User blog comment:Servant of Evillious/Ru Ri Ra, Ru Ri Ra The Resounding Song Analysis/@comment-6416957-20130327113258/@comment-6192846-20130427133025

Better late than never. I apologize for somehow missing this reply. The relationship I am referring to is one of the speculated identities of the singer as Gretel, although I myself hesitate to accept this theory in my mind. I am referring to them "disappearing" from history after they split the Original Sin.

Based on the Evils Kingdom documents, a murder case was opened regarding Adam and Eve and the "names of the twins appear... in all sorts of literature," either implying the real story of Hansel and Gretel does exist in Evillious or that characters based on these twins were made by inspired writers later on. Despite this, the twins were never found (either in historical documents or physically if the investigation suspected them as the murderers) because of how well Adam and Eve hid their existence from the public.

They just disappear from the story and then pop back up as reincarnations just over 300 years later. Why the gap? It is assumed that Levia and Behemo are what cause the twins to reincarnate for whatever the reason but ask yourself: Why? Reincarnation traditionally is the equivalent to purgatory in its purpose, continuing to incarnate yourself throughout time until you fulfill the reason for your life (for humans, living a good life as a good person to my understanding; correct if I am wrong). So have Levia and Behemo not fulfilled their purpose?

On top of that, the connections I made to the Demon of Gluttony here explain the relationship Gluttony has to the twins and reminds us that they "scattered" the sins across the world. How did they do that? Was it like just taking seven slices from a pizza pie and throwing it up into the air? "Okay, we're done! Handle it world, Hansel and I are going to go on our merry way." It begs the question if maybe the Demon of Gluttony lingered and "chased" them similar to how Riliane and Alexiel were chased by it.

It might have killed them, it may have attempted to "merge" with them. We assume the Wicked Maid is the reason implicated for why Ney could use the glass but why that? Was it because they were "possessed" by Banica? What exactly does that mean? Were they revived with the glass by Conchita after their death? Did the demon possessing Banica go on to possess the twins? Is there a reason they weren't merged with the glass then? After that, you should ask where Irina was during all this, both when Hansel and Gretel "disappear" after Chrono Story and during the epitome of Gluttony.

I am bringing up these points to stimulate your thought process and give you something to think about. There are clear allusions and themes in the story but nothing apparent, therefore theory-crafting is extremely viable on this front. Now for FML (indeed), if it is not Gretel (who may be referring to Hansel), then what Rin character is it? So far, all Rin characters have had a connection either to Gretel or Riliane (the latter of whom I suspect to be connected to Gretel), so if this song does take place in EC 013 and is not sung by Gretel, who is it? A clone of Gretel? An astral projection? An unrelated character who happens to be sung by Rin?

It's like a puzzle. Keep trading out the ideas until you make a connection then keep making connections until the string gives you the general idea of the facts. :)