Four Knights of the Apocalypse ch 168 is out and I would like to talk about it. This reaction will have spoilers. If you do not want to be spoiled then stop now and go check out the chapter over at comiXology or Kodansha to find out. AGAIN SPOILERS AHEAD.

No matter how cute or innocent he is remember Percival is the grim reaper. So for anyone who has missed a few chapter Percival and company are in a gladiator festival being held by Beltreipe. 1st round was a all out brawl to see who was left standing. The 2nd round has the survivors going through a tournament style bracket. The first match is Percival versus Gareth.

This chapter explains the unique thing about his special magic is conjuring or summoning his twin brother. His twin brother is a ghost. It is the one we saw Percival fighting toward the end of the first round.

Seeing them I cannot think it is a reflection of Percival and Diodora in a way. One meant to be used to help the other only to have them stuck in this odd relationship through there father. For Gareth this power is supposedly keeping him from leaving. Which is one reason I think this is meant to again reflect Iron side 2 sons.

The only thing here is while they can overwhelm Percival at the end of the day it doesn’t matter. Mainly because Percival is a life spirit and Gareth brother Dareth is a ghost. Meaning his fate is up to Percival and are horsemen of death says it is time for him to move on and it happens.

The way it happens brings us back to Percival when he meet with Tristan platoon and gave Chiron a real reason not mess with him. It was the first sign that this kid can be dangerous. Here we are reminded one thing. Percival is the grime reaper. As much as he can bring people back when they die too soon but if he thinks it is your time as a life spirit you will go.

Nakaba did this with Meliodas too. Yes he was happy go luck with silly/ perverted jokes about him but as series went on Nakaba made sure the reader understood this was a demon you are talking about. The fact Meliodas persona was meant to reflect this as the series went on was proof of this. What was a form he tapped into few a few seconds to win a fight. Later would come through showing him being more ruthless to his opponents even though the present day version didn’t want it. The way the chapter ends with Gareth looking over his brother and Percival teammates left in shock as to what he did as the horsemen of death take the win echos that feeling revealing this nature that this side of him exist as well.

The chapter is cool as it did bring back that feeling of Meliodas as we learn what this demonic nature was that changed when he met Elizabeth and the contrast. This shows Percival will be on the same journey all be it with much more complications. We saw the innocence and issue touched on part 1 this arc shows part 2 will have that but as I said more complicated Percival deals with this other side of him not being a curse but who he is A cool chapter indeed.

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