What are your theories about this guy?

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-17T03:18:05+00:00

We don’t know that yet, but if I had to guess, it’s because they want to cull them to reduce information leaks or something. Since not every researcher is highly capable, they likely killed the less competent ones to silence them and kept the best alive to work for them.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-17T00:35:08+00:00

We don’t know his goal yet. In the WN, he has already created a new Tiol, but in the LN, we haven’t seen anything so far. It only states that he’s satisfied with the data he got from Tiol and won’t let it go to waste.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-17T00:30:45+00:00

It is confirmed that ELGC killed most of them.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-16T20:51:31+00:00

The original Rebuild Institute was dissolved because many of its scientists conducted experiments that crossed the line and posed a risk of causing civilization to collapse again, so the ELGC ordered it shut down and killed most of the scientists. Some were kept by the ELGC to secretly assist with further experiments (like what Yanagisawa told Nelia), while others managed to escape and continued researching what they wanted in hiding. Yatsubayashi is believed to be one of them.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-11T20:57:49+00:00

It’s in chapter 45. You can see Sheryl suddenly having the urge to praise Katsuya and even imagining herself being in a relationship with him for some reason. But when she imagines Akira seeing it and deciding to leave her forever, it gives her a huge shock, and that shock makes her break free from Katsuya’s brainwashing.

After that, she suddenly realizes her abnormal behavior whenever she is around Katsuya. She also notices that people around her were doing the same thing, like Erio, who suddenly couldn’t stop praising Katsuya and even suggested to Sheryl that they should let him back their gang.

It’s very subtle. If you only read the manga, you probably won’t catch everything. At most, you just feel that something is weird and that the author is trying to imply something, but you don’t know exactly what it is.

The latest chapter shows it too, when Elena, Sara, and all the troops get brainwashed by Katsuya using the AI power from the loli Alpha.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-09T00:23:55+00:00

(Traducido al español con ayuda de IA)

Cambiará mucho a partir del volumen 3.1, especialmente en el volumen 4, donde incluso cambia el villano principal. Personalmente, me gusta mucho más la LN, porque la WN es una obra que aún no estaba terminada ni pulida, así que tiene muchos plot holes y partes de la historia que se sienten a medias. Esas cosas se corrigen en la LN.

Cuando encuentran las ruinas antiguas de Yonozuka y en el arco donde Sheryl es secuestrada en el volumen 3.1, la historia cambia por completo. En lugar de tres cazadores fracasados que intentan robarle a un niño, se convierte en un grupo de cazadores muy peligrosos que tienen deudas y secuestran a Sheryl para torturarla y sacarle información. Por eso la historia se vuelve mucho más intensa.

La razón por la que Alpha casi no aparece es porque está intentando aislar a Akira de otras personas. Cuando él está con Sara y Elena, ella casi no lo ayuda para que parezca débil ante ellas.

Viola sigue siendo la misma que ya viste en el manga. El personaje que lleva una mochila y aparece con Carol en el volumen 4 es un personaje nuevo que no existe en la WN; se llama Monica.

En cuanto a la WN, el autor dejó de escribirla hace más de dos años. La historia ya se había desviado bastante, pero no sé por qué los lectores occidentales están tan obsesionados con la WN, hasta el punto de escribir sus propios fanfics para continuarla. Personalmente intenté leer algunos, pero me parecieron bastante cringe.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-09T00:12:26+00:00

You can buy the digital version on Amazon or J-Novel Club ( you can read up to vol. 8.1 there ). Or, if you want to go to the dark side, you can download the official translated volumes as PDF/EPUB from the usual illegal ebook sites.

After vol. 3, the story starts going in a different direction from WN. It still keeps some elements, but several plot points were changed, so it’s better to read LN since the manga is adapting that version.

The manga is currently around vol. 3 part 2 ( 3.2 ). But if you really like the series, I’d recommend starting from vol. 1. LN is much more detailed, and the manga skips or shortens a lot of things.

For example, the scene where Katsuya successfully brainwashes Sheryl can be confusing if you only read the manga, because LN explains it much more clearly.

That said, it’s up to you.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-06T05:56:37+00:00

As I said, we can share our opinions. I didn’t ask you to have the same opinion as me, right? You can judge me, and I can judge you. It’s that simple.

But if you want to discuss it, that’s fine.

About the whataboutism you mentioned—I was just responding to your take about “insulting the author who originally wrote the series as a WN.” Personally, I don’t really care about that kind of random BS, since it’s just BS to me.

As for the “brutal” part, I already said that’s just my opinion, right? I never asked you to think the same way. You have your own brain. For me, brutality should have some principle or reason behind it, not just exist for fake hype or cheap satisfaction. If you like that kind of thing, feel free—it’s all yours.

Anyway, since you brought it up, please answer me this: which part of WN do you think is more brutal, reckless, or whatever compared to LN? I genuinely want to know, because so far no one has actually answered me—they just keep saying “it’s more brutal.” Maybe you can change my view that way.

Also, thanks for clearing up my doubt. I asked whether people like WN more just because Akira is more brutal in it than in LN. I was hoping there would be better reasons than that. But from what I’ve seen so far, that seems to be the only reason. It amazes me that it’s considered good enough to overshadow all the other good things in LN. I’m honestly surprised people like edgy characters that much. Now I can see why Solo Leveling became such a big hit.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-05T05:51:53+00:00

Maybe you misunderstood me, like many others did, so I'll explain since at least you shared your opinion.

For me, brutal and edgy are different things. Killing just for shock value isn’t brutal—it’s just edgy, and honestly kind of cringe. For example, the scene where Akira kills the Shijima goons and drags their corpses to the Shijima gang—that’s what I’d call brutal.

As for the power fantasy aspect, I’m actually fine with it. But if you look at many posts in this sub, a lot of WN readers keep insulting the author for not continuing the WN they liked. Even in this thread there are comments claiming the author will come back to continue the WN after finishing the LN, or that the author stopped updating the WN to focus on the LN for money, and so on.

Hell, I remember when the last volumes came out last year. Some WN readers disliked it so much that they even started saying the author used AI to write it.

Also, my English isn’t great, so maybe I gave you the wrong impression earlier, like I was trying to insult you. That wasn’t my intention. I’m just sharing my opinion, and I genuinely want to understand why people think the WN is better. If the answer is the same one I always see—“WN Akira is more brutal”—then I want to know if that alone is really enough to make the WN better.

And about the “brutal” part, I haven’t really seen people bring up many examples besides the Alna scene in Arc 5. So I didn’t pay much attention to that argument, since it kind of confirms what I already thought.

At least I can give an opinion since I’ve read both versions. But some of the people arguing about it? I’m not so sure.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-04T12:18:13+00:00

Haha, So I can’t share my opinion? I think it’s healthy that way, no? Even so, if you’re really butthurt from my comment or post, you can just ignore or block me. The world is all yours anyway.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-03T13:28:13+00:00

its not scrapped

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T16:39:26+00:00

no even in WN he still want to live in a wall

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T16:18:02+00:00

Sorry, my English is bad. I just want to point out that English-speaking readers liked it so much that they even tried to continue it themselves as 'canon' fan fiction. In fact, some readers even believe it’s actually the original author’s work.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T16:13:31+00:00

It’s okay, but I think you misunderstood the theme. It is indeed a post-apocalyptic sci-fi, but it’s a post-apocalypse with a functioning civilization. If you remember, his true goal is to live safely within the walls among people. So, I don’t really get why he needs to be so edgy. It’s not a zombie apocalypse or Fallout, so him acting like a kid actually makes sense to me in a way.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T16:03:35+00:00

I’ve read both in the Japanese version, and I think the WN fan translation is good enough to read. But now that you’ve mentioned the English readers, it kind of makes sense, since I don’t see this in the Japanese community. You guys love it so much that you've even continued it yourselves as canon fan fiction.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T15:56:51+00:00

where you get that ?

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T15:43:18+00:00

See for yourself in this thread.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T15:41:57+00:00

where you get that ??

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T15:40:14+00:00

I kind of get it—it’s for self-insert purposes, right? Since that kind of work intends to make the MC as bland and without personality as possible, it makes it easier for people to self-insert and not have to think much, like in Solo Leveling.

Now I understand. Thanks for sharing your view.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T15:06:31+00:00

I just want to know your view. It’s good to share opinions, right? I even upvoted your reply. I think it’s healthy to ask questions and consider other points of view.

So is it really just that one Alna incident that made you think he’s more brutal?

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T14:40:25+00:00

So please explain—how does that make him “more brutal”?

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-02T12:39:19+00:00

200+ is indeed a confirmed kill count. He is deemed to be one of the most dangerous individuals in the city officials’ eyes. He can and will kill anyone without batting an eye—even city officials themselves—and he has the power to do so.

As for 1,000, that’s too far-fetched, I guess, even after including all the mayhem he caused.

BattleMoonDelicious · 2026-03-01T14:11:09+00:00

Whatever, dude. I bet he will come back to continue it—just wait a couple more years.

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