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gildedstageThis was intended to be scattered thoughts about Blue Bird, but the Shion Sasaki portion overwhelmed the rest of it.
To be honest, I really made this post to talk about her in the first place. I am really enjoying the mystery they’ve set up around her. Let’s analyze what we know about her so far :D. The girls post batches of Tweets at a time, mostly a minute apart. The majority of Shion’s Tweets were posted on Mondays (which she has a contentious relationship with) and she is one of the two girls who consistently posts during early morning.
Her batches follow a similar pattern of avoidance. She’ll introduce an emotion or situation she’s struggling with, then end with what she’ll do to avoid it:
- April 14th (Monday): She struggled with conflicting emotions of whether to go to school or not, but finally quieted those emotions by swearing to study instead. She also streamed this day.
- April 21st (Monday): She felt stressed about the deadlines she kept putting off, but distracted herself by talking about her dream of dancing in knee-high socks and a pleated skirt.
- April 28th (Monday): When the atmosphere in her home and with her parents became suffocating, she acknowledged for a moment that it can’t stay like this forever but then immediately changed topics to a stream where she will coordinate her new uniform.
- May 10th: After she fought with her parents, she talked about how her noise-cancelling headphones have helped her carve out a space for herself at nighttime and that she’ll be okay since she has her viewers.
- May 21st: Shion saw a video (presumably the video with dancing that Yukuri and Aurora also saw) that made her feel frustrated (“unfair”). She explicitly said this time that she’ll pretend she didn’t see it. I think it’s important that she brought back and expanded on the weather symbolism in this Tweet, as it shows the video’s impact on her mental state.
When Shion mentions not going to school, she uses “rain” as her reason, but there is reason to believe this is not meant to be taken literally:
- April 14th: Her first ever Tweet used “rain” as her reason not to go to school.
- May 12th: Her introduction video mentioned “rain” as her reason again, even after she said she rarely goes to school anymore to begin with a moment before. This, combined with her Tweet on the 21st, makes it more likely that the rain isn’t literal.
- May 21st: After Shion saw the video that made her uncomfortable, she wondered whether tomorrow would be sunny. She said that even if it was sunny, she’d still skip school. This makes it more likely that the rain is about her mental state and not her physical environment.
There are other fun associations in her Tweets so far, mainly the divide between morning/night and Internet/reality:
- April 14th: Shion believes that the people she talks to online know the real her better than people in real life who have seen her face.
- Despite her difficult relationships in the real world, she seems to love and feel loved by her viewers. Every Tweet thanking them for watching ends with “I love you, you know 🩷” and in her introduction video she became sentimental about the phrase “next opportunity,” because it means “they’ll be able to meet again.”
- May 10th: Night is “her time” and she wished morning would never come, but for the sake of others contents herself with sleeping through it.
- April 21st: Monday morning is specifically the hardest for her. By then, she already feels a bit free from her burden after the weekend, but then Monday and her responsibilities come crashing down on her.
Though this much can be gleaned from her few Tweets and only video so far, there is one thing conspicuously absent. In a branch as focused on individual dreams as Blue Bird, Shion having no dream in her introduction video stands out. Even Polka, who doesn’t have a dream yet and hopes to find one at L High, still has that listed as her dream in her introduction video.
It seems unlikely that Shion doesn’t have a dream, but instead is avoiding it in the pattern established in her Tweets. There are a few potential avenues for speculation on her dream from the information currently available: fashion, streaming, dancing, and music.
In one of her April 21st Tweets, she mentioned a “dream” of dancing in knee-high socks and a pleated skirt. Styling a school uniform was also mentioned an April 18th Tweet and her livestream. However, it seems significant that live-streaming was mentioned only as a hobby, among puzzles and plastic models, and fashion was not mentioned at all. It’s also notable that her interest in fashion is so limited in scope and only centered around a school uniform. It seems more likely that it’s fulfilling an unmet need for her to be accepted as she is, rather than her actual life’s ambition to wear these clothes.
Dancing has only been mentioned twice and potentially implied once, but that’s still a lot for Shion. Both explicit mentions of dancing were only in the context of wearing the knee-high socks and skirt. The potential mention comes from the video Yukuri, Shion, and Aurora (individually) saw the week of May 19th. Yukuri was notably impressed by the high school girl’s dancing ability even as someone involved in ballet and theater as she is. If Shion’s dream is to dance, then it makes sense why she reacted negatively to another high school girl accomplishing what she wants (“unfair”). It seems unlikely since Yukuri covers a similar niche, but it’s possible.
Music is another possibility that opened up from her introduction video, which lists Shion’s special skills as piano and violin. Since the group lacks a composer, it would make sense if she is the girl aiming to be a musician. It also seems potentially significant that the teaser song has piano and strings as the instruments. Also, It’s hard to imagine Shion keeping up with the regular practice required for piano and violin in her current state, but it would make sense if she were avoiding it if if was related to her dream in some way.
For now, I’ll just have to be patient for more information.
Thanks for reading!
大好きだよ❤️
To be honest, I really made this post to talk about her in the first place. I am really enjoying the mystery they’ve set up around her. Let’s analyze what we know about her so far :D. The girls post batches of Tweets at a time, mostly a minute apart. The majority of Shion’s Tweets were posted on Mondays (which she has a contentious relationship with) and she is one of the two girls who consistently posts during early morning.
Her batches follow a similar pattern of avoidance. She’ll introduce an emotion or situation she’s struggling with, then end with what she’ll do to avoid it:
- April 14th (Monday): She struggled with conflicting emotions of whether to go to school or not, but finally quieted those emotions by swearing to study instead. She also streamed this day.
- April 21st (Monday): She felt stressed about the deadlines she kept putting off, but distracted herself by talking about her dream of dancing in knee-high socks and a pleated skirt.
- April 28th (Monday): When the atmosphere in her home and with her parents became suffocating, she acknowledged for a moment that it can’t stay like this forever but then immediately changed topics to a stream where she will coordinate her new uniform.
- May 10th: After she fought with her parents, she talked about how her noise-cancelling headphones have helped her carve out a space for herself at nighttime and that she’ll be okay since she has her viewers.
- May 21st: Shion saw a video (presumably the video with dancing that Yukuri and Aurora also saw) that made her feel frustrated (“unfair”). She explicitly said this time that she’ll pretend she didn’t see it. I think it’s important that she brought back and expanded on the weather symbolism in this Tweet, as it shows the video’s impact on her mental state.
When Shion mentions not going to school, she uses “rain” as her reason, but there is reason to believe this is not meant to be taken literally:
- April 14th: Her first ever Tweet used “rain” as her reason not to go to school.
- May 12th: Her introduction video mentioned “rain” as her reason again, even after she said she rarely goes to school anymore to begin with a moment before. This, combined with her Tweet on the 21st, makes it more likely that the rain isn’t literal.
- May 21st: After Shion saw the video that made her uncomfortable, she wondered whether tomorrow would be sunny. She said that even if it was sunny, she’d still skip school. This makes it more likely that the rain is about her mental state and not her physical environment.
There are other fun associations in her Tweets so far, mainly the divide between morning/night and Internet/reality:
- April 14th: Shion believes that the people she talks to online know the real her better than people in real life who have seen her face.
- Despite her difficult relationships in the real world, she seems to love and feel loved by her viewers. Every Tweet thanking them for watching ends with “I love you, you know 🩷” and in her introduction video she became sentimental about the phrase “next opportunity,” because it means “they’ll be able to meet again.”
- May 10th: Night is “her time” and she wished morning would never come, but for the sake of others contents herself with sleeping through it.
- April 21st: Monday morning is specifically the hardest for her. By then, she already feels a bit free from her burden after the weekend, but then Monday and her responsibilities come crashing down on her.
Though this much can be gleaned from her few Tweets and only video so far, there is one thing conspicuously absent. In a branch as focused on individual dreams as Blue Bird, Shion having no dream in her introduction video stands out. Even Polka, who doesn’t have a dream yet and hopes to find one at L High, still has that listed as her dream in her introduction video.
It seems unlikely that Shion doesn’t have a dream, but instead is avoiding it in the pattern established in her Tweets. There are a few potential avenues for speculation on her dream from the information currently available: fashion, streaming, dancing, and music.
In one of her April 21st Tweets, she mentioned a “dream” of dancing in knee-high socks and a pleated skirt. Styling a school uniform was also mentioned an April 18th Tweet and her livestream. However, it seems significant that live-streaming was mentioned only as a hobby, among puzzles and plastic models, and fashion was not mentioned at all. It’s also notable that her interest in fashion is so limited in scope and only centered around a school uniform. It seems more likely that it’s fulfilling an unmet need for her to be accepted as she is, rather than her actual life’s ambition to wear these clothes.
Dancing has only been mentioned twice and potentially implied once, but that’s still a lot for Shion. Both explicit mentions of dancing were only in the context of wearing the knee-high socks and skirt. The potential mention comes from the video Yukuri, Shion, and Aurora (individually) saw the week of May 19th. Yukuri was notably impressed by the high school girl’s dancing ability even as someone involved in ballet and theater as she is. If Shion’s dream is to dance, then it makes sense why she reacted negatively to another high school girl accomplishing what she wants (“unfair”). It seems unlikely since Yukuri covers a similar niche, but it’s possible.
Music is another possibility that opened up from her introduction video, which lists Shion’s special skills as piano and violin. Since the group lacks a composer, it would make sense if she is the girl aiming to be a musician. It also seems potentially significant that the teaser song has piano and strings as the instruments. Also, It’s hard to imagine Shion keeping up with the regular practice required for piano and violin in her current state, but it would make sense if she were avoiding it if if was related to her dream in some way.
For now, I’ll just have to be patient for more information.
Thanks for reading!
大好きだよ❤️
