S2EPS7 Spoilers Warning
Like i said, i could roughly summarize this story within two paragraphs but it'll be too messy to understand. Instead, let's picking up darkwick crumbs that turns out to be quite important but got foreshadowed by the main sci-fi plot
Warning ⚠️ i mixed a lot of theories and plot in this blog so don't take everything as canon🔥
Where do i start.
First, let's take a small look again on darkwick house faction. Even though they already mentioned it before, it seems like despite being on the same faction a house relationship could still be strained one and another. For example, both Frostheim and Dionysia are a sympathizers, however they're keeping a visible distance and even banned from associating with one and another. It might have something to do with shion leading whether is happening in the clash or Frostheim is just a bunch of nepo babies who can't maintain a standard human interaction.
I believe the situation aren't much different on dissidents side either🤔 but we'll see.
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Now to the important part, Vagastrom and Frostheim ceasefire.
Let's take a look at the base first. Upon Dionysia returns, darkwick manage to improve their security systems which i believe was destroyed or at least being weakened due to the clash incident. During this weakening period, tohma managed to gathered A1 information from the top brass (i assume he's refering to both darkwick and institute internals).
However, upon clockwork artisan returns he couldn't lies his hand on their information no more. If you're wondering how much improvement has the clockwork artisan made, they manage to capture yoshitaka on facility 6 by just sending general students which in season 1 are handled by ghouls due to yoshitaka hoodwink power. The security systems is THAT STRONG.
Since they can't play behind the shadows anymore, they have to step into the puddle themselves. This might explain the sudden ceasefire between Vagastrom and Frostheim. Both Alan and Tohma has been working together to capture the spy loonggg before tohma transfered to Frostheim.
Yes, i repeat, far before Tohma transfered to Frostheim. In chapter 41 of this episode, Alan and tohma mentioned that they've done something this big is during tohma switched over to Frostheim.
Knowing Tohma, he might used Alan background as son of an ex-staff who died in disgrace to form an ally. Since both of them know the decay roots of the institute, it would really explain on why they tried to make jin win the laurell crown. My theory is that Tohma transfered to Frostheim to get closer with the institute, since we know darkwick favoured Frostheim above any other houses.
While on the process, they found out about the conflict between japanese branch institute heirs with Jin and His older sister opposing each other. Jin doesn't know about Tohma and Alan alliance until the masquerade ball chapter, so I'm really curious on why would they prioritizing Jin to win the Laurel Crown.
I believe it has something to do with Jin succession as an heir? Like shion mentioned, Jin couldn't use his stigma after the clash. If i calculate it roughly, it happened around the same time his mother passed away—half a year ago. Does his mother death has something to do with his father and sister????? Murder??? Anything??? What is happening in Kamurai household.
We know that before the clash—or roughly speaking—during his second year, Jin used to be a very different person from he is now.
“Do you even know what you're saying? Until last year, that guy was the definition of a charismatic leader”
“Untouchable. People called him a tyrant behind his back though.”
During his first to second year, Jin seems to be a charismatic and active leader which befitting his personality as the heir of the institute. But since Jin took a surprisingly different turn to the point he become a complete shut in, i can see the power imbalance between him and his sister. So I would say that both Tohma and Alan doesn't want Jin older sister to be the president of the institute and instead they're supporting Jin to be the president. Wow, politics. (And looking by their reactiong when shion finds out, they seem to not wanting anyone to know about this, cause it might damage Jin reputation. Which added more evidence that they really trying to push Jin status to be in pair with his sister). It would also explain why Frostheim can won laurel crown in the last timeline, because Tohma and Jin basically using all of their stolen knowledge and privilege from the institute 😂😂
And now, with how they couldn't stealing information from the top brass, the security got buffed up and Jin who had known everything, they took the different turn from season one by luring the spy out of his hideout via ended the clash between faction which begin from Vagastrom and Frostheim ceasefire.
Thought, it would take some times to really end them since the leader of dissidents faction, Natori Enzo is absent. I can't really grasp their intention other than Alan and Tohma wanting to catch the spy and blackmailed them to gather more information from the institute lmfaoo.
And that's the conclusion.
Basically, it's really just Jin Kamurai and his family. So much things happening to the point i really forgive Jin and everything he does because NOW IT MADE SO MUCH SENSE.
I do have theories that Hreidhmar is taking Jin sides and that the agent on the triangle are referring to others ghouls instead and that "they're using you" wasn't entirely wrong since tohma and alan does using the prize from laurel crown for stabilize Jin position😂but I don't have enough clue or evidence so let it be a theory and take it as a grant of salt.
