#And highlight how her powers could cause miscommunication in that scenario

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Thinking about Tsugumi and how she fits into the Shinjuku Reapers’ story.

With the other members, it’s clear how their passivity in communicating with Shiba further enabled Shiba’s power trip. It was a dysfunctional team where people were hesitant, and later afraid, to speak their minds.

However, Tsugumi actively tried to warn Shiba and was punished for it by Kubo. This inclusion created a contradiction to the previous theme, one that I’ve been unable to reconcile until now.

I think Tsugumi’s communication failure may have been her medium, Trailer. She probably used it to covertly relay warnings to Shiba.

As seen in A New Day and NEO, Trailer messages can be confusing and disorienting for the recipient trying to parse out the situation. And even when the receiver does understand, they may be resistant to the message as Shiba was (especially since this ability is exclusively used for bad news).

While Tsugumi has a useful latent power, it could only convey so much information and shouldn’t have been her sole method of reasoning with him.

Finally, it would show growth on her part that she’s now able to emotionally connect with Shiba and get her message through to him in the finale.