[EP 11 Spoilers] Aqua's Revenge Thought-Experiments

1. Akane has already devoted herself to helping Aqua in any way she could, to be of “use” to him. She is also extremely intuitive and likely understands that he is having an identity crisis, his reason for living (revenge) suddenly proofing away, left with no purpose.

I think she helps him realize the loophole so he has his drive again (toxic as it may be). On a more selfish level, Aqua reaffirming his revenge mission means he could still use Akane, and therefore she can continue to stand by him and be of “use”.

2. The guilt would do a number on him, oh boy. I can picture him finding out the truth of his father being alive upon his return from the trip. How dare he relax? How dare he selfishly enjoy time with a girl he likes? How dare he move on while Ai’s killer lives?

We saw the manifestation of his survivor’s guilt while he was enjoying acting. If he spent 10 years enjoying life, falling in love and starting a family, moving on… he would spiral once he connected the dots.

1) I think Akane should tell Aqua immediately. I know it's very unhealthy for him but still it would keep him on guard. If he gives up now but finds out later anyway it just means lost time. And she can be close to Aqua if she does that. If I am in her position I would definitely tell him next day.

2) Aqua has spend 14 years of seeking revenge it would be hard to just omit that past even if he has family. Who knows what this guy will do he doesn't seem to be upto any good. If anything happens to his loved ones he will go spiralling down. He will probably go grab a milk and spend his rest of his life in pursuit of his revenge. Atleast from current pov to him Ai>>>> anyone (which isn't wrong persay).

@WaterMage

When bro leaves for milk while his wife is sick and his 5 year old daughter sees her mother die after her father left for weeks. I can see the start of a new revenge story. On the other hand tho, if Akane is his wife then she would go out for milk, too.

@Quadruple_Oi sounds like Kill Bill sequel which was never made.

Ah Akane as his wife would just straight up ditch the kid but for Kana, poor girl will suffer in pain sad.
Atleast if it's Ruby there shouldn't be worries about Kids (right?).

@WaterMage

Just thinking about it, I feel like Kana wouldn't be that great of a mother given her personality and how self-centered she is. I think she would feel pretty bounded by having children, but having children could be the trigger to soften her up a bit. With how seriously Akane takes things, she would probably fill the role of a mother pretty well even if she doesn't build the same attachments (which would make it even worse if she ditches). If her psycho personality really comes out tho, she could end up using her children as experiments to explore their psyche. I don't think she would put them in harms way, but she would definitely be tempted by it.

At this point Kana and Akane represent 2 opposite ways for Aqua:

- Akane, the route of revenge and self-destruction.

- Kana, the route of a silly and innocent teenage life.


As these characters sadly are poor puppets in the hands of a sadistic author, Aqua will keep intercalating the both ways, until he finally finds the incest route with Ruby.

I'm not a manga reader, but it is pretty clear. And i guess that this series will never become anything near a wholesome story nor ending... 🙁

Yep, this seems to be very heavily coded in their interactions. Not just the date in ep 11, but in general. The catch-ball with Kana that explored Aqua's feelings as a teenage boy, and Aqua getting invested into acting through Sweet Today with Kana are both about him exploring his life as a new person. Akane turning into Ai, their fake relationship, learning about his secret motives all lead back into building the revenge story. I do feel like Akane's side is a little forced as to why she feels the need to stay deeply connected to Aqua despite not being sure of her feelings yet.

It would also be quite surprising if they didn't at least heavily explore the incest route considering how we know Ruby still feels very strongly about Aqua's past self. The Akane route feels doomed simply because their relationship was a facade and Aqua is only attracted to her Ai persona, and he doesn't seem to be responding to any of Kana's advances either. The whole Akane vs Ruby thing seems pretty cope in general. His connection with Ruby's past self was much stronger, so that seems the most likely. I would honestly prefer the story to just have a tragic ending and him choosing none, but the vibe feels too lighthearted for them to commit with a fully bad ending. At least with how things are going so far.

I don't think they will actually do anything messed up. If anything, Kana might choose not to have children if she thinks they would drag her down, but if she chooses to have them she wouldn't be neglectful. With Akane however, I think her ability to see into the minds of the others would be impossible to ignore for her. Not to say she would do something malicious, but she would be very thorough and calculating when raising them to ensure they turn out a certain way. I've read that some parents treat their children as life-long projects that gradually gains its own will, which is what Akane would think of it.

I think last episode contradicts it. Aqua is generally aware of it and he entertained those by that date. He actually tried to make her happy as well. I think if anyone CURRENTLY he is attracted only to her.



Well there's the whole thing of twins so however likely there's always that roadblock. I wanted that option explored and they did, I won't mind if it happens but prefer it doesn't. Kana and Akane are the more realistic options.
Also don't talk about wanting tragic ending however unlikely I would love my fav anime end happily🥲.



People will change its one thing calculating peoples attributes and other is raising own child. Well it gonna depend how she handles this Aqua situation if she chose to "use" him (again very unlikely imo). It's very hypothetical but Akane is genuinely very pure (despite her other side) to control her own child.

I like females, so I would leave Aqua to Ruby, and go for Kana.

However, if Akane would logically follow her yandere self interests, then she would first keep it a secret from Aqua and try to become his waifu including kids. If that doesn't work, then she would find his father on her own, get a baby from him because he's "half-Aqua" and then kill him before she gets killed.

but how did akane figured out that his father is alive and who he is
i didnt understand that part