Made in Abyss Chapter 045

Captive is the forty-fifth chapter of the Made in Abyss manga series.

Synopsis
Riko asks the woman who she is and why she is trapped in this cave. Timidly, the woman introduces herself as Vueroeruko; Vueko for short. She tells Riko that she once is a person who was against the founding of the Village and thus was banished into the dark pits below it. As she kept observing how the village developed, she changed her point of view, and now supposes it's not such a bad place.

She hopes to one day be freed, but assumes Riko won't set a potential dangerous individual free. However, Riko removes her bindings without hesitation, saying she seems like a good person. Afterwards, Vueko; in disguise, goes back to the Village with Riko. She also has an idea where Riko might find her friends.

Vueko leads Riko to the house of one of The Three Sages, Belaf. When Riko enters Belaf's house she finds Nanachi laying beside a Narehate who looks like Mitty. Majikaja was inside the sage's house with them, as well. When Riko meets Belaf he tells her that Mitty is a clone he got by sacrificing half of his body, as he couldn't buy Mitty directly from Bondrewd.

He also tells Riko, Nanachi sold themself to him to buy Mitty. In order to buy them back, Riko would need to trade him parts of her body with equal value.

Adapted To

 * Episode 5: Concealment

Character Appearances

 * Belaf
 * Bondrewd
 * Faputa
 * Maaa
 * Majikaja
 * Meinya
 * Mitty (Duplicate)
 * Nanachi
 * Restaurant Worker
 * Riko
 * Vueko

Bestiary Indexing

 * Meinastilim
 * Irumyuui's Children