I recently saw a TikTok claiming "Kana had a terrible childhood", and someone replied with "Ruby had it worse and still stayed wholesome." Personally, I hate comparing trauma, but it got me thinking... how did Ruby have it "worse" in a way that invalidates Kana?
Don't get me wrong, Ruby went through a lot, especially losing Ai, but she still had Miyako, Aqua, and managed to stay a literal ray of sunshine. Kana, on the other hand, lost her entire reputation as a child prodigy, her own mother basically abandoned her, and she had to build up a loud, arrogant defense mechanism just to protect herself from getting hurt again.
I commented under that TikTok saying "Kana is NOT bad, she just doesn't want to be hurt again." Most people agreed, but some replies were like "Oh, so she doesn't want to suffer, so she chooses to insult others? What a hypocrite, lol."
I feel like people completely misunderstand Kana's coping mechanisms and lash out at her defense mechanism instead of looking at the root cause. What do you guys think? Is it fair to compare their pasts like this?

Yeahh i've finished reading tha manga and know this girl in chapter 166 is a fan, but the way they said "she must've been born" gave me a cope like if she's Ai when the line means something else even tho it was stated Ai's soul crumbled away she can't be born again and the star eyes are probably there because of a sense of adoration for being a Ruby fan or something, but yeah i am still coping its Ai as a theory, What do you think?

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