I also liked how Mael wasn't picked only because his formidable power was a definition of the Goddess' advantage, but he was also picked because of personal vendetta. In other words, these minor details that tends to question certain things end up being a big plottwist. It plugged in so many unanswered questions like why exactly does Mael age whereas Mel remained the same, him not recognizing Sunshine off the bat despite being the being who killed Mael. I liked Estarossa being revealed to be Mael all along. I’m curious to hear what other people think.

Elizabeth doing nothing in the fight against Mael.

Monspeets death being rendered pointless since Derieri ended up dying anyway.

Basically, Nakaba took 3 strong individuals out so the sins can shine.

Derieri fucking dying just to give Mael another fucking commandment.

Mael just being able to absorb commandments easily.

Tarmiel saved him from getting his commandments taken out, which lead to him getting another commandment. The commandments saved him from dying against Sariel and Tarmiel. Examples: Derieri basically saved him from being defeated by monspeet.

Estarossa/Mael CONSTANTLY getting out of situations because of an outside source.

And I guess, Mael looking back on his actions, realizing what’s he done to the OGowther, and forcing the commandments out of his body.

Explanation on how OGowther ended the original holy war.When it comes to writing: The Estarossa being Mael reveal (Im not a fan of estarossa being Mael, but I have to admit it was well-written and had a lot of build up).You know, him being born as a weak demon and son of the DK. What did you think of this Mael/Estarossa arc (Chapter 260 to now)? What did you like? What did you hate?

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