What? Are you kidding me? This scenario is a cakewalk compared to the clusterfuck that is Asunaro.
Also, no, her wish was to specifically manipulate connections. There's nothing that indicates that the connections that she is limited to manipulating are the Pleiades, and she has one of the few powersets that we can't defeat outright. Worse still, her powerset also counters that of our trumpcards. I know we have a habit off assuming that we are invincible when we go all out, and that is mostly true for most megucas, but this does not apply to Kanna. If we aren't careful with how we approach this she will wreck our faces and eat us for breakfast.
Sorry for responding to this after it dropped. Sleep cycles.
Re:Asurano's difficulty; When I say it's 'easier', I say this because, well, we know what they want. Assuming Firn keeps their basic motives the same, we can metagame them. Ditto their powersets. Really the only reason this war proved difficult at all was lack of information. Atleast, if not the only reason, then one of the biggest ones. The powersets, if they exist as we expect them to, do have problems though, but I fully expect we can handle them.
So, reviewing everything Hijiri-related, you're right. Sorry about that. So worst case scenario she can copy our Grief powers. But I still think we can Sabrinaplomacy her because we were also (probably) created by a Wish. And like, Kazumi diplomacy'd her pretty goddamn easily once she kicked her ass.
If we have to, timestop and break some gems. You can't copy shit if you're frozen in time, bitch.
Other interesting things about the Pleiades and company: If we can save Niko Kanna and have her diplomacy Hijiri herself, things might go better. They never really talk at any point and Hijiri's crazy stems from her perception that she was created to play house and be a doll, but this could possibly be addressed by learning Niko's true intentions.
I mean it's not a guarantee but I'd like to save Niko anyway because she's one of the few Pleiades who doesn't go apeshit and start fragging her teammates.
Other interesting ideas: If we befriend Umika and can actually fucking trust her (or have Hijiri do it if she becomes Limpet #2), could she fix our lost memories, if we indeed have amnesia? If it doesn't work, then Wish Construct basically confirm.
Kazumi is bestgirl and must be added to our group at all costs.
Seriously Ayase what's your deal and what did you wish for and shit? What's going oooon?
If we befriend the Pleiades and effectively remove their Grief Limits, the sky's the limit. Like one of them can create and reconstruct things FMA Alchemy style and another can perfectly control body functions to the point of growing embryos to fully grown bodies in a matter of days, tops. And Teddy Bear Girl's teddyzilla monstrosity kept doing stuff after she died, implying she made an actual lifeform that could outlast her.
Like goddamn they're crazy but I legitimately think they're worth the headache.
I also want to mass-produce Jyubey and completely supplant and replace Kyubey with a benevolent counterpart but that's a pipe dream.