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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Huh? But Geryon specifically said that he wouldn't erase Minato's memories, rather exploiting that memory of despair to break his will to resist. Anyway, I think it kind of explains Minato's betrayal. If anybody's going to attack his students, he believes it may as well be him, since he can exercise the restraint to ensure they survive. We can see this when Dread protects them from the Malgam. It's pathetic and halfhearted, but at least confirms that Minato is a good person deep down.

Haha, thanks for pointing it out. What a hilariously fatal typo! How could I miss typing the word "didn't"? Glion even explicitly said that he wouldn't Neuralyze Minato. Pardon my brain for running slower than my fingers from time to time, haha.

This reveal about Minato and Glion created several potential plot holes though, such as:
- If Glion didn't Neuralyze Minato, then why didn't Minato do anything when Glion was missing due to being incapacitated after his last duel with Fuga a decade ago? For example, why didn't he try to tell the truth to the AU top brasses? Or, if necessary, why didn't he at least attempt to manipulate the memories of AU's top brasses, now that he's able to do similar mind manipulation trick?
- Similarly, why didn't the AU's top brasses suspect Glion's missing for a decade? How could he (who was deemed as the hero) go missing at the same time with Fuga (who was deemed as the culprit) without being suspected by anyone in the organization? Why hasn't anybody in the AU suspected that Glion and Fuga could've been accomplices? A prominent member of a community can't just disappear without a trace without anyone noticing and becoming suspicious of. If Glion's schemes were only revealed in recent episodes, then in episode 1 Glion was still deemed as the hero by the AU and the whole organization. Gosh, the top brasses' decisions and actions are getting more and more irrational, illogical, and nonsensical. Not to mention how easily they were at being fooled by Glion. It's a sure sign of plot convenience. A very convenient one.
- Fuga is also another victim of idiot plot. Why didn't he at least make an attempt to return to the real world to defend himself in front of the whole AU after he defeated Glion? Didn't he know that he defeated Glion in their last duel? Was he so absorbed in his development of Gotchardriver in the Ouroboros world that he forgot to keep in touch with the real world? Fuga is like a soldier who is still hiding in the jungle for a mission, and completely oblivious of the real world and the fact that the war had ended and his country has been victorious since 10 years ago.

These idiot plots are symptoms of plot conveniences, aka manipulation by the writers. The memory wipe/manipulation trick is the tool used by the writers of this show to conveniently move the story according to their need. Sigh. I'm afraid Gotchard has landed on the land of mediocrity.