• Rottcodd@ani.socialEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’m hoping, but it’ll be difficult.

      Nao is definitely not headed toward a happy ending, and that regardless of any other factors. She’s just miserable and determined to make herself even more miserable.

      Sunao could find a happy ending if she had the chance, but as things stand, she isn’t going to get that chance.

      But still, I’m hoping, at least for now.

      • hypertown@ani.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Nao is a replica and Sunao is original, no?
        Sunao is depressed and seeing Nao happy makes it even worse. Nao on the other hand could live a normal life but within limits she has it’s more or less impossible.

        • Rottcodd@ani.socialEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I likely switched the names - for some reason I had it in my head that the original had the single syllable and the copy had the extra added syllable.

          And yes.

          Nao has one very good opportunity - she can continue to exist full time rather than being subject to Sunao’s petulant whims. If that were to happen (by whatever chance), Nao would be free.

          But if that were to happen, Sunao would be pretty much screwed - she can’t compete and her spirit would likely be terminally crushed. So I assume that’s relatively unlikely.

          A quick side note in all of this - in poking around yesterday to try to learn more about this, I discovered that the original is a light novel, and it won the Dengeki Novel Grand Prize for its year of publication.