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you’re as sweet as spring carnations

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Them😌

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I've always loved how they both have blues in their eyes

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a familiar face

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I would love to see what your hypothetical Kanade crash out would look like ngl (you don't need to draw for this if you don't want to a text explanation would still be awesome)

ok soooo this isn't exactly the crashout but rather building up to it i guess :P

the rest of this post is gonna be rambling and predictions ⬇️

alright this ask enabled me, im gonna just dump all my thoughts as of now on what's to come for kanade's story :) i could end up being completely wrong, but hey im just theorizing and having fun here while i wait very impatiently lol

To start, I don't think kana5 will be on the scale of mizu5 (i mean i might be biased but idk if anything will come close to that level of insanity again), mainly because there hasn't been as much build-up to a breaking point. Kanade's issues have been pushed aside (by herself especially) and not heavily focused on up to this point in the story. There hasn't been any increasing tension for things to reach a climax yet. Having her big break be in this next event would be too sudden and sort of unprecedented. For this event at least, I highly doubt that'll be the case. Instead, I think this event will start to touch on Kanade's buried issues more, and begin building that tension for something bigger. I can see this being a multiple event arc, similar to the events leading up to the climax of Mafuyu's story. Summarizing that, yes I think Kanade's got some real tough shit ahead of her, but that's why this won't be a one-off event story. I think it'll just be the beginning.

That being said, to touch more on my predictions for kana5 itself, I think Kanade will start to slip, and the others, Mafuyu especially, will take notice. I can't really predict anything specific, but I think something will happen that will make her question her ability to save people, or cause her to be harder on herself, as she has in the past, to keep composing persistently, neglecting her own needs and health. However, things are different now than they were before niigo. She has more people around her that will be able to see the damage she's doing to herself. But she also knows they all look up to her, and that her music lifts them up. She knows they all have a lot they're dealing with, and she needs to be there for them. She can't let them down.

Then, when Kanade pushes herself past her limits at the cost of her well-being, what will she do then? She meets with the others on nightcord every night, and Mafuyu is living at her place. She won't be able to rot away by herself anymore without people noticing. But she still feels this need to be the group's rock and to be the one to save everyone, so she'll try her damn hardest to prevent the others from worrying about her. She'll shoot down their attempts at trying to talk about it. I think she might be especially stubborn this time around, and it might cause niigo to have to figure out a way to help Kanade, since they won't be able to get through to her at first.

Kanade has shown in the past to get uncharacteristically aggressive when she's pushing herself too hard, as shown above. She starts to take on everything herself, and snaps at anyone who tries to stop her. I think this side of her will be shown more going forward, as she begins to go down this kind of self-destructive path yet again. At least, that's where I think her story will go. Her tendency to work herself to the bone hasn't really been resolved, and she's gone so far with it before to end up in the hospital after passing out. She doesn't care what happens to her, as long as she can save people. The only reason she has ((slightly)) gotten better at taking care of herself is so that she can be able to keep composing without ending up in the hospital again. Not because she cares about her health. Because she must keep composing. She still only does the bare minimum for herself. If it's her cooking, she's only having instant ramen, and most days she's probably not going to see the sun. She still doesn't sleep much, and Mafuyu has said that she's often falling asleep at her computer.

This might be getting a little rambley atp, but my point is that Kanade neglects her own needs in her determination to save others. I mentioned how she neglects her physical health in the last paragraph, but she also neglects her own feelings as well.

She minimizes her own problems or just doesn't even talk about them. I think she truly believes that her problems don't matter, that they only distract her from her goals. The reason she doesn't open up is likely because she herself doesn't believe her feelings are important at all. She doesn't pay them any mind, and she doesn't want anyone else to either.

Of course, I have to bring this card up. I think this is just a perfect visual representation of Kanade's feelings, and it's great foreshadowing for what's to come. Those feelings are buried deep within Kanade, yet to be addressed or solved. THIS is what we're getting into. Kanade, depicted as an angel, surrounded by death. I think this is related to her guilt surrounding what happened to her father, believing it was her fault. That she destroyed everything. But because of that incident, she told herself she has to keep composing, and never stop, in order to save people. She feels like she owes that much, and that that's her sole purpose. She won't allow herself to think otherwise. No matter how much it destroys her, she must be a savior for others.

Last thing I wanted to add, because I saw this reblog under a prev kanade analysis post, and they brought up great points. Especially how dangerous Kanade's composing grind can get. We wouldn't even have a story if Honami hadn't found Kanade unconscious!!! I think she might get to a really low point again like this, but having Mafuyu there especially, it won't be able to go unnoticed. I don't have much else to add to those tags though cus they speak for themselves 🙏

Finally, just real quickly going back to the little comic I drew, this is just a rough idea of how I think Kanade could act. She'll get noticeably worse, but will try to hide that fact from the others and deny any help from them. I also mentioned that I think we could see more aggression from her again, so I included that, as she feels threatened in a way by Mafuyu worrying about her. She can't let that happen. Also, Kanade's impending doom aside, I think this progression in the story may also spark some change in Mafuyu. She might show some more emotion in this or future events, and she may realize how much Kanade means to her, motivating her to do more for her. I think it'll be a full group effort to save Kanade, but I wanna see Mafuyu taking a bigger role in this. I just think this also has the potential to grow Mafuyu's character more.

Also, as for the Kanade crashout, I really don't know how they'll handle that. I can't really predict what they're gonna do with her climax. But I want her screaming yelling and crying !!! like she better go insaneeee 🙏 and I also feel like they have a lot of potential with her seiyuu/VA and stepping out of the soft quiet voice to do some crazy shit, maybe in the songs too pls pls pls give us loud kanadeeee

OKAY THATS ENOUGH YAPPING its 5 am i havent slept....

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blonde man in a church jump scare

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stop

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anyway my take on the new shihosaki cards (+ichika and honami also being there) that noone asked for

saki -> divine dragon priestess shiho -> loyal guardian ichika -> knight or maybe just an adventurer honami -> cleric (typical i know) obviously proficient in healing magic but knows a handful of offensive magic

saki has spent her whole life learning and training to be the next divine priestess

she has this whole destiny™ thing looming over her head but dont worry about it

she wants nothing more than to live her life how she wants

rarely, she gets the chance to leave the shrine (as long as she's accompanied by shiho) but she cant go too far

when these opportunities happen, she often observes humans out of sight

because of this, one day she decides she wants to live among them so she comes up with this plan to run away from the shrine and leave no traces that could lead anyone to her

(shizuku and rin possibly help her with the plan and covering up)

saki wants shiho to come with her but she thinks it'll take some effort to convince shiho

it doesnt

shiho is immediately onboard, not because she's her guardian and she has to protect saki (realistically a guardian would just try to stop her) but because she wants to stay with saki (gayass)

shiho and saki run away disguised as humans and start living among them for a while (they do know everything will eventually catch up to them at some point but dont worry about it)

eventually they meet ichika and honami

the four start spending a lot of time together - going on adventures, helping people, exploring strange and amazing places, or just the casual hang out or staying up late

time passes

the four start to get really close gay?

something or other happens or maybe saki just becomes comfortable with ichihona enough to reveal who she really is

though hesitant, shiho does the same

ichihona's view of them doesnt change at all but they promise to keep their positions a secret

more time passes then the bad happens

destiny™ catches up with saki as she's found and forced back to the shrine

shiho obviously goes back too

ichika, not accepting destiny™, travels to the shrine with honami to try to free or even help saki in any way a human can

shiho, the loyal guardian she is, stops ichika in her tracks and though heavily reluctant, they fight

ichika (who cannot wield magic) and honami know truthfully that they would not be able to beat shiho but hope to be able to reach her heart that wants to save and be with saki

and that's all i really got... i think ichihona would eventually be successful in reaching shiho and the three manage to help saki fight against destiny™ and they get to live a happy, fulfilling life together........ but theres another part of me thats like yea what if ichihona fail and saki and shiho are forever locked in these roles they must play... :)

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returning to my roots of posting niche crossover art

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me when im in love with my knight prince

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yuri jesus

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a little bit after i had made this post i realized that i may have been mixing up mafuyu and the units image colour, forgetting mafuyus is the lighter purple and niigo the the darker purple and i did end up seeing people on twt calling the light mafuyus image colour

i didn't bother editing it because kind of in my head i view niigo being this light to stride for as they've always been there for each other, helping and caring and like kanade subconsciously wants that warmth but holds herself back. however, i do think the light actually being mafuyu makes a bit more sense as to force a whole flip-flop in their situation - mafuyu now being the saviour and dragging kanade out of this darkness she has been submerged in

time for kanade's turn in the torture maze 🙏🙏 her time was coming sooner or later

i saw some people on twt mention the empty frames representing kanade's lack of life experiences due to her guilt and isolation and the mirrors being used to represent possible self-reflection and likely kanade will finally have to face herself

but i'd like to mention the hallway

firstly, it may just be me seeing this but this hallway actually contains each of the unit members image colours. kanade is the walls. ena is the picture frames. mizuki is the floor. and mafuyu is the roof.

secondly, this hallway is LOOOONG but there is a light at the end, which actually is also niigo's unit image colour (the light is there, at 25:00). niigo is each others's light. niigo is kanade's light.... but it's oh so so far away.... despite moving towards it, albeit slowly, the light never seems to get closer

kanade is so far away from this light

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Based on the interface shown in Project SEKAI: the Movie, 25-ji, Nightcord de. upload their music videos on YouTube.

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good luck kanade ٩( 'ω' )و

KANA5 WHO'S EXCITED 🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️

will she make it out of her fifth focus alive? place your bets now

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making my own white day ena since clpl won’t give her to me

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