The (almost invisible) gloves Ena is wearing here may be to show the delicacy she's trying to touch Mizuki with

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The (almost invisible) gloves Ena is wearing here may be to show the delicacy she's trying to touch Mizuki with

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So I finally had time to read Nightglow today, and like, yeah - I get why everyone was so excited over the Sylus’ woman line, but we aren’t talking about so much other good stuff?!
We get a whole Ghost moment with polishing jewels. (We also see him talk about he only trusts his cut with certain gems, which I found interesting.)
We get this nod back to their first auction together.
👀 👀 👀 loooooook this line 🫦
He’s trying so hard. GIRL IF YOU DON’T GO MOVEIN WITH HIM -
The whole music hall scene was fun, but I think may have actually been a nod toward Luke and Kieran in a small way. ( World Underneath chapters ) The fact he made fake tickets to draw out people that he needed to take down was…interesting, but also set up for the rest of the card.
Because now we’re more at the part I want to talk about.
I’ve seen a lot of people talk about how we’ve only seen a lot of sweet Sylus cards for a while, but Infold has now brought the Bossman back repeatedly. First with the updated chapters, a promise card, and now two back to back cards - Nightglow and Improvised Flow.
All of them Sylus is struggling to maintain power.
Now it’s easy to brush this off, because even Sylus talks about its normal for people to try and kill him, but it’s happening more and more with MC around.
And something about this conversation…
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but, this is clearly more than just showing off jewelry. Hell, I think it might even be more than proving to everyone that he’s still the one fully in charge.
I think it’s also a warning of who is under his protection as well. We know Astra and Ever have massive beef with Sylus thanks to the main story and the World Underneath chapters. And I’m almost willing to bet there’s at least one person in this crowd he’s expecting to bring back the message.
Just my thoughts. Anyway! Back to your regularly scheduled scrolling. 😂
My turn to yap about the new set: featuring a copious amount of flower language talk (cut for my initial points but i added a lot more under the cut :3)
The flowers in Mizu5 are white roses which mean many things but specifically “new beginnings” and “remembrance”
Whereas the new card has what looks like many different colored daisies, which also mean new beginnings, as well as “joy” and “cheerfulness”
Carved Gemheart will be one of my favourite cards of all times and very dear to my heart because not only it's one of the very few pure fluff cards (I swear all of Rafayel's cards have angst sneaking in, masquerading as fluff or spice) but also I adore Scholar!Mc
Actually more than adore, I truly feel like Scholar! MC is 100% me in all aspects. Like me, she holds a post of good reputation at the Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs, and still her post is not that high enough to outrank the other ministers. She doesn't care that her current position means the chances of bribery being low - infact, she's more than content with things being that way, and I adore how her office space is so filled with books, even the seats are occupied. Not to mention how she implied that other than herself and Rafayel, no one else comes to her office - GIRL SAME😭🤝
I also love how Scholar!MC is so oblivious (as Rafayel put it, she's "very humble" about it😭😭😭😭). From an audience pov, it was very clear to me how much affection Rafayel harboured for her, but our dear scholar? Nope, she thought he meant her clothes (that scene made me laugh-cry so much sobs girl why😭) BUT the thing is - that's exactly who I am irl!!!!
I've always loved MC but Yunshao's Scholar from the Department of Ceremonial Affairs.... That girl's me! Everything about her, I saw in myself! Especially the way she realised her feelings for Rafayel and confessed to him, and still struggled to articulate them.
And that's another reason why I love Rafayel so much. With him, I feel so seen, like it doesn't matter that I make him wait, or that I'm completely oblivious about his feelings, that he essentially needs to spell it out for me so that I know he loves me, that I even struggle to say those words of affection back. For him, it's enough I love him, and choose him - and I do, he's everything 🥺💜
I love everything about this card - About our cute and intelligent Scholar!MC, our charming and beloved prince from Zhaole, their banters and Rafayel's teasings, Mc going "We're best friends" and Rafayel restraining himself from facepalming, visibly frustrated but patiently waiting for her to catch up... And the way it all comes to head, with Rafayel's confession, MCs realisation, her unique way of confessing back...
This card is so special to me. Gods. Infold peaked with this🩷💜
"We, With Wounded Hand." Card Analysis
All the card have this butterfly motif on them. Butterflies are associated with transformation, now it's obvious that Mizuki represent the butterfly because in Mizu5 the butterfly is flying away and in Ena5 the butterfly is flying back but the motif of transformation could also refer to their relationship, it's transforming from how it was from the beginning, how it was when the secret came out and how it is when they communicate to each about the secret.
The flower I think are suppose to be cherry blossoms, they represent life and death, beauty and violence. This meanings are very contracting to each other just like the contradiction to the themes expressed of the two event's cards. In mizu5, Mizuki had what one could call a panic attack, they felt it was a life ending experience, that it would be the death of their friendship to Niigo, that it would damage it beyond repair. In ena5 the flowers are blooming all around, it's beautiful, almost to express how Mizuki is beautiful even when they bloom, things can die but they can also be reborn into something new, death could mean so much and it doesn't alway have to be a bad thing, there is sometimes beauty in it like how their is beauty in in Mizuki's truth, Niigo's relationship has died in the sense that it's no longer the same as it was before but also been given a new life to it, it has changed and their's beauty in that.
In mizu5, Mizuki hides their eyes so they can be blind to the pain. In ena5, Mizuki still closes her eye but she's not wearing a blindfold but they're still closing her eyes, they're not trying to ignore the pain that they felt in the other card but they're still closes their eye because the pain they felt when their secret was announced before they were ready to say it can't be erased, the past can never be erased, the eyes close can serve as a relic to Mizu5.
Ena is reaching out to a flower because Mizuki see themself as the flower, ena's face in mizu5 card could be seen as sadness but also disgust, maybe Mizuki think that ena is disgust by their secret, maybe in Mizuki's point of view Ena is reaching out because that was the last thing Mizuki saw before leaving. However, in ena5 she reaching out to Mizuki because she see Mizuki for who they are, something that Mizuki should not be ashamed of, she reaching out to comfort her friend. The difference in both the hand reaching is that Mizu5 hand is hesitant while Ena5 there's not even a hint of hesitant showing character growth.
When I first saw Kanade card it reminded me of her colorfes card with the white flowers and looking away from a distance but I also noticed the opposing colour scheme with purple being the opposite of yellow, not sure if there's anything there. Also Kanade and Mafuyu as the 3 star of Mizu5 and Ena5 are both watching from a distance in their cards, the 3 star are kinda like a mirror of each other as Mafuyu looks to the right and Kanade looks to the left but even their outfits fit them, Mafuyu clothes are covering most of her skin, almost expressing her close off nature while Kanade show the skin on her arm and legs showing her nature of wanting to her music to reach others. Kanade card is more vibrant in it's colour while Mafuyu is more saturated, I love how polarising the cards are to each other like how the two event are different themes to the same story.
Both vocaloid have the main motif of the cards near their ear, Meiko is also looking at the the flower while Kaito is looking away from the flower showing the contrast in how they choose to deal with Mizuki's situation, Kaito look more cold in his approach while Meiko looks more gentle in her approach, like a perfect mirror to Mizuki and Mafuyu character's vs Kanade and Ena character's within the cards. Mafuyu and Mizuki were quick to close themselves off from their problems while Kanade and Ena were quick lend a hand and defend the other. Vocaloid are meant to represent the unit's characters even if in Niigo case, Mafuyu was the one who made the Sekai it still serve as a great representation of the two roles. I also think Meiko and Kaito were the perfect fit for choosen vocaloid, they are counterpart, similair to rin and len, and their hair fit the colour scheme with Mizu5 being mostly of a cooler colour scheme while Ena5 being mostly of a warmer colour scheme.

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okay, working on the spreadsheet rn and i find the distribution of skills interesting
including the upcoming romeo,
17 ssrs have curse, 12 have charge, 9 have fury, 8 have poison, 8 have sleep, 8 have stun, 6 have guard
(if the screenshot is hard to read, the spreadsheet is here or in my pinned post, check under the tab labeled [WIP] Skill Organization)
Hello everyone It's 5:01 AM and i'm risking everything to give you rhis
so first and foremost. mizu5 spoilers under the cut :3
An examination of the New Jade and Floyd Cards
CW: Spoilers for the Japanese Release, Talk of the discourse about the cards and how they were handled, discussions of anatomy, very brief mention of animal death (related to consumption and preparation of Moray Eels for eating - no images are shown and it is not gone into in graphic detail.)
TW: Extensive talks about Sexualization and information on the correlation of sexualization and it's impacts in the second half of the post. There is a heading in purple if you would like to skip this section.