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I'd die for her 😫

She's a doe-eyed blonde named after the moon with stars on her head. Notice her Senku!

I just wish that she'll be happy in the end no matter what happens. She's my favourite girl. I Shipped senku and kohaku first but now I ship Senku and Luna so hard. Some say that Luna loves Senku only because he's matching her preferences but that's not true. If it were, she wouldn't have identified that Senku is the real scientist. And can't a girl have preferences? In the beginning even Kohaku said she's fallen for him because of his sorcery.

And I have a soft corner for Luna because of her backstory, she got admission for medicine because of her father and failed her exams. She did her best and I feel like the mangaka hasn't given her much appearance in the chapters. She's a cool character, a medical student but was that the only reason they introduced her? Just because they need a doctor onboard when senku gets shot ? I feel really bad for Luna sometimes. Senku did appreciate her efforts, which was really sweet and there's something I noticed that Senku always looks charming around her. Maybe there was one time he was kind of goofy when he said they need her to stitch torn body parts. But most of the time he looks what you call smexy around Luna.

And just see him looking so satisfied, gazing at a distance while Luna savours the Senku icecream 👀

This is all creating a tension. And why was she made to look like a classic Hollywood heroine!

And this symbolic connection

It's the real moon he was talking about but for fans like me, these things are symbolic and requires analysis lmao. She's a doe-eyed blonde named after the moon with stars on her hair! Notice it Senku! Why stars? Because she's the moon she's surrounded by the stars.

I read somewhere that Senku charmed Luna into joining their team because he knew she's that kind of a woman! Then why didn't he do it with beautiful Amaryllis? Yes there was so much happening, one at the enemy base was actually his mentor and beloved Gen was held captive and they need the rocket expert so things had to be handled smoothly. STILL she's the first girl Senku tries to charm. I use the word with discretion and then he wraps her around his finger with his ice-cream. He treated Luna as a special guest (due to xeno ofc but still)

"She broke the cycle of violence by refusing to use destructive methods like the Darkling!" She didn't break shit. The cycle of violence happily continued—with wars and Grisha oppression worse than before, she just opted out of it. Non-violent methods of resistance exist, but they require actual work: negotiations, educating masses, organizing activist campaigns, protests, strikes, distributing information, and raising awareness. And yes, risking your life, because you rejecting violence doesn't mean your opponents would too. Disengaging and hoping that someone else will do it in your stead while you paint irises on walls and munch cakes is not it.

"She just rejected all that power and grandeur because she is such a humble, virtuous girl!! She just didn't want to be queen!" Her country was a war-torn poverty-stricken hellhole riddled with corruption and bigotry. There were like a million ways to help besides being a queen. Grisha power was not some fancy elite skill that gave one stellar prospects in life, wealth, prestige, and glory. It was the reason why the Grisha were almost universally persecuted. So Alina cosplaying the oppressor class is not an act of humility. She is not rejecting grandeur; she's turning a blind eye to the genocide and spitting in the face of all people who put their faith in her because she now has the privilege not to care.

Alexei Stepanov.

He was Alina's real best friend at the beginning of the series. The one who was actually there, spending time with her, enjoying her company even though she's not really pleasant to be around. He was an amazing cartographer with a promising future, and he was deeply fascinated with the Grisha and their way of life. Alexei was the first person Alina couldn't save. The Fold took him, but loosing him wasn't enough to shake her powers free. It was the threat of loosing Mal, the childhood friend who was already slipping through her fingers.

But after Alina gets to the Little Palace, the memory of Alexei fades into the background. He's only talked about as yet another victim of the Fold, another "victim of the Darkling's greed".

And it's really tragic. Alexei could have easily been a guiding light for Alina throughout the series, someone who inspired her to be more open, more friendly, to strive to do better. His memory could have been the driving force behind Alina's desire to destroy the Fold - rather than it being an "Oh, it's evil so it needs to go", it's an "I can't see how this can be good because of my grief over the friend I lost to the Fold".

Alexei's also the sort of person I want to strive to be in my own life - someone who's kind to everyone, no matter what they're like.

But twice…