chapter 218 thoughtdump
groove has gone through the raws and provided her own take on what's going on here. i'm still really confused, but her post really helped clear some things up for me ♥
of course, like the rest of the populace, i still have some questions.
( just 'SOME' questions? )
of course, like the rest of the populace, i still have some questions.
( just 'SOME' questions? )
... Exception to the rule might be Chrome, though? He seemed surprised to find her in Kokuyo Health Land. Of course, he could have been faking that surprise to fool the Cervello (who, I'm only starting to really realize, might be Byakuran's dogs, which explains why Irie's always so... stiff and jittery around them). And he might have been genuinely upset about Glo Xinia going there without his permission, because it put Chrome in unnecessary danger.
... orz, not making any sense, it's really really really late, but somewhere in here was supposed to be this very clear image of compartmentalized knowledge among the Vongola Guardians. 80 and 59 are too close to the boss, too "frontline", in other words. Too risky if they knew which side Irie is really on. But 69 and 18, on the other hand... now those two, I can actually picture as being capable of holding on to that knowledge to their graves. >_> Even though spilling their guts would have made things a lot less stressful for everyone around them.
:'D One final thing. I dun think that's 15-year-old Irie. 15-year-old Irie looks like this. Kind of a big difference to what we're seeing in chapter 218?
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FORESHADOWING FORESHADOWING
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... actually I don't remember what I meant. If past-Irie's involved with this, then that makes the switch between past-Irie and future-Irie in 171 make more sense because previously it was mostly just "...!? What does past-Irie have to do with the white machine and why does he have the mare ring?"
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hmm i still don't get why 15yo!irie has the mare ring, and how he got it, actually... unless it's somehow in the bovino box that accidentally landed on his doorstep ages ago. and as groove pointed out, there was no switch in the latest chapter, so i can see that the 15yo!irie who had the mare ring grew up into the 20-something (i should resign myself to saying 24. i'm just not comfortable with 10yl ages since i don't know the exact date and the characters' birthdays XD;) irie whom everyone is facing at this moment.
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Okay, okay, it's making more sense than it was and it looks like it'll actually make sense (as much as KHR ever makes sense, anyway) shortly. It's an improvement!
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i suppose it's possible, since as thelovemafia had said, he's a more effective double agent if the rest of the vongola - especialy gokudera, poor guy xD - didn't know about his plans.
even if we're looking at the 20-something irie at the last pages of the chapter, and it makes sense that he would know the schedule - there's still the WHY IS 15-YEAR-OLD IRIE SHOOTING EVERYONE IN THE FIRST PLACE question. i mean, he wasn't being attacked so he couldn't have been shooting people in self-defense... he didn't have a reason to try out the weapons (presumably) in the bovino box on specific vongola-affiliated entities unless he had a clear-cut motive.
...i wonder, is it possible that someone left a note for younger irie to shoot the guardians at EXACT TIMES? this might not explain mukuro being shot later than chrome (how the heck was irie able to get to him on a schedule? he's in prison!) but it might explain how the other guardians knew. OR! the note might not be for irie, but for lambo (who is five and probably cannot read XD so they might be like, hypnotized instructions, so younger irie couldn't question or refuse the orders)... but even if that were true, we still aren't sure who that "someone" is who left the instructions. what would the bovino family know about the future?
(in conclusion, i love this chapter XD)
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I love this chapter, and I actually love the massive twist - I haven't had a mindfuck as extreme as this in a while now - but, trying to theorize about it kills brain cells. XD
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