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Originally Posted by Renall
Namely, why does this bother Touya? Ushiromiya Battler is a person he barely knows. His memories of Asumu may not even exist, or may barely exist (after all, we see almost no mention of her in the story). While it might trouble 18-year-old Battler to learn that Asumu wasn't really his birth mother after all, it shouldn't have such a surprising effect on 18+-year-old Touya.
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Does it bother Touya? BATTLER's disposition does not reflect Touya's disposition, but rather the metaphorical disposition of "Battler" as an abstract concept. What really distressed Touya was Ange's attempt to contact him: It made BATTLER more motivated, and a stronger BATTLER is usually a
bad thing for Touya.
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Originally Posted by Renall
It's easy to understand the motivation for Battler, but if we take it a layer up and claim it's actually about Touya, then the motivation must also be his own. What was that motivation and what effect did it have on him?
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Touya's kind of an innocent bystander in all this. His motivation is
purely a matter of moral obligation to Ange. He doesn't want to have anything to do with Battler, but he reluctantly accepts the truth that he is (was) Battler for Ange's sake.