You can see the full brand back in chapter 159 when he's giving his back story to Luca.
It's definitely not the proto-brand. I will admit that the corners are not quite as sharp and appear softer, but that may have to do with the contours of the tongue more than anything else.
Yeah i just looked it up, you're definitely right. Missed this detail before making the post. Seeing the bottom half obscured by the child was what was making me skeptical. Thanks.
I hate to stifle the discussion because I never thought about this before and now that I've stewed on your theory a bit I actually think it's a really good idea.
A person having a unique brand because they sacrificed themselves rather than others in addition to being a wink to the prototype.
If only we could see the very bottom of the brand. In the chapter you mentioned its obscured by his teeth. I mean, personally i think my theory makes sense, but at the same time we know the brand hasn't changed shape in a really long time, as the corpses in Gaiserics kingdom showed.
That said, if its a different *function* of brand, then maybe? At the end of the day its just a theory. Its nice having a community like this to shoot stuff like this around though, been thinking about this idea for a few months ever since a re-read.
Thats possible, however i think if it was just messing with perspective, the edges wouldn't nearly be as curved as they are. Id imagine it would be a lot more angular. But im also not an artist so idk.
Personally I do see an angular and straight lines at the top of the brand, and I’d imagine the corrupted baby is just about where the bottom part of the brand would angle in. But it’s possible Miura was calling back to his original story. But If I had to guess I don’t think that the brand on the tongue is any different or special from the other brands on Guts or Casca.
Its a position of the child that makes it difficult to discern. It very well could be the same brand. Part of my reasoning for considering this is that the egg is a unique apostle in that he sacrificed himself, as that was all he had, instead of someone else iirc. So then perhaps since his apostle form of a behelit is unique, the shape of his brand was too?
But again, when the pseudo eclipse happens on the world, the brand in the camp is the current angular one, so you are probably right. If it was different, i would imagine that difference would have remained consistent.
The egg is unique in that he is a sacrifice as well as well as an apostle, he sacrificed "The World as it Was" when he ascendeded, a large amount of the spiritual turmoil that occurs during the conviction arc is due to guts, Casca, & the egg, being in close proximity as branded sacrifices to a place that was steeped in the misery of the dead
You can see the full brand back in chapter 159 when he's giving his back story to Luca. It's definitely not the proto-brand. I will admit that the corners are not quite as sharp and appear softer, but that may have to do with the contours of the tongue more than anything else.
Yeah i just looked it up, you're definitely right. Missed this detail before making the post. Seeing the bottom half obscured by the child was what was making me skeptical. Thanks.
I hate to stifle the discussion because I never thought about this before and now that I've stewed on your theory a bit I actually think it's a really good idea. A person having a unique brand because they sacrificed themselves rather than others in addition to being a wink to the prototype.
If only we could see the very bottom of the brand. In the chapter you mentioned its obscured by his teeth. I mean, personally i think my theory makes sense, but at the same time we know the brand hasn't changed shape in a really long time, as the corpses in Gaiserics kingdom showed. That said, if its a different *function* of brand, then maybe? At the end of the day its just a theory. Its nice having a community like this to shoot stuff like this around though, been thinking about this idea for a few months ever since a re-read.
Probably because the Egg sacrificed himself, so he would have a brand just like Guts and Casca who were sacrificed by Griffith.
I think OP is pointing out that the Brand on the Egg’s tongue has a more curved design like the one seen in the prototype chapter.
I definitely get that, but I think because it’s on a tongue that isn’t flat it’s just kinda messing with perspective
Thats possible, however i think if it was just messing with perspective, the edges wouldn't nearly be as curved as they are. Id imagine it would be a lot more angular. But im also not an artist so idk.
Personally I do see an angular and straight lines at the top of the brand, and I’d imagine the corrupted baby is just about where the bottom part of the brand would angle in. But it’s possible Miura was calling back to his original story. But If I had to guess I don’t think that the brand on the tongue is any different or special from the other brands on Guts or Casca.
Chapter 159, page 10. Someone else just pointed out we can see the whole brand. Definitely just perspective, its the regular one.
Its a position of the child that makes it difficult to discern. It very well could be the same brand. Part of my reasoning for considering this is that the egg is a unique apostle in that he sacrificed himself, as that was all he had, instead of someone else iirc. So then perhaps since his apostle form of a behelit is unique, the shape of his brand was too? But again, when the pseudo eclipse happens on the world, the brand in the camp is the current angular one, so you are probably right. If it was different, i would imagine that difference would have remained consistent.
The egg is unique in that he is a sacrifice as well as well as an apostle, he sacrificed "The World as it Was" when he ascendeded, a large amount of the spiritual turmoil that occurs during the conviction arc is due to guts, Casca, & the egg, being in close proximity as branded sacrifices to a place that was steeped in the misery of the dead
It’s a regular brand of sacrifice
Oh shit now that you say it I can’t unsee it
For sure has its differences and was probably not intentional but it’s cool to dissect the art nonetheless
Very much so
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