The dynamic between Ryu, Asfi and Aisha was good especially during the fight against Filvis because they were pretty much equals at the time. But now that Ryu is Lv6 and an official member of one of the top familias in Orario, it now looks more like Ryu is the one leading the group with Asfi and Aisha supporting her. Asfi and Aisha need to rank up to Lv5 so that even if Ryu is still much stronger they could look like equals when they are all first tier adventurers.

Asfi is one thing but Aisha can not level up to 5 anymore.

But Aisha has still the possibility of getting a powerful skill that will reduce the power gap, it wouldn't be the 1st time we see skill give a 1 level boost.

The relationship between Asfi and Ryuu has always been one of the most interesting to me because it feels like she is one of the very few people Asfi genuinely cares about. We see how aloof and closed off she is most of the time, following the "bigger picture" perspective of Hermes, but there are many times we see her go out of her way to help or listen to Ryuu. Even in volume 18, very much paraphrasing, she says to Hermes something to the effect of "It's not like I particuarly care what happens to the others, I'm just worried for Lion's sake." So I wonder if there's something else there that happened that got the emotionally detached girl to feel that way, or if it's just Ryuu's natural charm, the same way that got Syr/Freya to like her.

Aisha could level up once again, yes, there is a rule that says you can't level up in less than a year but this is Omori we're talking about, his rules are written in sand not stone.

What would leveling up in less than a year be compared to a double level? Or what would achieving it be compared to a narrative "Liaris Freese" like the one given to Lefiya?... No shit.

So whether or not Aisha will be able to level up to 5 will depend on how much sympathy Omori has for the character, not on any rules that may have been in place in the past.

She fought alongside Lefiya against Filvis, if we ever learn how much she won because of this and it's comparable to what Lefiya won, then yes, Aisha also enjoys favoritism.

@Leinad91

There is no such rule. You’re confusing it with the one year conversion rule.

Why am I being convinced that Aisha might level up again? Well, even if she doesn't, I'm kinda curious what does her stat look like now. She has been repeatedly fought opponents stronger than her ever since she reached level 4. Asterious, Bete, Moss Huge, Amphisbaena, Filvis, Gulliver brothers. It's actually pretty insane thinking about it.

About the one year rule Leinad was talking about, it's actually because Ais leveling up in one year being the record, so we kinda assume no one besides Bell can do better than that. But yeah, I couldn't care less about her record anymore. Not only because of Omori breaking the powerscale, but people like Aisha and Hestia Familia who has been through a lot deserved better. They were certainly in much more dangerous situations and performed unexpectedly well to pull through (plot helping them as well ofc), compared young Ais having Loki trio babysitting her almost every time in the past.

It's really not that likely that Aisha will level up again, considering she's not that major of a character and hasn't done as much as others within the like 4-5 months since she last did.

Even Ryuu they excused by saying that she was on the verge of being a Level 5, and then had about 5 years of extra backlog that got her to 6. It feels pretty firm they probably won't have any one else other than Bell beat Ais' original year level up record. Maybe they'll push it for Welf and Mikoto to become a Level 3 right before the final battle, but I don't see it happening to anybody else.

@AP24

I was talking about an unwritten rule, as Longhatruong explained, Ais set a record with her level increase in 1 year, beating said record means you are better than her, something that no ordinary character could once achieve.

Said rule has circumstantial evidence, who has been able to level up in less than a year? Bell, Ryuu and by inference Alfia (she was almost level 8 at 16), meaning it was a privilege reserved for those loved by the script.

The question I am raising here is whether said privilege will continue to be so exclusive with how fickle Omori is and how much he loves glamour; Lefiya's case suggests a relaxation in this rule.

@Longhatruong

It's not that I'm trying to convince you that Aisha will level up, what I wanted to emphasize is that Ais' precedent no longer necessarily means that no one will level up in less than 1 year. I wanted to emphasize this because you flatly told Pluton that Aisha would no longer be able to level up for the remainder of the story, so I assumed you were taking the precedent strictly.

Leveling up has become much easier than before, look at Naaza, a retired part-time adventurer for years without any stats even in the E400 rank and just one good performance in one adventure was enough for her to level up, what about Aisha who has all those challenges you mention under her belt and should have at least one stat in the D rank if Omori is fair?

In short, her leveling up before the end of the story would be nowhere near the most controversial thing Omori has done, so it can't be ruled out in favor of super strict consistency which Omori lacks.