Kairi Star

the implication is that the circus IS her most traumatic experience, that losing her autonomy, her NAME, her humanity, is the most traumatic experience she's ever had. it's the fact that she lost the first person that understood her existential crisis at the time, because gummigoo just had learned that he wasn't real, and pomni found comfort in someone who wasn't afraid to talk about it.

because the others were too absorbed on their own matters due to it, and pomni really had no one to talk to. (ragatha was there, yes, but we already know what her problems at the start of the series were, as pomni NEEDS someone who's not afraid of talking about things, while ragatha was coping with toxic positivity).

my point is that pomni's trauma isn't some ai love interest thing (which i am aware is a joke but it's annoying to see such a meaningful friendship be described as such), but that the loss of the first person that understood her in such a vulnerable time was what marked her the most. it is also the dehumanization that caine portrayed with turning gummigoo into a real animal, and making him (and his brothers) attack pomni.

because she still feels guilty about it.

This. This right here. This hits me where I live.

I absolutely LOVE this moment between Zooble and Gangle where they comfort and support her when she's feeling down, and I love EVEN MORE how it builds upon what we learned about them in the previous episode.

No.6 Reunion Vol.1 Chapter 1: One More Time (part 2)

My English translation of the second half of chapter one of No.6 Reunion volume one has been posted! Please give another thank you to my editor @jaywalkings and beta team @minamiren @nezumiismissing @glittercracker for all of their hard work <3