#nazuna nito being a doll and finding his humanity with the other ra*bits is soooooooo

[always-a-joyful-note]

As I have somehow become entangled in the Ensemble Stars fandom (I hate it here. Don't follow me to these waters, you guys) and am slowly reading the stories after the main one of music (and after watching the anime), I have come to the conclusion that Nito Nazuna is (probably unintentionally) Velveteen Rabbit coded.

If you don't know the story (spoilers for it ahead, you can read the short story here), it's basically about how a stuffed rabbit given to a boy as a Christmas present gets neglected in favour of newer mechanical toys. During his neglect, an older toy tells him a story about how the love of children to their toys can make them real, which the rabbit desperately wants but has little hope for. But by chance, a nanny gives the boy the rabbit to sleep with, cementing it as the boy's favourite toy. Sure, it gets more worn and other rabbits point out how it can't hop, but at least its loved...until the boy contracts scarlet fever and, for disinfecting reasons, the rabbit has to be taken out to be burned. Yeah, messed up...but as it waits for its fate, the stuffed rabbit sheds a tear where a flower with a fairy grows. The fairy proceeds to tell him that the boy's love made him real and takes him to the forest where he's able to finally hop away with the other rabbits.

I know it's a stretch. But a former toy/doll, incredibly loved but not really seen as real and that destroying him even if he's fine with it...then neglected when his "owner" contracts a sickness...then finding a spark of life that frees him from his inability to move...a transformation from loved doll to a real something that learns to love himself. Tell me that isn't Nazuna, and the rabbit imagery even fits. He breaks free from his constraints not to be alone but to be with others of his kind, to move of his own will with others! It's just so...we are all human and our relationships are so complex and someone else's tragedy that also makes you hurt for them can also be the reason you find your own self -

Honestly, I'm not sure if this is actually Velveteen Rabbit coded since I've only seen that story in the anime, but like...if you squint, it fits?

#jaofisjaeiorjwaeriwejr the anime flashback storyline killed me you guys #and just to let you know while i think shu was definitely...something for his views on mika and nazuna #im not blaming him for abandoning or neglecting valkyrie (seriously eichi what?) like i wouldnt blame the boy for getting a fever #one day i will read the rest of reminiscence (already read crossroads with slightly little context and still died) #and then ill be unstoppable #but guys guys guyssss #nazuna nito being a doll and finding his humanity with the other ra*bits is soooooooo #and ra*bits isnt even my favourite group #anyway dont get into enstars. especially when you dont have time like me #also if you think this is the end of me comparing enstars to literature you thought wrong #i will type more of these comparisons up in future days. this is a threat #enstars #ensemble stars #stuff i say #fandom spamdom #anyway note stop getting into media with questionable ethics writing and views on social and philosophical topics challenge... #seriously the morals of this game are messed up no matter what you believe in or who you are #it is amazing i want to kill it with fire but it compels me #please help #none of the characters in enstars are normal #the one good thing about enstars is that its good to take slow with...since its a game and something you read #unlike my poor neglected bsd and link click. im so sorry guys #but the other flipside is that THERES TOO MUCH LORE AND THE MORE I LEARN THE MORE IM LOSING MY MIND #what is WRONG WITH THIS STORY?