Made in Abyss Chapter 064

Beast Aspect or Juusou is the sixty-fourth chapter of the Made in Abyss manga series.

Synopsis
The chapter begins as Srajo tells the story of her own encounter with Bondrewd prior to going into their Last Dive; Bondrewd senses that someone unusual has come and tells Gueira to call Bido and Rimeyo squads to the main gate in preparation.

Srajo salutes and is then stopped by white cloaked Umbra Hands and talks back aggressively, to which her underling recommends she holds back as they're the so-called Shroud with burial clothes. Bondrewd comes and asks for what business might they have come for, Srajo replies that she's looking to use the Altar. Bondrewd then tries to stop her by telling her it is required to send a report to the Delver's Guild which can take up to 7 days local time.

Srajo tells him she has no time to wait. As her underling interjects with the truth that they're in chase of one of their members who ran off into the 6th layer looking for the Shrine Maiden, Bondrewd is surprised that she would go onto her last dive on such ambiguous conditions even after reducing herself to a coward and insists that she must send a request back to the Guild.

Srajo has had enough and tells Bondrewd to tell it straight. Bondrewd reveals that she herself is allowed to go without proper procedures but as the Hail Hex group, with the exception of Srajo, is made up of so-called Juusou, beings that should not exist that are used as offerings right after being born, it would be a waste to let her valuable relic and her valuable group to go to a land they will not return from. Srajo commands their team to 'take their Release Stance' and prepare for combat.

As Srajo ends her story and compliments the team for coming out without being canned by Bondrewd, Nanachi points out that this fight might be the reason why Bondrewd was lacking on fighting bodies when they arrived. Srajo presents the team the spiky place in which the testing will take place and reveals the testing is about whether they're the Shrine Maiden's scattered bait or not.

Srajo explains they win by bringing Nishagora down into the ground, independent of how many people it takes them, and if they win they'll get to exchange information. Reg volunteers himself alone but Riko and Prushka will accompany him with a blow of the whistle. As they get into position, Srajo signals the start of the battle and the rest of the team stand as spectators.

Reg begins with naively trying to bring Nishagora down by simply pulling her against one of the spikes but Nishagora hardly moves and stands as if she were rooted to the ground, and instead opts to restrain her and fly into her with a kick, though this also bears no fruits. Reg then gets turned and thrown around by Nishagora and gets back on his feet. The puppet-like members of Hail Hex note that Reg is different from them, to which Srajo tells them to pay attention.

As Nanachi instructs Reg to not take Nishagora's next horizontal blow, Reg jumps and inadvertently reveals to Nishagora that he is immune to the curse. Reg comes down with a headbutt but alas, to no avail once again. Nanachi instructs Reg in advance to protect his head but it is too late and he gets slammed into the floor, at the same time Reg intends on grabbing Nishagora by the arm and instead gets bashed in the head with both hands of Nishagora.

Nishagora becomes excited as it is clear that Reg is extremely durable, giving her an ever-growing desire to keep on hitting him. At this moment Riko blows on Prushka and activates Reg, letting him get away at high speed. Nishagora is impressed and as Reg punches repeatedly to then flying into her, Nishagora realizes that Reg hasn't gotten heavier but the force of the impact is all due to the incredibly high change in speed.

Faputa notices that Srajo is preparing to do something just as Reg is getting the upper hand on Nishagora and his time activated is running out. Srajo then hands down the creature on her neck to Menae and Sherumi, the puppet-like members, and commands them to take the "Waveproof Stance". As Reg tries to end it quickly by pulling Nishagora down, Srajo blows on her whistle and activates Nishagora the same way Reg does, turning her fur almost all white.

Faputa proposes to get involved but Reg refuses and they let him continue with a warning to not overdo it. Reg charges into Nishagora with a punch but she won't budge a smidge, making him recall the sensation of fighting with Ozen. Nishagora gets upset as Ozen is brought up since she and Ozen are in completely different levels, grabbing Reg by the head and smashing him into the ground and punching down into his stomach while yelling that he's probably only seen Ozen up to her using the Thousand-Men Pins, Hell's Junkie.

Reg gets to stand back up and kick down on Nishagora, and as they exchange blows and cover themselves, Tepasté, being held by the other member of Hail Hex, calls out to everyone that the water for the bath is now boiling. Srajo proclaims that the Test is now over and they must take the children into the bath, Nishagora asks Reg if they should go in together.

Character Appearance

 * Bondrewd
 * Gueira
 * Bido
 * Rimeyo
 * Srajo
 * Unknown Member of Hail Hex
 * Unnamed Masked Member
 * Umbra Hands
 * Reg
 * Faputa
 * Prushka
 * Riko
 * Nanachi
 * Nishagora
 * Tepasté
 * Meinya
 * Ozen

Bestiary Indexing

 * Unknown Creature
 * Meinastilim

Trivia

 * Bondrewd explains that Juusou are beings that should not exist that are used as offerings right after being born