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I've had Volume 12 for about three weeks and finally got around to reading it today.

Excellent story of course.

Kind of weirded out seeing what happens with Jei and Inazuma. Has it been explained why Jei was transferred to her? And what's up with that little kid with Inazuma now? She seems a bit whacked in the head.

Onto Volume 13 once my order comes in.

I don't remember if it was explained, but I would imagine Jei possessed Inazuma because she is skilled warrior who happened to be handy.

There's got to be more to why the Black Soul possessed Inazuma after Jei died...like something Stan has yet to reveal...some connection between Inazuma and Jei or the Black Soul??

Maybe because her skills with the sword were so inherent within herself it made her a perfect host for the Black Soul?

But she has a strong will and may just pull herself free of it.

I hope so cuz Usagi needs a girlfriend to rebound from Tomoe.

Well it's suggested that Jei did something to prep her before delivering her to the temple; a backup contingency of sorts.

As for Keiko being whacked out, I don't know about that. Kids have a tendency to see things in absolutes, as does Jei. He does believe what he's doing is right. Plus Jei has become a surrogate parent to her since her own parents were killed. She has no one else and is bound to trust Jei as a result. I like to believe that, spending so much time with him, Keiko is able to see a side of him that we do not. She makes Jei into more of a mystery and less a being of absolute evil.

Grasscutter was awesome.

shaxper wrote:As for Keiko being whacked out, I don't know about that. Kids have a tendency to see things in absolutes, as does Jei. He does believe what he's doing is right. Plus Jei has become a surrogate parent to her since her own parents were killed. She has no one else and is bound to trust Jei as a result. I like to believe that, spending so much time with him, Keiko is able to see a side of him that we do not. She makes Jei into more of a mystery and less a being of absolute evil.

Keiko's parents were killed, bandits killed her Grandfather, and Jei rescued her from dying. I'd problably see him as "the good guy" if he did that for me.

It's interesting to discuss the nature of Jei. He considers himself as an agent of the gods, fated to kill evil people - or people he treats as such, like Usagi. But, as he decided to save Keiko, we may think he still has a portion of free will, perhaps from his former life. Who knows ?

Jei could be a Nietzschean character, actually : beyond good and evil. As he says himself, "Who are you to judge the gods' will ?"

Or he could simply be a fanatic : as Voltaire wrote, "What can be said in answer to a man who says he will rather obey God than men, and who consequently feels certain of meriting heaven by cutting your throat?" (article "Fanaticism", Philosophical Dictionary)

correct me if im wrong...

But wasent Jei about a split second away from killing Keiko when they first met ?