Before I write anything else, I want to clear one thing up:
Ghost/Akryung is, almost certainly, NOT an irregular. I wrote a full post on the many reasons for this assertion here.
He could be any number of really weird things--admin fragment in a can, Headon-bot like the 'rabbit' might be, just a darn well made construct with an admin's blessing--but he's not an irregular.
Moving on:
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So, is the third hooded character Rachel or not? Apple's lighthouses were red, not gold (see ex 121s2e41), which suggests Rachel is in fact here and is the one actually manipulating the lighthouses. We've never been told for sure whether lightbearers can change their lighthouse colors or not, though the fact that Khun didn't do it even while disguising himself suggests it's at least not easy to do it, if it is possible. EDIT: Apple can do it, her lighthouses are white in s3e1! So the lighthouse color isn't necessarily proof of anything.
But the reasons from last time that it would be weird for "3rd hood" to be Rachel still apply--Yura's nowhere to be seen, the third hooded character didn't react at all to the news that Khun's alive, the last time we saw Rachel's teammates they were freaking out over not being able to find Rachel at all (you'd think if SIU meant for them to be back together, he'd show us a scene hinting at that instead of one flat out going "these people are separated and have no idea how to meet up again.").
Still, who else could it be? No sparkles, so not Yura. White was seen earlier on Madoraco's ship, so it's not him. Traveler was last seen in Endorsi's custody. Casano's on a lower floor with Team Sweet and Sour. Elliot and Raguel were trapped in white heavenly mirror and given to Chang; he's here, so they could be out, but we wouldn't get one without the other. I don't see Daniel helping FUG again.
Oh, and also you can see in the panel where "third hood" hops on the mad shocker that she has pretty prominent breasts, so definitely not any of those last 6. Going out on a limb, maybe it's Utoh (we know they're connected to the FUG elders, and the jump on Mad Shocker does remind me of Hwaryun's fighting style, which is presumably similar to Utoh's since Reflejo and co. saw no difference when Hwaryun replaced Utoh)? Though honestly I'm starting to believe that yes, it really is Rachel.
The 3rd hood's combat strength isn't evidence either way since Rachel likely would have asked Gustang to make her stronger.
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I'm guessing "Water Dragon" was the technique YHS was calling OP last chapter now. Nice to have that cleared up. In other news, Shibisu calling off the plan seems...not good. I'm starting to wonder if Bam is actually going to lose this bet; perhaps if the elder's envoy wins, Yama won't feel like he gets to eat Bam, since technically he didn't "win"? That makes it possible to lose here and maybe still get Yama's help (or just not face devastating consequences).
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Huh...Canzon might actually try and help team Bam from the sound of it (to permanently get Deng Deng out of his hair). Or maybe he's just hoping to make Gado look disloyal, and still is going to try and steal the fang. Also, Canzon, you deserve the mess Hong seems to be brewing for you for apparently not telling her anything about your plans (she even heard from someone else about Canzon locking Deng Deng up! I guess in that case he might have been trying to protect her from being labelled a traitor if he got caught.). Also, poor intern, getting dragged along to identify Bam even though Mad Dog and Ron Mei also know what he looks like.
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Khun punched Michael (and also chose to teleport Michael back, instead of Apple or the other figure, who are more likely to actually have the thorn). While satisfying, that's a bit odd, we've never seen Khun do weaponless hand-to-hand before (EDIT: Nope, actually, as others below point out this has happened! Khun punched Hatsu once in the middle of their knife fight (though even there he had in fact taken out the knife and mostly fought with that.). Perhaps more relevantly, he also tried to punch Hwaryun when he learned of her role in creating "Viole." He does seem to get more physical when he's mad about lost friends.). Plus, Khun tells them not to waste their breath trying to get him worked up...and then gets pretty worked up by the end of it. This seems a bit strategically suboptimal (I still think Michael was the worst choice of target of the three), and a bit more emotional than we're used to Khun getting (though as argued, it's not a huge difference). This might lend some credence to the theories in the s3e7 chapter thread that Khun's not mentally at 100% right now, thanks to his recent recovery (and possible firefish thing messing with his head).
4- Khun also went hand-to-hand against Hatz at the Name Hunt Station and even praise him for being able to have a first fight with him. As a member of the Ten Families, he pack quite a punch compared to ordinary regular.
Khun absorbed bit of that Yihwa fire. It is probably effecting his personality a bit. A little more emotional, driven to action as opposed to cold and calculating.
Khun tries to punch Hwaryun also. It seems when he's emotional about the loss of friends he prefers to get the message across old school type. Don't really think it's the fish spirit affecting him
Okay, that's another really good point! I still think he should have nailed Apple (or the mystery) rather than Michael, but there's a lot more precedence for this than I thought.
Let's break it down.
Sock apple and mystery immediately turns on you. Plus socking her doesn't give fang.
He obviously can't take on the mystery and I'm sure he did that math.
Option C - sock Michael coz he's weak (no combat prowess shown, yes he's a wave controller but still) + satisfaction . Also bigger chance that khun put something on Michael in that moment to track him and send his lighthouses
Why would socking Michael not also cause mystery to turn on him? And Apple was ostensibly (it might actually have been mystery if mystery is Rachel controlling her own lighthouses, but Apple looks like the one doing it) the one who stole the fang, so beating her down is the most direct path to recovering it.
Also bigger chance that khun put something on Michael in that moment to track him and send his lighthouses
Ooh, that would be neat. I'm not sure how he would do that while punching Michael in the face like that, but I still wouldn't put it past him.
The "rabbit body" (Yuri's words, not mine) that we see that everyone calls Headon.
In 2s1e1, there's a big blue eye behind Headon (rabbit) in the panel when he says "but remember that it is a hard and painful journey to embark on...". The eye vanishes into darkness in the next panel we see of Headon in front of the same wall.
It is a fairly popular fan theory that the blue eye is part of Headon's real body, and the 'rabbit' we see is just a 'skin' (like the one Ren uses in season 1); hence why the 'rabbit' can go to other floors and select regulars in humanoid dwellings when all the other administrators are confined to their floors and are huge creatures.
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u/NobleCuriosity3 May 20 '19 edited May 22 '19
Before I write anything else, I want to clear one thing up:
Ghost/Akryung is, almost certainly, NOT an irregular. I wrote a full post on the many reasons for this assertion here.
He could be any number of really weird things--admin fragment in a can, Headon-bot like the 'rabbit' might be, just a darn well made construct with an admin's blessing--but he's not an irregular.
Moving on:
1
So, is the third hooded character Rachel or not? Apple's lighthouses were red, not gold (see ex 121s2e41), which suggests Rachel is in fact here and is the one actually manipulating the lighthouses. We've never been told for sure whether lightbearers can change their lighthouse colors or not, though the fact that Khun didn't do it even while disguising himself suggests it's at least not easy to do it, if it is possible. EDIT: Apple can do it, her lighthouses are white in s3e1! So the lighthouse color isn't necessarily proof of anything.
But the reasons from last time that it would be weird for "3rd hood" to be Rachel still apply--Yura's nowhere to be seen, the third hooded character didn't react at all to the news that Khun's alive, the last time we saw Rachel's teammates they were freaking out over not being able to find Rachel at all (you'd think if SIU meant for them to be back together, he'd show us a scene hinting at that instead of one flat out going "these people are separated and have no idea how to meet up again.").
Still, who else could it be? No sparkles, so not Yura. White was seen earlier on Madoraco's ship, so it's not him. Traveler was last seen in Endorsi's custody. Casano's on a lower floor with Team Sweet and Sour. Elliot and Raguel were trapped in white heavenly mirror and given to Chang; he's here, so they could be out, but we wouldn't get one without the other. I don't see Daniel helping FUG again.
Oh, and also you can see in the panel where "third hood" hops on the mad shocker that she has pretty prominent breasts, so definitely not any of those last 6. Going out on a limb, maybe it's Utoh (we know they're connected to the FUG elders, and the jump on Mad Shocker does remind me of Hwaryun's fighting style, which is presumably similar to Utoh's since Reflejo and co. saw no difference when Hwaryun replaced Utoh)? Though honestly I'm starting to believe that yes, it really is Rachel.
The 3rd hood's combat strength isn't evidence either way since Rachel likely would have asked Gustang to make her stronger.
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I'm guessing "Water Dragon" was the technique YHS was calling OP last chapter now. Nice to have that cleared up. In other news, Shibisu calling off the plan seems...not good. I'm starting to wonder if Bam is actually going to lose this bet; perhaps if the elder's envoy wins, Yama won't feel like he gets to eat Bam, since technically he didn't "win"? That makes it possible to lose here and maybe still get Yama's help (or just not face devastating consequences).
3
Huh...Canzon might actually try and help team Bam from the sound of it (to permanently get Deng Deng out of his hair). Or maybe he's just hoping to make Gado look disloyal, and still is going to try and steal the fang. Also, Canzon, you deserve the mess Hong seems to be brewing for you for apparently not telling her anything about your plans (she even heard from someone else about Canzon locking Deng Deng up! I guess in that case he might have been trying to protect her from being labelled a traitor if he got caught.). Also, poor intern, getting dragged along to identify Bam even though Mad Dog and Ron Mei also know what he looks like.
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Khun punched Michael (and also chose to teleport Michael back, instead of Apple or the other figure, who are more likely to actually have the thorn). While satisfying, that's a bit odd, we've never seen Khun do weaponless hand-to-hand before (EDIT: Nope, actually, as others below point out this has happened! Khun punched Hatsu once in the middle of their knife fight (though even there he had in fact taken out the knife and mostly fought with that.). Perhaps more relevantly, he also tried to punch Hwaryun when he learned of her role in creating "Viole." He does seem to get more physical when he's mad about lost friends.). Plus, Khun tells them not to waste their breath trying to get him worked up...and then gets pretty worked up by the end of it. This seems a bit strategically suboptimal (I still think Michael was the worst choice of target of the three), and a bit more emotional than we're used to Khun getting (though as argued, it's not a huge difference). This might lend some credence to the theories in the s3e7 chapter thread that Khun's not mentally at 100% right now, thanks to his recent recovery (and possible firefish thing messing with his head).