The King's hatred of Nageki, it seems, is rooted in the knowledge that Nageki was like him but has learned how to move on - and, perhaps, the King also knows that Hitori deceived him in order to help Nageki. Nageki points out that by absorbing everyone he meets, the King is merely assuring that he will remain forever alone. The King claims he is doing all this to help everyone so they won't have to be sad and alone like he is. There, he meets the King's true form, a black-and-white sketch of his normal appearance. Pigeonation's.Īfter the Pigeonations crew manages to temporarily incapacitate the King, Nageki slips past to attack the lighthouse - the source of the Holiday Star's power. It can be surmised from the King's backstory and the picture book left in Professor Nanaki's room that the King is the original Nanaki Kazuaki who was tricked into killing himself by Hitori so that Hitori could assume his identity and infiltrate St. However, after the King overdosed on the medication his friend had brought, his friend revealed he had no intention of dying with the King, and treated him callously in his final moments, calling the King pathetic and leaving him to die alone. The two grew close, and eventually the King's friend convinced him to join him in a suicide pact, claiming that the two would leave the world together and be with each other forever. One day, he met another birdie whom he felt truly understood him - his first real friend. It is revealed via the King's Picture Book and flashbacks that in life, the King was a depressed quail with no hope for the future, who wished constantly for death but lacked the will to commit suicide.
When confronted in his throne room, the King reveals a new form, growing dozens of disfigured heads, representing the souls he has absorbed. With the hints from the Migrant and help from Yuuya, the main character and Nageki manage to find and convince their friends to help them break out of the King's fantasy. When new birdies arrive on the Holiday Star, he separates them into different 'rooms,' giving each a picture book that reminds them of the suffering they face in the real world, in an attempt to convince them to stay in his fantasy world.ĭuring chapter 4, the King reveals that he wants to "befriend" (trap and absorb) all of the Pigeonations crew except for Nageki, whom he reviles for undisclosed reasons. In chapter four of Holiday Star, it is revealed that the King doesn't allow anyone to leave the Holiday Star once they arrive, instead forcing them to merge with him, becoming one. The King a bird-like creature that deforms and changes color when agonized. The Holiday Star itself, according to the Migrant, is a false star that uses its light to attracts wandering souls. The King is the ruler and creator of the Holiday Star. Eventually, he gave one of the gemstones on the planisphere. After the third task, he kept on asking for Nageki's planisphere which he refused to give as what the conductor in the train said. After each task, save for the last one, he awarded them with a gemstone. In the beginning, he gave the main character and Nageki quests to keep his kingdom in 'peace' such as taking care of the restaurant in which visitors never come back, dealing with the problem in the garden during a tea party, and dealing with the rain in mount pudding that caused his kingdom to be wet. When he appears, the King always has a background fanfare playing.
Holiday Star The Day the Night Slept (Before)
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