#I think. Circular reasoning my beloved beloathed

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THIS!! I also want to add that not only is it that Ena and Tsukasa both think that they aren't good enough in their respective fields, they push themselves to continue pursuing said skills despite the internal and external doubts they face. It's kind of like them both operating under the mindset of "I am nowhere near the level I want to be, and I can't even begin to compare to the people I respect, but I'll be damned if that stops me from trying."

One of the first things we learn about Ena is that, in her middle school years, her father told her that she would never be able to become an artist. And guess what? She decided to keep making art out of spite. Even with all the obstacles she'd end up facing, with her losing the contest in her first event, constantly facing criticism in her art class, her doubt that she can even get into an art school for college shown in her Worldlink chapter, she still keeps drawing. Hell, when it came to her art class, she quit because she thought she wasn't good enough, only to go back to it in her second event so she can force herself to improve, regardless of the pain she feels at every critique.

The same can be said for Tsukasa!! His third event is especially interesting to me because of how he forces himself to stare his shortcomings in the eye, and then use that sense of "failure" to ultimately get the role he staked all of his efforts thus far on. It's a reoccurring theme in both his and other Wondershow characters' events- he fails, but he uses the situation he is left in as a result to propel himself until it can be counted as some level of success. Tsukasa failed to get the role of Alfred in Rui3, which he took to understand that his acting is inferior to Asahi's, but he would do everything he could to perfect his role as Barlett so he can still find success in the show. In his fourth event, Tsukasa was pretty much told to his face that he had ruined the scene he was in, but in a way that still made it clear that he accomplished his task of making his 3-line-character seem real.

We constantly hear both Ena and Tsukasa talk themselves down, say that their skills are inadequate, how their peers are so much better that them than they could ever dream of being, and yet, they don't let that stop them from pushing forward. Is that healthy? Absolutely not. I think in Tsukasa's case especially, how they're handling this could only ever lead to burnout, but that's a different subject entirely lmfao

Anyways Ena and Tsukasa parallels are real and true SEGA please let them interact again it'd be so funny

If I'm not wrong, Ena and Tsukasa both share the same characteristics that is thinking they're not good enough.

Tsukasa is always trying to perform his best while also downplaying his acting, only accepting his ‘best’ wasn't good enough. While Ena, doesn't even know how good her art is, as she's always criticized by her mentors (dad and art teacher). She literally gets happy because her COMPOSITION is great, but the rest of her art is trash.

They both share this mentality that is “I need to be the best, but I'm not even good.”, because of that, they appear to be egotistical asses that don't know when to stop talking.

This was shown when Tsukasa blew up on Nene and Ena calling Mafuyu selfish, Tsukasa wanted his show to be perfect but thought Nene had ruined it whilst Ena thought Mafuyu wasn't being appreciative to Kanade when she gave them the opportunity to shine (and Ena was praised for her drawings, which made her think Mafuyu was a bitch for downplaying Kanade's efforts.)

After their initial thoughts, they actually grow to be a supportive friend to others. But never to themselves. Like how Tsukasa always supported his troupe and Ena supported Mizuki when she was outed.

They both hold themselves onto this high pedestal that they both don't think they even deserve to see, and it's not like they even think they're sitting on it. They're having this pedestal for their talent, yet they don't even think it's good enough to be shown in the spotlight.

Both Tsukasa and Ena also don't communicate properly about their struggles, as they think it's something they both need to handle themselves. Making them tragic cases of their own pride.

I love Ena and Tsukasa, sorry if this is wrong