I recently finished watching the second playthrough of Type 0 (i.e. the playthrough that has additional scenes that benefit the story). I have a lot of thoughts lol:
-Better the second time around bc the additional scenes the fill in blanks and flesh out certain NPCs. Despite this, not much is given about Arecia and her motivations in those scenes?? All i got was that it was the 600millionth cycle lol
-Hot take but I think Nomura actually improved Machina via Lauriam lmaooo. Instead of forced lovers, Lauriam and Strelitzia are siblings and have a cute moment together. Their relationship seems to be healthy and supportive as opposed to Machina and Rem's, which to me came off as having a power-imbalance (Machina often proclaimed that he needed to protect Rem but not once did she say that she is able to defend herself). Lauriam is chill and nice until the reveal of his sister's death, in which he gets taken over by emotion. Unlike the insecure Machina, Lauriam is more confident in his abilities.
-Machina, who looks like Brain, is given power by White TIger L'cie Qunmi, whose mask has pointy ears. It made me think about how Brain was given Master's Defender and the BoP by Ava
-In one of the Tiz scenes, she asks if she's meant to be the bridge that connects existence and nonexistence. Tiz looks like Skuld. Reality and Unreality.
-Agito is the prophesised saviour of the story and the cadets are training to become Agito but despite this, not much is said about WHAT Agito is supposed to be. The NPC Quon claims that it was just a fairy tale made up to keep people from despair. Heck, even in the Japanese High School SoL timeline and Samurai timeline, it is not revealed WHO is Agito.
That said, I have this feeling that kh is gonna do more with the concept. It at least has strongly suggested that it's Sora, and khdr brought up the requirements of the Child of Destiny.
-In Type 0, multiple characters wear masks that are based off animals. One looks like a feline with short ears and one with big pointy ears. There is only one (1) character who had a different animal mask and it is of a Peacock. I know there is a theory or two about the MoM's animal possibly being a peacock because of the sin pride and the Gazing Eyes. If the MoM gave himself a mask, it'd likely be based off the King of Concordia's mask (which is kinda funny given how NOT chill the king is)
-The Queen of Concordia's death is a major plot point that turns two nations against Class 0. However, it never gets revealed WHO killed her. There is suspicion that they were set up by the adults in power of their nation but it never gets confirmed.
-Lowkey glad that Type 0 isnt as well known among kh fans. I cant imagine people taking the VA and the girls well (i.e. wearing high school mini skirts to ACTUAL WAR, the fuckin panty shots). Also the the story.
The body language given to Rem and Deuce irk me. They do fuckin Aeygo arm movements lmaooo
-I like how Seven, the girl that is basically Lightning Farron with silver hair, is The Gay One of the class lol. Everyone else does some Hetero shit except for Seven. She's flustered at the idea of Sice, the other silver haired girl, wanting to date her (Sice had accidentally given a confession letter to Seven when she meant to give it to Kurasume).
I like Seven and I LOOOVE Lightning so...I'd ship Seven and Sice lol. Let them be chaotic girlfiends!