[Uchiha Soul]

Originally Posted by ijriims

Because it was not finished, he had little reason to give it to Eva (and how on earth he would want to give a plush to a 5x-year-old woman Eva, especially when it was not finished?).

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Originally Posted by KanonTheFurniture

Spoiler for the size:

Ange's reaction was a lot more vivid in the VN as well, and if I recall the back room was described as being a lot more cluttered than what we see in the Anime. I just figure that he had no idea what she could be looking at that would give her such an astonished and even seemingly frightened reaction. Even if he knew this Sakutaro was a gift Rosa wanted to give to Maria 12 years ago, he probably wouldn't imagine it would warrant such a reaction. If I were him, and Ange was there staring into the back of the place at something that gave her such a reaction, my mind wouldn't immediately jump to 'oh you're looking at that plushie'.

I mean, even if he did know its significance, it's still a plushie and he has no reason to suspect that means anything to Ange, especially since she wasn't there in 1986 when Rosa may have had the captain hold onto Sakutaro. And if the room is super cluttered like I imagined in the VN, it makes it even more understandable that he might not know what exactly Ange was looking at. I don't think him not knowing is very unusual at all. She was acting like she saw a ghost - and to the captain, there was nothing in that room that should warrant such a strange reaction, so of course he was confused

If we put in our mind the length of the period (12 years) we can assume that the captain is forgot about the plush that’s why he didn’t understand directly what Ange was looking at? Or maybe he did understand but reacted as he is not .. we can assume lots of things. But this is not the problem .. the problem is: this Stuffed animal belong to whom?! And why he didn’t return it?!

*If it belongs to him and his children .. it will not effect anything except that we will know that Sakutaro is not a handmade by Rosa.

* If he didn’t know about it .. then he didn’t know anything unless he is lying.

* If he found it in the beach before or after the incident, then there is a chance that he didn’t thought it that it belongs to the family that’s why he didn’t returned it. But might he knew but didn’t return it.

* If he knew that it belongs to Maria .. then the question is who gave him this plush? Is it Rosa or Maria .. if its Rosa, it might be another Sakutaro .. if its Maria then it might be the same torn one .. bcoz we are not sure if its complete or not so there is a chance it might be the actual one (the torn one) that Maria brought it with her and put it here before the departing.

* If the man knew about it why didn’t he returned it to Eva?! .. first answering ijriims; he will not give it to her as a gift like he will said "Eva-Sama, this plush is gift from me to you!!" com'n as a worker, and a loyal one he must returned everything he had or found that belongs to the family to Eva (bcoz she is the only survivor) .. her age is unrelated to those manners nor if the plush is completed or not. He must put everything he had that belongs to them inside a bag or a box and give it to her whether it is a toy or a gold, new or broken.

So the answer of not returning it to them could be one of the followings:
Not know about it / forget about it / found it but not think that is related to the family / belong to his children / gift from Rosa / it wasn’t there until today (although I don’t like the last one coz as an experienced captain he must noticing anything strange on his boat while in the ep he was acting normal).