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Yeah, it's literally "target" in the original.
Thanks, appreciate it. But you can see the kanji words on the right that says "range"Yeah, it's literally "target" in the original.
After months of thinking how Silent Majority works (yes im really obsessed with the ability), this is my speculation:Yeah, it is not completely clear what that means. To me, it makes sense to think about it as 'in range'. Because he chooses his targets at random, it does not make sense that people like Barrigen would be important targets to him. But as i said, i also do not believe 'range' is meant as physical range. Rather, I think he has some conditions for targets that have to be met. Elseways it does not make a lot of sense to have Myuhan assassinate when he was in another room.
Though what happens now after Sale-sale's death? The whole subplot would just... end?Thinking through mr SM's ability lets me come to the conclusion that it can only be Mushaho.
There, my crackpot theory comes into play.Though what happens now after Sale-sale's death? The whole subplot would just... end?
Because it looks like he already stopped attending the classes. Everyone's there but him (from 388):
Yeah, I hope there's something planned (and we get to see it).Now that sale sale is out, that motivation flies out of the window. But the plotline still won't be aborted, i think it will become clear once pariston makes a move.
Would you have preferred a hug? haha it's simply because I was about to make the same observations you did, and there they were neatly presented in your post!haha doc why did you like that message
Longhi knowing Nen changes some things. But I am sure he is not the Sm user. Longhi was not in room 1014 when the first attack happened, so why would he be in it for the second attack?Would you have preferred a hug? haha it's simply because I was about to make the same observations you did, and there they were neatly presented in your post!
Although I'm not dismissing Shio's theory, I don't think Pariston is in any way involved in the Kakin affairs. I do however agree that the user of SM could be acting on their own, most likely some royal guard with ulterior motives imo. Following the latest chapter (400), Longhi is naturally the prime suspect now for being the SM user. If it's really her, then she must be acting on her own or under some other party and not under Tsubeppa, as the latter is not after the lower princes' lives.
I'm sure we'll get some follow up on this next chapter (401), also pretty sure Kurapika will interrogate Longhi on whether she is the assassin or not and I would be surprised if he doesn't.
I also think SM user was not in the room. He probably can use the doll to see around him. I said Longhi is prime suspect because even though we are pretty sure it's not her based on a number of reasons, one has to still verify to prove her innocence.My guess is still that mr SM is not in that room and that pariston has planned for many moving pieces that might offer escape routes.
Maybe to not have to share it with all the members within their group, as that could lead to some people letting the power get to their heads and revolting, which would harm the "balance" of power. No matter how loyal one is, it's best to keep a supernatural power that has the potential to destroy the fine balance of society if given to the wrong hands.If he is loyal, why didnt he tell tubeppa before?
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No, but there are some things supporting it.Is there anything that makes Belerainte free from suspicions?
Yeah, what I think is, Pariston was very succesful in the election, so we know he has a lot of supporters within the association, especially among temp hunters.No, but there are some things supporting it.
Firstly, Belereinte is a hunter, if my theory is somewhat correct, then that directly makes it more likely he could have contact to pariston or beyond.
He also asked to "lend bill" to talk to him in private, allegedly to give information to room 1013, but we do not know what they talked about exactly. We KNOW Bill was employed via pariston.
Secondly, he said "it was you who killed him" to Sakata, who killed the guy that was attacked by the snakes (in order to kill the snakes. In my opinion, that could point to Belereinte being mr SM who has to kill his first target, but because Sakata did it, he had to kill another. Its a strange thing to say in any case.
Also, IF mr SM is in that room, we know he is not a participant (unless it is longhi). The only people using Nen in the participant pool were lovelly (batized by mr SM), halkenburg's 2 guards (baptized by halk's beast) and longhi (for whichever reason). So the user has to be a Nenuser, and since its not logical to think it was Benjamin's guard, it would have to be Belereinte or one of the Kakin guards sent by Zhang Lei (including camilla's spyguard slacka).
Of course, if mr SM is not in that room, it cannot be Belereinte.
My view is, by now, that it is all a red hering.Yeah, what I think is, Pariston was very succesful in the election, so we know he has a lot of supporters within the association, especially among temp hunters.
There aren't that many real Hunters on Tier 1 and most of them are temp hunters, especially if we discount Team Kurapika...
The big problem here is, we don't even know what Pariston's plan is...
Like, the Bill trio didn't seem to have any real idea either and let's be honest neither of them is/was particularly special.
Good call. I think of something more sinister though.My view is, by now, that it is all a red hering.
Pariston can guess the zodiac will guess that beyond wants to escape (because its obvious).
He has a spy in the organization, he has all kinds of escape plans installed (Bill said there were at least 3 before carton died) and everyone is guessing how he will escape.
I think beyond does not intend to escape but to basically take over the black whale and making the zodiac play along. Because they are focused on preventing his escape, they do not notice that the actual plan is unfolding right now.
They think beyond will make his move right before the reach the new continent. I think Pariston plans to create so much uprising on the lower decks that it risks to become a huge massacre. If that does not work, fine, there are escape routes installed, just in case.
But if there is a massacre and uprising so big that the zodiac and kakin cannot handle it, who is the one who can?
Beyond. All these people down there are there because beyond promised them a better life. They believe in him, he is a charismatic who can believably say that he has nothing to do with whatever the zodiac or kakin will be blamed for. He can tell people to believe into the new king of kakin (if he is there by now) and lay low. That would force the zodiac to play along and beyond would gain huge political power over them. They couldnt stop him from escaping, as he put it, they'd beg him to keep up appearance and go to the dark continent with him.
This made me think that maybe the intention is to influence new Nen users to create techniques that could counter SM-like techniques. This is helpful for nobility that wants to avoid assassinations.Think about it: Mr SM's ability is insanely useful, however, it carries a HUGE risk. If he gets countered the first time he kills, he dies. The fact that everybody knows his ability after the Nentraining means that he cannot be used as well anymore to influence the succession war, because now people will use countermeasures (go to the toilet together, move furniture so snakes cannot hide, so on). Whoever used mr SM in the Nentraining would need to have a VERY IMPORTANT GOAL TO ACCOMPLISH if he busts that kind of trumpcard for it.