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She is a cutie pie and yes she is silly!

If I may, Alfreed for the bingo game? 🌸👀

Cutie pie!

Guess who's finally getting back to the reread thing... and so close to my final exams, no less! 😭

Pyromaniac Alfarīd confirmed!

Fucking hell this really was a trap huh, even going as far as commanding it outright.

I love the soldiers 🥹 Arslan had really won their hearts!

I mean, who wouldn't love the little bird though, he's the best.

This sparks so much joy!!! Look at Alfarīd especially!! And Jaswant!

They were there with him at the start, and they'll be with him until the very end.

Excuse me while I go cry.

Elam is a big ol softie and it says a lot about the friendship between him and Arslan that Arslan is so... how do I put it, it's almost like Arslan respects Elam and looks to him for advice and everything? And Elam being so bossy towards Arslan (even if he is a big softie) despite their disparity in status is so... Gah, I don't have the words for it, I just like it!

“He speaks Parsian!”

Well, yes, he's Parsian, what else would he speak, lol.

The Zott treating Arslan like some bizarre alien creature was funny, ngl.

They're right and they should say it, and they should include priests in this equation.

I know a bunch of us have discussed about the corruption before, I just don't have enough energy to track down the post at the moment...

Askljasldkjaslkj I love them sm

ID: a panel from the Arslan Senki Manga, with Alfreed carrying two bags of gold saying "Now I have a dowry for when I marry Narsus!" and laughing "Tee hee hee." In the foreground, Elam is frowning and saying, "More like an advance payment for leaving him alone." END ID

This would be a typical Alfarid quote.

What if Alfarīd says to Ranna “One day I'll make you say ‘I'm glad I was born’, just you wait”. What then.

Finally, finally I am back on my ArSen bullshit. So starting from where I last left off (chapter 94):

Fr tho, Hilmes, where was this when I needed you to have the attitude? This just reads as copium ffs.

I normally don't give that much thought to Team Zahhak's philosophy, but this time I decided to sit down and mull on it a bit. Evil is the way of the world, the root and origin of all things, and humans have established “justice” to oppose it. The problem? Justice isn't One True Thing as many like to think— to borrow Narsus' metaphor it's actually like a thousand stars fighting to dominate the sky. And what this causes is conflict, everybody thinks they're right, and therefore the others must be wrong, and to prop up their own justice blood is shed.

One would normally associate bloodshed with, y'know, evil. Which makes me wonder if Team Zahhak thinks of justice as a hypocrisy— in fighting for their justice the pain and loss the fight inevitably causes is no different from that which evil would cause. In seeking to banish evil they just kept inventing evil itself over and over, with a prettier facade on top.

Maybe Team Zahhak sees it as a pointless, fruitless endeavor, and thus chases evil in its own right instead of dressing it up in pretty ideals that ultimately mean nothing.

That's my interpretation of these panels, I buy that line of philosophy obviously, but I think I can see where they're coming from, especially considering the origins of Zahhak himself (which, to make it as vague as possible, he was born from evil, so surely that must've shaped his worldview?).

I want to say, “what did you think was gonna happen when y'all went crazy like rabid dogs on the capital and let Bodin run free to do whatever he wanted???” because I am right— but my anger is tinged with dread/grief because the consequences. They're going to bite Hilmes in the ass.

Interesting. VERY INTERESTING. I'm spinning this in my head. What can I do with this, hmmmm~

They were conscripted, ey?

There's something about their faith taking the shape of brutality. That their “love” for their God wasn't characterized by, like, I dunno how to put it, a genuine connection with Yaldaboath nor spirituality nor anything like that if that makes sense, but rather in the form of... Gah, my brain isn't cooperating.

The way they were so proud of killing the defenseless and vulnerable (women and children) leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

“I think we've done our duty to God well enough to call it a day.” my god my fucking god, like, killing enough people means you did your job means you don't have to do anything more no meaningful deeds or introspection you don't need to do more you've murdered and that's apparently fucking enough shut uuuup.

I know they were manipulated by those above them, the clergy and the higher-ups who wanted this campaign but ugh. Ugh.

If one were to only look at the deeds of followers of Yaldaboath, I don't think it would be inaccurate to say that Yaldaboath is an ever-hungering bloodthirsty god who demands bloodshed and human sacrifice as worship.

Of course, it's not the case, I'm sure the faith means something else, something far less murderous, but there's a point where the original intent and purpose is lost and the twisted version takes over. It is the real, tangible impact it has on the world and the people in it that ultimately matters.

Of course, this is not a problem unique to the faith of Yaldaboath, the Parsian priesthood is pretty corrupt (@innerchorus made a post about that, I'll link it if I can find it again), and y'know, all institutionalized, big religions seem to follow the rough chops. Hell, in my homeland's history one of our kings went to war to seize Buddhist texts from another king!! Like what!! That's so antithetical to what Buddhism is supposed to be about!

Where am I going with this? Honestly, I've got no fucking clue. I just needed to rant, I suppose.

Everybody's big sister comes into clutch and nudges Arslan to not lose focus.

Also, is it just me or does Arslan's hair seem kinda long in this scene? Like,

Am I imagining things???? Was his hair always this long?

After two whole rants in the same post I no longer have the brain juices to dedicate any meaningful thought about the Royal Academy thing but I will say that I definitely want to know more about it. Who attends it? Is it a boarding school? Do other regions of Pars have similar academies? How do children of nobility and the wealthy in more rural areas learn? At home, with private tutors? This was never elaborated on and I'm left with a bucketload of questions.

They!! Alfarīd looks so cute here, look at that smile! And Farangis is so fond. I really love their bond, though I wish it was featured a little more (I guess it kinda is, but it involves Farangis pushing Alfarīd onto Narsus and I'm not sure how I feel about that so yeah).

And between and behind the two there's one of the dresses Alfarīd showed Narsus later on! The one she didn't end up buying, though I have to admit it's a cute design.

At first I felt the same way about her but in the last chapters her character has developed so good that I actually really love her and that is the main reason I love the heroic legend of Arslan from Arakawa so much.

because the development of the characters are so good, that I now have only a few characters left I didn’t really like or more I didn’t grow so deep feelings about them.

Oh my god...

I forgot how annoying Alfarid was in the beginning! And how hypocritical. Dear lord above (or below).

I am so happy that she later has such a big character development. She now is one of my favourit characters. (And that is the genius of Arakawas writing! Or rather of Tanaka...)

I am continuing chapter 5 and am now where Narsus and Alfarid are at the village that go attacked by Team Zahhak.

Edit: I have been rightfully reprimanded in the reblogs lol. I did not correctly read between the lines so the sublte context flew right over my head and I have missread that section of the manga. I will from now on read even more carefully! Thank you for informing me, folks!

Oh my god...

I forgot how annoying Alfarid was in the beginning! And how hypocritical. Dear lord above (or below).

I am so happy that she later has such a big character development. She now is one of my favourit characters. (And that is the genius of Arakawas writing! Or rather of Tanaka...)

I am continuing chapter 5 and am now where Narsus and Alfarid are at the village that go attacked by Team Zahhak.