Manga: The World God Only Knows

[RyougaZell]

Chapter 147 full of Shiori

[Archangel]

Loli goddess is best goddess

[rockmanj]

I don't see the big deal with Shiori. She is way too judgmental. I did like how the chapter was written though.

[RyougaZell]

Chapter 148

[Archangel]

This arc needs to get in high gear already

[RyougaZell]

Yeah. Shiori is cute and all... but her arcs always get a very slow pace.

[Ryllharu]

As requested by Arch in the channel, conversation reposted here:

[17:45] <@Ryllharu> Arch: I'm not too happy with TWGOK
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[17:46] <@Arkangel> The pacing is shit lately
[17:46] <@Ryllharu> This shiori arc is getting long in the tooth
[17:46] <@Arkangel> I'm very much done with this arc
[17:46] <@Ryllharu> He's wasting time
[17:46] <@Arkangel> Even i can see the ending
[17:46] <@Arkangel> And i'm no God of gaming
[17:46] <@Ryllharu> I'm getting done with the Goddess arc too
[17:46] <@Arkangel> This is so unlike the author's usual style too
[17:47] <@Arkangel> Usually he's got such a knack for pacing
[17:47] <@Ryllharu> Yah
[17:47] <@Ryllharu> I'm sensing a lack of ideas.
[17:47] <@Arkangel> Maybe he's out of ideas lately
[17:47] <@Arkangel> Lol
[17:47] <@Ryllharu> hah
[17:47] <@Arkangel> hivemind
[17:48] <@Arkangel> Well i wouldn't be opposed a little break, maybe 2 or 3 weeks
[17:48] <@Arkangel> So he can get in the zone again
[17:48] <@Ryllharu> yah
[17:49] <@Arkangel> I bet Elsee's sister is their leader
[17:49] <@Ryllharu> Arch: Has to be.
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[17:49] <@Ryllharu> But Elsee doesn't come from a horn family.
[17:49] <@Arkangel> They should hint to her more though
[17:49] <@Arkangel> She got mentioned like... once
[17:49] <@Arkangel> The super devil
[17:49] <@Ryllharu> Not like Nora or that evil little bitch do
[17:50] <@Arkangel> And then nothing
[17:50] <@Ryllharu> I thought Elsie's family was kind of trash except for her sister.
[17:50] <@Arkangel> <@Ryllharu> I thought Elsie's family was kind of trash except for her sister.
[17:51] <@Arkangel> Eh?
[17:51] <@Arkangel> Why?
[17:51] <@Ryllharu> Because?
[17:51] <@Arkangel> Elsee is trash yeah, the girl is a screw up
[17:51] <@Arkangel> Maybe she's the black sheep?
[17:51] <@Ryllharu> Screw up? That's debatable.
[17:51] <@Arkangel> It really isn't
[17:51] <@Ryllharu> She's probably the most competent thanks to Keima.
[17:51] <@Arkangel> She's good at sucking
[17:51] <@Arkangel> That's it
[17:51] <@Arkangel> Double entendre there, not sure if it's clear...
[17:51] <@Ryllharu> Nah, look at her faking being Kanon. She's startlingly capable.
[17:52] <@Ryllharu> She's just an airhead with no self-confidence.
[17:52] <@Arkangel> Well only because she had a stalkerish thing going for kanon in the first place
[17:52] <@Ryllharu> Arch: She's also never lost a lost soul.
[17:52] <@Arkangel> Oh come on
[17:52] <@Ryllharu> Nora had problems before iir
[17:52] <@Ryllharu> c
[17:52] <@Arkangel> That's all on keima
[17:53] <@Arkangel> Because she's a bitch!
[17:53] <@Ryllharu> No, I mean doing *her* part. Capturing it.
[17:53] <@Arkangel> And every partner we've seen sucks ass compared to keima
[17:53] <@Ryllharu> Except for the huge level four one that the teacher actually sealed.
[17:53] <@Arkangel> And she did fail
[17:53] <@Arkangel> She didn't capture the level 4
[17:53] <@Arkangel> Ha!
[17:53] <@Arkangel> Loser
[17:53] <@Arkangel> >_>
[17:53] <@Ryllharu> eh?
[17:53] <@Arkangel> ...
[17:53] <@Arkangel> We're on the same page alot today
[17:53] <@Ryllharu> Other than that one.
[17:53] <@Arkangel> Well kinda
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> But NO ONE could catch that one.
[17:54] <@Arkangel> Someone did
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> None of the other devils even know about the advanced techniques.
[17:54] <@Arkangel> The joker in this whole series
[17:54] <@Arkangel> The bitch sensei!
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> That's all Keima's homeroom teacher there.
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> yeah, her.
[17:54] <@Arkangel> Which btw always had a choker
[17:54] <@Arkangel> That was some Oda's gun right there
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> of course, to hide her contract one.
[17:54] <@Ryllharu> With the loli robot girl
[17:55] <@Ryllharu> what she is is anyone's guess though.
[17:55] <@Ryllharu> I've gotta admit though, I was liking Nora lately after the whole Fiore episode.
[17:55] <@Arkangel> Did Elsie ever see her?
[17:56] <@Arkangel> It would be orgasmic if she was her sister
[17:56] <@Ryllharu> Nora's a bitch, but she's got some common sense.
[17:56] <@Arkangel> Nora's the smart one
[17:56] <@Ryllharu> She's not retarded like whatsherface [Haqua]
[17:56] <@Arkangel> She's getting a couple of medals out of this without doing anything if all goes well
[17:56] <@Ryllharu> hmm...I don't think Elsie did.
[17:56] <@Arkangel> Da dum!
[17:56] <@Ryllharu> She was busy with the band or something.
[17:57] <@Arkangel> Calling it
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> No way. The devil in that partnership is the teacher.
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> The loli is something else entirely,
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> Maybe a Weiss that betrayed the rest of them?
[17:57] <@Arkangel> Let me check the chapters
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> go for it
[17:57] <@Arkangel> If she never saw her then we can bet on it
[17:58] <@Ryllharu> nah
[17:58] <@Ryllharu> Not a good bet. At the pace it's going, we'll never find out.
[17:58] <@Arkangel> Pussy
[17:59] <@Arkangel> Fear of losing is taking away your will for victory
[17:59] <@Arkangel> Understandable since i've been kicking you ass so hard
[17:59] <@Arkangel> Still
[17:59] <@Arkangel> Pussy
[18:00] <@Ryllharu> Nah.
[18:00] <@Ryllharu> We have to have a *reasonable* turnaround time for these.
[18:00] <@Ryllharu> You find a more likely one, and I'll take you up on that.
[18:01] <@Ryllharu> For all we know the author will forget about them for three years while he continues this godforsaken shiori arc
[18:02] <@Arkangel> This arc hasn't taken THAT lomg
[18:02] <@Arkangel> It's just that it's boring and the pacing sucks
[18:02] <@Arkangel> If anything it's the fact that we're still in the overall godess arc that annoys me
[18:03] <@Arkangel> I want some new girls!
[18:03] <@Arkangel> The author can draw some moe bitches
[18:03] <@Arkangel> Eye candy
[18:03] <@Ryllharu> Oh ho.
[18:03] <@Ryllharu> How about a light and easy one?
[18:04] <@Ryllharu> a) The author writes a new girl arc after Kanon revives fully.
[18:04] <@Ryllharu> b) It goes straight to another arc that doesn't introduce a new girl harboring a weiss.
[18:05] <@Ryllharu> That's a fairly simple bet.
[18:05] <@Arkangel> That's too simple
[18:05] <@Arkangel> It would be like flipping a coin
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[19:21] <@Arkangel> Hey Ryll, post our back and forth in the TWGOK thread
[19:21] <@Rageharu> Ok.

[Archangel]

Kudos for filtering DS and Y out of it

[RyougaZell]

Skipping Arch and Ryll's wall of text to say...


Animated Tenri/Diana is delicious. Even if it lasted only 2 seconds.

[RyougaZell]

[17:57] <@Ryllharu> No way. The devil in that partnership is the teacher.
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> The loli is something else entirely,
[17:57] <@Ryllharu> Maybe a Weiss that betrayed the rest of them?

Chapter 113 page 8

Akari: His name was... umm... was it Katsuragi?
Nikaido: Oh... its rare for Rimyuel-dono to remember the name of a human.
(etc two more lines)
Akari: You always talk so haughtily... You are able to use your power because of me!!
Nikaido: Pardon me, pardon me.


So yeah... Nikaido also is the school friend of Jun. Nikaido is definitely human, but is able to use the power of devils thanks to Akari, named Rimyuel, who probably is indeed Elsie's sister.

[Archangel]

Might want to read that again Zell, i think you completely misunderstood what Ryll meant

But yeah I'm calling it, she's Elsee's sister

[RyougaZell]

What did I misunderstood? Ryll says Nikaido is the devil while Akari/Rimyuel is probably a Weiss.

Based on what Akari said... Nikaido is a human able to use Devil powers thanks to the contract with Akari.

[Ryllharu]

So yeah... Nikaido also is the school friend of Jun. Nikaido is definitely human, but is able to use the power of devils thanks to Akari, named Rimyuel, who probably is indeed Elsie's sister.

I'm not going to argue against the rest of it, I didn't really care for that arc so the details are fuzzy for me. However, just because Jun knew Nikaido from a while back doesn't mean Nikaido is human.

edit: When she helped capture Hinoki's weiss, she explicitly disparaged the "new devils" as being weak. Yet it is equally unlikely that they are Vintage or old devils, as the very next page you posted has Akari mentioning that "the enemy is getting close," referring to Fiore and Vintage.

That's why I feel it is more likely that Nikaido is a long-AWOL devil (prior affiliation undetermined, could be new or old) and "Akari" is similar.

[Archangel]

I just reread it including the omake for that volume where Wakaki goes into detail on his inspiration and how the arc came to be

You should all read the omakes btw, there's some interesting shit there.

[RyougaZell]

Good point regarding how Nikaido talked about the 'new devils'.

My reference to Jun's arc was that Nikaido does indeed look younger in the flashback... and seeing the ages of characters like Elsie and Haqua, they don't age that fast. Unless Akari's power is also changing her appearance.

[Marik]

[Red Hawk Scanlations] The World God Only Knows c.149: SendSpace | MediaFire | Online Viewing

[Archangel]

Cool, Marik updates

[RyougaZell]

Wall of teeeext!

Seems Shiori's arc is finally done...

[Archangel]

And thank the Lord for that

[Ryllharu]

Or at the least it has finally reached a point where we can move on.