#act 12

Izumi

Chikage-san.

Chikage

What is it?

Izumi

Do you remember what I said back then?

Chikage

Back when?

Izumi

During “Scarlet Mirror.”

You brought back Hisoka-san and if anything happened in the future, Chikage-san would take care of it.

Chikage-san I said that you’re a member of the theater company and a companion, so please try not to do anything dangerous.

Chikage-san, you nodded in agreement then.

Chikage

…...

Izumi You clearly remember it since you’re so quiet.

Chikage

Well, who knows.

Izumi

It makes me happy that you think of the theater company, Chikage-san.

But this time, there’s a bunch of people willing to help us out, and I don’t want Chikage-san alone to be in danger because of the theater company.

Especially now. Chikage-san, if anything happens to you, I’d never forgive myself.

Don’t forget your promise.

Chikage

Roger that.

Izumi

If you lie, you’re gonna have to swallow a thousand needles. *

(Alternatively: cross your heart and hope to die.)

Chikage

Yeah, yeah. I got it.

Hisoka

*holding back a laugh* Chikage’s.... pinky promise....

Chikage

August would laugh out loud if he knew.

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FIRS, I LOVE THE CINEMATIC PARALLEL WITH THE FLOWER AND ASTEROIDS i thoght the pollen was a rather strange thing to be emphasize on banri and sakuya's posters but then i saw the pv and *&^@(^(!^$*($ THAT'S SO PRETTY

what if this bubble reflects reni's old dream of putting on a god-like performance? considering how bubbles pop after a certain amount of time and how it reflects the person before it pops, the fall and eventual pop of the bubble is a symbolism of reni's dream being "more real"? considering how yukio won't act ever again, the bubble popping means that reni is awoken from his dream (since he's the only one of the first gen who had the bubble, and how the first gen has the theme of "nothing lasts forever," unlike the newborn gen's "nothing lasts forever, but...")

HARUGUMI. OH MY GOD. THE CINEMATIC TRANSITION JUST MADE ME CRY!!!!!!!!!!! okay so they're pretty bright, right? then they have the vignette/filter before they zoom out, onto the screen of azuma's robot friend. they could've just made it zoom out, but no, THEY HAD TO PUT THE FILTER THERE. it could mean that the a-12 death theory is real and that the arc planet agents (hisoka and azuma) managed to document a-12 before they died.

(a-12 death theory is pretty popular on twt, since the synopsis of the plays from the countdowns imply that a-12 is just a rock now)

ITARUUUUUUUUUUUUUU%(^%*^(*%!^(*%^(!*%^(!% other than the fact that we have the zoom in on him and he's like the leader of the a-12 dwellers in the harugumi pic above... he's also holding the glass flower. we all know how a3 loves paralleling the plays with the event/main story, so i think itaru will have a pretty major part in act 12 (my irl also theorized that itaru will start the family etude for sakuya this time) some tweets to better visualize how impactful itaru being the glue in act 12: this is the thread that talked about itaru as glue, and another one

WHAT IF THIS IS ONE OF THE CGS... ONE OOMF ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW HE'S POSSIBLY PRESENTING A MONOLGUE IN THIS, WITH THE REST OF MANKAI RIGHT BEHIND HIM... kinda like banri's portrait in act 11 :')

ALSO CAN I PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE "TADAIMA" AND THE LYRICS TOO??????? a lot of jp artists i follow theorize that sakuya will go on a journey in act 12 (metaphorical or literal idk), but he'll still go home to his mankai family. also, the short version of the last planet song (and the long one too) has "tabibito" (traveler), and considering how the title of the plays are "home" and "origin"... it could be saku (the play character) going on a journey to find his origin, but he'll go home to anims once he finds the truth. to add to this, the harugumi part with the old leaders (where itaru sings last), he says "we'll wait for you" or smthn around those lines T-T