Chapter 249 is now available to read! As to be expected now, I'm moving on to the next fight. This time is it with Chiharu and Nereus, one of the more mysterious individuals from the group. They all have their elements of unknown and questions surrounding them, but I felt that Nereus is one of the harder ones to understand. He seems straight forward, but is actually not and that comes out in the way I describe him. He sounds arrogant, but you realize that he isn't actually. There is something else behind him that is making him act the way he does. And because of who he is, he's a great opponent for Chiharu who actually has a lot of insecurities.

The biggest thing that I keep a mystery is his power. I've given a lot of different looks and tastes of what his power is, but it's still very unclear. It is sort of the fun part about him is working through what his power is. It's all working under a single idea, which is what makes it so powerful and dangerous, because it is very versatile. He does a good job of hiding it as well. Like with many of the Titans, their powers and control exist on a completely different level from the rest of the MPs I've shown. They easily can hold their own against Yuki's friends. It is what makes them so dangerous.

Chiharu is going to be really fun for this fight because of the work I'm going to be doing with her. Part of the things happening won't get explained until later in the fight. But a lot of things are going bad for her right now for a very simple reason. It is a reason that I'm using that subverts the normal sort of trope in these situations. But the later chapters are going to be building of things here to finally get down to some of the important bits that make Chiharu turn. It's going to be a very character focused fight unlike some of the others, which is why it is sort of calmer than the other fights so far. There's not a lot of fighting because there is a specific issue wrong with Chiharu.

Enjoy!