SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:
Jinbee tells them they should have gotten out of the water as some giant, monstrous seal-like creatures attack. One bites Touta's arm off as he's rescued by Kuroumaru. The two flee to safety, whereupon Kuroumaru uses a kind of magic to create a flame from a pen. Two hours later, they two are still walking as Kuroumaru has been explaining ki and how ranged attacks can be used with it. Touta claims ignorance, but Kuroumaru thinks Touta's using ki subconsciously. To demonstrate, Kuroumaru launches a Shinmei-ryuu Ougi Zankuuzen attack with the use of a sword. It takes five seconds for the blast to hit something, meaning it is roughly 1.7 kilometers away.
A further two hours later, Touta's arm still hasn't healed even though the bleeding has stopped. They come to a waterfall, where they see a giant, serpent-like creature in the waters below. Another two hours later, the pair are hiding from a massive spider that could easily hunt them for prey. Twenty four hours later, the exhausted pair take a break, whereupon Touta starts thinking it might take them a month to get out. Kuroumaru notices that Touta seems to be in pain from his missing arm. He acknowledges it, saying he can almost feel it and it feels slimy as well as being in pain, but he doesn't understand why.
Jinbee shows up, saying that since Touta's arm was eaten, he has to act quickly or he won't get it back for thirty years. They want food, so Jinbee suggests the giant spider. He then talks about the serpent creature, which if it swallows them, they'd take three years to be pooped out. As such, that's why the UQ Holder test time limit of eight years was felt to be about right. Touta freaks about this, especially at the thought of thirty years passing, since his friends would all be middle aged by then. Touta demands a hint on where the exit it, but then discovers he's missing his other arm after Jinbee takes it from him.
Jinbee goes to explain that Kuroumaru has massive healing and regenerative healing powers, meaning that when a limb is lost, the body simply forms a new one. For Touta, his limbs are still alive via magic, thus when he loses a limb, his body needs to have said limb reattached, at which the limb is healed. As such, Touta's arm won't regenerate itself on its own for thirty years if he doesn't get it back and if one of his limbs were to be sealed away, it would never grow back on its own. Jinbee returns the arm he took and says that Touta has been way too overconfident because of his immortality, something Touta denies. Jinbee cites the fact that Touta's lost an arm as proof. So, Touta decides that he'll return to defeat this monster to get his arm back, but since he doesn't know which one ate his arm, he'll have to defeat them all.
Thoughts/Review:
Wow. There was a lot of exposition in this chapter.
Considering what Eva did to Jinbee for touching her food and drink, I'd say that fears of her getting soft are overblown as well. She clearly has a soft spot for Touta, but she's still Eva. I wonder if she's able to observe their progress from above.
Touta's finally starting to get the schooling he so desperately needs, but he still needs a lot more. That being said, having lost an arm and having to experience the sensation of it being digested is a good start. His acknowledgement that they might need a month to escape shows that he's just barely starting to accept a hint of reality. I expect that this forthcoming fight against the seal monsters will further his education (or at least, I hope it does).
I liked the explanations of Kuroumaru's and Touta's immortality differences. In the forthcoming (expected) fight, I hope we get to see Kuroumaru really kick some bottom.
Kuroumaru suspecting Touma of using ki is something I think as well. I wonder if this will mean anything significant later.
As to Jinbee, he's a character alright. His remotely stealing Kuroumaru's emergency ration made me chuckle, more so after I learned of why he is down here (stealing Eva's food).
As I saw Touta with no arms, I really couldn't help but think of the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Touta could play the part of the Black Knight.
Arthur cuts off Black Knight's left arm.
Black Kight: 'Tis but a scratch.
Arthur: A scratch? Your arm's off!
Black Knight: No, it isn't.
Arthur: Well, what's that then?
Black Knight: I've had worse.
Arthur: You liar!
Black Knight: Come on you pansy!
Arthur cuts off Black Knight's right arm.
Black Knight: Come on then.
Arthur: What?
Black Knight: Have at you!
Arthur: You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
Black Knight: Oh, had enough, eh?
Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left.
Black Knight: Yes I have.
Arthur: Look!
Black Knight: Just a flesh wound.
Arthur: Look, stop that.
Black Knight: Chicken! Chicken!
Arthur: Look, I'll have your leg. Right!
Arthur cuts off the Black Knight's leg.
Black Knight: Right, I'll do you for that!
Arthur: You'll what?
Black Knight: Come 'ere!
Arthur: What are you going to do, bleed on me?
Black Knight: I'm invincible!
Arthur: You're a loony.
Black Knight: The Black Knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on then.
Arthur cuts off the Black Knight's other leg.
Black Knight: All right; we'll call it a draw.
Arthur: Come, Patsy.
Black Knight: Oh, oh, I see, running away then. You yellow bastard! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!
*lol* Yeah, that's how I see Touta, only not so funny.
Beyond that, not a whole lot to say. We'll see how things go next chapter.
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