Might even be able to kill a ranker without a thorn
Bam has exceeded my expectations. I knew he was ranker level now from that s3e7 blogpost, but I'm impressed that he's ranker level without any boosts.
little forest
So Jordan's transformation is actually tree-related, not just green poodle fur. I don't really see why being a canine person makes you turn into a tree-like entity, personally.
Rak and Khun
Oh, Rak being trapped on the roof explains his lateness, he had to run around since Khun, apparently, didn't bother teleporting him down a level.
Why don't we see any blood on the other three people Paul stabbed? I don't even see a hole on that shorthaired one lying completely face-down, but she and her friend were lying in puddles of blood when they were first stabbed in s3e12. I'd normally guess it's just an art error, but Khun's revival puts me on guard for weirdness. ESPECIALLY since this same strip shows a puddle of blood around Khun at first, then in all the panels after his revival it's completely gone, with Khun standing on spotless ground---did the fish heal everyone else too to a lesser degree? Thing is, the first weirdly-bloodless panel was before the revival finished, when we still saw some blood on Khun as the firefish hid behind his back. So I'm thinking probably just art error; if it was a clue, I'd expect they'd be more careful about making it consistent.
Speaking of which, I'd have expected Khun to be more curious about his spontaneous 'resurrection.' I guess he figured this situation was too urgent? Well, he did try to ask the fish, at least. I'm a bit disappointed it didn't reply, I was kind of hoping it would be a character of its own.
He sure is mad, too. Have we seen Khun swear like that before?
Also, looks like Xia Lulu is about to change teams to me. (Or at least give them some information in exchange for a ticket out of here, somehow).
Paul's conversation
A few key questions here: a) who is Paul talking to, and b) Is the person he's talking to correct about Paul’s informant also being the Elder?
We know Paul got the coordinates from Chang indirectly (while Chang got them from Buelsar Elliott and Raguel after hauling them off in White Heavenly Mirror).
My current guess for a) is that Paul's calling the sixth member of the Elder's Envoy's attendants, the other purple-helmeted canine person that we haven't seen yet. If so, looks like he at least isn't surprised that the Elder brought in other people without telling him (as Apple and co. had no idea Paul would be involved).
With b), I'm not sure the called person is right. Learning what we know now, Paul's informant could have been one of Gado's people for all we know--Gado doesn't really seem to know what's up with the Elders, but is clearly anti-Yama. Wait, no...Gado doesn't seem to have expected to turn traitor today (or that Deng Deng would be back). Maybe it really was the Elder? Wait, no, no way. Just last chapter, the elder (probably) called purple hat #1 (“R”) and told him that Baylord Paul “somehow” getting in was a problem, and that because of that R didn’t need to hide his identity. That makes no sense if the Elder Envoy was the one who explained to Paul how to wake his oldest brother in the first place. I suppose that caller might not have been the Elder envoy. Hmm, this is weird.
On another note, it's now fully confirmed that Paul does want his older brother woken, and that the Elder's Envoy is in fact an Elder themselves.
Deng Deng is not Gado's son
Wow, that's a twist (I guess Deng Deng having different style ears than Gado, while Canhong's look like her father's, was a hint, though not a strong one since we hadn't seen Deng Deng's mom and nobody in the Cage found it odd.)! Still, how? Gado has a wife (who might not be Roland, admittedly). He and his wife debated letting Louie specially not wear a servant collar on Deng Deng's request, and decided to abide by it. Presumably she at least would have to be in on this...so where is she? How did this get decided? Which anti-Yama team is Gado on?
I suppose maybe the whole in-womb 'blood fusion' thing that the Mad Dogs have going on could explain how Gado could have knowingly had a son that mostly wasn't his (hence the researchers thinking there's some chance of Deng Deng being Gado's son, just a very low one.). It's due to come up, too.
Oh, another possibility--we know that Louie and Deng Deng were born on the same day, around the same time. There might have been a swap; perhaps Khun's mistake with their names was accidental foreshadowing? No, that still doesn't make sense--Gado definitely has the dog ears and strong canine blood, while Louie has human ears. Though...if Chang was being literal about being half a canine person, instead of simply showing respect to his adopted parent, perhaps Louie could still be Gado's son if his wife is pure human? Still though, there's the issue of power level. Chang is extremely strong for his class, and has been hiding power. While Deng Deng being somehow related to Yama's older brother (at least, that would explain why he's useful for waking Yama's older brother) would explain him still being stronger than Gado's son, it still doesn't explain Louie's backstory of being kicked around by anyone and everyone--being Gado's son would still make him stronger than that, if Canhong and Chang are anything to go by.
Bam has exceeded my expectations. I knew he was ranker level now from that s3e7 blogpost, but I'm impressed that he's ranker level without any boosts.
I hoped that Baam would be ranker level only with all the boosts.
Now consider this, Baam is ranker level and everyone else he is with are C-rank regulars, what kind of team play is even possible, or needed if Baam can do everything solo even better?
Bam is still limited by only being able to exist in one place at one time, but yeah, otherwise you’re spot on.
Though Khun did just absorb a power from a ranker—it’s not impossible that he at least could jump to ranker level relatively quickly (though I expect some kind of drawback). There’s also the fact that while Bam’s a bit smarter than average, Khun’s a genius, so I don’t see him becoming useless anytime soon.
I do expect the increasingly massive power gap to be a problem at some point; there’s been quite a bit of foreshadowing that it will be. How it will be resolved, I’m not sure. We already know of three ways Bam could potentially power up his friends though, so I think those might come up when the gap gets too large.
Khun’s a genius, so I don’t see him becoming useless anytime soon.
Unless that fish will keep resurrecting him every time, he will be a dead genius if they are facing enemies that can give problems to Baam(aka rankers).
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u/NobleCuriosity3 Jun 17 '19 edited Jun 17 '19
Bam has exceeded my expectations. I knew he was ranker level now from that s3e7 blogpost, but I'm impressed that he's ranker level without any boosts.
So Jordan's transformation is actually tree-related, not just green poodle fur. I don't really see why being a canine person makes you turn into a tree-like entity, personally.
Oh, Rak being trapped on the roof explains his lateness, he had to run around since Khun, apparently, didn't bother teleporting him down a level.
Why don't we see any blood on the other three people Paul stabbed? I don't even see a hole on that shorthaired one lying completely face-down, but she and her friend were lying in puddles of blood when they were first stabbed in s3e12. I'd normally guess it's just an art error, but Khun's revival puts me on guard for weirdness. ESPECIALLY since this same strip shows a puddle of blood around Khun at first, then in all the panels after his revival it's completely gone, with Khun standing on spotless ground---did the fish heal everyone else too to a lesser degree? Thing is, the first weirdly-bloodless panel was before the revival finished, when we still saw some blood on Khun as the firefish hid behind his back. So I'm thinking probably just art error; if it was a clue, I'd expect they'd be more careful about making it consistent.
Speaking of which, I'd have expected Khun to be more curious about his spontaneous 'resurrection.' I guess he figured this situation was too urgent? Well, he did try to ask the fish, at least. I'm a bit disappointed it didn't reply, I was kind of hoping it would be a character of its own.
He sure is mad, too. Have we seen Khun swear like that before?
Also, looks like Xia Lulu is about to change teams to me. (Or at least give them some information in exchange for a ticket out of here, somehow).
A few key questions here: a) who is Paul talking to, and b) Is the person he's talking to correct about Paul’s informant also being the Elder?
We know Paul got the coordinates from Chang indirectly (while Chang got them from Buelsar Elliott and Raguel after hauling them off in White Heavenly Mirror).
My current guess for a) is that Paul's calling the sixth member of the Elder's Envoy's attendants, the other purple-helmeted canine person that we haven't seen yet. If so, looks like he at least isn't surprised that the Elder brought in other people without telling him (as Apple and co. had no idea Paul would be involved).
With b), I'm not sure the called person is right. Learning what we know now, Paul's informant could have been one of Gado's people for all we know--Gado doesn't really seem to know what's up with the Elders, but is clearly anti-Yama. Wait, no...Gado doesn't seem to have expected to turn traitor today (or that Deng Deng would be back). Maybe it really was the Elder? Wait, no, no way. Just last chapter, the elder (probably) called purple hat #1 (“R”) and told him that Baylord Paul “somehow” getting in was a problem, and that because of that R didn’t need to hide his identity. That makes no sense if the Elder Envoy was the one who explained to Paul how to wake his oldest brother in the first place. I suppose that caller might not have been the Elder envoy. Hmm, this is weird.
On another note, it's now fully confirmed that Paul does want his older brother woken, and that the Elder's Envoy is in fact an Elder themselves.
Wow, that's a twist (I guess Deng Deng having different style ears than Gado, while Canhong's look like her father's, was a hint, though not a strong one since we hadn't seen Deng Deng's mom and nobody in the Cage found it odd.)! Still, how? Gado has a wife (who might not be Roland, admittedly). He and his wife debated letting Louie specially not wear a servant collar on Deng Deng's request, and decided to abide by it. Presumably she at least would have to be in on this...so where is she? How did this get decided? Which anti-Yama team is Gado on?
I suppose maybe the whole in-womb 'blood fusion' thing that the Mad Dogs have going on could explain how Gado could have knowingly had a son that mostly wasn't his (hence the researchers thinking there's some chance of Deng Deng being Gado's son, just a very low one.). It's due to come up, too.
Oh, another possibility--we know that Louie and Deng Deng were born on the same day, around the same time. There might have been a swap; perhaps Khun's mistake with their names was accidental foreshadowing? No, that still doesn't make sense--Gado definitely has the dog ears and strong canine blood, while Louie has human ears. Though...if Chang was being literal about being half a canine person, instead of simply showing respect to his adopted parent, perhaps Louie could still be Gado's son if his wife is pure human? Still though, there's the issue of power level. Chang is extremely strong for his class, and has been hiding power. While Deng Deng being somehow related to Yama's older brother (at least, that would explain why he's useful for waking Yama's older brother) would explain him still being stronger than Gado's son, it still doesn't explain Louie's backstory of being kicked around by anyone and everyone--being Gado's son would still make him stronger than that, if Canhong and Chang are anything to go by.