u/Worth_Block_838

So I just finished the show and had a little bit of time to collect my thoughts/read up on the series discourse but I still had a couple questions that went unanswered, mainly:

1 - How much time does a Haibane get to spend in Glie. Of course this is relative but is there any kind of limit to this?

I remember the Haibane Renmei telling Rakka that Reki’s time was almost up and she would need to free herself from sin in order to reach her day of flight or lose her Halo and wings. This limit clearly doesn’t act like a timer since Nemu is older than Reki is as she was present for Reki’s birth. If they were both timed out, Nemu would also need to leave as she would have to complete her day of flight as well. Not to mention Kuu was much younger than the rest of the bunch yet she left the earliest.

2 - What conditions must a Haibane meet in order to be eligible for their day of flight?

This seems to be the most clear cut for Reki, considering she was both sin bound (and originally died by suicide) as well as being one of the older Haibane present, but what about the conditions for other Haibane who may not have the same kinds of associated trauma from their passing. Or do all Haibane contain this since they all departed from the world too early and the trauma just comes in different degrees? Does that mean the day is flight is based on overcoming one’s trauma from death or is that only something for people who are sin bound? I guess it depends on if being bound by sin is related to cause of death or emotional pain.

3 - Are the other humans living in Glie real?

I’ve seen a couple interpretations for and against this but nothing really convincing either way. To me it just seems difficult to label them as human since most people who do this feel there is some way to distinguish them from Haibane such as how or when they died. If there’s no common factor that separates the two does that mean Haibane are really just lucky since they get another chance at life, assuming that’s what the day of flight really is. But it seems kind of dismissive to just disregard the humans as fake seeing as the Haibane Renmei made it seem as though living in Glie is a privilege regardless of being human or Haibane but I’m curious as to some other thoughts about this.

Anyone else see some of the recent episodes and come to the conclusion that Subaru is very likely Flügel. There were quite a few things that stood out to me, mainly:

1 - Subaru’s ability to solve the first astrology puzzle. Now normally, anyone from Japan would be able to solve this since they have access to the same sky Flügel did, and since he’s likely from Japan as well (or another country in that world) someone ELSE could have the ability to solve it but not the knowledge. Think about how many people live in our world today but lack an understanding of basic astrology. Heck even Subaru, who had a mid relationship with school a best, was able to beat the puzzle using his knowledge of the stars. This could be a coincidence but considering later things down the list I believe it slowly becomes more convincing.

2 - Satella’s obsession with Subaru. Considering that Flügel and Satella clearly crossed paths many times at one point in the past, it wouldn’t be far fetched to assume there was some kind of romantic involvement. Even if these feelings weren’t mutual, if Flügel and Subaru were the same person it could explain why an all powerful witch that’s been dead for hundreds of years would possess feelings for this seemingly random guy. Also given the fact we know now that memory can be wiped as well, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that even if Flügel and Subaru are “different” in that they have different memories, lived in different eras etc, he would at least have looked like Subaru and possessed some of the same characteristics (this will be elaborated on later).

3 - Shaula. Pretty much everything about Shaula screams Subaru. If Subaru were to be asked about his ideal “waifu” I’m sure she would look and act almost identical to Shaula. Also considering she’s most likely a mabeast (since Ram can see through her eyes and she’s been alive of hundreds of years now), it could be conceivable that she was created by Flügel. This would explain why Shaula and Subaru have pretty much the exact same mannerisms (watch a video on this, it’s striking), as well as the fact her outfit loosely resembles Subaru’s tracksuit and she immediately recognizes him as her master. Either she was created in Flügel’s image or spent enough time around him to pick up many of the quirks he has.