Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140806122913/@comment-6192846-20140901174016

Hierophant Green wrote: What is really interesting,if Sloth Demon is Eve, so Master of the Court is her incarnation as well? That's impossible to say for certain atm. The Doll doesn't appear or get mentioned in the last scene of Chapter 7 so Elluka doesn't bring it up with Michaela or Gumillia.

MotC's identity is going to be a mystery for a little while longer, it would seem.

Scarletta Agni wrote: I'm wondering if, like a shadow, Mayrana can change her appearance, whether magically or with great skill like Kachess I am looking for confirmation of that but no luck so far. Mayrana dies in the same scene she reveals herself and I can't find any clarification. If she naturally looks like Julia, then I wonder if she's related to the royal family. A shame she dies so early.

67.83.114.176 wrote: So basically, the Julia we saw for most of the book wasn't the real Julia? And the real Julia wan't anywhere near Toragay at the time? .... Well, that changes things. And explains why so much of the art for the book went out of its way to avoid showing her face even though everyone and their mother knows about her. Indeed. The Julia we see in the epilogue is the real Julia. Mayrana was just acting out Julia's will for her. Julia's motives aren't really clear but it seems her attitude towards Gatt's concern demonstrates that all (or most) is going according to her wishes.

This entire novel seems to have a strong theme of false identity and questioning what makes someone who/what they are.

67.83.114.176 wrote: On a related note, the part about Lemy kidnapping Rin Chan is intriguing. Because... [SNIP]... assuming it was not under Julia's orders why did Mayrana and Julia let him kidnap Rin Chan, and fifth of all, if it WAS under Julia's orders, what purpose would kidnapping her serve? I can't confirm atm, but I think it was unintentional. This might have to do with the suspicion around Rin Chan and Tosy Corpa that "N A" was leaking to the public. As you can see in my skeleton of the novel, there are still a lot of holes of events that need to be filled.

67.83.114.176 wrote: This side plot is probably going to come back like a boomerang in the next novel, I swear it will. ...... Maybe it'll lead to the obligatory pair of star-crossed lovers that seems to show up with every story arc? Actually, while that would be interesting, it would also be horribly unsafe for poor Rin. A lot of the stuff mentioning Five the Pierrot is foreshadowing the next light novel. I would hope such a specific event would come up again and get some elaboration. To our knowledge (and Gammon's words), Lemy didn't have a Gretel this time around. We don't even know if he had a real twin or if Rin Chan's a coincidence.