[Discussion] Ultear Theory Ch. 474

[Ravufuru]

After re-reading the newest chapter a few times and looking up what Gaol meant (Old english for jail), I have quite a few ideas of how Ultear is back how she is. I shall share the 3 most likely.

1.) I think someone mentioned this already but she may have learned how to use her time arc to get her youth back. (My least favorite of the 3)

2.) In response to last ages, part of her consciousness and her magic power and abilities are sent to a jail of time leaving what we see after the spell as a shell of her former self. Dimaria's magic somehow taps into this jail of time when she stops time and so Ultear helps once more.

3.) Ultear during the 1 year time skip becomes unsatisfied with how she is now and uses her time arc to get her youth back but in response the gods punish attempt to get around the punishment of lost ages and sends Ultear to the jail of time. Again Dimaria's magic gives Ultear the ability to help once more like in theory 2. (Favorite of the 3)

 

[Caliburn]

I'm just going to quote my own post of the predictions thread:

This. All her talking about the "Gaol of Time" and such gives the impression that this Ultear is some kind of an alternative version that came into being due to her usage of time magic and that might be permanently trapped inside this zone of time. A gaol is a prison after all, though that might have just been her throwing a oneliner. Another possibility is, as you said, that Ultear can only become like that if that magic is active.

Either way I was already more or less anticipating something involving Ultear with all the hints Dimaria was throwing out in this and the previous chapters. I never liked the whole Ultear-became-old thing to be honest, so whether it makes sense or not I rather have young Ultear back. The moment she rewinded time back for one minute was heavy, but completely misplaced in that time of the story. Hiro should have saved it for much later.

I seriously doubt though that this has anything to do with gods.

 

[Ravufuru]

Sorry I only read a few replies. Didn't see your post which is just about the same as 2 and I'm sure someone said 1. I guess the thread was a bit pointless.