Wounds of the Abyss - A Dive Into Abyssal Curls

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I believe the reason Riko hasn't developed curls despite experiencing every non-lethal curse has to do with her being a living corpse.

The effects of the curse are based on deep water diving and the effects of going up quickly. People can come up as long as they do it slowly and take enough time but going up too fast can de deadly. The curse works the same way

2:26 not to mention, Vueko has 2 tone hair due to Juroimoh Burning her in that spot when she was a child, so the hair who grew from that scar started growing white as a result

this makes me think the abyss is an allegory of radiation poisoning

I Loved this video!! My personal theory is that abyssal Curls are caused specifically by rising up from the 5th layer like you mentioned, and Liza sneaked there in secret before she could delve there on her own, just like Riko did, and got them by ascending to return to the surface. I always interpreted Yelme comment to Tepaste as an implication, as in, in order to get them while ascending, you still need to dive to the 5th layer first, since most delvers plan on going back up after a trip to the dephts.

Im not sure why, i always assumed netherworld locks were gained by living in the abyss for an extended period of time, since all characters who have them seem to be living in the abyss. I guess the exception to this would be Tepaste and Lyza, but Lyza spent a good portion of her life in the abyss it's assumed and Tepaste works for the abyssal shrine maiden if I recall correctly so it wouldnt be out of the realm of possibilities that shes spending a lot of time down there

Regarding how deep Lyza could've delved: In the video game it's mentioned that, while the Delver's Guild will occasionally send Black Whistle Delvers on missions to gain a White Whistle, all the currently active WW Delvers gained theirs by acting on their own accord, delving deeper than allowed. Lyza wouldn't be considered active anymore at that time, but it's easy to assume that the same would apply to her, especially since she learned under Ozen.

This is a look into something I hadn't even really payed enough attention to notice... that's really cool, great video! Definitely subscribing, glad youtube recommended me this channel!

This is a really neat analysis! I never realized the side effects of the abyss connecting with the curls, it really shows the amazing thought and detail put into made in abyss. Great video!

This theory really makes me wonder if Curse Source is some kind of fantastical Chernobyl

considering the way hair grows, rikos hair curls might have already developed, its just that theyre near her scalp and covered by the already existing older straight hair.

It could also be a reference to spaghettification in black holes seen that time and reality bends inside the abyss

I love this series lore, it's so full of details and mysteries.

love seeing more people talk about mia

I hope we will see a curly hair Riko some day because that would be super cute.

I watched this and the HH video while meal prepping orange chicken. Thank you for keeping me company, and I'm glad to see you still make vids. P.S. made in abyss still one of my favorites anime/manga world building great

Awesome video showcasing this!

Hey. I have a theory for the abyss life forms. So. Irl bacteria and viruses love using and spreading distinct genes. Viruses are groups of genes that proliferate when in certain bacteria. They cut open genome and insert themselves. The bacterial genome in turn has methods for detecting and removing viral DNA. They are competing genes, invading the homes of other genes and parasitizing them. Bacteria trade DNA and RNA all the time to share chemical defenses and increase their ability to push other bacteria and competing lite forms away. Genes also can compete directly with other genes. New, better gene for making fungicide? It works well, and gets passed around. I don't know anything about how bacteria decide to do parallel gene transfers. All I know is they do it and that genes can spread quickly throughout a population. This is some important part of the microscopic arms race. Things like us and fungus are really stable groups of genes that have integrated to fully act as one. There's not a lot of competition within our own bodies to be the best cell. Such would be cancer and kills the cancer cells anyways when they kill their host. But genes can and do compete. Things need energy and statistics play out over tiny scales because of how many bacteria can fit on the tip of a needle. There are viruses that use us to survive and they rip through us or lay low. I think that the divers are effectively being parasitized by giant viral genome that infect creatures and even maybe compete with each other. I think that the abyss is a petri dish and the further down you go the more competition there is for less energy. The world above could be very sterilizing to the stuff below. Maybe it just provides enough biomass that competition isn't as aggressive. Maybe. Did anyone ever try to deliberately infect people with curses above ground? Is it the sunlight? The uv? It seems like the basic rule of the universe is to form a group to fight other groups with. No individual is strong enough to go it alone but everybody wants as much stuff as they can get, and that's the basic necessity for guaranteeing long term survival.

glad to see you're doing more MiA content, there's never enough! very interesting video, makes a lot of sense