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Deus Ex Scans called this chapter 32, "a little self evaluation"

 

To not let the past interfere with their present because the past is no longer who they really "are" (this statement is a little off which is why i have quotes around are). This was what Minami was trying to avoid (which, at this point, is hard to tell if Minami truly believes that still).

 

Frankly the struggle to separate past and present is more difficult due to difference in that Minami has been living with all this past life memory since grade school so he's learned to separate past and present more easily (due to people's cruel shunning) whereas people like Ootomo have suddenly been hit with memories of a completely different life that was already more vigorous and in a sense, purposeful than their current present.

 

When I say purposeful I mean that their lives have already been following a path and all of them had already on their way to the destination of that path (whether as priest, knight, princess, etc). And it is a past that is, as I said, more vigorous day to day living than their current, I can see why it's so overwhelming that their present bodies no longer feel as though they should actually belong to their present lives. 

 

As I have already said, Minami's initial intent all along was to not let the past interfere with their lives of the present. Zeze has been representative of that as well but we had never known why. With that said, I agree very much with what DeusExScans has called this chapter because it reels us readers back to what Minami had wanted from the first few chapters yet ever since then, the thought has increasingly diminished from the tone of this manga. The content of this chapter has been strategically well placed. Even though we're reeled back to the intent, the plots continues to further this story and despite the mystery is not exactly what I call a step closer to being solved, I'm happy that I am not disappointed with each chapter ending in some sort of thrill. 

 

You made excellent points.   

 

Especially, the parts about Minami and Zeze tied to not letting the past interfere with their lives.  To me, since I'm a little ahead in story, I find the similarities/contrast between Minami and Zeze's situations to be pretty interesting. One had his past memories intact ever since he was little, but still tries to cling onto his current life. The other one chose to not remember as he's pretty content with his current life, hence, he ends up being the final main character to remember. What ties them together is that they're both *spoiler --- I wish I could say more* .  Once Zeze starts to remember more, things will definitely become clearer.  Hopefully, we can see a Minami + Zeze duo match-up verse enemy in the near future.  Looking forward to it.