#idk I was coloring Ai and she's so DAWN themed

[yuseirra]

It feels like the writers are really keeping so much to themselves, tightly hidden away... they SHOULD have just told this to us before they left. It's unfair and annoying. I think this is really what's been it.

Every time I draw Ai, I can’t help but think: Ai truly seems like the incarnation of Ame-no-Uzume, the goddess of dawn, entertainment, and blessings of love. Her coloring is just so evocative of dawn. A star shining in the early morning is called the morning star, after all.

If Ai is Ame-no-Uzume, then the answer to who her boyfriend is becomes obvious, doesn’t it? It would have to be Sarutahiko, the god of light, who is her husband. Hikaru has this golden hair too right??? he's the sun-light god, that's why!!!

Both Ai and Kamiki seem to be gods incarnated as humans, but in the process, they were deprived of love early in life, which left them twisted in some way.

Ame-no-Uzume, who inherently understands love deeply and expresses herself openly and freely, becomes Ai, who doesn’t understand love, hides herself behind lies, and keeps up a façade. Yet, as the incarnation of the goddess of entertainment, it’s no surprise that Ai becomes a shining idol like no other. After all, Uzume is the “idol” of the gods—a goddess of singing and dancing.

Sarutahiko, the god of the right path and illumination, becomes Kamiki, who, at some point, loses his light. He begins to twist the fates of those around him in unfavorable ways, leading them, including himself, into misfortune.

In this unstable and corrupted state, the key to recovery is “love.” That’s why these two characters lived their lives desperately yearning for love. Since they are inherently the gods of Shinto who preside over entertainment, they naturally gravitated toward that field, pursuing professions in it. Each had their own methods of trying to attain love: Ai managed to fill some of the void (and fully achieved it at the very end, only to die immediately after). But Kamiki... his circumstances were far too dire.

He was simply exploited to the point of breaking. A god meant to guide others down the right path became corrupted, turning into one that brings misfortune. This misfortune looped back to him, creating a vicious cycle.

These two were fundamentally a married couple, which is why they connected instantly upon meeting. But Kamiki couldn’t recover. He became so unstable that the gods decided he couldn’t be left as he was. Thus, their children were given a mission. Just as the Sun God Sarutahiko was replaced in mythology, Kamiki needed to be replaced too. Ruby’s role was to replace him, and Aqua’s role was to protect Ruby.

Ai’s message, asking Kamiki to be helped back onto the right path if he's lost, was left because that’s truly how things should have been. He had to be brought back to function properly.

But with Ai’s death, Kamiki was unable to attain love, making his recovery forever impossible. He constantly searched for Ai, for the remnants of her—a star, the traces of her love in the star eyes. He’s simply someone who needed Ai (love). He sought to receive that love he needed from Ai. If the circumstances had been better between the two, it might have been enough for him. But it didn’t turn out that way.

Unable to stop, Kamiki, in his unrecovered state, inevitably leads those around him to destruction. That's what his power is. He becomes the god of absurdity and irrationality. Aqua says he's moving upon his selfish desires, well that desire is probably about getting Ai back. He literally CANNOT function properly without her though. So although he's become so flawed, he just; didn't have a lot of choice but to become this way? They're supposed to work together. If one of them's gone, then they just fall apart.

When he became irredeemably beyond recovery, it became necessary to remove him.

why did they never explain this???? why do they just leave this hanging?? I won't understand what this story is unless this's what's been going on!!