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EP. REVIEW: So I'm a Spider, So What?

He wouldn't have even been there if Kumo and crew hadn't nuked his life for little to no reason and then Kyouya has the gall to ask him why he's there.

LastPage 3 wrote:

He wouldn't have even been there if Kumo and crew hadn't nuked his life for little to no reason and then Kyouya has the gall to ask him why he's there.

Honestly, I have wondered about this myself, but I'm pretty confident that there is a reason; the intricacy of the moving parts in this story operate on too high a level for that to just be random villainy. Getting Hugo as a dupe makes total sense, as it gives the Ariel/White faction more manpower to work with, so the real question is why Sophia (and one other reincarnation) are helping Hugo mess with Shun. To split them off from a connection with Potimas seems logical, though this seems too heavy-handed to be the only reason. Also, one thing that the TV series doesn't clarify, but the equivalent source content does, is that spoiler[Sophia let them get away in episode 14 because she wasn't supposed to capture them at that point.].

There isn't a more concrete reason for those actions yet because, so far, we've only seen Shun's perspective on the events leading up to that. The next novel released in English is, based on the blurb, going to take the spider-side up to at least the point of Julius's death, so those reasons will become clearer in the novels soon. The anime has quite a ways to go to get to that point.

Using Hugo as a decoy makes sense, but there was no need for all the nonsense he pulled in Anaheit.

spoiler[Kumo was controlling him all along, so that's doubly true. She just let him run wild, because she didn't care what he did as long as she got what she wanted. She even says as much herself.]

LastPage 3 wrote:

Using Hugo as a decoy makes sense, but there was no need for all the nonsense he pulled in Anaheit. spoiler[Kumo was controlling him all along, so that's doubly true. She just let him run wild, because she didn't care what he did as long as she got what she wanted. She even says as much herself.]

White did not let Hugo "run wild" nor was she controlling him from the get go.... After Hugo's failed attempt on Shun's life and Filimøs(Ms Oka) stripped him of his skills,Hugo swore vengeance on Filimøs. Welp White wasn't having that so she took control of Hugo at that point.
A bit of spoilery stuff here
spoiler[Back on Earth Ms Oka had saved nameless'(White's) life from Natsume (Hugo) and few others.]
White cares about Ms Oka-Hugo she would kill out of hand, except it would make Ms Oka sad.

We have been given pieces to the puzzle of why Shun is kept in the dark.

The elves have strong ties to the kingdom, shown in diferent ways in the novel and anime, the novel is clearer.

Thus telling Shun the how and why means risking Shun teling the wrong person before the purge.
After the purge Shun was somewhat disinclined to listen and Ohka cut of Kyoija when he tried.

As for why Sophia toyed with them rather then sitting down and explaining shit.
She was ordered not to kill any reincarnations, you don't need to order someone not to do something if they have no inclination of doing it in the first place.
Thus we can infer that Sophia would be willing to kill (at the least some of them) and thus doesn't care about (at the least some of them) them overly much, or at all.

I know why they didn't tell Shun anything beforehand and why they wanted to kill certain people in Anaheit. They really didn't need to have Sue kill her own father or frame Shun for it.

LastPage 3 wrote:

I know why they didn't tell Shun anything beforehand and why they wanted to kill certain people in Anaheit. They really didn't need to have Sue kill her own father or frame Shun for it.

Actually, that's easily explainable based on content animated so far.

Either:

1) Hugo did that part on his own because he hates Shun so much

Or:

2) It was part of a grander scheme to discredit Shun (who had not yet been publicly announced as the new Hero) so that Hugo could be convincingly publicly declared to be the new Hero

. . .and quite possibly both.

Mencor wrote:

We have been given pieces to the puzzle of why Shun is kept in the dark. The elves have strong ties to the kingdom, shown in diferent ways in the novel and anime, the novel is clearer. Thus telling Shun the how and why means risking Shun teling the wrong person before the purge. After the purge Shun was somewhat disinclined to listen and Ohka cut of Kyoija when he tried. As for why Sophia toyed with them rather then sitting down and explaining shit. She was ordered not to kill any reincarnations, you don't need to order someone not to do something if they have no inclination of doing it in the first place. Thus we can infer that Sophia would be willing to kill (at the least some of them) and thus doesn't care about (at the least some of them) them overly much, or at all.

I know why they didn't tell Shun anything beforehand and why they wanted to kill certain people in Anaheit. They really didn't need to have Sue kill her own father or frame Shun for it.

At this point, do any character's actions make any sense without reading a dozen volumes before?

At this point, do any character's actions make any sense without reading a dozen volumes before?

Yuvelir wrote:

At this point, do any character's actions make any sense without reading a dozen volumes before?

More like you need to read v6 thru v13 to fill in the 13 year gap and most of the big reveals.

Volume 14 pretty much picks up where the anime left off at(volume 5).

At this point, do any character's actions make any sense without reading a dozen volumes before?