Manga: Aflame Inferno

[Ryllharu]

BTW, do we know Inferno's motivation? I don't remember well if it has ever been stated. Does she want revenge against some of the Emperors? Does she simply want to be left in peace? Does she want to reclaim the East?

We don't know her motivation, but with this most recent chapter, they've certainly narrowed it down.

Inferno has said as much to Gehenna and I believe she told Thanatos directly (when she took over his body) that she has no desire to reclaim her throne in the East. Whatever she gained took precedence over that.

Gehenna said that Inferno certainly has every reason to kill them all, but so far, Inferno has been largely silent whether she actively wants to kill them. For now, survival and remaining hidden seems to be the primary motivation. Inferno has told Shichan several times that they are pathetically weak as they are, and would not be much of a match for anyone in their current state. They are so low on spell quantities that even if Inferno wanted to take revenge, she couldn't without running out.

I do think that they've finally given us enough hints to guess at exactly what Inferno has every right to be angry about. Gehenna seems very sympathetic towards what Thanatos and Pandemonium seem to have done to Inferno. Either Gehenna had no part in it (more likely), or she is more or less the same now that she has absorbed Chaehee's memories (less likely).

I'm almost confident that they killed Inferno's child she had as one of her previous human hosts, or as close to that as possession of a dying body will allow.

The other two Emperors have suggested that Inferno wants to remain in the human world and has yet to return to their world because "[Inferno] wants to retain the feeling of 'motherhood.'" Now Gehenna has reiterated to Thanatos that they took the most precious thing Inferno had away from her. After that, Inferno apparently went berserk against the Teldar, and subsequently vowed to become a pacifist.

[Munsu]

Chapter 30 is out... I really liked it. It confirms some of the theories here, and a bit of a cliffhanger at the end.

[NeoCybercoin]

Yep confirms some theories. But I seriously wonder what the hell she wants at the end of the chapter.

[Munsu]

Another chapter is out, 31... really liked it also.

[shinta|hikari]

While I don't like Kang going all chicken because of Gehenna's comments, that scene was still awesome. Gehenna is a yandere and a tsundere at the same time. She doesn't want to admit that she herself feels jealous so she puts the blame on Kang. She also goes crazy in her attempt to keep him all to herself, even threatening to get rid of him. Very few characters can manage to do both at the same time.

[Munsu]

32 is also out... seems like the group is on a release spree.

More of the same from last chapter.

[Munsu]

33 and 34 are out too now.

Awesome chapters, go catch up.

[Ryllharu]

Gehenna is a yandere and a tsundere at the same time. She doesn't want to admit that she herself feels jealous so she puts the blame on Kang. She also goes crazy in her attempt to keep him all to herself, even threatening to get rid of him. Very few characters can manage to do both at the same time.

It is interesting how the incident with Inferno in the past changed all the Emperors in one way or another. Inferno herself, once one of the most violent of the Emperors, swore off violence in general, and did not seek a fulfilled venagence. Thanatos learned to feel guilt and regret over what he did, largely because he found the same kind of happiness aside from seeking power. Now he's suffered the same fate as Inferno, and will undoubtedly side with them now. It seems like Pandemonium became more unhinged because he didn't understand why Inferno left the way she did, nor why she changed so much.

Gehenna seems different though. More like a repeat of what happened with Inferno before the incident. I think that she has become violently jealous because the experience is so new to her. She was still very calculating and cold when she first possessed Chaehee's body. Chaehee already had a crush on Shichan before her death, and Teldar seem to absorb at least a little of their host body's mannerisms and persona. Gehenna and Chaehee certainly act and hold themselves very differently (it is part of the humorous moments between her and Shichan), but the more and more Gehenna plays the Chaehee role, the more she seems to be melding, rather than dominating.

I would imagine the same thing happened with Inferno in the past. She possessed a powerful woman, but later fell into the role of being a mother, and having a family. Gehenna is similar. She was becoming more of a big sister type to the half-demon Shichan, and now she's starting to take on Chaehee's crush. Her reaction, if she is as selfish as Inferno claims, is to want to hang on to these warm feelings she's finally discovering as tightly as possible. She's shocked how kind Shichan the Ladykiller can be to her, no matter what kind of monster she really is, and that's where her tsundere side comes in.

She is just starting to learn how to reciprocate that, so she mostly switches back to Chaehee.

[Munsu]

35 and 36 are now out...

Good chapters, it'll be interesting to see how the power balance changes now.

[Death BOO Z]

Bud, what's your source?

I go by Mangatraders and they're always an hour or something later from your post.

[Munsu]

Bud, what's your source?

I go by Mangatraders and they're always an hour or something later from your post.

I get them from IRC.

#manwhore @ irc.irchighway.net

Aside from that, I don't know who puts them up for download quickly.

[Ryllharu]

The chapters come out faster than I can comment on them lately.

I'm a little bit let down by how easily Thantos succumbed to Pandemonium. I guess it shows how much he has changed since he killed Inferno's family, but he has to realize that Eliza won't be the same now that Pandemonium has transformed her. All of the other summon class Teldars he has act like harem slaves. Even if Pandemonium says that Thanatos can keep her, she will still always be Pandemonium's from now on. She's little more than a doll.

I'm also a little surprised how stupid Gehenna comes off about certain things. She commented here (and at least once in the past) that Shichan can tell the difference between Chaehee's persona and Gehenna's. I'm surprised that she thinks she's hiding it well, because she's so bad at it. She holds herself differently (shoulders and chest out, a more open stance), and her expression is never the timid or gentle one that Chaehee always has. Any idiot could see that Gehenna is in control.

[Ryllharu]

37 and 38 are now out as well.

What happens with Thanatos and Eliza is largely what we expected, souless doll, but we did learn Pandemonium's ambition, which was at least better than I expected. He just doesn't want to depend on anyone or anything. It comes down to a power grab, but it at least isn't the same old, "destroy everything just for the sake of it," motivation.

The middle of the second chapter was pretty funny. Is a little bit of Gehenna mixing in with Chaehee's persona now too? It's all Gehenna in the end, but she's showing so cuter sides to her.

[Death BOO Z]

so now, what's the next shell target? robots? maybe inhibit a different demon, and further one's self from the human heart another notch.

[NeoCybercoin]

I am just going to wait till Gehenna is forced to fight after trying on that lingerie....

[Abdula]

39 is out and it's pretty damn funny.

[Death BOO Z]

we all knew that [p147] was coming after "Just what does Gensha want from us?"

also, despite Panda and Thantos coming across some ancient clue about something involving some demons somewhere, I still believe they've gone there to find Yetis and take control of their bodies.


edit: Chapter 040 is also out.

new people. it's going to be a long one.

[NeoCybercoin]

Hmmm no fighting in lingerie...but..this will do

[Ryllharu]

I suppose Gehenna is only using Chaehee to cook and do the menial housework. She's gotten pretty comfortable in her unreleased, low-corruption mode.

The new girl must not be allied with anyone, since she thinks the Teldar are ghosts, but I was half-hoping that the student-teachers wouldn't end up being other Teldar. It's a bit of a letdown that all three of them were.

Still, Inferno and Shichan have been pretty good at killing any non-Emperor Teldar that figure out who they are. I don't remember whether or not Pandemonium knows what body Inferno possesses. He certainly knows Gehenna, and Thanatos probably could identify Inferno, but all the times they've met (to my knowledge) Gehenna and Inferno were released, and they look considerably different in those forms. Gehenna has much longer white hair (but wearing the school uniform gives her away). Inferno on the other hand, made Shichan look dramatically more feminine when she took over after he passed out.

[Death BOO Z]

chapter 041 is out, and concludes the fifth volume.

as usual, Genesha is a no bullshit girl, if the new girl can hear voices, it's her problem.

does Genesha even have inner monologue?