[FGO JP Main Chapter] Lostbelt 7: Nahui Mictlan ~ The One Who Rules the Planet

[TresserT]

Actually, it makes a certain amount of sense. The Planet has been antithetical to humanity, making them conform to laws that U-Olga finds mind boggling (dying from taking physical damage? Whose bright idea is that?!?). What if Marisbury somehow figured out how to kill Gaia while keeping Alaya intact? That would be a New Age in which Humanity becomes the soul of the Planet. What better way to preserve the Human Order than to make it reign supreme and dictate the rules?

I could see it if Daybit's goal was destroy the will of the planet, but the CG just straight up shows the destruction of half of Earth. It could be a case of the CG just being false as Daybit didn't really say anything directly proving it, but that would be an even cheaper fakeout than the Chaldea crew death CG imo.

I guess Daybit did say we'd need a space suit at some point. Destroying the world but keeping humanity alive and shoving them into space would be pretty wild. But then why would Daybit call himself an enemy of Humanity?

[OnesFleetingGlory]

So he wants the destroy the world. And how are they the Lostbelt King? If that's the case, shouldn't she be the one who's in charge of everything, not Tezcatlipoca?

It's often shown that a third party have their own agenda over the Lostbelt, regardless who the King is, and so their actions are more apparent than its King unless they act themself to deal with them. In this case, Kukulkan's approach is more discreet by infiltrating the Ocelomeh and bidding her time to strike them down.

[pinetree]

Most likely given how the story says several times that we are under the Amazon rainforest. Didn't the same happen on Camelot where the light dot was on top of Egypt while the story said the coordinates were those of Jerusalem city?

Oh they did, I didn't notice that one.

[Petrikow]

I think it's been fairly established that Gyakkou is sung from Olga's perspective since like, several years back, but... the lyrics make so much more sense now that we see what's going on with the Priestess and Olga in this chapter (and it's part of the reason why I'm convinced the Priestess is Olga).

So here's a translation, because why not...



憂鬱だった　いつも目覚めると同じ天井があって
現実だって思い知らされる　ここには出口がない
I was so melancholic; whenever I woke up, the same ceiling would be there.
'This is reality' it would remind me. There is no way out from here.

どうやって終わらせるの　完成も崩壊も永遠におとずれない物語
もう運命が決まってるなら
選べなかった未来は想像しないと誓ったはずなのに
How do I put an end to this story in which neither destruction nor completion will ever come?
Since my destiny is set in stone,
I had vowed to never imagine the future I couldn't choose, and yet...

まどろみの淵で私は優しい夢を見る　幻と知りながら
あなたに駆け寄って　もうすぐ指がふれる
そして微笑みながら目覚めるの
On the verge of slumber, I have a gentle dream, and though I know it's an illusion,
I run up to you, and right as our fingers are about to touch,
I wake up, a smile lingering on my lips.

本当に欲しいものがわからない　こんなに飢えているのに
じっとしてたら過去にとらわれる　どうしても行くしかない
I actually don't know what I want, even though I'm so famished.
If I stay still, I'll become trapped in the past, so I have no choice but to go forward.

人は生まれながら誰もが平等って　簡単に言えるほど無邪気じゃない
痛むのは一瞬だけ　すぐに慣れてしまうわ
そう割り切れたほうがずっとラクだった
'People are all born equal' is not something I am innocent enough to say so lightly.
'The pain will only be for a moment; you'll soon get used to it'
It's far easier when you are told straight up like that.

絶望のほとり　懐かしい人の名を叫ぶ　それは遠雷のように
まだ闘ってると　嵐の向こう側にいると　あなただけに届けばいい
At the brink of despair, I shout the name of the person I miss, and like distant thunder,
I hope it reaches you and only you, who are still fighting on the other side of the storms.

沈黙を破り　障壁を越えて　眩しすぎる向こう側へ　走れ
雨の洗礼と　ぬかるんだ道　逆光浴びて　泥だらけになれ
私はここにいる
Break the silence; cross over the barrier, towards the all-too-bright other side, run!
Through the cleansing rain and the muddied road, with the light to your back*name of the song: Gyakkou (backlighting)*, and the mud all over you!
Here I am.

あなたに駆け寄って　もうすぐ指が触れる　そして選びたかった未来を
絶望のほとり　懐かしい人の名を叫ぶ　それは遠雷のように
まだ闘ってると　嵐の向こう側にいると　あなただけに届けばいい
I run up to you, and right as our fingers are about to touch, there is the future I wanted to choose.
At the brink of despair, I shout the name of the person I miss, and like distant thunder,
I hope it reaches you and only you, who are still fighting on the other side of the storms.

[InsertNameHere]

I think it's been fairly established that Gyakkou is sung from Olga's perspective since like, several years back, but... the lyrics make so much more sense now that we see what's going on with the Priestess and Olga in this chapter (and it's part of the reason why I'm convinced the Priestess is Olga).

So here's a translation, because why not...



憂鬱だった　いつも目覚めると同じ天井があって
現実だって思い知らされる　ここには出口がない
I was so melancholic; whenever I woke up, there would be the same ceiling.
'This is reality' it would remind me. There is no way out from here.

どうやって終わらせるの　完成も崩壊も永遠におとずれない物語
もう運命が決まってるなら
選べなかった未来は想像しないと誓ったはずなのに
How do I put an end to this story in which neither destruction nor completion will ever come?
Since my destiny is set in stone,
I had vowed to never imagine the future I couldn't choose, and yet...

まどろみの淵で私は優しい夢を見る　幻と知りながら
あなたに駆け寄って　もうすぐ指がふれる
そして微笑みながら目覚めるの
On the verge of slumber, I have a gentle dream, and though I know it's an illusion,
I run up to you, and right as our fingers are about to touch,
I wake up, a smile lingering on my lips.

本当に欲しいものがわからない　こんなに飢えているのに
じっとしてたら過去にとらわれる　どうしても行くしかない
I actually don't know what I want, even though I'm so famished.
If I stay still, I'll become trapped in the past, so I have no choice but to go forward.

人は生まれながら誰もが平等って　簡単に言えるほど無邪気じゃない
痛むのは一瞬だけ　すぐに慣れてしまうわ
そう割り切れたほうがずっとラクだった
'People are all born equal' is not something I am innocent enough to say so lightly.
'The pain will only be for a moment; you'll soon get used to it'
It's far easier when you are told straight up like that.

絶望のほとり　懐かしい人の名を叫ぶ　それは遠雷のように
まだ闘ってると　嵐の向こう側にいると　あなただけに届けばいい
At the brink of despair, I shout the name of the person I miss, and like distant thunder,
I hope it reaches you and only you, who are still fighting on the other side of the storms.

沈黙を破り　障壁を越えて　眩しすぎる向こう側へ　走れ
雨の洗礼と　ぬかるんだ道　逆光浴びて　泥だらけになれ
私はここにいる
I break the silence, cross over the barriers, towards the all too bright other side, running.
And though upon a cleansing rain, a muddied road, with the light to my back*name of the song: Gyakkou (backlighting)*, and the mud all over me, I am still here.

あなたに駆け寄って　もうすぐ指が触れる　そして選びたかった未来を
絶望のほとり　懐かしい人の名を叫ぶ　それは遠雷のように
まだ闘ってると　嵐の向こう側にいると　あなただけに届けばいい
I run up to you, and right as our fingers are about to touch, there is the future that wasn't chosen.
At the brink of despair, I shout the name of the person I miss, and like distant thunder,
I hope it reaches you and only you, who are still fighting on the other side of the storms.




Reading it from that perspective, I genuinely almost cry.

What do you mean by the Priestess? She's just been watching silently as always.

[Petrikow]

What do you mean by the Priestess? She's just been watching silently as always.

Oh, c'mon.

She only shows up to watch scenes where (you), Mash and U-Olga get along. This is the future that wasn't chosen.

[InsertNameHere]

Oh, c'mon.

She only shows up to watch scenes where (you), Mash and U-Olga get along. This is the future that wasn't chosen.

Wasn't chosen? That's absurd. She never had a choice to begin with. And if the Priestess isn't Olga, then what does that make U-Olga?

[Petrikow]

Wasn't chosen? That's absurd. She never had a choice to begin with.

Who can say? (tbf, that part of the lyrics could be both 'the future that wasn't chosen' and 'the future I didn't choose', so perhaps the former is more accurate, not sure until we see what actually goes on)

[InsertNameHere]

Who can say?

All of the evidence we had thus far? Or do you suggest she could have magically foreseen that Lev's bomb was planted beneath her feet? Or that if Guda and Mash had pulled her away from. CHALDEAS her soul wouldn't have disintegrated anyway?

[Petrikow]

All of the evidence we had thus far? Or do you suggest she could have magically foreseen that Lev's bomb was planted beneath her feet?

Holy shit, please get a grip. There is more to Olga than that.

[InsertNameHere]

Holy shit, please get a grip. There is more to Olga than that.

I'm just saying, how else could she have chosen a different future? In her specific situation, events could not have turned out any other way.

[Petrikow]

I'm just saying, how else could she have chosen a different future?

Well, many possibilities, but the biggest one in my mind is not trusting her father to turn her into an observer for CHALDEAS. Also, see the rest of my post about 選びなかった未来を

[OnesFleetingGlory]

Wasn't chosen? That's absurd. She never had a choice to begin with. And if the Priestess isn't Olga, then what does that make U-Olga?

But Petri said they think Priestess is Olga though?

[InsertNameHere]

But Petri said they think Priestess is Olga though?

That was a typo. I meant to say that if she is Olga, then who's U-Olga?

[Petrikow]

That was a typo. I meant to say that if she is Olga, then who's U-Olga?

They've repeatedly been called out as being essentially the same being (by Kirschtaria, Koyan and Pepe). The fact that both are Olga is actually a point in favor for this theory. You could read my 25k word long theory about it, I suppose. Otherwise you'll just have to take my word for it.

[InsertNameHere]

Well, many possibilities, but the biggest one in my mind is not trusting her father to turn her into an observer for CHALDEAS. Also, see the rest of my post about 選びなかった未来を

That type of thing would require literal omniscience for her to choose differently, especially since she was a young girl with no reason to distrust her beloved father. Honestly, we don't even know if she could have even chosen to defy him: for all we know she was literally born as an observer or whatever, or would have been forced into it if she refused.

[Petrikow]

I feel like the evidence for Priestess = Olga now is so overwhelming, I'm not even sure it's possible to be wrong, tbh.

Actually, that's probably a bit too cocky, lol. But it's very convincing!!

[OnesFleetingGlory]

That was a typo. I meant to say that if she is Olga, then who's U-Olga?

Running theory is that they're both Olga, and they're part of her that are separated. The popular belief is that Priestess is Olga's soul who was ejected out of her body, who is now U-Olga.

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Koyan even refer to Priestess as U-chan at some point. We'll see if there will be follow-up to that.

[Petrikow]

Koyan even refer to Priestess as U-chan at some point. We'll see if there will be follow-up to that.

Pepe is the one who refers to her as that, actually. (Near the end of LB4)

Sorry, bad habit of correcting things when I see them...

[OnesFleetingGlory]

That type of thing would require literal omniscience for her to choose differently, especially since she was a young girl with no reason to distrust her beloved father. Honestly, we don't even know if she could have even chosen to defy him: for all we know she was literally born as an observer or whatever, or would have been forced into it if she refused.

Yes, if Olga was just an ordinary young girl. I'm hoping once she ever be more independent, she might be able to do something about it somehow (within her 'power').

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Pepe is the one who refers to her as that, actually. (Near the end of LB4)

Sorry, bad habit of correcting things when I see them...

Ah right. Thanks for the correction though, otherwise I would keep expecting something between them.