#i love nora/yukine dynamics so much omg

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Where do you see Stray's character arc going in the future for Noragami? I really want her to be redeemed since she's interested in Yuki currently, but who knows.

You have no idea how invested I am in Nora’s arc!! I love her so much oh my god. You know, I actually don’t think she’s romantically interested in Yukine at all. Even if she it, it might just be a little bit and I doubt the romance is what’s going to drive her character and relationship with him. I do think their arcs are very intertwined and it will be Yukine who’ll eventually help her move on from her issues. I feel really bad for Nora since she’s a manipulated kid who never got the chance Yato did to learn about love and goodness. Her ‘father’ is the only person she knows in the world aside from Yato so she clings onto the two of them, until Yato abandons her completely for Yukine and Hiyori. 

It’s hard to tell what is going on in Nora’s mind right now since we stopped at such an sudden moment. I imagine the next chapter would give some insight into why she kissed him. But for now, I get the impression that she’s still trying to mess with him. I think she wants to break Yukine? The jealousy is still deeply rooted in her. If she can’t beat him physically since he’s already proven he’s so much stronger, she’s probably going along the emotional route. I’m sure she knows that he’s struggling with his surfacing memories. I don’t really think Nora has anything much to do aside from stalking Yato and the rest and observing them (she was there before his birthday party as well). She knows exactly what is going on and she’s trying to use it to her benefit. 

Eventually Yukine is going to get his memories back, but I think it’s safe to say he won’t become an ayakashi. He might be on the verge of turning into one, but he’ll pull through it probably because Hiyori and Yato will be calling out to him, just like during his ablution. I think after that, he and Nora might be able to understand each other better since it’s clear Yukine himself came from an abused home. When that happens, she’ll get her development and she’ll break away from her father. I don’t think there’ll be romance between them. I kinda don’t want there to be, since they’re simply kids and Noragami has their whole collection of romantic couples already (I just know we’re going to get some Yatori drama after Yukine’s arc because of the red string incident where Kofuku tied them together). Yukine’s and Nora’s arcs revolve around the theme of family so I expect it to continue this route. Just like how Yukine found family in Yato and Hiyori, he’ll probably help Nora to discover the same thing in them as well. Noragami has strong themes about familial love after all (Yato/Hiyori/Yukine, Bishamon and her shinkis, Kofuku/Daikoku and their son, even Mayu and her daughter) so really think Nora’s arc will go down this path as well.

Oh damn I just rambled didn’t I?