Narsus: Daryun, When You See Kharlan, Dont Kill Him.

Narsus: Daryun, when you see Kharlan, don’t kill him.

Daryun: Aye.

Narsus: -looking at Kharlan’s impaled body-

Narsus: I thought I told you not to kill him.

Daryun:

Daryun: Sorry?

Forgive me for my AU ramblings but—

Finding out from @innerchorus how Gurgin was always attracted to… darkness, sort of, and had a tendency to poke things that should not be poked at even before his brother’s death… His tendency to question the norms laid before him (how interesting to say “might is stronger than faith” when he’s a priest-in-training, eh?), I can’t help but wonder what he’d think if or when he finds out about the clan.

Because even if none of the other disciples may know, I’ve decided that the Master definitely does. Not that they’re still alive, no, but their history, the animosity, mages vs sorcerers in the fight against Zahhak, the role the mages played in the sealing of Zahhak (unclear if he’d know about the betrayal and the sacrifice)…

Actually, how should the disciples learn of the history, anyhow? Would the Master tell them? From the start? Or only after their first run-in with a mage, probably Arslan in Ecbatana?

Oh, I want to divert you from an unpleasant topic! Let's talk about Arslan's wonderful hair color. I think it's boring to consider them just white. The anime, of course, does not convey this, but it seems to me that if they were filming a movie, they would be an unusual color!

Oh, sure! Well, for starters, Tanaka himself doesn't even specify what Arslan's hair colour is! The original illustrator of the novels, Yoshitaka Amano, gave him blond/white hair, and after that, it seems everyone else more or less followed his example. I don't think it's boring; in fact, I think this pale hair colour was chosen precisely because it is unusual, and it (in particular for the manga/anime/OVAs) hints at the mystery of his origins.

He doesn't look anything like his dark-haired father, Andragoras. In the novel, although Daryun ventures that Arslan looks more like his mother when Vahriz presses him for an answer, the truth is that he doesn't look like her, either (in the novel series she has black hair and eyes; the fact that both Sachiko Kamimura and Hiromu Arakawa changed this in their character designs was no doubt to make the matter of his parentage all the more confusing). So right away, it makes people start questioning things — is Andragoras not, in fact, Arslan's father? Why does his mother, who he does resemble, treat him so coldly?

I doubt Tanaka pictured him as having white hair, but I do think it's an appropriate choice. Is there a particular colour you think would suit him better?

Glad to hear this. Hopefully it will be fixed soon

Good news! My device is gonna get taken out to be fixed tomorrow!! :D

Hopefully the problem gets fixed!!!

Yesss, that's great news! I hope it's an easy fix!

That one time the boys went to see Your name.

Isfan: Seriously, Zaravant, how old are you? I couldn’t hear the dialogue over your bawling.

Zaravant: It’s not my fault! It was just so moving!

Gieve: Your eyes are red, Isfan.

Isfan: T-that’s because…

Gieve: Jimsa didn’t cry, did you?

Zaravant: Do you ever cry?

Jimsa: Doesn’t everyone?

Isfan: When was the last time you cried?

Jimsa: …

Isfan: Zaravant cries all the time.

Gieve: When we watched Titanic the other day.

Isfan: When we won the championship.

Gieve: At Mr. Kishward’s wedding.

Isfan: When his turtle died.

Gieve: When your dog died.

Isfan: Hey, that was really sad.

Gieve: Yeah, but it was your dog.

Zaravant: Stop it you guys!

Jimsa: Sorry, I can’t remember.

Isfan: May I kill him?

Let’s go

Wow! Chapter 109 is here!!

https://weloma.art/1105/95081/

...I'm so scared to look. Okay. It's okay. I'm going to do it now. Thanks so much for sending me the link.