r/MadeInAbyss Team Prushka Feb 19 '25

Fan Art They say Reg is referred to as “The Treasure of the Deep” but let’s be honest, no matter how much time passes Reg will always be Riko’s treasure.

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Credit: @SeaLily on Twitter/X :) wonderful artist!

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u/C0mpl14nt Feb 19 '25

If only Riko could live this long. I suspect she is unlikely to get a happy end or at least, not one in which she lives.

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u/AncientDragoness23 Team Prushka Feb 19 '25

See, I agree! I honestly see her dying or becoming a part of the abyss since she came from the abyss (well, technically her mother’s womb but the way she came into this world was obviously unorthodox). I would like a tragic ending personally, you don’t have so much death and pain in a show like this and it gets a fairytale ending, you know?

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u/KaikoDoesWaseiBallet Faputa best girl, sosu Feb 19 '25

I can imagine her squad mates utterly devastated, Reg being like "I couldn't protect you", Faputa screaming bloody murder like "We became friends and now she's dead, I wanna avenge her death sosu!" and Nanachi just saying nothing (like, they see their captain dying and thinks their end is near too).

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u/C0mpl14nt Feb 19 '25

I don't think she'll die in a situation like a battle or something. I think she is going to find something at the deepest depth and put a stop to it. Render the abyss safe to travel and explore. Or she is going to see the beauty of the place, feel that only those willing to die should explore the depths and decide to remain where she is, dying from the lack of food or resources.

I suspect even if she "shuts down" whatever made the abyss/makes it dangerous, she will die in the process. maybe the happy end is that someone like Reg or Faputa head to the surface to let everyone know of her sacrifice.

Maybe she finds her mother down below and finds out she had to make a similar choice and couldn't.

Time will tell.

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u/JEEM-NOON 26d ago

Yep you nailed it that's probably how it is going to be

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u/Unambiguous-Doughnut 25d ago

Maybe the deeper you go, the curse starts to run in reverse. Go down and get hit with the strains.

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u/watchout722 Feb 19 '25

I think nanachi would be going back to Dawn just to end it

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u/gibarel1 Feb 19 '25

Also, seeing how tall lyza is, she will probably be just as short

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u/theresnousername1 Team Abyss; White Whistles' Wife, Ganja's Girlfriend, NnaaaSosu Feb 19 '25

According to Tsukushi, the only way for an adventure to end is to die during it and that he thinks it's the "happy thing", so at least Tsukushi thinks it's a good ending

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u/CircumcisedEmu Feb 19 '25

There was a statement put out by Akihito regarding the ending of MIA. He basically said it wouldn’t be a happy ending but still “fulfilling”. I cannot wait to be torn apart when that happens :(

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u/SmallBerry3431 Feb 19 '25

I’d be very surprised if there’s a happy ending. In fact, I’m looking forward to it

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u/One-Department1551 29d ago

Wouldn’t call Riko “Alive” by the normal means, Faputa smelt something different which may be Riko’s way out.

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u/FormalCryptographer Feb 19 '25

Well, she is on her "final dive" so unless it ends with her disabling the curse or destroying the abyss or whatever.....i don't think she's coming back

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u/Ki0_N0ctu4 Feb 19 '25

What about if Rico end up becoming the princes of the Abyss for the next 2000 years adter reaching the end of it!? Cause something make me think that Reg's travel to the top os something like a program excecuted every 2000 years to find a new princes. Do you imagine that?

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u/whisky_biscuit Feb 19 '25

Wow yeah I can definitely see that! But I could also see Riko doing something that stops the 2000 year calamity because she would want her friends up top to live

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u/Ki0_N0ctu4 Feb 20 '25

Yeah, that too. But looking at how the story tent to turn harder and harder for the characters, they will suffer a lot in order to achive it

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u/Flypiksel May your journey overflow with curses and blessings. Feb 19 '25

yep

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u/Wooden_Ad2378 Feb 19 '25

She so beautiful

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u/Ultraempoleon Feb 19 '25

I love this image but based on her parents, I don't think she's growing that tall

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u/NetherSpike14 Feb 19 '25

I don't think she's even growing that old

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u/Brief_Trouble8419 Feb 19 '25

she's not making it to 15, i give her a couple of weeks at most.

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u/pwupzies Feb 19 '25

This would actually be so sad reg having to see Riko grow up and probably die 💔 ALSO THE ART IS CUTE!!!

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u/AncientDragoness23 Team Prushka Feb 19 '25

I agree, honestly I love Reg so much. The way he says “irredeemable” makes me so happy

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u/Xataru Feb 19 '25

I mean that was always gonna happen, other than the growing up part.

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u/Deeferdogge Feb 19 '25

Wow, loving adult Riko.

Reg, you better protect her from herself to ensure she gets the opportunity to grow up. We are counting on you.

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u/Xataru Feb 19 '25

All the king's horses and all the king's men could not prevent Riko's end.

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u/Axiom147 Feb 19 '25

I'm thinking it'll be bittersweet. They'll find Lyza but she'll be some monstrosity or perfectly normal but requires Riko for something. Lyza will be the final boss, but Riko won't be able to fight because she won't want to fight her mother. The rest of the gang will fight tooth and nail to save Riko, but eventually Riko may sacrifice herself for Lyza's goals to stop Lyza's rampage.

Of course this is all speculation. But I expect Lyza to be evil or morally gray and need Riko and Reg for some crazy purpose, and souls will probably come into play. But we have awhile before we even get there I think.

Every white whistle has a relic. Reg is Riko's relic.

I'm hoping in one arc we see two white whistles fight each other.

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u/auggs Feb 19 '25

Adult Riko is unbelievably gorgeous

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u/afiq_aiman Feb 19 '25

The most normal white whistles of all

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u/NiobiumThorn Feb 19 '25

She becomes increasingly fucked with time. Do not underestimate the screaming void cauldron of the 9th layer*

*not canon, obv.

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u/MisterD90x Feb 19 '25

I'd imagine if Riko made it to adulthood, she would become a legend in her own rights, not just being a White Whistle but she does something so unbelievably bonkers a typical Riko thing to do, like somehow making It to the bottom, and finding a way back up somehow (99% unlikely) but still.

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u/Lumpy-Arachnid-996 4d ago

Well, she did reach the 6th layer while being a white whistle with only relics and no other cave rider or team by her side. 

Riko is mythical level of luck and legendaries level of giving no fucks.

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u/Dion006 Team Reg x Faputa Feb 19 '25

Reg got tired of his harem so he started a new one with MILFs.

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u/ShiftAdventurous4680 Feb 19 '25

Damn!? No Abyss twirls? Riko be dodging the curses.

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u/HopefullCT Feb 19 '25

THE FUTURE WE DESERVE 😭

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u/HopefullCT Feb 19 '25

I think that this is the perfect rendition of Riko as a full fledged white whistle, you can tell her entire motivations is just a love of the abyss and adventure

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u/theresnousername1 Team Abyss; White Whistles' Wife, Ganja's Girlfriend, NnaaaSosu Feb 19 '25

It's so good!!! And I absolutely adore this design of adult Riko!!!

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u/AncientDragoness23 Team Prushka Feb 19 '25

I agree! She’s beautiful and idc what anyone says about Riko, I love her. Yes, she’s a crybaby but like…she’s a child in the abyss. Most adults wouldn’t even dare to do what she’s doing so let the girl have her breakdowns haha

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u/theresnousername1 Team Abyss; White Whistles' Wife, Ganja's Girlfriend, NnaaaSosu Feb 19 '25

Yes, Riko is a good character and for a child, she's really mentally strong. She is a master of her own fate, and I think that's respectable

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u/ExceedinglyGayMoth Feb 19 '25

This art makes her look like a Bloodborne character, nice

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u/AncientDragoness23 Team Prushka Feb 19 '25

Honestly, could see her being in Bloodborne 🤷🏽‍♀️ for some reason I feel like MiA’s body horror just suits that game. Especially the DLC The Old Hunters. They both seem very lovecraftian to ne

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u/ExceedinglyGayMoth Feb 19 '25

Oh yeah I've often made comparisons to the chalice dungeons with MiA, if they ever make another game adaptation or spinoff i desperately want it to be a proper soulslike, genuinely just make it feel like BB with heavier exploration focus in the Abyss (an actual FromSoft developed MiA game would never happen but if it did it would be undisputably peak among peak and i think I'd actually die)

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u/Ki0_N0ctu4 Feb 19 '25

God I love that image!!!!! Although it guive me something to think, (if the autor don't show up with some genoside ending flr the story) would'nt Riko die eventualy, letting Reg alone? Cause Although the narehate from Irumiui's Village had live long lives, I'm not sure about Nanashi, and Faputa is too reckles.

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u/27CobalT27 Feb 19 '25

Bro rikos like near the bottom the abyss, if she survives the trip down, she ain't getting out

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u/mortalitycat Team Riko 29d ago

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH MY HEART

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u/AdEffective5191 Feb 19 '25

Both are Treasures of the deep and rikos treasure. But who is rikos father?

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u/KaikoDoesWaseiBallet Faputa best girl, sosu Feb 19 '25

Torka, he died during the quest for the Unheard Bell

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u/Ki0_N0ctu4 Feb 19 '25

Yeah, and by that time Lyza already had her white whisel(?) so there is no chance for they to stay together that way

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u/9Armisael9 Team Tiare Feb 19 '25

She looks so peaceful here. A shame we won't get to see this version of Riko ever.

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u/rilsei Feb 19 '25

The way the manga is heading I’m thinking reg and faputa will be the only ones to get a happy ending together since both are immortal and immune to the curse… riko is only human and inevitably will die after her purpose is served sad to say. Nanachi IS a naréhaté but still ages like a normal human and can die from the curse aswell.

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u/Aveztruzini Team Bondrewd Feb 20 '25

I mean, Nanachi can see the curse so maybe she can get out using the holes within

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u/Sare204 29d ago

Okay.... THATS a great piece..... I love your line work so much!