Board Thread:Chapter Discourse/@comment-44056425-20200106151313/@comment-36009152-20200109152701

Yes, the thing with Ashera's memories is at the time they didn't seem too, well helpful to what was at hand. Yu's memories were needed to help save Shinoa from possession, yet we were shown Ashera's with really no bearing on how that can help her. It might be this chapter where that the memories were relevant for, if realizing what Shikama Doji has done is what causes Ashera to remain with Yu, then good! It also hints he may have seen more than what has been revealed (like here it might be shown in a later chapter) so he has good reason to be against Noya.

Krul's a tough cookie, what's a bit of sun burning to a supremely powerful being like her XD also it raises the possibility that if Krul returned, she could ally with Mahiru, and Guren as well but not necessarily Noya, who Guren does not trust even after his help against the first.

Noya's the one to watch, he knows the most about the first, we still largely know nothing about his background and with him happy to see Yu and Mika, Noya likely has his own plans in mind.