[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Definitely! This is something I started clocking myself around Plasma's debut. I kind of took Baku saying "arise" when making the Plasma Capsem (which, just in case that isn't clear in translation, means "wake up") as basically symbolizing his newfound determination to face the truth, and from there, that started making sense of stuff like why the belt itself says "arise" to begin with, and the whole open eyes/closed eyes thing with the suit desgins I've mentioned before too. In a way, the main skill of a lucid dreamer to begin with is the ability to consciously recognize the inherent falsehood of dreams. It's an interesting way the show is making its themes more specific than the usual use of the concept of dreams in stories as just desires and/or fears.

Boy that symbolism sure would've been even better had it not turned out that Baku was actually just asleep the entire time and it didn't apply to anyone else, since they weren't actually in those situations.