what do you think about the trio between Angie Himiko and Tenko?
I’m so sorry I took so long to answer this, I’ve been in a bad place lately for a while and haven’t had the energy to answer this.
To be honest I have mixed feelings about the trio of them, I do love them all but their relationship in game is very complicated and emotion heavy.
For starters, I do like Himiko and Angie’s friendship but there’s no denying that Angie was manipulating Himiko. Angie’s a morally grey character and it’s very hard to tell how she felt about Himiko beyond a member of her religion. But Angie does dislike killing and violence, is good at comforting people, and has a commanding and kind presence which draws Himiko to her and causes Himiko to rely on her when the reality of the killing games become too much for her. Although Angie is pushy and selfish she does help Himiko calm down greatly and gives her confidence in herself like in chapter 2 with the magic show. While Angie isn’t the best person in the class she isn’t horrible and probably enjoyed her time with Himiko. While the relationship between the two is very imbalanced the do have a cute friendship and I think they do care for each other.
Angie and Tenko on the other hand don’t get along at all. Tenko sees Angie’s manipulation for what it is and is gung-ho about stopping her, which pisses off Angie as she hates people telling her no. Tenko, being jealous of Himiko’s friendship with Angie and worried about Himiko being hurt, used and Angie enabling Himiko’s tendency to run away from her emotions. But Tenko is a act first think later kind of girl which causes her to push all the wrong buttons and aggravate the situation instead of helping it until chapter 3 when she gets a better understanding of Himiko and calms down. Angie of course thinks that Tenko is getting in the way of both the peaceful school life and the total leadership she wants and gets frustrated with her. I do think Angie still likes Tenko despite how she feels about her trying to stop her, she was more than happy to let her on the student council and forgave her after she discovered that Tenko was a double agent. I think Angie had a idea of Tenko’s true intentions but still had fun with her and liked her as a friend as much as she liked everyone else. And I do think Tenko could forgive and care about Angie if she could understand her better and if the two of them had some time together without being in a place like the killing game.
And of course I’ve mentioned in the past I love the relationship between Tenko and Himiko. In the beginning Tenko pushes far too much to spend time with Himiko which drives her away, and Himiko doesn’t realize how much Tenko honesty cares for her and is trying to help. They slowly grow over the course of the game because of each other, Tenko realized how much she’s hurting Himiko and backs off and tries to help this time not being as overwhelming and affectionate as before. And Himiko sees that even though Tenko was too much most of the time she did make her happy and helped her and when Tenko pulls away Himiko can finally appreciate her which allows her to see the brainwashing she’s been under. Himiko takes Tenko’s final words to heart, learning to not hold her emotions back and is able to survive everything because of it. The two have an amazing relationship that I adore Tenhimi is a fantastic ship.
Tenko and Himiko already have a great friendship, adding Angie does make things a bit messy but with some time to work things out they could be a great trio. Angie uses Atua to describe how she feels and what she wants. She does use them to manipulate people yes but overall she’s a good person who had a lot of potential. She could be a great friend to the two of them but she does need to be confronted about her manipulation first. After that, they’d probably be the fantastic friends.
So to put it in much fewer words, I love the trio but Angie’s behaviour needs to be addressed first. Thank you so much for asking this!!! I love these three lovely ladies and am always happy to talk about them!!!