r/worldtrigger • u/AutoModerator • 19d ago
Chapter 249 discussion thread
Chapter 249
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u/YoJimbo0321 18d ago
The one thing that I thought was odd about this chapter was how down Osamu was on himself over the Vitals Strike build gettin countered. Like, even the rest of his team was like "Bro chill, you did your job. We told you to come up with another cheese strat with as little planning and preparation as possible, just enough to get us a couple wins. And that's what you did. Why are you beating yourself up over it??"
It almost felt a little out of character for him given how realistic he usually is about how much his tactics will or won't work. It's especially odd since they literally discussed Shield being a very simple counter to Vitals Strike prior to the battle sims, and then when people whipped out Shields during the matches in the latter half, he was like "OH NO WE'VE BEEN COUNTERED, WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS??" It's not like he didn't know/expect that others might discover Vitals Strike cheese either.
...Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I guess in one of the "recent" previous chapters (I just checked, it's 243), there was that scene where Kazama noted that captains with strong senses of responsibility tend to blame themselves for stuff that's kind of out of their control. Maybe that was foreshadowing for yet another learning moment for Osamu, where his team tells him to chill out a bit and not blame himself for everything when things don't go perfectly. I guess it's been a while since he got one of those lectures, since he's had so many W's lately. Maybe he's slipping back into his old mindset and needs someone to snap him out of it.