fits Aqua's character and permanently settles the main conflict of the series. An ending being sad does not mean it is bad. The MC not getting everything you want for him does not mean the author fucked up. Please try reading or watching literature and films made for adults before posting about how the ending sucked.

You know, I was harsh on this battle a few chapters ago, but this chapter really brings it together, it actually gives the fight a good hook.

Buddha fought on the human side, though, I was counting against the gods' fighters. I'd also kind of argue that he wouldn't count for either as Buddhism did not originate in China and while Buddha is now considered an avatar by some Hindus, Buddha originally emerged as a religious separation from the corrupt and out-of-touch Vedic religious authorities of his day.

This makes total sense. Reika has always been portrayed as thinking in very direct terms and she cares about the oath she has taken to uphold the law as a police officer. It would in fact be unethical for a police officer to not arrest a family member who is potentially guilty of capital crimes. Most police forces have regulations to prevent this from being a necessity, but this is a story about family.

It also totally ignores the fact that this is what Tetsuo wants to happen. To him, the idea that a person can get away with murder, even himself, even if done to protect his family, is antithetical to civilized society. Tetsuo wants to be arrested because it will maintain his vision of orderliness. The only reason he didn't turn himself in was the concern of anti-criminal stigma affecting his family. But he was more concerned about Kasen and Akira being killed by Kubo and the organization, so he set himself on this path, knowing it would likely end in his arrest. He's glad that his daughter is the one to arrest him because it shows she's grown enough to no longer need his protection.

I'm glad other people are getting the same sense of a drop off in fight quality, but I don't think this fight is uninteresting just because too many samurai or only swords. I think it comes down to two things.
1. The author no longer provides an interesting take on the historical characters on the human side. The Adam fight was amazing because seeing the father of humanity who originally left paradise fight Zeus was monumentally impactful. Writing Sasaki Kojiro as an extremely intelligent fighter who wouldn't give up and Jack the Ripper as a conniving, psychopathic son of a prostitute were not just interesting, they made for great hooks in the fights. Same goes for Tesla + Qin Shi Huang. Whenever the author just focuses on "this guy was really strong" (Raiden Tameemon, Lu Bu, Leonidas, & Okita Souji) the actual fight resonates less because instead of human ingenuity versus godly power, it's just two powerful people fighting.
2. The unique fight combinations were part of what set this series apart. It would pull from the vast annals of human history and mythology to devise interesting match-ups the author could put his own spin on. But as we reach the end of the tournament, almost half of the gods have been Greek, one quarter of the humans have been Japanese (maybe more if Sakata Kintoki becomes a substitute fighter), and we're on our second Japanese god when we've only used one Norse, one Hindu, one Abrahamic, no Egyptian, no Chinese, no Sumerian/Babylonian/Canaanite, and no god or spirit from American Indians or other New World indigenous tribes. It feels like the author is getting lazy and is content to keep throwing in Greek and Japanese stuff instead of continuing to draw from all of human history and make something truly unique.

Genuinely, anything other than a regular modern pistol, lol.

I don't even care about the samurai debate thing, my question is why would the assassins have one of the most conspicuous people (literally the only black person in Japan) do assassinations? I guess stealth isn't really a thing in those games anymore since they're pseudo-RPG open-world slop, but it just doesn't make sense for a guy who is famous for standing out due to his appearance to be an assassin.

So true man, Saihate no Paladin is one of the best fantasy manga ever, and the team making the anime had no respect. At least the manga is still going absolutely crazy.

Holy shit man, this MC plays for keeps. He just keeps getting better.

Nigga, that would be terrifying for anyone.

Maybe one of the best crime dramas/thrillers I've ever read. Can't wait to see how it ends.

Damn this series is good, I'm gonna have to buy it.

Gonna be honest, I've kept up with this because it's just barely interesting not to drop, but this chapter is the first one that's really gotten me excited. I hope it stays this good.