Talk:Merlin/@comment-27360246-20190620053622/@comment-37487988-20190703120447

hi, im the guy who made the pervious comment. this question bugged me so i scoured the manga for more evidence

it also doesnt make sense because Merlin let Ban use courechouse 10 years ago. you can see him use it in the vampires of Edinburgh storyline, specifically when he first fights against the vampires. this is a plot hole as it means that Merlin let Ban use courechouse to great effect even when he wasnt as strong as he currently is. Again, I think this lends more evidence to my theory that courechouse was always going to be a deus ex machina like lioghtning rod.

as an aside, it is shown in the first chapter of the seires that Ban wielded a rapier 10 years ago, like Monspeite did when he was introduced. i guess both of these were retconned.