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i was so inspired i had to do this on my phone as quickly as possible

the first time it happens, he finds it annoying - why does HE have to deal with this? the band isn't gonna make any progress! - but i think afterwards, it leaves a bad taste in his mouth. maybe even keeps him up at night. music is so important to him, that i think the idea of it affecting someone else like that would be almost... haunting?

i went to go find my ramble on discord about an interaction between them and thought i'd have mentioned the musical aspect, but instead i forgot... i still wanna share though since i focused more on eva's status as someone who also had to take care of a child at a far too young age due to the horrors of war, but loving that child unconditionally, how she parallels gaku in that aspect in a strange way

huge agree with everything you've said about the fte and gaku's relationship with (futuran) music - it feels like gaku specifically is 'so close' to the connecting with futurans (maybe because of his background?) and understanding that what they're doing is wrong, but he's never able to take that 'final step' until the end of second scenario.

ahhh, thank You for sharing!! i love the image of gaku alone, surrounded by silence, despite the garishness and typical loudness of the rec room. the contrast of 'how things should be' (fun and 'normal') vs. how they really are...

the rec room imagery isnt even something i picked up on while typing it but now that you mention it, it's so incredibly true. that kind of dissonance is present in eva's whole charcter (the brainwashed prioner of war typically taking on a "comedic relief" role) and to a lesser extent, gaku's... i love that a lot

and as for eva's age, i also consider her an adult but i was also thinking about how old kamyuhn may be (10? 12 maybe?) and how even if eva were in her early twenties, she still would be a teen parent. unless kamyuhn was adopted rather recently, which is not the impression i had. but yeah! there's a lot to think about how their situations had them all grow up too fast and they could really connect through that.

p.s.: turns out the real reason gaku died in kg route was because during the eva+nozomi motherhood arc there'd be a gaku shaped elephant in the room /j

YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH... the way killing game is just The Gaku-Shaped Elephant In The Room Route.. he should have been there...

augh, thank you for reading and catching that - the link should be fixed now (at least in the original post)! i don't have anything to add to the rest of your last paragraph - it's so, so good!! reminds me of one of my favorite gaku lines:

the first time it happens, he finds it annoying - why does HE have to deal with this? the band isn't gonna make any progress! - but i think afterwards, it leaves a bad taste in his mouth. maybe even keeps him up at night. music is so important to him, that i think the idea of it affecting someone else like that would be almost... haunting?

i went to go find my ramble on discord about an interaction between them and thought i'd have mentioned the musical aspect, but instead i forgot... i still wanna share though since i focused more on eva's status as someone who also had to take care of a child at a far too young age due to the horrors of war, but loving that child unconditionally, how she parallels gaku in that aspect in a strange way

huge agree with everything you've said about the fte and gaku's relationship with (futuran) music - it feels like gaku specifically is 'so close' to the connecting with futurans (maybe because of his background?) and understanding that what they're doing is wrong, but he's never able to take that 'final step' until the end of second scenario.

ahhh, thank You for sharing!! i love the image of gaku alone, surrounded by silence, despite the garishness and typical loudness of the rec room. the contrast of 'how things should be' (fun and 'normal') vs. how they really are...