What could've been

by cikk422

What would happen if on that fateful night that seemingly innocent girl in the carriage didn't see him, what if she looked the other way? With Tatsumi out on the streets what will he do? Will he go home, or continue his ambition of becoming a soldier? Will he wander the streets searching for Leyasu and Sayo, unaware of their gruesome demise? So many possibilities, so many questions

1. Q and A

Answers

So a lot of you have been asking questions about certain plot holes or errors, so let's just get this out of the way.

Question 1: Why are Kurome's eye's red?
answer: It was an honest flub on my part, reading the manga nor bothering to translate the name, without evidence of color I'd just assumed red eyes was a family trait. I'll find some way to work it out :p.

Question 2: Isn't Kurome stationed outside the capital during this time? And how does she know about Esdese and the Jaegers?
answer: On the contrary, we don't have any idea where Kurome is aside from where she was the moment before she was called to the Jaegers. And the Capital has known about night raid for quite some time, obviously the Jaegers project wasn't a last minute thing, and although Esdese arrived early from the North I'd imagine the Military would've had the plan put into action the moment she got back.

Question 3: Wait wait wait, didn't Esdese herself request the formation of the Jaegers?answer: True true, although it was a personal request from Esdese, before she did have her three loyal subordinates, perhaps Kurome's initial intention was to assassinate them in order to replace them in order to obtain a higher rank and easier hunt down Akame.

Question 4/5: But if Kurome is in the capital why isn't Akame hunting her down? And why would Kurome clean up after Tatsumi in the first place

answer: The reason 4 and 5 are together is because the answer is connected. A trained assassin must be trained to be able to move covertly, avoiding enemy spies. but what if the only reason Akame didn't hunt Kurome in the manga was because they were too busy training Tatsumi, Akame was his teacher around this time. But let me just say, the hunt between Akame and Kurome goes both ways, and the red eyes watching Tatsumi leave weren't Kurome's... Kurome doesn't wear a red tie. But why aid Tatsumi? The one thing that makes Tatsumi so special is his limitless potential, and just about everyone in the manga can see that clear as day. All will be made clear in the next chapter.

Question 6: Why would Kurome want thr three dead?

answer: I'm not sure if I goofed in the previous dialogue or if there is just some misunderstanding, but Kurone wants the three dead because Eawaits always surrounds herself with powerful people, specifically Teigu users, like the three or when she worked with Naj... Whatever her face is, eye patch girl, leadebunch Night Raid. Thus she wants them dead in hopes that she will form the Jaegers to pick up where the three left off, and Kurome being one of the most powerful Teigu users around, included her, making hunting Akame apart of her job.

Question 7:(And yes I realize this isn't a question) stop writing q and a pls.

answer:... No x(. Though it does become a bit tedious at times I feel it's the easiest way to keep people up to speed, however if these complaints continue I'll consider changing the format to something along the lines of having the questions about the last chapter included into the intro.

Question 8: (Ermagerd someone actually requested this :D) Is Kurome interested in Tatsumi or did she think he'd make a good teammate?

answer: Hmm... What fun would it be if I outright told you?

Question 9: How was Schere fine with going to the cafe every day with a wanted poster?

answer: She took off her glasses and went Clark Kent style. But in all seriousness it was another flub, I thought Seryuu managed to identify then as Night Raid members after seeing their Teigus. I guess the city guard was just slacking off eh?

Question 10: Why didn't Tatsumi take Incursio?

answer: For those of you who've only watched the anime you don't really know what Kurome's Teigu does. When Kurone kills someone with her sword, she can make them into an undead puppet that can still use the abilities they had in life. Which is why Kurome killed Braht rather than let the poison do the work. Taking Incursio from Braht would've made him an extremely... less effective puppet, but not less fabulous.

That's all for now, make sure to check back here if you submit anymore questions in the future, I'll be sure to answer as many as I can.