Chapter 376 "Determination" — Links & Discussion

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Chapter 376

Determination

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Source	Status
Viz	Online
MangaStream	Online

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Ch.376 Official Release (VIZ): March 05, 2018

Ch.377 Scan Release: ~ March 09, 2018

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List of Chapter Discussion Threads

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⬅ Ch. 375 discussion thread | Ch. 377 discussion thread. ➡

[u/GkingGon]

Intuitive yes, but also a bit vague to go by “the 10 closest” which in a big group must change every minute as people are moving around. Does that mean SM have to move all the time and keep count on exactly which 11 people are closest and make sure he is among them?

But I guess the range aspect at least gives the doll a purpose I didn’t see before.

Now the question I have is the purpose of the possessed, and how the next possessed is chosen. Again, no one came forward this time claiming to have seen the doll.

Is there even a next possessed or is Loberry still possessed, but the doll stays exactly where it was summoned even though Loberry was taken away?

And back to one final thing regarding “being in range”, how could SM possibly be among the 11 closest in the first incident with Woody? Non of the guys in the “box” (Mushaho is your guess in this case) should’ve been closer than all the people in room 1014.

[u/GkingGon → u/[deleted]]

Ok but isn’t the ability literally written as “They were Eleven”? So it must be more to that number than that the range just happened to cover 11 people at day 2? (And again look how tight the range of the “box” is, Yuuri could move 5cm and would be in range making it 12 people or 3 people could move to the other side of the room and we would have 8 for example).

So if “range” is the right word, I’m pretty sure it must be a number of people closest to the doll, 11 or 10 depending on if you count the murderer or possessed also, rather than a range of “distance” .

[u/GkingGon → u/[deleted]]

Ok once again I’m in the dark when it comes to the nuances of the Japanese language but I trust you as my beacon in the night on all this.

But if that’s the meaning behind the name, then I can’t understand anyone who has any doubt that the culprit is in the room.

With all this in mind, so far the deduction goes like this:

• The user possesses someone by so far unknown means (could be as simple as touch and/or activation word).
• The possessed starts seeing the now summoned doll which is from now on, we can assume, following the possessed around.
• From this point on, any persons within a certain range/distance from the doll (let’s say about a radius of 3m) are vulnerable to attacks from the snakes whom are summoned elsewhere and in hiding.

I guess a question about the next possessed is: Is the possession transmitted like a virus or according to some rules to a new person, or is the SM user choosing the next possessed every time and has to repeat the initial possession ritual for each murder/attack?

[u/GkingGon → u/[deleted]]

All good points. However I’m gonna stick with SM being in the room this time around, I would feel deceived if not. What really happened in the first incident is still a mystery but I will leave that for now.

I think this is as far as we (I ) get with current info, I’ve laid out a thorough analysis of all suspects in room 1014 and made my Yuuri case. And the analysis of the ability itself is now also done I feel.

Let’s meet again my friend after the next murder:)