Representation ANALYSIS: a deep dive into the sentibeing backstory

I was very confused when kagami and Felix became a couple out of nowhere it makes sense but it also just doesn't was very confused 😅

If this new sentimonster was destroyed then it was the writers and not Felix's doing, he wouldn't do that after feeling appreciation even for the red moon, so I hope that at least the sentimonster wasn't conscious because it was made as an object and didn't feelt pain.

One thing I don't get about the episode is Marinette's reaction to learning that Adrien is a sentibeing. The obvious thing is that if Adrien and Felix are sentibeings and were created by the usage of the peacock miraculous it must mean that someone in their family must've owned it. I mean , it is actually told to her that they in fact did. That Emily and Gabriel owned the peacock miraculous. However, for some reason Marinette doesn't connect the dots , she doesn't even get suspicious for a few seconds. I don't even recall a scene of her wondering if maybe someone from the Agreste family could potentially know something about Monarch or about the miraculouses. And Marinette is a very intelligent character and a quick-thinker too. As a hero her main goal is to defeat her enemy. Yet she gets a very crucial information that could help her discover her enemies identity and we don't even have a moment of suspicion from her. And it just doesn't sound like Marinette. This scene honestly felt so out of character for me.

I agree with all your points! I don’t like how the show is handling Felix’s redemption at all and I definitely think Felix and Kagami were super rushed.

Honestly I hope Jeremy taking a more active role in the creation of the show and with Astruc stepping down to producer will allow the show to have a breath of fresh air it needs (if what I heard about the movie is any indication I am hopeful for the next narrative arc for miraculous)

I've said before, and I'll repeat it, I'm not too fond of Feligami because it's Adrigami but the way Kagami wanted her relationship with Adrien to be because Felix does check the boxes as the perfect boyfriend for Kagami, which is one of the reasons why she's attracted to him other than him, and Adrien looking the same does not help either knowing her feelings for Adrien before so to her it a win-win which is highly unhealthy. Also to me, it doesn't surprise me that Kagami told Felix that Marinette is Ladybug without her consent because we saw in Heart Hunter how willing she is to end her friendship with Marinette if it means being with Adrien; I do understand that Kagami does not have a good impression of love and craves it as her mother doesn't give it to her, I hope later in season 6 Kagami understand what love is and self-reflects about her relationship with Felix. And speaking about Kagami telling Marinette's secret, Kagami had no right to do that. At the same time, Kagami might see it as a way to get the love story she wanted and to make up for what happened in Protection by mindlessly attacking Marinette because Lila manipulated her; it doesn't change anything. She should've talked with Marinette first; it proves that Kagami is not a true friend and is ready to see the bad in Marinette, too, by doing this. But it doesn't change anything that happened in Protection because if it were me in this situation, I would've put my friendship with Kagami on hold and see if I still wanted to be friends, but if I learned that she told someone my secret without consent, then that friendship is over. I love your analysis and am excited to see what else you have planned. As for the episode, I am indifferent to it because you're right. There is a lot of potential to the sent-being storyline, and Adrien discovering the truth which can lead to an interesting story arc. Maybe season 6 focuses more on Adrien and how he sees everyone treats him like this porcelain doll that needs protection but doesn't anymore.

The Eng dub finally came out Felix's redemption is sudden and unexcepted but at least we have an explanation of why he behaves the way he does

I'm 100% with you on senti-Kagami. I love Kagami, but her being senti has no sense and it was made only to make her possible to connect with Felix. Her connection to Felix was essential, so he can learn from her that Marinette is Ladybug, have reason to trust her and in the result tell Marinette his backstory. For me senti-Kagami and Feligami is only for making this theatre scene, thats it. I have mixed feelings about this season. First half of the season was great, but middle had moments I didn't liked and somewhere around Collusion everything started to collapse. And I think that the reason is that there was simply too little time to develop everything. In previous seasons pacing was super slow, writers were: "take it slow, we have plenty of time to tell everything", and when season 5 started they were "omg, its season 5 already?! Quick, quick, there is so much to tell!". This rush is especially visible in season's climax. I think that show would benefit more from squeezing seasons 2 and 3 together - because they tell basically the same story beat of Master Fu teaching Marinette how to be a guardian - while current season 5 could be extended into two seasons. I got an impression that at the begining writers have time of their life that they finally can tell the events they planned for so long - so why not to introduce it earlier and have fun for longer? I'm sure that many of story points which came out of nowhere would benefit, it there was more time for it. But that's just my opinion.

Though I loved the episode I genuinely agree with you that Adrien deserves to know his past. Why is he shown so innocent and foolish? The thing I relate the most to Adrian is innocence and they are making fun of it. I am sorry this issue is in the finale to will tell in that analysis.

One thing I never understood Kagami had a Kwami Longg and she doesn’t have any resentment towards Felix for sending Longg to Monarch.

6:29 Felix: assaulted ladybug, impersonated, impersonated Adrien which indirectly tricked ladybug into giving Felix all the miraculous to hawkmoth, and killed everyone by sending them to the red moon severely traumatizing kagami and ladybug, and kidnapping kagami, still hasn’t apologized Thomas astruc: redeemed! Chloe: apologize to miss bustier after what she caused in and sacrificed herself to help ladybug during zombizou, has shown remorse and cared for her father and best friend in other episodes, gave back the bee miraculous to ladybug in queen wasp, admitted she her wrong doings in malediktator, and many more Thomas: that girl is evil! Let me retcon some stuff in season 2, get a replacement, make her do some irredeemable stuff in future episodes and add some trauma to the main character, and make her an evil dictator despite the fact she’s fourteen, I’m totally not petty and irrational!

I’m glad you agree this season’s direction was all over the place.. it’s like they have these great ideas but don’t ever know how to execute them or to finish them up. There’s so many characters in this season that disappointed me and I just don’t understand the decision making behind all of this

When you mentioned that Kagami’s mom didn’t like get sick around 14:06. Idk if the show addresses this but maybe kagami’s dad died

Great Video ❤❤❤There are two possible reasons why Kagami was made a senti by the writers. 1. To make Felix look more redeemable like you said in the video. The writers wanted to pair them up together so they could make Felix likeable and make the audience forget about the bad things he's done. They had to make Kagami a senti otherwise Felix wouldn't have shown any interest in her and wouldn't have fallen in love with her since he is a senti supremacist. 2. The writers are going to portray all the rich kids of Senti because they like of idea of a rich people cult among Paris's elites. This could tie into Tomoe and Gabriel's alliance. If that is the case, then either Zoe or Chloe or both are possibly senti because they come from a wealthy family and the bourgeois family seems to have a past history with the Agrestes, just like the Tsurugi's Also, another thing that has been on my mind recently is the double standards between Felix and Chloe when it comes to redemption arcs, parental abuse and relationships. If Chloe is being portrayed as irredeemable and sets the bar for who can and cannot get redeemed then Felix, who IMO is worse, shouldn't get one either (This applies to Gabriel as well). Especially since Felix also never apologised or properly repented for his misdeeds These are just my thoughts so stay respectful :)

Loved the video, i actually took notes as well season 5 just felt like a poorly written fan fic, and while félix is my no.1 character i can’t hate him as the writers just butchered his character arc, he is shown to be so sweet with his mother and shows signs of care for his cousin, but then is also played out as a jerk but he always is the catalyst to change the direction in the story, so it’s just really conflicted. I’m actually down bad for feligami like u said ON PAPER it sounds like an absolute power couple and Kagami to me she seems very-head strong and i feel like she wouldn’t fumble for a boy like that but she did but i refuse to think that’s her character. Also can i just complain how i literally hate how Adrien keeps gettting shoved to the corner, Not to spoil the finale but since you already know, 1. he gets left in the dark about chat blanc 2. He’s treated as a sidekick and not an equal holder 3. Now the finale is out he’s being left in the dark about his father AND being conceived thru the peacock miraculous I feel like the writers are trying to set him up to have a massive fall out with mari and bring out unsettling angst that we really don’t want. They butchered Félix’s character They butchered Kagami They butchered Adrien Honestly idk if I’m excited or stressed out for season 6 Sorry this was aLONG RAnt. Edit: Now when season 6 comes out I’m gonna get PTSD from all the moments s5 has stressed me out :/

These could resurface as theres theories and rumors going around Gabriel is still alive. In the end the whole sentimonster concept I think is really just the creators effing with the fandom

I said it before and I'll stand by it. As much as I love Miraculous..... this season was far too cramped and way too rushed as a whole. I totally get what you mean by not being able to get invested in the multiple storylines. If they stood alone and had enough time to develop, they would have been amazing to watch. Which is why I'm still thinking that Season five would have worked better and the story would flow easier if it was split in two seasons. I'm not even necessarily saying that it's poorly written.Far from it. It's more that, there was too much story left to tell and too little time to do so to give it justice. And that's the sad part about it.

I kinda figured that since we never see Kagami's father, then he was the one who used the Peacock, and that's why Tomoe hasn't died

They never said anything about Kagami being a senti monster.Felix just feels bad for her because she was being abused just like how he was.Also the ring that she has is just a simple family heirloom nothing supernatural.Also the reason why Tomoe is blind is literally anyone's guess.Whether it's because she was born blind,was in an accident,or maybe because of her advanced age.

To be fair, Felix might have decided to create the Sentimonster Once Upon a Time because there was simply no other way to get the info to Marinette without tipping her off that they knew her identity or risking a third party also finding out, while he had other ways of dealing with Matagi Gozen and could count on Ladybug and Cat Noir to help. Plus I think Félix perceived the creation of Once Upon a Time as a necessity to give Marinette the full picture she needed, unlike when he created Red Moon, which he did to enact revenge on his uncle and every one he perceived as being a tyrant, Once Upon a Time which he created to help Marinette stop Monarch by showing the truth, Adrien’s and Felix’s family origins, and Gabriel’s true identity as Monarch.