maria

While rambling about how I believed the person in this panel is Az and thought that Nina would be executed, some mutuals pointed out that maybe the death will be metaphorical and fake because Nina’s false identity will eventually become public. But... let’s get to the part I elaborated on:

This panel, the very first page of the manga, tells us what will happen at some point in the future. We just know Nina will be killed. The most likely thought is that the person that will kill her, once again, is Azure, since he “killed” Nina and made her become Princess/Priestess Alisha (thanks for my moots for pointing it out that maybe the death was only metaphorical – which makes more sense). Going for the most unlikely (which I thought, LMAO) is the possibility of the whole thing of star people, destiny, and Nina’s desire to go against what is written in the stars made her go back in time after something bad happened.

But, despite what she is saying, let’s analyze two illustrations: the one presented before and this spread of Azure (that follows the first one):

When Nina thinks “Look at me… just once more” we see someone with their face hidden, but we can notice similarities: hair that seems to be braided, a collar very similar to the one Az has on the chapter cover, a necklace, a piece of cloth falling in his shoulders, and earrings that have the same shape as his (but that looks simplified).

I tried grasping where is Nina being conducted, but it’s very hard (although we can assume it’s Fortna) because Galgada also uses similar triangle patterns: