Hi again. I have an opinion on something from Ikemen Revolution... Maybe even a hot take!
Blanc was never going to get a route regardless of if the game shut down or not.
Now, dont get me wrong, I wanted a Blanc route SO bad. But I dont think it would've ever gotten released. I genuinely think that they would've simply added more characters instead of Blanc's route.
Why do I think this?
Because Blanc's mystery was essentially wiped out. You can infer most of his story from the other characters hints/lore drops about him. His own preview hints at it.
I think the writers knew he wasnt getting a route for whatever reason so they chose to "feed" the fans the hints/lore so that his story would still be completed.
What I think his route would've been:
I think it would've been similiar to Harr or Loki's routes. I would say it could be similiar to Oliver's, but im going to be honest and say i refuse to reread his route (the entire kid thing creeps me the fuck out) and I havent read it since it intially came out. Either way what I mean by this is, for whatever reason Alice lands herself in Blanc's house. I like to think shes moved there discreetly to avoid both the Red Army and Magic Tower at around chapter 7-10. (Of course she'd have previous meetings with him beforehand through the earlier chapters.)
While there she falls in love with Blanc, and he would fall the same, but eventually the climax of his route has to happen. I think it would be the Magic Tower finding Alice, and when he'd try to protect her, lets just say he tries to fight off the disciples while her and Oliver run, all three get caught. After all, they all have ties to the Magic Tower.
Alices tie is obvious to anyone who's played the game.
Oliver is because of his curse.
Blanc's is because of the "spell" casted on him, as mentioned in his preview.
But what that spell is has alreadly been seen through multiple routes. Its obvious that Blanc has a spell of immortality casted on him, but even more "wicked" is the fact that its implied he's been switching identities the entire time.
He's always been the record keeper, he knows a lot about Cradles past and can recount certain events clearly, but what makes me think he's changing identities is simple:
During the end of Edgar's route, Blanc and Edgar are talking about the trial against the Jack of Hearts 100 years ago. Blanc says he wishes Edgar well and is happy that the contract is over between the Jack of Hearts and the Queen and King. Says he always disproved of it or something along those lines. Edgar in response says something along the lines of "Why, you almost speak as though you were there to see it."
Blanc also seems to be scared of Edgar at the start of Edgar's route when Alice runs into the forest with him. This could simply be because of how Edgar acts, but I feel its probably just another hint to Blanc knowing about the Jack of hearts contract and understanding how dangerous the Jack's are. He was there at the trial. But no one knows he was for some reason even though it was a closed trial which no one else knew about besides the upper three of the red army, and presumably the record keeper.
I think they were direct hints to Blanc's immortality, but wouldnt everyone know the record keeper had stayed the same for the past 100+ years? Why wouldn't they know?
The simple answer is that Blanc had been changing his identity the entire time. Chances are pretending to be the son of the previous record keeper (aka himself).
I also think its implied that Blanc is slowly starting to lose his mind. It wouldnt be a drastic part of his route in my opinion, but Blanc's short-term memory loss seems to hint to some sort of psychological disorder developing due to his age.
I think his route would've ended with his spell being broken and Alice and Blanc living out their lives together. Chances are Olivers wouldve also been broken.
All in all, I dont think his route was ever planned to release and thats the reason all of these hints were scattered around. The only real unanswered question is who put the spell on Blanc, but in my opinion it couldve been either the Magic Tower, or Levie. I think it wouldve been a cool plotline to have Blanc directly connected to Levie, first because it would've confirmed how old Blanc actually is, but also because it gives Levie's character more grounding in the story. Plus, Blanc seems to know a lot about Levie regardless, so it'd make sense.
TheDollarStoreSatan out
(With Black Army outfit designs analyze coming at some point)
