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So recently (today), a theory has been buzzing around my head about how the characters in Gachiakuta become givers. And that is they die, or there is something around death.

This is a VERY recent theory and will have lots of holes (also i'm not that precious about this theory, so you have permission to poke holes in it) but I want to use Follo as an example!

WARNING!!!!! THIS WILL HAVE SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON. I WILL PUT ANOTHER REMINDER FURTHER ON TO REITERATE THIS.

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So recently I read that givers don't have catch lights in their eyes, which I never noticed up until now. And with the recent character releases for episode 4 of the anime, I noticed that in Follo's promo image, he has catch lights. (You will understand why I chose Follo further down). WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

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So in chapters 120 to around 128/129, you see both Follo and Rudo get into a fight whilst they're battling a trash beast. Whilst they're fighting, Follo obviously figures out he's the cause of the fight between him and Rudo and gets pretty much severely hurt by said trash beast

After he relives some of his memories, it all clicks for him and later in chapter 127, you see him back with his hammer, now turned into a vital instrument.

See where my brain has gone with this theory.

Now here he is in chapter 129 with no catch lights in his eyes.

So my theory is that to become a giver, you have to give up something of yourself (example, your soul) to your instrument to become a giver. Now I know some of you are thinking, 'Well, Remlin, Amo and Riyo got given their instruments,' and you are right.

But think of the circumstances around the Remlins and Amo's instruments. Thirst Quencher was passed down to Remlin when its previous user died. With Amo, her captor got knocked out, and she was given her boots by the 'angel' (I'm not spoiling who the angel is for anyone).

Not long after that, he captor wakes up, tries to steal the boots back, which results in Amo pushing him out of the tower and ending up getting killed.

With Riyo, however, although her instrument was mentioned to be given, there's no backstory to her yet and how she became a giver. But I am guessing with the past chapters showing her nature, there is probably a hint that she did something to a certain someone (who has been hinted at a few times) to become said giver.

Now, for Rudo, he's a bit of an exception to this theory because when you first meet him, he doesn't have any catch lights in his eyes (and this is where the holes in my theory show up)