Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
When Akane learns the corpse is Gorou, which ought to happen due to Ruby knowing it immediately, she will be left baffled by the timeline: If Gorou disppeared 15 years ago, because he was dead and forgotten in that cave, how can he matter so much to Aqua and Ruby who were one year old at that point? How does Aqua know so much about him and why would Ruby love him so much? With Akane's considerable wits, she will also realise it was no pet dog Aqua was talking about earlier. The greatest mystery she will ever face! I doubt reincarnation with intact memories will be her first guess. Maybe she will assume the twins heard endless praise from their mother, who must have been the doctor's staunch friend. But then again, it is Akane, so she might believe anything as long as it's about Aqua.
There actually was a short scene that kinda prepared the viewers to accept Akane's willingness to believe in the supernatural, when she asked Aqua something and he surprisingly answers that there might by some truth to legends, which positively amused Akane.


Sure, she doesn't need to let go of them, but she will need to let go of the hope of ever realising them in practice. Japan might be okay with cousin marriages, but siblings marrying is too much even for Japan. On the other hand, Aqua loves Ruby as a sister, but that's it. He never loved Sarina (who Ruby used to be) as a woman. She was a really important patient who also taught a lot to Gorou, but that's it. Now he's taking as good care of Ruby as a sister as he can, within reason, due to being a responsible adult inside. He's no siscon, by far, in the traditional manga/anime sense. Ruby treats him exactly like a sister would, with full signs of the psychological mechanism that makes falling in love with siblings impossible, whatever it was called. So, no, I can't see anything much happening even if she learned the truth. You can't simply overwrite the past 16 years.
They don't need to marry to be a happy couple, ya know ;D Biggest problem would be the people around them, because no matter how good of a friend you are, accepting siblings to be romantically involved? Eh, weird ;D
THEN AGAIN: Here comes Akane! Pretending to be Aqua's gf forever to obfuscate his relationship with Ruby. And as he learnt this episode, he couldn't have a publically known relationship with an idol anyway or her life would be at risk!