#lore stuff??

This episode was so bizarre, I was honestly not expecting the sci-fi elements. I should read the last star festival episode to compare it with this one, but in hindsight, the first star festival really was the bad ending. Mio kept a cool head, which is why I think that they got so far, not to mention that Jin was putting belt to ass when he arrived. Lucas gets sidetracked so easily, and Ren does not wanna be there. Which I get… as a Ren lover, I loved that he was in this episode, on the other hand, he should’ve just stayed at home with his attitude💀 Like damn, if I was MC I’d be hella annoyed. I’ve been both people, and it sucks either way lmao. It doesn’t help that he doesn’t take MC’s curse seriously, or the riddle, all I want to do is yell “SHE’S DYING OH MY GOOOD!”

I can see why a lot of the ghouls like Mio though, he naturally adopts a peacekeeper role and calms people down. Hell, he can handle people like Taiga and Shion, which I can imagine are not easy to keep in line.

Circling back to the star festival being the bad ending, there were a lot of factors that helped the ghouls this time. A large part of it was Mio. Dionysia really impacts the story this time around, while nothing changed in the end, Mio was the entire reason why they got to figure out the Sky Kings riddle.

Alan was lost in the forest during the first one, and the ghouls prioritized getting him home instead of coming across the land of exile. Even if they did, they most likely didn’t have a way to build the magpies bridge without Mio fixing the clockwork mechanism he gave to Haru.

As much as I dislike Jin’s attitude, he actually helped them solved the riddle. As much as it pains me to say it, they probably wouldn’t have gotten far without Jin’s guidance 🤦‍♀️ People can disagree with me on that, but they most likely would’ve ran out of time if he wasn’t there.

Anyways, moving on, Jin was so salty towards the Sky King that it made me giggle lmao.

Hello 😭 I swear, guys, he got so jelly. And like…

Now… I’m not saying this is Jin… but there is a possibility 👀

On a side note, the sky king was so cute this episode. Like, he was already cute, but the fact that they literally became Orihime and Hikoboshi tore me apart. He was so alone 😭 and his promise to come back to MC 😭 and saying that he’ll come back every year to see her 😭 UGHHH absolute cuties, I live for this 😮‍💨

Something tells me Kaito is gonna have a very rude awakening at some point

About Ren and Shion, it was cool seeing them get along but I knew it wasn’t gonna last long, seeing the kind of person that he is. He doesn’t like when people compliments Mio’s work, and Shion immediately loses interest when people aren’t scared of him. A very weird guy, but, it was funny how he walked away when he realized that the Sinostra grunt didn’t actually have prizes.

I took so many god damn pictures OH MY LORD. First off I want to talk about episode 17 because like????

WHAT DO YOU MEAN “WAVES OF LOVE” AND THE MC IS IN A CUTE DRESS WALKING TOWARDS A LIMO!!! I hope… I hope I hope I HOPE there’s more romance. To speak on that for a moment? A dump of all my favourite moments.

Lyca is so adorable, I’m so happy we got a cameo from him AND the best mini storyline. His rivalry with that fox is so funny, when he leaves and shouts “shaddap! We’ll finish this later, dumb fox!!!” I was giggling. He is just so cute lmao. Don’t even get me started on the formal introduction to Elias, he even calls the mc “dear heart” which is just UGH 💕

Kill me 💀 crying and throwing up at these screenshots. You can’t tell me “waves of love” isn’t going to have more “romance” with photos like these. On a real note, I know there won’t be any romance… but a girl can only dream. I’ll have that Ritsu photo till the day I die.

Aside from my favourite moments, I’m glad there’s more explanation on Hyde as a character. Even outside of this episode, you can tell that Sho does not like his brother or atleast doesn’t want the mc caught in his mess. He doesn’t like it when they mention him at all. This appears in his affinity 10 story I believe, where (spoilers) Hyde wants you to give Sho a gift and Sho just tells the mc flat out that they shouldn’t accept anything from him. I do not like Hyde at all, I saw someone point out in the discussion tab on the episode that Hodge and Podge were mad at Hyde for tricking the mc, so they made a warding card. I want to see his downfall so bad because poor Romeo has to suck up to him.

Also that whole thing with Haru being in Dionysia? WOW. Honestly I’ve been guessing that he was apart of Sinostra for the longest time because he’s just a litttle bit greedy and he knows how to sway customers. After seeing what kind of place Dionysia was, it all comes together. Honestly I think Haru transferred because of Towa… I am a firm believer in the theory that Towa is the male mermaid that Hyde spoke about (I hope there’s more insight into who supplied the mermaid flesh btw, that is reallyyyy interesting). If I were to say anything I think Towa was transferred into Darkwick a year prior, liked Haru because of his whimsy, and Haru transferred to Jabberwock to look after Towa to put it simply. I’m just over here making assumptions so don’t quote me hehe.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I liked the gala sequence. Mainly because I love seeing the characters interact. There were a few moments I laughed at, like Towa pulling Ed’s arm off and Ed takes this tomfoolery💀

HE GOT VIOLATED SO MUCH THIS EPISODE, ITS SO HILARIOUS. JIRO SHOVED HIS FINGERS DOWN HIS THROAT, LYCA THREW HIM OVER THE SHOULDER.

He makes me laugh, he’s so fucking cute. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I WAS SO DISTURBED WHEN THE MC WAS SCRATCHING HER THROAT AND SHIT WHEN TURNING INTO THE KYKLOS. Btw I was suspecting why that happened, because the mc is supposed to have a year. The “dream” she had about turning into the kyklos was most likely what happened in another timeline, atleast I think so. I can’t tell, but since the institute doesn’t know anything about the kyklos, it’s probably why they got it wrong. There’s probably a better explanation, but my brain is too tired to look for clues.

When the monkeys paw dropped into Kaito’s hand I didn’t breathe. I WAS SO HORRIFIED. I’m not the best writer, but Jin and Tohma’s scene where they reveal that it’s a monkey’s paw, and the anomaly was released to kill that girl was so perfectly horrifying.

The thing is that I knew someone was gonna die, because a friend on discord said it behind a spoiler. I was curious, and I didn’t know who would die so I was really freaked out that it was gonna be Lyca or Ren. I didn’t tear up much, because I can usually sense when deaths are permanent or not, especially in a game like this where Kaito being killed off isn’t gonna stick. I was still really sad though, but I hope to god that time loop theory is real. The prologue sequence is different than what happened, so this can’t be the timeline that ends it all. The amount of fan art I’ve been seeing with Kaito x mc is so heartbreaking, all he wanted was to dance with her.

What made me cry is when I saw Lyca’s scared face

HE ACTUALLY MAKES ME CRY SO MUCH. I DONT WANT HIM TO BE SAD OR TERRIFIED. THE WHOLE THING WITH LYCA POTENTIALLY EATING NEROS IS SO SAD TOO. Personally, I don’t think Lyca killed Neros. If he did… 👀 that’s not stopping me, he’s innocent in my heart. Lyca talks like Neros is still alive, so I’m thinking that he was taken before he knew of Neros death. It seems like Lyca wasn’t near Neros when it happened, because they suspected him of the murder, and that he was the most likely culprit. Is this me coping? Maybe. I love him.

Anyways, fuck hyde, Romeo should’ve shot him. I know Romeo admitted to being used, but it’s not enough for me. SHOOT HIM, HE’S RIGHT THERE DAWG OHHH MYYY GOOOOD.

Ren was a bit of an ass, but I’d be pissed if I had to go to DW because I was a ghoul, put into a house with a captain that violated my boundaries, a vice captain that doesn’t hide the fact that he hates me, being put into constant danger, and feeling like there’s no sane person around me. I did get pissed at him though I’m ngl. I was really sad when Haru wanted Ren to feed peekaboo while he was injured, and he just kinda fucked off, I get it but 😭

Subaru is sketchy as fuck. Everyone knows this by now, and I still love him, I’m just waiting for him to crack. It looked like he was ready to go off on Professor Mobius when he was telling Subaru he had to stay back to gain more trust. I wanna fry that fucking octopus omg. If I was in Subaru’s position, I’d tweak tf out too. That boy has no light in his eyes, and he just took the bullshit so he wouldn’t get apprehended for doing some insane shit. Lyca has been making such a huge effort to fit in, and everyone treats him like he’s a monster when he helps everyone out. He’s so sweet, and if he could read he would be such an academic weapon. He loves learning, and he has a great memory. Anyways, I just love that cutie pie so much AGHHHHHHHHH.

So yeah these are my episode thoughts 😻 I hate the fact that I have to wait another month for season 2. I’m actually writing an au rn, but everything got so busy in December that I barely had time to write it, plus I got stuck on Jin. Jin is hard to write for cause he’s such an ass, and I love my emotional men.