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s is what I actually don't like. She didn't choose to stand at Tatsuya's side, and as if mocking her reasoning, Erika and co came out of trees said otherwise
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The fact that she isn't and keeps stating the obvious ('Tatsuya will be isolated') is very half-hearted and does not look good on her (she's supposed to love him, right?); especially from someone who made it her mission to be Tatsuya's ally in First High.
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What Mayumi did wasn't wrong, and that's what I don't like.
For this volume, what Mayumi did wasn't out of my expectation, who knows for future volumes, but IMO, this volume is quite a defeat attitude from Mayumi.
When everyone are expected to shun Tatsuya, only the people who close to him that support him.
Mayumi didn't shun him, but she couldn't side with him.
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Can't fault Mayumi too much but she picked the wrong horse.
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Ive already written a piece, but it seems its getting ignored so i'll post it again because like the other guy, i dont like the flack Mayumi's been getting since she IS on Tatsuya's side.
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For me, her last stance for Tatsuya to pretend to join the Project was out of desperation to keep him from being hated/hunted and probobly left to die by the other Magician families and Japans Magic population as a whole (which is partially/mostly happening).
Mayumi wants Tatsuya to take the most peaceful option that actually gets him away from being in a position to fight.
For him to be isolated is the same as making enemies of his own countrymen and putting him in the position to be hunted and for other Magician families to contribute to hunt him down.
And now something similar is already happening by the end of the book by a masked man who apparently is one of the seven sages.
so her fears are basically being realized.
So even if he has to lie, for Mayumi, its better than becoming an enemy towards everyone, and since shes asking him to pretend instead of actually accepting, i gather she wanted to come up with something to help him out in the mean time, and that pretending would buy him that time they'd need, keeping him safe until an alternative arrived (imo)
She wants him to be accepted as much as Miyuki does. and lately, has been going out of her way to do what she so he isn't in a bad position.
the most recent examples:
A)She arranged a meeting to discuss the Idol project to see if a compromise could be reached because she knew his rejection of the idea would put him at odds with the other Families, so she was already trying to avoid his isolation.
And B) she talks her way into join Juumonji for his talk/fight with Tatsuya in order to avoid the confrontation that apparently makes her heart tremble. And apparently She was the one who brought Mari along to the meeting?
Mayumi never had to attempt these things, and is mainly doing it because of Tatsuya and she doesn't want him to be hurt or be put in a bad position.
And don't forget she got Pissy at her own Father when she learned that he was secretly financing supporting Anti magic factions (? cant remember specifics).
And her father realized that when she didn't calm down after hearing Kudou Retus approved it, that it wasn't because of Juumonji's sake she was upset (Juumonji had just confronted the sly fox and left at that point, and its hinted that it was for Tatsuya that she was upset for.).
So for anyone thinking hers was a bad decision or opposed Tatsuya.
Hers was the least violent decision, and would of kept him from most violence, and since the project would even start for a while, her saying to "pretend" he'd agree to it would of spared him from being hated and hunted at the end of the Novel, and could of possibly offered a better solution in time.
He cant even just bare the consequences of his rejection of the offer. If it was his decision and all people did isdidn't like him for it, whine and bitch that he's selfish/mean, Then i'd say fuck em, and agree that Mayumi's stance was in pretty bad.
But he's hunted now, so its physical action he has to counter now, as opposed to just tolerating bitching.
Meaning he's going to be attacked and If an entire country isolates him or see's him in a negative light, they can paint him up as a criminal for some bogus charge. The fact that he's hunted means he's going to be provoked or framed or forced into a bad position and fighting could just make it worse. So ignoring/running isn't an option, they're going to push his buttons for a response.
And you all just expect Tatsuya to keep fighting just so he can stand his ground?
He's destroyed the strongest defense magic in the world. No one is going to take him lightly anymore regardless if they know about material burst.
What do all you think?
That he's just going to keep fighting, making himself a bigger target to the entire country, and killing everyone in self defense? If he does that against his own country men, then even the 101st or Yotsuba cant support him without making themselves targets. And we all seen there's a limit to how far the Yotsuba would go for him (nil) and Kazama and Tatsuya are described as trusting to one another but prepared to turn against each other if necessary.
And its not like Tatsuya is going to "restore" all the ones that attack him, he's already made it clear he cant promise Juumonji anything in a second fight.
And the only reason Mayumi told Juumonji about "restoration" despite promising to keep it to herself, is because she's scared that Tatsuya will keep fighting because of it, forcing the opposition to fight harder, which would most likely lead to his death. So even knowing about Resoration dosn't bring her calmness, if anything it makes her more scared that Tatsuya will refuse to give up, leading to a greater force to arrive to push him down.
It'd be a bloodbath and all the positive that Tatsuya inspired will crumble entirely, along with Silver.
Not saying that those who go against him wouldn't deserve it, but if the ending to "Mobile suit Gundam IBO" taught me anything, its that the ones in control the politics and media determines who the true monsters/terrorists are and esures that those in control can hide their war crimes, framing and mis deeds and still get more power.
And Tatsuya doesn't have the media or politics. And the most effective ally he had in those regards had his arm blown off.
And depending on how far he fights, he could be labels as a rouge magician and hunted for the rest of his life for being too dangerous, which he is since he can destroy the world. And as soon as the people notice, they'll always fear/hate him and magic.
So no, Mayumi's stance is not bad at all.
Its pragmatic, and safe from a strategic point, and Keeps Tatsuya out of danger from consequences of refusal (like a masked guy hunting him), and keeps the door open to win peoples hearts and minds, and possibly the time to expose the DIONE project for what it is and come up with something else..
And if you Still think it's bad because it goes against Tatsuya's desire for his own happiness and free will, remember;
Miyuki is all that matters to him. Miyuki and he where both made so that he'd do anything for her. Tatsuya claims for have no desires, and that Miyukis happiness is all that matters. His decisions have nothing to do with him, but her, which may include him, but its not for himself he does anything. And thats how he was designed to be.
So there goes freedom.
As for happiness... I'm always hard pushed to say his happiness is true since everything else was taken from him. But i guess it works, even if in a messed up way.
Both Miyuki and Mayumi want Tatsuya to be safe and happy, but both have negatives about it.
Mayumi's method is working with the system, making Tatsuya a tool, but it also gets any hostilities off his back. However, it can present an opportunity to make things go their way by using the system in their favor (politics and all).
Miyukis is to stand their ground and fight against anyone that would Oppose Tatsuya and use him for their own ends, but it makes Tatsuya an enemy to the majority of people around him, and its clear the Yotusba aren't as helpful as they should be, and the most trustful allies they have are loyal, but still too few. Tatsuya will fight to have his freedom, but with no powerful allies he's likely to be backed into a corner, and Using powerful magic would only make peoples opinion of magic sour.
But in the end, he is now hunted all the same.
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cant wait for next volume(this dicember or next february.....
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