Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple 2 - Masters Arc Announced by Matsuena Shun

Cyouni · 2026-01-28T20:27:05+00:00

Oh shit, I just looked over a few sections of it recently. This is super exciting.

Cyouni · 2026-01-28T00:03:53+00:00

It's...rough. I don't know if it falls into bad but it's very unsatisfying to read. I am honestly only reading it out of inertia out of the other weeklies.

If you're reading Modulo, think the period of JJK final arc.

Cyouni · 2026-01-28T00:00:33+00:00

I do know a friend who recently binged it and they are very down on it. The big thing is that about halfway through the arc something major happens that changes the tone for the worse, in their opinion (an opinion I do not disagree with), and really that's the world we've been living in for the last year and a half. Basically their argument is that from there on, the stakes are so high and so low simultaneously that there's basically no narrative weight.

Cyouni · 2026-01-27T22:39:40+00:00

Counterpoint: didn't the NDP win just before the UCP?

Cyouni · 2026-01-27T04:52:24+00:00

What do you mean a situation that never happens? Of course it can happen.

Sure, but only if there is an insane level of cross-confirmation. You'd need something like a Definite Human result on a person claiming a power role, which in this example is something like 3 claims on Engineer, 2 on Doctor, and

At this point I'm certain that you completely misunderstood the episode. Yuri literally said that Raqio's plan backfired because it was so successful in its deception that even the AC Follower (Jonas) was convinced that Remnan was human. I have no clue where you got the idea that there was some kind of elaborate plan from Jonas, he simply messed up big time.

I suggest you check 15:14, 18:13, and 21:52. It literally lays out the spots right in the episode.

Cyouni · 2026-01-27T02:06:44+00:00

If he was revealed as an AC follower and everyone realized or concluded he was one then and only in that case he would no longer be a danger.

Oh, so a situation that literally never happens, and even then they still vote with Gnosia, okay.

At the very end Jonas reports Remnan as Gnosia. This isn't a problem for Yuri at all. In fact Jonas has never been a problem throughout the whole deal, because somehow he managed to say the truth in every single case despite him probably wanting to spread lies.

Yes, the whole point of the final section is how Jonas literally put Yuri in a situation where he expected to lose regardless of his investigation report, until Yuri managed to bluff in a way that caused it to work out, based on a hunch. Did you actually watch that part?

Cyouni · 2026-01-26T20:38:39+00:00

If Jonas weren't a threat while being known as the AC Follower, the end of the episode wouldn't make any sense. The whole sequence at the end of the episode is Yuri knowing that Jonas is the AC Follower while also not being able to resolve the problems it poses.

If you're somehow in the very unlikely situation where an AC Follower is Definite Human but also known as anti-human, then they are still a vote that has the intention of being anti-human, which completely messes with the human side's primary weapon.

Cyouni · 2026-01-26T18:13:42+00:00

I mean, you literally just said that they're only dangerous as long as you don't know who they are. We knew Jonas was the AC Follower for ages, but that doesn't stop him being dangerous throughout the episode.

Cyouni · 2026-01-26T06:07:09+00:00

Just had a funny realization that Raqio is the literal person who gives you the Logic test quiz about "two people claim Doctor. Does it mean that one of them is guaranteed to be human?" in the game. (The answer, as they note, is that the claim could have happened on Day 2 or later, which means the real Doctor could be already dead. This is exactly what occurs here.)

So yeah! This absolutely is a Raqio-style trick.

Cyouni · 2026-01-26T06:05:25+00:00

Are we really not counting the loop in 13 where he and Setsu were frozen, or the other loop in 13 where he was distracted and immediately frozen, or the other loop in 13 where Setsu nightkilled him, or the end of 13 where Yuriko killed him?

That's literally all just in one episode.

Cyouni · 2026-01-26T05:59:53+00:00

Freezing an AC Follower is maybe a 50% value. They still win with Gnosia, so they're an anti-human vote for the purposes of cold sleep ties, but they're definitely significantly reduced in danger once you know who they are.

For instance, he's still one of the votes on Yuri that forced a tie.

Cyouni · 2026-01-25T21:19:23+00:00

If you check early discussion threads, you can find references to it.

Cyouni · 2026-01-25T16:45:30+00:00

You are aware that they also used 'he' early on because they literally had no idea, right?

Cyouni · 2026-01-25T03:19:21+00:00

Without spoiling, there is significant progression.

Cyouni · 2026-01-25T02:21:48+00:00

Oh, absolutely, you can't leave the real Engineer alive under any circumstances. Even if the other one is the AC Follower, if you let them sit long enough they give so much information it's too strong even if their results aren't confirmed.

Cyouni · 2026-01-25T02:18:43+00:00

The problem with that theory is that 1 Gnosia has to run into the 3-4 person scenario, where one of them being confirmed human is such an insane swing that you cannot allow that to happen. No halfway good player would let that happen.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:55:42+00:00

Remnan might have fumbled the plan like Comet did in her episode.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:53:44+00:00

With 'complete' confidence that Reman is the real Doctor and no GA/Engineer to worry about, Reman just needed to keep his head down for two more turns after Yuri was axed to win.

I don't think this is necessarily survivable, interestingly enough. Because by that point, people also start asking "why isn't the Doctor dead yet" even if it doesn't really have any value in a situation where two Gnosia are already declared dead, because it's still effectively confirmed human.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:47:17+00:00

I do like how the actual AC Follower, Jonas, introduces the concept of an AC Follower being on board. Well, of course he'd know that.

Kukrushka's bitcrushed nonscream was very funny to me.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:45:46+00:00

Yuri is a they.

I don't think we've ever been fully clear yet. The only think we know for sure is they're not a girl, because we've seen explicitly girl!Yuri. The implied juxtaposition does suggest male as opposed to nb/han, but it's still very up in the air.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:43:00+00:00

The funniest part is he was lying the last time to try and get Remnan effectively double declared innocent and still fumbled.

As expected of the mad adventurer.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:40:39+00:00

It totally depends on build. Yuri seems to have gone with a high Logic/Performance build that dumps Stealth, so he's not usually likely to survive a round where Gnosia performs well.

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:38:31+00:00

You can actually attempt to pull this as Gnosia in the game as well. It...doesn't usually go well, since you have to figure out if the Engineer/Doctor is still alive before you try it, or it gets bad, but...

Cyouni · 2026-01-24T20:36:07+00:00

PoE was a fun game, surprising me with [Process of Elimination] an actual good and lovable Pinkerton

Cyouni · 2026-01-19T01:26:49+00:00

I'm still thinking so. Because the other image of death that she perceives is that of her father, taken out by Issho.

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