ALLIUM !!

everyone who argues that its 'canon he cannot dream' uses the same point. the first line of stormbringer is "Chuuya Nakahara didn't dream." [page 14] which is an understandable misconception, but you're not thinking about the context. first of all, the phrasing is important. its not that he cannot dream, its that he didnt. he isnt incapable. i think this sentence is more-so to bring up his nightmares, he didnt dream, BUT, he had nightmares. what is actually happening in this scene is clarified in the third and fourth paragraphs.

"Swirling within his chest were the remnants of some intense emotion, although he couldn't remember what emotion, exactly. He'd been like this every day as of late. Chuuya gave up trying to remember and left his bedroom to take a shower."

the inference you can make here is that something in his sleep caused him to feel like this, but the second he woke up he was unable to recall exactly what it was. the only plausible explanation for this is that he had a nightmare. "For him, waking up was like a bubble emerging from within mud."

also, the specific "as of late" sentence is also proof that this only has to do with his nightmares. he cannot remember his nightmares. they are traumatic flashbacks, so his mind blocks them out when he wakes up. this is especially important to support why he doesn't remember his past, as he proceeds to shower and "He thought about who he was while the hot water poured down his body."

my next point is how embarrassed chuuya got when the albatross said, "Were so used to you randomly being in a bad mood once every month or so, but I gotta ask: Did something happen? A bad dream, maybe?" [page 21]

which is followed with "A bad dream. The instant he heard those words, Chuuya turned around, furious. "Nothing happened!" His rage violently shook the glasses in the pool hall."

i feel like he wouldve reacted differently if he was simply incapable of dreaming. its like he got embarrassed because he just realized what he had forgotten. what a silly defensive guy.

and my final point is that it just wouldn't make sense? at the end of stormbringer it suggests he is a human, so why would he be unable to dream? its something that doesnt make sense with any of his lore. my nightmare explanation makes a lot more sense for his character.

[this point is better proven that even if you don't remember ur dreams, as a human being you dream every single night regardless.]