If it where arch, but its manjaro. Somehow during the last kernel update the grub info was not changed to point to the current kernel names…still pointed at the old kernel…and that had been replaced. After figuring all that out in chroot, fix was as simple as changing a single line in that grub file

if i see a person struggling with english and still trying to make educational content about niche topics no one else covers, i have the upmost respect for them