In the novel at least Lumielle's past was properly told only when she was talking to Anis about it. Chapter 8 to be exact if you wanna try reading it.

“My father wished for the happiness of the people. He wanted to free them from suffering. To that end, he dedicated his soul and became a king who was one with the spirits.” Lumielle paused there, glancing down at her feet to conceal her grief. “Through that covenant, my father drew on the power of the spirits to create magic. In order to increase the number of people capable of wielding magic, the covenant expanded to encompass more individuals. Everyone did their very best to alleviate the hardships endured by their brothers and sisters. Such was the beginning of the royal and noble lineages.”

“You must be able to imagine how I felt as I watched my beloved people succumb to ever greater greed, as my king invaded other countries, annihilating them without so much as raising an eyebrow, never suspecting that he wasn’t acting to secure his people’s happiness. I didn’t question it at first, but that’s what a spirit covenant is. They create monsters blind to everything but the wish that they sought to fulfill.”

“So I destroyed him! My own father! Because I had become convinced that what he was doing was wrong!”

I cut out a lot but that's a fairly good summary.

And with that I'll conclude my explanation because I don't want to open up that book ever again

last edited at Mar 29, 2023 5:08PM

DY4Y posted:

1. Lumielle is the 1st king's daughter. The first king was the first covenator but the wish he made to enter said covenant lead to him becoming a monster or whatever (it's been over 3 months since I read it so don't remember it exactly). Lumielle entered her covenant to stop her father iirc

I see. Tbh I did kinda zone out when she was explaining her backstory and didn't really rewatch it again. I did go to check stuff again right now, so for now what was said in anime about how contract works:

Lumielle: Do you know what does it mean being spirit contractor in this country?
Euphie: By fulfilling a contract with a great spirit of immense power, you represent the authority of the royal family.
Lumielle: That is the legend of the first monarch who founded the Kingdom of Palettia. The one who succeeds in making a contract with a spirit can even start a new royal family. That's right. Even overcoming the legitimate heir to the throne to become a new monarch.

I assume that's the same concept as how monarchies have worked irl as well. A dude claims the monarch has lost their mandate from heaven and then overthrows their dynasty and replaces it with their own. In this case the spirit covenant is the mandate from heaven so technically any covenator could establish a new dynasty if they get enough support from the rest of the nobility (and populace).
Regardless, Euphie still did get adopted. Quoting from the epilogue of the 3rd volume: "After our presentation, the palace had issued a formal announcement that Euphie had become a spirit covenantor and would also be adopted into the royal family. Her name had changed from Euphyllia Magenta to Euphyllia Fez Palettia, and she was now officially a princess."

DY4Y posted:

1. Euphie is allowed to become the queen because she was adopted by the Royal family, not because she entered a covenant. The reason she needed the spirit covenant is because it legitimatises her adoption. Without it the rest of the nobility would fight about her becoming the heir far more but the covenant puts her above normal nobility because of the significance that those have in their culture due to the 1st king being a covenator.
2. The reason the 1st covenator isn't ruling anymore is because he's dead. He was killed by Lumielle

1. Adoption is never once brought up. The contract was brought up specifically as something that allows Euphie become a queen and at best improves her chances to convince nobility to accept Anis's version of magic, because spirits.
2. Isn't Lumielle the first contractor which is the reason why she's immortal rn and part of Palettia's family (which I was assuming is the reason why being spirit contractor has any ruling claim in the kingdom)?

1. Well, adoption was very much brought up in the novels. Euphie got adopted after the magic show she and Anis put on so she's actually Anis's little sister in the epilogue where they kiss again.
2. Lumielle is the 1st king's daughter. The first king was the first covenator but the wish he made to enter said covenant lead to him becoming a monster or whatever (it's been over 3 months since I read it so don't remember it exactly). Lumielle entered her covenant to stop her father iirc

^I don't like it at all either but I think you missed a couple things. That or the anime did a terrible job explaining it.

1. Euphie is allowed to become the queen because she was adopted by the Royal family, not because she entered a covenant. The reason she needed the spirit covenant is because it legitimatises her adoption. Without it the rest of the nobility would fight about her becoming the heir far more but the covenant puts her above normal nobility because of the significance that those have in their culture due to the 1st king being a covenator.
2. The reason the 1st covenator isn't ruling anymore is because he's dead. He was killed by Lumielle

You mean Kikuri's band's drummer, right? Because Nijika is like the 2nd gayest character after Kita

Penny's gonna come back again and kiss Ruby then die again

Cute (3)

Cute (11)

Vexations of a Shut-in Vampire Princess new trailer released. Set to air October 2023 https://twitter.com/komarin_pr/status/1636668700509216773?s=46&t=am84hT2clon9vvyt4k_SAg

Oh yay, they nailed the casting.

Oh yay, the anime finally got to the part that made me decide to not watch it and even has me debating whether or not to drop the series entirely

last edited at Mar 15, 2023 1:23PM

Still my favourite ship in the series and still incredibly underrated. IF's crush is so cute

Well, this and BoBocchi

That can't be it. Where's the rest of it?

Hope she shares with the guests. Would be rude to hoard it all for herself

I don't know why but this felt kinda out of character compared to the first one. Something about their reactions to each other feels off.
Also not as hot as the first one imo. This one gave me much more of the feeling of "I'll give one of them a dick because otherwise I don't know how to depict them having sex" kind of porn while the first one feels more like "one of them just has a dick" kind of porn.

It's not even about "having one" but in general the previous one had a more natural escalation and a bit of a reason for things to get heated. Here it just happens.
I don't think it's bad, but I do think it's inferior.

Well, for me both have perfectly understandable reasons for why things got heated. In the first one Takina got a love hotel bed which lead to sex, here Chisato got a sexy outfit which lead to sex. Honestly this one feels more natural than the last one.
It's just that the way Takina having a dick is handled in both feels different to me. I can't exactly explain it but here her dick feels like it's there for porn reasons while in the other it felt more... intimate I guess? Like it's something she just has. In that it felt more like Chisato and Takina-with-a-dick were making love while here it feels like Takina has a dick just so that the author can draw Chisato getting fucked if that makes sense? Even though there's still a bunch of great Takina expressions and the hugs were wonderful the framing of the sex still feels off to me

I still like it but definitely not a fave, either ChisaTaki or futanari wise

last edited at Mar 10, 2023 10:58PM

Dunno what it is about these two but they're definitely the best pair

I don't know why but this felt kinda out of character compared to the first one. Something about their reactions to each other feels off.
Also not as hot as the first one imo. This one gave me much more of the feeling of "I'll give one of them a dick because otherwise I don't know how to depict them having sex" kind of porn while the first one feels more like "one of them just has a dick" kind of porn.

Can you give a description? I don't tweeter

NijiKita and suits. Name a more iconic duo

I'm more of a NijiKita person myself but Dutch

I already shipped them quite a bit thanks to the novels but season 2 is really making me ship Maple x Mii a lot. They are so fucking cute I love them.
Sadly now it goes on hiatus for two weeks. I'm only down to 2 shows out of the 5 I started this season with (one I dropped and 2 are on hiatus)

last edited at Feb 15, 2023 4:58PM

But the game doesn't give her enough abs. She should look more like Rinkah from Fates.
Though, personal opinion, characters with a lot of muscles should also have fat around those muscles. Looks a lot hotter imo. So I'd want her to have a thicker mid section and overall a bigger body

Bocchi is cute, Ryo is cool, and Nijika is... charming?

At least fan artists give Etie proper muscles unlike the game.
Also Etie best girl

God dammit, this trope of “walking in at the exact wrong moment” is bullshit. Does Japan just have the worst doors in that you can’t look thru them before you enter?

I think that's most doors