Reply to Metasexual -- Shuten and Nasutei Feels
And the thing is, Nasueti’s lost so much by the time Shuten comes along in the second season– she’s lost so much that anything she can gain means so much more than it would otherwise. What she had the potential to gain in Shuten would have really broken the mold: it’s obvious she sees an equal in him. They’re trying to find their place in the armor legend together– because as much as she loves and sympathizes with the Troopers, their roles in the legend couldn’t be more different. Nasueti is a chosen witness to the legend; one meant to perpetuate the story so the lives of her friends aren'tlost to time.
And maybe Kaos never meant to give her the staff, maybe she was never meant to suffer the way she had–but she did and Shuten is the one left that has to contextualize that, make it right somehow… if that’s even possible.
I find myself thinking about the scene where he basically tells her that he’s not completely sure why Kaos chose him to carry on his legacy, and that he understands if she won't forgive him for trying to kill her, but that won’t stop him from protecting her and Jun. Everything about Nasueti’s body language says she wants to move towards him, that it’s not fear holding her back but that she’s struck with an understanding so profound she can’t move. She isn’t alone anymore. For the first time since her grandfather died in her arms, she isn’t alone. And for a second, she doesn’t know what to even do with that until Jun speaks up. She lets a child speak for her, because Jun can get the important points across: they’re not scared, and they’re not angry. They might be a lot of other things (unsure, relieved, overwhelmed) but Shuten doesn’t need to prove anything to them.
He already did, after all.
And as the second season goes on, I think it becomes really obvious to Nasutei that she really is seeing Shuten give everything in his redemption, and being a part of that, on top of everything else kills her because in her mind Shuten is the one who’s suffered.
