At least in theory, they're still subject to the Pope's authority.
I'll be surprised if TM Pope is just an ordinary human.
Considering that the Cardinal in Dantes's Drama CD is a normal person, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pope is the same.
every secret society has a more secret hind-society within it. and so on ad infinitum. secrets within secrets.
it's the jesuits you have to watch out for
かん汗ぎゅう牛じゅう充とう棟
Expresses the exceeding size of one's library.
Books are extremely many, loaded on an oxcart the ox will sweat.
At home piled to the ridgepole of the house, from this meaning.
Read out as 「Ushi ni ase shi, munagi ni mitsu.」
Source: 柳宗元「其為書,處則充棟宇,出則汗牛馬。」— Tang Dynasty
Only 8 people are in the Burial Agency.
The Burial Agency is the absolute top tier of the Executors, who usually gained their superior power by methods that make the rest of the Church see them as freaks who they don't want anywhere close to them. On the examples we know, Merem and Ciel are vampires, the person who may or may not be Caren is completely deformed from her contact with devils, and Narbareck is such a bloodthirsty asshole that every single one of her subordinates wants to kill her. Basically, they're the monsters the Church is keeping as their best weapon instead of killing.
I always interpreted this line to mean the Pope would be leading the attack on Roa in person, so does in fact fight.
I always interpreted that line as the Pope being the Colonel Campbell to Ciel's Solid Snake. The dude who just sits in the submarine throughout the mission and takes all the credit at the end of the day.
"Here's a bangin lil' tune about takin' on The Man!"
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Yeah, but imagine if he pulls an Armstrong and shakes off his pope robes and he's as jacked as a old man in a Yakuza game.
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It’s like the difference between the hunters of the mage association and the enforcers. The mook army (hunters) and the special organization of 30/9 people total that are the big names.
in the case of the Burial Agency it’s just whoever who is strong out in so they can punch vampires that servants would be scared of.
Although I guess 2 out of the 30 enforcers we know have a trump card (Bazett) or skills (forte) on their level.
If Roast beef is any indication knight captains are pretty cool too. Maybe they fill in the special recommendation slot of the burial agency sometimes.
My interpretation is that she was just going to eliminate him every time he showed up, either eternally or until he eventually gave up reincarnating, no plans to end the cycle involved.
Well Roa sorta fades with each time so she was just planning to do it enough times until you can’t really say anymore Roa really exists I guess.
It's not like she had anything else to do with her time, being vampire terminator and all.
Binged All Of Gundam In 4 Years, 1 Week and All I Got Was This Stupid Mask
FF XIV: Walked to the End
Started Legend of the Galactic Heroes (14/07/23), pray for me.
The Jesuits used to be common villains in Japanese media, Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino in particular. IIRC, the accounts of Luis Frois are the only source we have for Oda Nobunaga calling himself the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a villainous Jesuit Servant eventually, but I doubt he’d be as villainous when summoned