Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari - Vol. 18 Ch. 74 - The Selection of the Katana

[jcc-2224]

Yes, finally the gang's back together

 

[Firexion7]

hmmm I wonder if not having the slave seal will cause Naofumi and Raphtalia trouble later... maybe his fear of being betrayed will come back now she can exist without him?

 

[Grailm]

Slave crest shattered. Bet she cant be a slave ever again now.

 

[alstwill]

Naofumi-sama, I need to reapply my slave crest. Be extra sure to be very thorough.

 

[Werebearguy]

The sword is evil. Despite the seal forcing her to be a slave, that was more of a bond with Naofumi than anything. That's like walking up to a newlywed wife and destroying her wedding ring right in front of her. The sword un-wife'd Raphtalia. Folded 1000 times with glorious isekai steel, purely to cut an important thing. Longswords and claymores would never do this.

 

[exxp]

So petty

 

[NotTriton]

This chapter is manga original as far as I know, there might have been a store bonus side story that we never got in English but I'm happy we still got Raphtalia's perspective during this arc.

Glass's feelings were captured perfectly as she first appeared as an enemy in the story and now is a "temporary ally" with the people she tried to kill, her cold attitude towards Raphtalia shows her conflicted feelings about this entire situation until she met Kizuna again after a long time where her face lit up in happiness.

While looking at L'arc and Therese, they have a friendly attitude towards Raphtalia as they first met as friends and later became enemies.

I've said this a couple of times already but this is IMO the best arc in the entire story and I don't really understand why people hate it and call the author clueless or say that the author is forcing things together. I honestly think these people just skim through the pages and say that they've "read" it

 

[kuroro86]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Bootybug]

Sooooo, what happens when she returns to the original world, does the otherside katana come with her

 

[RaikohZX]

The pacing of this chapter feels massively rushed just to get back up to Naofumi compared to how some of the previous stuff was kinda dragged out. But I guess that's what happens when it's apparently manga-original to explain some off-screened stuff.

 

[shaggypaw]

This is great!!! now how do we resolve that hero's from another realm have the weapon!

 

[kabalfs]

I kinda liked Raphtalia, but I guess she's destined to be axed... Sad...

 

[MachineGunViperWheels]

@kabalfs Why would you think that? Why wouldn't the enemy get axed instead?

 

[r2r499]

went from jrpg world to feudal japan mythos

 

[Zextrace]

@kabalfs

That comment makes no sense.

 

[Maxterson217]

This villain is so pathetic that they didn't even bother to describe him in the novel

 

[Fluffyfish]

Cool I like this development.

 

[Buraindo]

that last line fills me with strong emotions

 

[TetraSky]

Man... the people of that country are dumber than a rock... "thieve", yeah sure... A weapon that doesn't let anyone except its rightful owner wield it... "Was stolen" by the one it chose.
That guy is the real thieve here, trying to steal it just because he was so obviously not chosen.

 

[Xeroslayer]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!