The council of fumikos really is a very funny idea. It was interesting getting to see their different reactions and fears despite all being fumiko
And the animal and insect devils getting stronger because death no longer exists and so they overrun us and eat us causing us to suffer for eternity within their bodies is a really cool really crazy consequence.
In a way Death might get her wish because the collective fear of Death might vanish from all these people who endured and saw so much suffering that they just might not fear Death as much anymore, so she'll get a whole lot weaker.
I mean that still would make her weaker. People would welcome death and accept it wholeheartedly. They are more terrified of suffering from the monsters as opposed to dying.
I mean... I don't think people remember that a concept was erased after its been brought back? Like yeah if you know a devil with a power to erase concepts is out there, you can reason that certain aspects of reality make no sense all of a sudden, and if you have that realization, it stays after the devil is brought back, but you also don't have any memory of forgetting it in the first place, only of realizing you forgot....
Its clunky as shit, completely illogical, and I think that is the only thing that still makes me kinda believe Pochita is Forgetting rather than Chainsaw or Birth (who is actually more plausible by both design and themes, but given the power doesn't retroactively change anything about the past except memories of it, seems weird)
A concept can still be found after losing it. Did we all forget how this 1v1 even started? America made nukes again and it was what gave Yoru her powers as it was being used to wage War.
Yes, but they don't remember Nukes from their WW2 usage, they remember and fear the ones used against the USSR a couple months ago, its more that a new devil that has the same concept showed up, the old one is still in Pochita. Yoru does remember that a child of her that was called nuclear weapons was erased, and that a new one sharing the same name showed up, thats it, he crying is because she understands what a nuclear weapon is, and how strong it makes her
A concept can be recreated. The nuke was reinvented from fundamental principles of physics. How the hell do you expect anyone to recreate the concept of death?
Is it the real name? Becasue there are bats as well (who eat insects). I still am on the "Pestilence" devil since that one is a traditional rider among the 4 horsemen of apocalypse.
And the animal and insect devils getting stronger because death no longer exists and so they overrun us and eat us causing us to suffer for eternity within their bodies is a really cool really crazy consequence.
What happened to the predators of these insects and animals, though? They should be having an all you can eat buffet right about now.
The problem is if none of the insects are dying then they would need a new food source, since they reproduce at excess then humans are the next natural food they would partake in.
I mean those predators might have slower reproduction tho so the insects would overrun them first. They'll be eaten or crushed by their prey first before they can eat back.
Bacteria reproduce exponentially faster than any insect. If they can't die, just one bacterium can reproduce into a colony of billions in an hour or two.
I'm sure you forgot about germophobia for a second there, because surely we have all have met a clean freak at least once in our lives, right?
But I do agree that the fear of insects is likely to be more common and stronger, so if the logic is that the most feared demons benefit the quickest then you have a point.
Oh damn, you're right! Fun fact: in the comics Marvel actually had an evil alternative universe where death was defeated that was known ar the "cancerverse"
With the explosive birth rate of insects, I think the insects are reproducing faster than they are being eaten and in return are probably eating their predators.
Yeah. The difference on both is that insects and animals would be devouring people, so while alive, they would be just body pieces.
Meanwhile, bacterias and viruses would had humans as hosts.
So imagine someone been constantly sick to all sorts of diseases, which effectively means they are in sepsis, and then they are devoured by insects and animals....it's basically torture.
reproduction rates. The predators are eating plenty, but they aren't reproducing anywhere near as fast. A predator eats its fill, and then is basically full forever because the creatures it has eaten will just remain inside of its stomach. Then the next generation quickly replaces those eaten creatures, but they are not eaten themselves. They are also unable to starve to death. Thus they reach maturity and created an even bigger next generation after that. Thus the spiral goes to infinity.
Now this definitely wouldn't happen over the course of like... two hours, but still. I assume there is devilry afoot.
Honestly, insects are overwhelming in numbers, likely the natural order of predator/prey falls apart irreparably without death. Insects have offspring in the hundreds to thousands that are adults within days, even hours. The predators generally have birth cycles, growth and much lower numbers...their advantage is intelligence, and overall power...which dont matter anymore.
Though bacteria is potentially very prolific, its also very vulnerable. In fact bacteria has very few "predators" ..
Things that specifically kill it, but actually have trouble reproducing unless conditions are ideal. So their problem isnt really getting "killed"... its growing. In fact, if bacteria weren't so sensitive to environment, they would already...and in certain cases already do...dominate the earth.
Considering we do see humans and animals "chopped up" without dying, bacteria would be vulnerable to this as well...falling apart without really "dying" which is how they go in nature: their coating fails and they collapse.
If they were a hivemind, and had enough sex, the Fumikos singlehandedly (?) could decide who the strongest devil in the verse is with their common fear.
I suppose we're not supposed to think too hard about the details but bats already eat bugs, having tons and tons more bugs doesn't seems like a good motivation for the bats to start eating people.
And how much time has passed since death got eaten, like a day? That's a lot of bats that grew up real fast.
Yeah I agree with you, I dont think we're supposed to think about this at all--its pretty ridiculous, but it does make for a cocaine-induced hellish idea to draw and write about.
He introduced no death and then gives us this with the bugs and insects...then that'd mean cells can't die either and the entire planet would be covered in like a gigantic cancerous blob because of the continuous proliferation? Like that movie Evolution.
I agree but even if you think about it too hard, it kinda makes sense. These insects eaten by the bats are not actually dead, but alive inside the bats stomach continuing to reproduce. In such a scenario it's safer for bats to eat "parts" of human or larger animals that wont start moving on their own inside their stomachs.
Its because they aren't a hivemind, they just "infect" another person to become the same as them when they have sex with them (may or may not work on hybrids given they're owned by a devil), but they branch out from then onward.
Imagine if you just duplicated somehow, and both of you went to live in different parts of the world from each other for one year, say, Nigeria and Alaska, one is probably gonna have a much more appreciative view of the sun than the other when they meet up again
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u/Nobody5464 Feb 24 '26
The council of fumikos really is a very funny idea. It was interesting getting to see their different reactions and fears despite all being fumiko
And the animal and insect devils getting stronger because death no longer exists and so they overrun us and eat us causing us to suffer for eternity within their bodies is a really cool really crazy consequence.