Dumping.

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Wew, finally caught a thread again.
>>280177612
Cutest psycho.

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i hope the story wraps zp soon, the pacing is atrocious

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>>280178190
All done.

>>280178221
Raika takes the cover for Volume 2, coming out on the 4th in Japan.

>>280178255
That's it, cya next chapter.

>>280178166
Based shota purging evil from this world

>>280178255
That's a cool cover, reminds me of old manga covers.
>>280178295
Thanks for the dump.

>>280178221
Kind of weird that we see officials dealing with a missing person case but the only one policing this elder-mugging group is a boy with a funny key and autism.
Also Asura continues to do nothing wrong.

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>>280179206
He's such a good boy

>>280177606 (OP)
how would he deal with someone who blackmailed, raped, killed and mutilated people in the past, but now has lost his memory and is basically a good and different person?

>>280178166
Love the mark. It says everything without needing to aim for shock value

Poor kid needed therapy.

>>280179312
He's not punishing past evil deeds, he's preventing future ones. If the person truly changed, he'd be happy for them

>>280179387
He literally hasn't key'd anyone who wasn't actively being evil.
And sadly he's going to pay for it, with sins luck he becomes a torturing demon in hell and he's super hyped about it.

>>280179436
It seems that we can never escape the sins of our past

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>>280177827
So ungrateful.

>>280179436
>becomes a torturing demon in hell and he's super hyped about it.
i unironically expect this to be the ending. that or the new merchant

The dialogue only confirms this post I made around chapter 5 or so
I can't read it because it's already getting predictable

>>280180529
I'm not sure it's gonna go that way even if it feels telegraphed. I'd need someone with more knowledge of buddhist(?) hell to confirm, but I don't think punishing unquestionably evil monsters should grant bad karma let alone enough of it for millions of years in hell. If it does, then what the FUCK.

I can totally see constant use of the key marking him as a hellish being that is spurned by humanity, and even denies him one of the good afterlives, but it seems absurd that sending sinners to their rightful punishment would earn him the same punishment. Not even modern day christianity is that cucked.

>>280178166
My son needs to be more careful.

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>>280180529
pic is what I'm predicting, rather than him being bamboozled.

>>280177644
I need mom x son porn of those two but I'm very peculiar about the scenario and atmosphere.

>>280179436
>And sadly he's going to pay for it,
in buddhist-inspired worldviews you're supposed to bear with whatever shit life throws your way because there's always the next life and being at inner peace is how you level up in the metagame, it's basically roguelite progression IRL

>>280178073
He gave him multiple chances.

>>280177612
I wonder if anyone who saw the door to hell can see the mark, or is it just the MC who can see it.

>>280178221
Only fucked up people can see the mark right? Granny is pure and innocent so she doesn't see it

>>280178221
Fuck da cops. Useless tax leech who didn’t do their jobs but picking on little kids.

>>280179312
>how would he deal with someone who blackmailed, raped, killed and mutilated people in the past, but now has lost his memory and is basically a good and different person?
He's constantly telling bad people to stop doing bad things, even while actively in the process of getting his ass beat.
So if this theoretical amnesiac psycho really has stopped their past evil deeds and repented, he'd probably be happy and chalk it up as another good deed done.

>>280177860
>Some anons think Asura isn't keying people just for the sake of it

>>280178221
Glad to see at least one of them have the brains to keep digging around.
>>280178295
Thx mate.

>>280179387
He'll pull some mental gymnastic to punish them regardless.
>>280179436
>Sadly
He deserves it.

>>280179436
Being a politician in a world with Buddhist hells must suck. All the bad karma accumulated is going to keep you in hell until the heat death of the universe. Keep in mind time passes there differently.

>>280181292
He's functionally killing them. He's prematurely ending their current life and sending them straight to the hell realm that awaited them for their bad deeds.
Incarnating as a human is a big deal. It's rare and is almost a requirement to achieve enlightenment. Animals are too dumb to comprehend what they should do. And "higher" beings too proud. So denying someone the full use of that human life is a big no no.
Also, just slaughtering animals for food gets you the trillion years of torture. So yes, it is a super cucked religion. There's a reason the most popular version in Japan is the one that says that abiding by all this bullshit is impossible in this world and instead asks a Buddha to let them be born in a better one.

>>280184544
Skill issue. Just become a better person or reach nirvana.

>>280181292
Putting aside the fact that he has no right to decide who should and shouldn't go to hell, the three kids this chapter didn't deserve to get keyed. They were troublemakers but not to the level of the previous guys or the kind that won't change their ways when growing up. This chapter made it obvious that he's gung-ho about using the key, despite the mark it leaves. Think of it as a drug addict at the start of his addiction. A small dose will stop being a small dose in a short time.
Raika understands that using the key ain't right. And he has barely any context to how it came to be.

>>280184796
>the three kids this chapter didn't deserve to get keyed
Weren't they stealing from the elderly?

I hope Raika will convert. He isn't a true believer yet.

>>280184224
it's pretty obvious he likes doing it, targeting evil people is just his cope. a few chapters ago he looked disappointed his targets may actually turn over a new leaf

>>280178295
Thanks for the dunp, OP.

>>280184443
>time
souls moving outside the flow of time is a basic bitch kindergarten tier metaphysics concept. just because your current incarnation is in 2025 doesn't mean your next can't be millions of years in the past or something

>>280185253
Oh really then post the page.

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>>280184796
It has become less justified since he’s actively seeking these people out now but you could make an argument that every person that has started beating him up needed to be stopped. It just so happens that his only means to make them stop is to condemn them to hell.
Take this chapter for instance. He’s retarded for confronting the bully but what was his other option once the bully started punching him? Just take it?

>>280182627
realistically he did not. imagine there's some faggot constantly going "repent", do you expect him to ACTUALLY send you to hell?

>>280184167
He would probably be frustrated. We already saw him get mad when Raika interceded and caused the guy he wanted to key to back down before Asura could justify keying him.
>>280183378
I get the feeling that will be addressed. We had Otori about to kill herself and Asura driven to essentially murder people because of how utterly useless society was at keeping shitty people in check. Even the moral compass voice of reason Raika was failed by society and had to be saved by Asura.
What Asura is doing is almost certainly wrong in a karmic sense. But worthless shit heads like those cops are what created him. And he's arguably the lesser evil than them since, unlike them, he's helping to create the conditions for other people to live virtuous lives in peace.

>>280185683
Are you saying it's okay to be a bad person as long as there's no punishment?

>>280185683
Stop robbing old ladies and no one will send you to hell.

>>280185210
I think they meant hags as any older woman.
They were doing bad things. That much is true. But they were nowhere near the psycho from the first chapter or the siblings. Teens are dumb and do dumb things. Doesn't mean they don't grow out of it.
>>280185473
Fight back like any regular dude. Just like Raika.

>>280185683
>man I wonder how you are doing
>oh you're still being an asshole robbing people
>and beat the shit out of me and tried to use me for money

>>280186116
>Teens are dumb and do dumb things.
I don't know anyone who robbed old ladies as a teenager. I only even knew of single digit violent bullies throughout my entire education. It's really not that hard to avoid meeting Asura's current standards for keying.

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>>280186139
no, but you aren't really giving them compelling reasons. if you go to some assholes and tell then to stop being assholes do you seriously expect them to listen to you?
he just goes "repent", then the next day "did you repent? no? click."

>>280185381
this is after he failed to key them and he goes to meet them immediately after "to check if they turned over a new leaf"

>>280186116
>Fight back like any regular dude
Nah that’s retarded. Those guys have like a foot of height on him. If you’re holding a knife and some guy tries to attack you, are you gonna tell me you’d toss the knife away because it wouldn’t be fair? Because the person threatening your life doesn’t deserve to die?

>>280186364
Just because you didn't meet them doesn't mean they don't exist.
Also, I'm not saying they shouldn't be punished. The crime just doesn't fit the punishment. It's like curb-stomping someone for jaywalking.
>>280186588
I wouldn't purposefully put myself in a situation where a guy bigger than me want me dead in the first place.

>>280186116
>Teens are dumb and do dumb things.
That's retarded, I wasn't robbing older people or hitting my classmates at that age, they're just psychos in the making.

>>280186789
>Just because you didn't meet them doesn't mean they don't exist.
I didn't say they don't exist. I said it's not hard to not do that with evidence in the thousands. Asura is still not keying what I or most people would consider normal kids who did normal dumb kid things. His standards have dropped from fledgling serial killers, yes. But he's still only going after probably the worst 1% of people, if even that.
>The crime just doesn't fit the punishment
This may not even be true. It doesn't take much to earn a trip to a Buddhist hell realm. And, according to wikipedia, robbery is sufficient. So Asura is still possibly just expediting the punishment of people who were already going to hell anyway.

>>280180529
The kid is called Asura which is a name with a very strong meaning in Buddhism. It's a sort of lesser divinity that is slave to strong passions and excesses. However, he has displayed none of the character traits expected of an Asura with his constant smile. So my bet is that he has inner turmoil and at some point will exteriorize it violently.

>>280178295
Thank you for posting.

>>280184544
>prematurely ending their lives is evil
In Buddhism, that can be a good deed for Asura since he's preventing them from accumulating more bad karma that might result in an even worse punishment.
>>280184796
They were mugging old ladies. Imagine being such niggerish scumbags that you'd rob the elderly just so you can buy fancy shoes.

>>280189178
>he's preventing them from accumulating more bad karma
This is true. However, you're never going see that argument from a Buddhist. The idea is always that the value of the opportunity to attain enlightenment in this human life outweighs the potential minimization of additional bad karma. Which does make some kind of sense. You only have to "win" once to escape samsara forever.

>>280184796
>Once I find my buddy, we going to make everyone's life a living hell
>nah, dude was just a silly troublemaker xD
nah get keyed fucko, that dude and his friend were already plotting driving blond guy's mom insane

>>280185253
It's less that he enjoys it and more that he feels it is something he has to/should do. He did get angry when he was stopped. And he is happy to help people like Raika and Otori, just like is with any other good deed he does for someone. But that's not the same as deriving joy from sending people to hell. The way he sees it, he now has the power to stop bad things from happening to good people. When looked at it that way, not keying these people would basically be a bad deed itself.
He also doesn't really have an alternative. He's a weird loser, so he's never going to convince anyone to stop being a piece of shit by talking them out of it, although he does still try that first. And he's a weak kid. He can't physically stop these people, either. And we already know the local authorities like teachers and cops are less than worthless, so he can't go to them. When all you've got is a key, everything looks like a lock.

>>280179543
Damn brat, ungrateful...

>>280191258
>It's less that he enjoys it and more that he feels it is something he has to/should do
Bullshit. You can see how happy he gets whenever he does it.
>And we already know the local authorities like teachers and cops are less than worthless, so he can't go to them
He never went to them in the first place.

>>280187333
>His standards have dropped from fledgling serial killers, yes
That alone proves my point. Just like Light wanted to move to lazy people after getting rid of criminals, Asura is starting to expand the range of the people he keys. I give you that there is still an argument to be made that they deserved it. But we are only 2 volumes in. Guess how many Light took to reach that point?
>This may not even be true
Let's suppose you are right. Again, who is he to decide that?
Raika, for example, didn't ask for help. He was fine with dealing with his own problems despite how difficult they were. It was Asura who inserted himself.

>>280189836
>However, you're never going see that argument from a Buddhist.
The Shaolin Temple collected, preserved, and taught various martial arts as a hobby, and the Jap Sohei monks were just the friendly neighborhood watch?

>>280192836
>You can see how happy he gets whenever he does it.
Even in this chapter, he has his angry brow when he's talking to the bully asking him to do good deeds instead. He is still at the point where he would be happier if everyone would just quit being cunts and he didn't have to key anyone.
>He never went to them in the first place.
There is zero chance that the school's teachers and administrators are unaware of the insane brutality that was going on at their school. Asura isn't even the only kid they were bullying and we also know they're committing violent crimes out in the rest of the community. A clearly beaten women had a public freakout concerning her abusive husband and no one did anything. No one with any authority gives a shit.
>>280192969
Light killed what he believed to be a cop investigating him at the very first opportunity. He also only killed two people he knew to be an active threat to others' safety before moving on to people who were already in police custody and who he couldn't even be sure were guilty.
>He was fine with dealing with his own problems
Did we read the same chapter? His mother was about the be blinded in her one remaining good eye and they were both going to be beaten more savagely than anything we've seen short of Asura's dog being killed. Raika explicitly acknowledged his powerlessness.
>who is he to decide that?
The only person willing and able to do anything. If the cops, or Buddha, or whoever else has a problem with his methods, then maybe they should have done something about it themselves.

>>280193410
I was going to write a rebuttal for your points. But I realized that speculating at this point of this story is just a matter of what each wants to believe. So I'd rather wait and see more varied development to give a proper judgement of Asura. Especially, one with more morally ambigious victims.
I still believe that he enjoys punishing others more than saving people, or at least is in the process of doing so. His reluctance to approach authority seems more motivated by either self-imposed responsibility or/and his inherited sense of justice. I think there is enough in the story to suggest that. If the development I'm seeking for does happen and I'm proven wrong I'm willing to eat my words.

>>280193081
>as a hobby
You say it yourself. This was mostly a meditative practice. But to the extent that it was genuine martial arts training the emphasis was always on self defense and to do the minimum amount of harm necessary for that defense. Killing always results in negative karma, no matter the context.
>Sohei monks
The fighting by and between Japan's various Buddhist sects was never seen as a good thing from a religious perspective. And it's also worth noting that a lot of this fighting, especially during the sengoku period, was done by lay people associated with a sect rather than the monks themselves. Although they did fight too. Most of it was really not any different from all the other non-monk Buddhists who were busy fighting one another. Bad, but not a violation of vows or anything.
And the most notorious warrior monks were the ones that believed enlightenment was impossible without being reborn in the pure land anyway. So they didn't really give a shit. It'd be pretty funny if Asura could just nembutsu his way out of whatever consequence old man Yama has in store for him.

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>>280179387
Thanks for the replies

>>280193681
We got confirmation in the very first chapter that someone did try telling on the first group of bullies and it accomplished nothing other than getting that person targeted. They also put a fucking dead chicken in Asura's desk. How is a teacher not going to notice that? And even Raika seems to be of the belief that the only way to deal with the bullies is to beat the shit out of them yourself. It's entirely possible, likely even, that Asura had tried telling a teacher before but nothing was done about it, contributing to his learned helplessness.
Also, fun unrelated and probably inconsequential detail. When the old man does his "fortune telling" on Asura to find out about his mom, it looks like his eye starts bleeding. I didn't noticed that before.

>>280193809
>And the most notorious warrior monks were the ones that believed enlightenment was impossible without being reborn in the pure land anyway.
Ah, now that explains a lot.
>meditative practice
Oh hell no. Once you've seen ACTUAL (not wushu bullshit) Shaolin Quan, they're mostly focused on combat. Some of them apply to fighting people in armor (whilst in armor yourself). Then again they were famous for their staff skills which was not an overtly lethal weapon. I guess breaking someone's limbs with a stick does achieve the goal of preventing someone doing evil deeds and yourself from killing.