Refer to @Random_User. Rewrite goes out of its way to make Moon Kagari a likeable and endearing character, despite her alien nature. Terra Kagari, on the other hand, is a mere tool. The only time she expresses any kind of character is at the very end of Terra, where she takes on this motherly characteristic in welcoming Kotarou in her arms and congratulating him on his hard work. Still, one scene isn’t enough to compete with relationship that developed in the Moon route.
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They act differently, but their situations are also completely different; that doesn’t make them separate characters. Their actions can still be traced back to a single mindset. Every Kagari is part of a whole. For example, You wouldn’t expect the transcended being shown in Moon to do something silly as refer to herself with a -chan honorific. However, she still does it, and that part of her persona is only explored in Terra and the Oppai route of all things. We don’t separate other characters based on what roll and route they appeared in, so why this one?
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It was clearly stated in Rewrite that they’re not the same character and that they’re just twins. Even in the friends list in the game, if you checked it, there’s Kagari (Moon) and Kagari (Earth) instead of just Kagari. I mean, seriously, they’re completely different. I’d say that the few things in common between them is their looks, name and the fact that they’re not human and have this incredible power…
I understand what you’re saying, but I still don’t agree that they shouldn’t both be included in the sorter. The game does enough hard work to distinguish them, so we shouldn’t ignore that. Not many girls get two routes after all.
That’s like saying that two separate entities who have the same mindset deserve to be treated as the same characters, which I think many people would disagree with. Of course, the fact that they are both “kagari” definitely complicates things.
My argument for them being different stems from the fact that their personality is different, but you make a good point in that the same goes for, for example, Akane in Chihaya’s route, and Akane in her own route. But, depending on your own beliefs, all personalities are shaped by experiences, and the fact that earth kagari and moon kagari have experienced different things makes them, naturally, have differing personalities.
Thus the argument for differing personalities no longer stands. In that case, how do you define the separation between characters? Through their existence? Through their names and faces? We might even start going into deep philosophical discourse just to decide on whether or not Earth Kagari and Moon Kagari are the same “character”
Ouch.
I think a lot of identical twins would be seriously offended by this discussion. This isn’t a matter of different personalities, Moon and Terra are different beings.
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I found the meaning with her name reading Rewrite+.
The flame and torch in this monologue was originally written as 篝火
Here’s that line in R+
We also see that they added a tiny flame in the background.
So Kagari’s name is in reference to a guiding light.
Edit: Note also that, in Terra, your choices are guided by a fire.
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That’s a really cool realisation :o
That’s totally different from what I remember :x in all the other routes, Kagari was spending most of her time under Kotori’s care, right? And, while Kotori did try to restrict her to the forest, that never stopped Kagari from going into the city at night and “haunting” Kotarou in the common route.
That being the case, it kind of makes even less sense why the Kagari in the VN routes is, well, extremely silent. She should have been able to observe more from humans and be capable of communication in a certain way.
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Kagari was captured long before the events of the common route. I can’t remember how she escaped exactly, but she did, and Kotori gave her sanctuary. This was a recent event, probably right before the common route. Up until that point Kagari was in Gaia’s captivity.
Well okay, I’ll admit that I forgot about her being in captivity… However:
As far as I know, Kotori gave Kagari sanctuary right after she attacked Kotarou… Which was a good 5 or more years before the events of the common route.
No, that’s right about when she was born. She was captured after that in the common route plot.
I… uhhh…
Pepe’s horrible memory strikes again!
In that case, wouldn’t it be viable for Kagari to have learned about the world while she was with Kotori. Heck, even during the events of the common route it would have been possible, wouldn’t it?
But the fact that she can barely speak in all of the character routes is strong evidence that this shouldn’t be possible. She shouldn’t be able to reach that level of intelligence in such a short timeframe. It’s only in Terra, where she has 5 years to learn, that she picks up the language.
