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Originally Posted by Zolda

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.

Soul-copying is essentially the same thing as soul creation, which would be a crazy high feat even for the Alchemist of Dawn. This would imply that the Geryon who assimilated Germain isn't actually the same as the Geryon who was eaten by Germain, as you'd have to address what happened to the original soul. Like, we know humans created 99 out of the 101 Chemies, but that's not exactly the same thing as giving them a soul. Humans also create humans, but the soul comes from elsewhere, right? Life creation is a mysterious process. I suppose Golems would be viable candidates for Dread users though, but could Geryon mass-produce them on equal or greater scale to his Isaac-powered Dreads? We shouldn't dismiss the power of soul-reading technology.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

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.

Soul =/= personality. If Isaac had Sabi's personality, then Sabi would have no need for him anymore. I think the appeal of Isaac as a "character" is that his interpretation is different from how Sabi would say it. This is the appeal to Sabi as well, that Isaac is part of Kenichi and a reminder of when the brothers were close. Basically, Isaac is the Gotcha-N-Go between Sabi's soul and Kenichi's personality, which is what distinguishes him from your average translation AI. Only Arumi's Isaac is shown to use direct interpretation, since the user has literally no lines, unlike Sabi.