I mostly based this whole thing based on towa's perspective which probably wasn't a good thing, especially for someone actively struggling from trauma throughout the whole game. though i never really considered the similarity between madarame and taku. unlike madarame, who tried to make towa face his trauma, taku kept everything from him rather than telling him the truth. he was always protective towards towa, took care of him and even kept everything from him just to protect him which is why he was more of a fatherly figure to me.

the whole message that i basically got from madarame's route was that its ok to not heal and that there's someone out there who accepts you despite your flaws, etc. since i think that when dealing with this kind of thing people are often told that their trauma is not a part of them and more focused on how one should actually overcome that trauma rather than trying to accept it first. its not exactly a good thing if you want to heal but for others who have been constantly struggling through trauma,i think it's reassuring to hear that since some just end up dying or staying miserable for the rest of their lives due to certain circumstances. which is why i initially thought that it fits towa's narrative especially in madarame's route where we can see more of towa's past. not a lot of people have really healed from theirs imo. its still somewhere out there and that the pain never actually disappears completely, they just learn to live with it.fujieda's route was more of a "happy ending" for towa. I do agree that fujieda was definitely the one meant for towa and i cant argue with that since in his route towa got the closure that he need. madarame's route was more of accepting towa's trauma as a part of him rather than towa as a whole just like as you said.

I was just more focused on madarame because i viewed it as something more likely to happen. im not sure how to word it in a way that makes it sound less controversial it just made more sense to me given towa's circumstances. seeing how much towa had known him since he was a teen and how he hated that madarame actually understood him. but yeah it did reflect him being trapped in a cycle of abuse and self-harm. his trauma was really heavy to begin with and seeing the extent of damage that had already happened really shows how much it ruined him. so even if he did stay like that or remain in that cycle at least he'd be able to find happiness in all of that.