[r4bbitdragon]

So there is an extra reason Kanon was a central character here- her actress had just returned for her second Toku role, Sayo, Kirameiger's Kiramapink! (Sayo is great, love Sayo, she's this more confident, mature genius doctor who keeps saying "Oh, mood.")

That's also the motivation behind the final picture in that Desast's Walk by the way- remember how one of Desast's suit actors had just played Kiramared? That's them doing Kiramared's signature pose together, "Hiramaking!"

In defense of Desast in this one- I do kinda like him here actually? The framing definitely plays into the weird way both shows have dealt with ~sisters~, and I wish it would just Not do that, but to me that's somewhere I'm annoyed with the writers before the character.

So, leaving the above annoyances to be doyalist instead of watsonian- I do like how this reflects what's going on with Desast? I think the relevant Desast's walk shows that angle well. It's been an ongoing thing that he's been looking for people Like Him, which is pretty sympathetic- with Ren, and now with this new unknown artificial being! I see it more as him just wanting to get to know her by playing along with whatever weird thing she's doing, that not going well because of the weird monomania thing this special decided to give her, then things spiraling as team Saber arrives. And I can't even think he's entirely unreasonable for not thinking it'd be good to leave her with them when Touma accuses him of not having feelings unprovoked- real Touma does Not know what he's talking about moments :P.