cas confessing to dean in 12.12 and then last second being like “actually i love all of you.” is so fucking hilarious. bro waiting until he was dying AND STILL BACKED OUT 😭😭😭
I had to separate this into two posts goddamn video limit
This is definitely a Mafuyu event. It seems to call back to Captive Marionette, specifically with the use of the puppet and theatre inspired design.
Actually Captive Marionette might be relevant to the next event. This was Niigo's first event, back when Mafuyu was still at her lowest and Niigo was still learning about her issues. In the event, Niigo goes to a doll exhibit, and a marionette doll gives Mafuyu a panic attack because she unconciously connects it to her mother treating her like a puppet. At the end of the event, Kanade gets her to put her feelings into lyrics, which may connect to the sheets of paper in the new event teaser.
I think this will be a very big event for N25, and specifically Mafuyu's character arc. With her mother being formally introduced, we've started building up to something new. Mafuyu's mental state has gone down again as her mother has completely cut her off from Nightcord, Mizuki has advised her to just run away, KAITO spawned into existence and wants Mafuyu to take action as well. I think we very well could reach the climax of that arc with this event, possibly have Mafuyu finally either confront her mother or run away.
The Strength card represents resilience, courage, fierceness, and bravery.
I remember mulling over who I wanted to draw for this card until it hit me like a brick to the face that it had to be Wolffe. Who is a better representation of resilience, courage, fierceness, and bravery than a man that took a lightsaber strike to the face and survived? Wolffe is the embodiment of strength.
I'm itching to see how Till will be acting in round 7 (if we even get one). Till was in quite a state in r6, quiet, subdued, not his usual self y'know. Ivan died (he didn't) and if Ivan is still someone Till holds close to his heart as I theorize, and the fact that Mizi is gone, and the fact that he is even alive in the world of Alien stage just think how much worse his state of mind will be. I can only imagine him being worse than Mizi was in R5. Unresponsive, completely broken down and hopeless, not even Luka can snap him out of it enough to hit him or something, because at this point he's seriously sick of it so he won't fall for it anymore and he'll carve his own exit out of this hellhole,
but it'd also be fun if he went the exact opposite direction and snap and go back to his old self (like in R2) but even worse. Unresponsive, but in the way that he just doesn't listen, unapproachable, violent(?), and restraints galore. Luka himself might not even want to get close. Till would be so done with it all that he would either 'mad dog' his way to certain death or win the competition with the sheer intensity he'll give off (and maybe he'll scream in our ears once again this time)