#also consider that the method of death for the Santa dressed in black in stabbing which certainly draws symbolic similarities to Ace

[ghostyolive]

Okay but it actually drives me insane just how good Aoi’s design is in 999. One thing that really confused me even after finishing 999 was the relevance of his Santa story in non-safe-end door 6 routes. Like was it there just to be edgy? How did it play into who he was as a person? And then I noticed something about his outfit at 15 compared to 24.

His outfit distinctly changes from having black as the predominant color to being more focused on white. Which is. Hmm.

Something something the original Santa story could be a metaphor for loss of childhood innocence and Aoi feeling as if the younger version of him died (or was killed by himself) after the events of the first nonary game.

#this is probably like a super well a agreed upon and common interpretation that I just totally missed lmao #also consider that the method of death for the Santa dressed in black in stabbing which certainly draws symbolic similarities to Ace #many thoughts tonight but ily aoi kurashiki 999 #zero escape #aoi kurashiki #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #999 spoilers #ze spoilers #zero escape spoilers