Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191008222936/@comment-27125793-20191009161159

Verytallfox wrote: Is anyone planning on officially writing about the spine thing? It's the "source of all living matter"/"organic material"/"Devil of All Earth".

Also, that thing is like a parasite. It lives on through spinal fluid and interdimensional paths connected to people. It needs people (Subjects of Ymir) to keep carrying and passing it along from generation to generation. Saying it is a parasyte isn't wrong; in fact, it has the appearance and many elements of one. I've already written closer to the top of the page that I belive that the spine thing is just a physical manifestation of the Source of All Organic Matter - the Paths Realm - in the real world. The inexhaustible source of organic matter exists in a separate dimension, but can be transported to the normal realm via a host, which became Ymir. She is a "path" for it to come to her world. Furthermore, I also expressed my belief that the Paths Realm became an extension of Ymir herself. The coordinate and the "paths" are basically mental, semi-physical links of all people genetically related to Ymir, and she's the only one who has direct control of the realm. All others can only exercise power through her.