Rbd 240: Do You Forgive Nana Aoyama

The most powerful moment in RBD 240 does not involve Nana. It involves Aqua.

When he finally confronts her—standing in the rain outside her rundown apartment—he doesn’t scream. He doesn’t pull out a scalpel or a recording device. He just looks at her. For three full pages, there are no words. Only rain. Only tears.

Then he says: “Ai would have forgiven you.”

That line shattered the fandom.

Because it’s true. Ai Hoshino, the eternal idol, the liar who loved, would have seen a lost girl in Nana. But Aqua is not Ai. And the reader is not Ai.

So the question hangs in the air: Do you forgive Nana Aoyama?

The writer of the RBD arc (often credited in fan circles as “Yumeno Sensei”) stated in a mock interview that Chapter 240 was designed to break the revenge cycle. “I wanted readers to ask themselves: If you were given the chance to punish the person who lit the fuse, would you? And more importantly, would that bring Ai back?” rbd 240 do you forgive nana aoyama

The answer is no. It wouldn’t.

Forgiving Nana doesn’t help Ai. But neither does hating her forever. The chapter ends with a close-up of Aqua’s hand. He reaches out to Nana. He doesn’t hug her. He doesn’t spit on her. He just holds out an umbrella.

It is not forgiveness. It is not friendship. It is the first step away from hatred. The most powerful moment in RBD 240 does not involve Nana

This camp argues that intention does not erase consequence. Whether Nana wanted Ai dead or not, her actions led directly to the murder of a mother and the psychological destruction of two children (Aqua and Ruby). They point to several key moments in the chapter:

“Forgiveness requires repentance. Nana doesn’t repent. She regrets getting caught.” — Top comment on the RBD 240 scanlation thread.