Dungeon ni deai wo motomeru no wa machigatteiru darou ka iv episode-11 Review
Ryu Surpasses Herself And Bell Surpasses Her
Ryu fighting the Juggernaut after Bell's injury show just how scared she is of losing people, her fear of losing Bell and even Bors is greater than her fear of death. When Ryu thought she was done for she was glad to die. She's been living with the guilt of surviving all this time.
I think the reason she froze the last episode is because of the fear of having to relive losing her comrades again not fear of dying at the hands of the Juggernaut. I believe that's why she is fighting so hard to protect others in a battle she knows she cannot win.
Another way I see it is that as Aisha pointed out earlier in season 4 Bell's not just pulling people along he's growing stronger with them pulling out the best in them. After seeing Bell take on the Juggernaut Ryu grows beyond her fear.
Ryu's adaptability may have been helped by watching Bell take on the Juggernaut. Against the Lambton, she was able to quickly figure out its movement patterns based on Jura's commands. An adventurer as astute as Ryu could gain the ability to read the Juggernaut after watching it battle just once.
Ryu said the Juggernaut is too strong which I found symbolic and shows just how far Bell has gone. Ryu was the one who explained to Bell that the way to level up was by impressing the gods by defeating a stronger opponent with a team or tactics or something. After Ryu's main weapon is destroyed she switches to close combat knives even with all her swords. She planned on beating the Juggernaut at close range.
Bell did exactly what Ryu thought could not be done he fought the Juggernaut by getting in close with head on tactics.
Can The Juggernaut Be Defeated OR Not
Bell's fight with the Juggernaut had me frozen in my chair I acted like the Loki Familia watching him take on the minotaur. During the fight, the Juggernaut screamed in pain and even backed off when it got hurt but it does not have a magic stone plus it acted scared of Bell's Argo Vesta.
Bell believes the reason it survived his epic Argo Vesta is that he did not charge it long enough. I am half and half because the Juggernaut has shown survival behaviour but by the definition of its name, it cannot be stopped. After the Bell and Ryu were swallowed the Juggernaut followed them, the strongest adventurers in the vicinity.
The only way to stop something that cannot be stopped is with a stoppage mechanism built. Ouranos kept it secret to avoid panic, imagine it reaching the surface. What if it cannot go too far from where it was summoned maybe Ryu and Bell will have to go deeper into the dungeon than they already have.
Because the Juggernaut is a spawn from the dungeon taking too much damage maybe as the dungeon heals the dungeon sees no need for the Juggernaut and it fades into dust.
Ouranos said in response to the Juggernaut spawning that by the time they act it will be too late.
Does that mean it has a time limit?
There's no point acting because by the time they do the damage would have been done. If it were a constant threat they would have to have sent someone eventually.
Because the Juggernaut has displayed survival behaviour maybe like the dungeon it's built to take on a certain amount of damage and it can be defeated when that threshold has been reached.
What happened to the previous juggernaut?
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Argo Tempest And Questions
Because the Hestia knife is connected to Bell maybe it only works with his magic but what if he could use it with other magic?
I think that at some point bell will use Argo vesta with other magic it would be really cool if he used it with Ais's magic in a team up, Bete can do it.
Marie/Marie communicating with Bell, do mermaids have telepathy?
Final Thoughts
This season has shown the brutality of the dungeon like none before. Cassandra's prophecy is still looming even though parts of it have been dispelled. No doubt they are going to be glad they saved a Harihume level boost. I'm seriously wondering who will gain the most Excelia after all of this besides bell, the stuff adventurers have to go through to level up is no joke.
Jura's death came as no surprise he fell into the secret identity trope. The trope is simple if a character knows or finds out the secret identity of a hero and may use it against them they die. All the characters namely Bors who survive this will not use Ryu's identity as Gale Wind against her. The ending we got showed two cuts to the Lambton where Bell had probably slashed it from the inside and heavily injured Ryu and Bell. And we know the Juggernaut followed them. After this, if I was Bell, the Hestia Familia or any other adventurer involved I would probably never want to enter the dungeon again.
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The dungeon works like a reverse god I elaborate further in the review. Any Juggernaut strength estimates are welcome to see how close you estimates are to mine.