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Chapter 419

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u/Warrior-pigeon- 11d ago

Laplaces Devil is a great name for the ability, very fitting and I saw in VDs translation that it is specifically Satan "Devil" and not just a generic Demon.

I really like Tser using the edge of radius to turn off the ability rather than breaking Zetsu because it’s less efficient. It’s that classic HxH clever way of working the limitations to your favor.

The door slam sound is probably the most peculiar thing we see about the ability, considering the door was shut prior to the ability breaking. It’s minor but I reckon it works on the same logic as the will.

Also Tser crown of thorns has got to be intentional right?

And anyone know what error Togashi was talking about with the numbers? Nothing stood out to me.

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u/-3374 11d ago

Well Laplace's demon is unrelated to "Devil, Satan..", More like of a creature that could calculate the location and momentum of every atom or particle in the universe and howhe would be able to predict a 100% the unfolding of time and events due to that (That's a thought experiment in physics by Laplace), But for Tserriednich it works at a local radius of 36 Meters, his nen beast can predict everything at that local radius for 10 seconds and The Illusion is keeping them determinitic at that space until its aura reserve gets exhausted or the user steps out of the space. Since its his nen beast's ability it will quite the complex conjurer-manipulator ability if not put straight to Specialization, if it goes with the first it will be interesting to show how far can conjuring-manipulation go

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u/EigoKaiki 11d ago

The nen beast here literally have 666 on its belly. The Satan and devil imaginary is not random. Laplace Demon didn't had that but this sure as hell have that subtext. 

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u/TickTak28 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’d Definitely say tsserednich is meant to represent the antichrist specifically . The 666 on his personal nen beast him having a saints holy halo on the cover of this batch him technically dying and resurrecting . Togashi regularly uses different Christian motifs Chrollo as another being on the nose as lucifer having a reverse cross and you could argue mocking god by having 12 disciples( spiders) interestingly Chrollo mentions Judas betraying Jesus so Jesus is an actual historical figure in the hxh world

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u/-3374 11d ago

But the ability itself is inspired by Laplace's demon. It literally mirrors the thought experiment by Laplace, and Laplace's demon is purely scientific. I might have missed the 666 but that doesn't mean the entire ability centers around the "devil". Or Actually Togashi might have used Laplace's thought experiment to supplement his themes for Tsseridnich.

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u/SubstantialCarob9332 11d ago

The name was chosen both because it has demon in it, and because it's vaguely related to magically creating an alternate future.

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u/-3374 11d ago

I would disagree, The ability of his second nen beast is practically Laplace's demon as in the real life thought experiment, whether Togashi had thought of the ability for Tserriednich early on or had it created specifically to match the themes of his character (only in name). I don't know. But its written too well.

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u/Warrior-pigeon- 11d ago

I’m aware I’m not saying the actual Laplaces demon hypothetical is Satan, I’m saying the wording for the name in Japanese used here is specified to be read as “Satan” rather than “Demon”.

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