goddamn. hanekoma. playing dealer with a stacked deck. arming every faction. placing eggs in every basket. bets on every hand.
āan inevitabilityā; that the proxy handpicked by the composer would be a fan of CAT, the proxy being a fan of CAT ensures a strong imagination, the proxy possessing a strong imagination means the proxyās worthy, the proxy being worthy ensures the composer would pick him. it didnāt have to be neku, necessarily, but it always wouldāve been. neku is at the mural, because he is the worthy proxy, joshua is at the mural, because heās there to collect his proxy, minamimoto is at the mural, because the fallen angel has informed him of the composerās identity.
shibuya being destroyed is an unacceptable outcome. the composer must be stopped; the proxy must change his mind, the conductor must win their game, or the fallen angelās game piece must kill him. thereās a perfect outcome out there, but insurance is necessary. so kitaniji gets his pins, minamimoto gets his taboo noise, joshua gets a busted tracker, and neku gets a mentor.
hanekoma lays the groundwork for neku to become the kind of person that can influence joshua. ātrust your partnerā, the other various advice, telling neku some things about joshua to get him to sympathize. and itās because heās nekuās idol that neku tries to internalize it, because itās CAT saying these things. and neku died because he loved CATās mural. an inevitability.
