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Originally Posted by Mesnick

It is possible that Glion does not need copies of his soul in the bodies of Dread Troopers. I mean, these will be individual Glions, and not a sleeping consciousness in a golden cube. Given the nature of the original, he may well have feared a clone rebellion. The AI ​​will still be more obedient.

I think eliminating the risk of defection/rebellion is one of Glion's rationales for not using his homunculi as the users of the Dread Troopers. Lachesis has defected, and Clotho is starting to show signs of rebellion as well, so he doesn't fully trust his homunculi, except maybe Atropos. The only person he trusts is himself, thus he uses the copies of his mind/soul as the Dread Troopers. I already elaborated on this point in my first comment in this thread. The simplicity (and maybe even the banality) of his sole goal of turning the El Dorado myth into reality is what enables him and his copies to think monolithically. Moreover, he has already had Germain's body and powers, while his copies are only put inside Dreadrivers.

Even if his hypothetical non-Isaac AI-equipped Dread Troopers eventually decide to rebel and defect en masse because they've finally found Jesus (haha), he still has the ability to create Golems, which have been shown to be more competent and powerful, as shown in this episode and previous episodes where they managed to withstand the attacks from both KR Valvarad and KR Rainbow Gotchard, compared to the Dread Trooper itself which could be destroyed by a mere untransformed human. Intelligent-wise, the Golems are similar to the Dread Troopers, maybe even smarter. Unlike the homunculi, the Golems being transmuted from inorganic matters make them obedient and easily controlled, so they don't present the risk of defection/rebellion. If he needs them to be converted into Dread Troopers, then he'll simply equip them with Dreadrivers, or even transmuted them from Dreadrivers. The Golems are the optimal solution to his need of a legion of soldiers.

My point is that the last 2 episodes are unnecessary and only make the story and its internal logic more convoluted. If the goal is to create a legion of obedient soldiers, then the story has already had the optimal solution. Of course, it's a completely different story if Glion is still in his human form and hasn't acquired Germain's power of Golem creation.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

As I understand it from the previous episode, Isaac uses an alchemy-based system to interface with the user's soul and read their thoughts, so he can talk and act according to their will. Actual soul-splintering is surely a dangerous technique, so yeah, I think the Isaac method for mass-producing the Dreads is safer and less taxing on Geryon's soul.

I've mentioned several times in my previous comments and in my first comment above that Glion's golden Rubik cube is functionally identical to Voldemort's horcruxes, but I think I was a bit incorrect. Voldemort's horcruxes used soul-splintering process which did damage his soul and made it unstable, but so far, Glion's golden Rubik cube has never shown any negative effect on his soul. My conclusion is that Glion's horcrux works by copying his soul (which is safer to the original soul), not by splitting his soul (which caused irreparable damage to the original soul).

And, even if Glion's soul-copying technique is proven to be damaging to him later in the story (albeit already very very very late), he still has Germain's power of Golem creation. Golems can do almost everything KR Dread can, except being KR Dread. Like I said above, if he needs them to be converted into Dread Troopers, then he'll simply equip them with Dreadrivers, or even transmuted them from Dreadrivers. The logical weirdness in this episode came from the fact that Glion already has the optimal solution to his need of a legion of obedient soldiers, without involving anything revealed in the last 2 episodes. The Isaac AI is a redundant element in the control chain, and the last 2 episodes are unnecessary and only make the story more convoluted.

Another logical weirdness in this episode is, if the Isaac AI tablets interface with the user's soul and read their thoughts, then why does Sabimaru's tablet read his thoughts but have Kenichi's soul/personality? Why doesn't it have Sabimaru's soul/personality, while Arumi's tablet has Arumi's soul/personality and Glion's tablet has Glion's soul/personality? Moreover, Sabimaru's tablet was given to him by Kenichi before he resented Sabimaru, so it should have Kenichi's normal behavior/personality, not his resentful personality after his rift with Sabimaru. The reveals in the last 2 episodes make the snarky, rude personality of Sabimaru's Isaac tablet (which has been firmly established since the beginning of the story) make even less sense. These reveals only make the story contradict itself.

This is what I meant by a convoluted story.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Huh, you're right. I rewatched the cold open of Episode 42 and Sabi is totally useless here. Oops!

It's 100% plot-induced stupidity aka idiot plot. If I were Rinne, Renge, or Minato, I'd be really pissed off at Sabimaru, haha. Making smart characters do stupid things merely to create a cheap comedy is the worst type of comic relief.

I think perhaps the writers have no important lines/scenes for Rinne, Renge, or Minato in the last 2 episodes, but they couldn't make them absent like they did to Lachesis and Kyouka, who were completely absent. So they decided to keep them at the AA by making them entangled in a stupid mishap. Had Minato had an active role in these episodes, he would've been able to better protect the Kongou Lab, Mami, and Kenichi, so Glion's plan to snatch Kenichi's tablet would've been harder to execute. Smells like an idiot plot!