Tomorrow, November 10th, at 3:00 PM, we're holding the "Overcoming Protagonist" event! 🪽
Wonderlands x Showtime is finally performing at Arkland. While feeling nervous, Nene, the lead actress, is fired up, emboldened by the confidence she's built up over the years. But then, she meets a former friend...
Kasa6 and nene6 leading to the creation of a new ship of two fictional characters in a portrayed by fictional characters where the dynamics reflect that of the fictional characters is a whole new level of meta fiction that I love #blessheart
Nene is very strong, if Rui said to me "you have to give your very best, otherwise there's no point in you being here" I'd break right there, I'm glad she had become the type of person who can handle the pressure of being the star
the fact that Rui admitted that nene has several accounts just to curse people out is very nene. I know she has never technically canonically cussed, but in my heart; she definitely has let some slip.
rui6 spec: the finale (and by extension kasa7 spec)
(rui5, kasa6, nene6, emu7 spoilers)
I cannot stop thinking about Rui6 possibilities. I have been dreaming about them, theorizing about them for so long.
I cannot get over the final line in the Rui5 play. “No one knows whether this unchanging monster could have continued to live peacefully alongside humans after that. It wouldn’t be a happy ending if the monster’s true nature was changed as well.”
Eyelid was about his friends being his reason to live. Quoting my Eyelid analysis, “‘Aiming my gaze at those distant stars,’ He’s once again looking to his hope: his dream and his friends. ‘Even as regret coils around me, I want to walk together with our steps matching rhythm,’ Perhaps his regret is his past, or perhaps he feels selfish for wanting to stay with them forever. But nonetheless he wants to be with them. It’s his hope for the future. ‘One way or another, [he’ll] get to grips with it.’”
But then the next event was Kasa6. Tsukasa takes method-acting to the extreme to the point where he goes into despair, being the only character outside of Niigo to lose the light in his eyes. The dialogue tag changes from Breath back to Tsukasa, signifying that Tsukasa’s line between fiction and reality was destroyed.
Remember who taught Tsukasa about method acting? Rui! All the way back in Kasa2. He wanted to help Tsukasa play the role of Thorpe, so he gave Tsukasa a hint to find something he has in common with Thorpe. The scene where Rui tells him to do so gets a flashback in Kasa3, where he’s trying to get the role of Rio. Things happen, then in episode 7, Tsukasa watches Amami once more to relate to Rio’s role of trying so hard to catch the phoenix, and it works. I think this is where Rui truly grasps Tsukasa’s dream and decides to stop holding his hand and puts his full trust in him.
However, we can see what the result of that is in Kasa6.
Then, in Nene6, when Nene is struggling to fulfill her role as Princess Heart, Rui scolds Nene and tells her “There’s no point in [her] being here,” if Nene can’t give her “best performance.” Nene soon realizes that this means that Rui truly believes he can do it, but as someone with social anxiety, I was initially very, very shocked when Rui said this, considering its harshness. In Rui’s second sidestory, Rui admits that he didn’t know if it was the best approach. However, Nene assures him that she’s fine.
Anyways, Asahi is thinking about what Wonderlands x Showtime told Nene. He realizes that he can’t put on a show that unites the world with his current friends. Then Sakaki comes in and offers to give Asahi advice.
Then, in the next event, Emu7, Asahi is just… gone. He’s taking a break from Arcland because there’s “something he needs to do.”
The main purpose of this unnecessary block of words is speculation about what’s going to happen in Rui6. So, now I’m going to put everything that I just said together.
Going back to the line in Rui5: “No one knows whether this unchanging monster could have continued to live peacefully alongside humans after that. It wouldn’t be a happy ending if the monster’s true nature was changed as well.”
Rui’s reason to continue on is his friends. We’ve seen in the past that he’s willing to stop doing what he likes if he believes that he’s hurting them.
What if something happens in Rui6 involving Asahi and Sakaki that ends up having him discover how far Tsukasa has gone with his method-acting, causing him to regret ever ‘letting go’ of him in Kasa3? Perhaps Rui only valued Tsukasa’s ability, which was what caused him to let go? When one realization happens, you start questioning every other thing as well. What about what Rui said to Nene? Could this mean that he doesn’t value his childhood friend, only her potential?
And now, Rui thinks he’s actively hurting everyone, he’s never changed, he’s still a heartless monster. He can’t live peacefully among them. And the monster in Rui5 (which is obviously Rui, if I didn’t mention it already) said that if he loses control, he should be killed. After all, then there’d be peace for everyone else.
So then Rui leaves Wonderlands x Showtime. End of Rui6. This may seem far-fetched (and to be honest, I actually felt my cheeks get tingly because I felt so embarrassed writing this down), but remember how we all thought Rui6 was going to be before Emu7? Why did Emu7 have to go before Rui6? Unless if there was something that would mean Rui6 would have to immediately be followed by Kasa7?
Going back to Kasa6, it’s clear that Tsukasa’s one purpose in life is to put on a show that makes other people smile. If he can’t do that, then what’s the point of his life?
So Kasa7 is going to involve Tsukasa using all of his skills to put on a play that will give a smile to someone who needs it the most: Rui.
