Oshi no Ko and The Crow.
The (unreliable) Crow Girl recently said that Ai had "no regrets" when she died, and that "she thought no more" because she'd "dissolved/become one with the ocean and stars", but I find that hard to believe, to be honest.
Yes, she finally realized that she could love in her last moments after being stabbed, but her regret would be that she wouldn't be there to see Ruby and Aqua grow up and be a mother.
So what if another entity, unforeseen by the Crow Girl/possibly Yatagarasu, stepped in at the very last moment of Ai's death, Being X-style? That it not only manipulated her by fomenting the feelings of regret in Ai, but it also stoked her anger/fury at the one responsible for her murder by revealing his identify/motives/future? That he was the cause of Ruby and Aqua becoming orphans? That anger and grudge would remain and fester until she was ready to return to the land of the living...
Sixteen years later, Ai Hoshino crawls out of her grave on a stormy, wet night, and perched on her own tombstone and watching her with gimlet eyes was a simple, unremarkable crow...
Also, I could see Crow Girl noticing the "odd" crow in question sometimes and being confused. "That's not one of mine."
The (unreliable) Crow Girl recently said that Ai had "no regrets" when she died, and that "she thought no more" because she'd "dissolved/become one with the ocean and stars", but I find that hard to believe, to be honest.
Yes, she finally realized that she could love in her last moments after being stabbed, but her regret would be that she wouldn't be there to see Ruby and Aqua grow up and be a mother.
So what if another entity, unforeseen by the Crow Girl/possibly Yatagarasu, stepped in at the very last moment of Ai's death, Being X-style? That it not only manipulated her by fomenting the feelings of regret in Ai, but it also stoked her anger/fury at the one responsible for her murder by revealing his identify/motives/future? That he was the cause of Ruby and Aqua becoming orphans? That anger and grudge would remain and fester until she was ready to return to the land of the living...
Sixteen years later, Ai Hoshino crawls out of her grave on a stormy, wet night, and perched on her own tombstone and watching her with gimlet eyes was a simple, unremarkable crow...
Also, I could see Crow Girl noticing the "odd" crow in question sometimes and being confused. "That's not one of mine."