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Kira not remembering the loops does hurt his chances a bit.
In any case, while I think it's possible he could assume that, I don't think the assumption that he gave Bites the Dust to someone else is... stable. And not just because Kira himself still has BtD.
For one, it's in the Ruins, a fairly desolate place, unfamiliar to Kira, & SBA says no one but the combatants are present. Meaning he wouldn't find anyone TO give it to, let alone that he might've trusted with it, right? Unless the scenario dictates that he gave it to someone else in preptime before the match begins, I'm not sure he could end up thinking someone else has it.
I doubt he'd think he gave it to Frisk either; Both are hostile towards one another. In fact, Frisk being hostile from the start of a loop might cue him in that this is a loop; Why would a kid he's never seen before be trying to kill him, Kira, who's lived quietly & hid so well? Maybe with his experience with Hayato in mind, he MIGHT think a kid could work out that he killed the kid's mom or something.
It'd be incorrect for Kira to assume Frisk thinks Kira killed Frisk's mom, but it seems like a small possibility. Not THAT much more unlikely than Kira cueing than that this unfamiliar kid trying to kill him is because of a kind of time looping & that there's no way another BtD is involved.
Not to mention, as a Stand user, couldn't he see the bomb trigger going off?
With this in mind, he might be able to realize that it's not another Bites the Dust....
Unfortunately, he'd still have to conclude that this kid revives from death every loop & he needs to knock him out to escape this loop. It's possible the ruins being desolate & underground might convince Kira nobody would find a knocked out kid (Assuming Frisk being familiar with the area doesn't cue him in.) but....
Kira just wants to live a quiet life, & doesn't like evidence of his killings, With that in mind, it could be consistent for him to try to blow up Frisk on a majority of cycles.
Without prior knowledge of the loops, or tells from Frisk's behaviour, Kira would probably take more loops to realize the need for a knockout.
If Frisk, however, remembers past loops (including BtD), then they might be able to exploit that to KO Kira after only a few loops.
Besides the singing, if Frisk has all their equipment, they might have better range with Empty Gun, or their healing items and just go for a battle of attrition; Staying out of Kira's BtD range (Which they could know to do with knowledge of past loops.), healing if necessary, & waiting for him to collapse.
In any case, while I think it's possible he could assume that, I don't think the assumption that he gave Bites the Dust to someone else is... stable. And not just because Kira himself still has BtD.
For one, it's in the Ruins, a fairly desolate place, unfamiliar to Kira, & SBA says no one but the combatants are present. Meaning he wouldn't find anyone TO give it to, let alone that he might've trusted with it, right? Unless the scenario dictates that he gave it to someone else in preptime before the match begins, I'm not sure he could end up thinking someone else has it.
I doubt he'd think he gave it to Frisk either; Both are hostile towards one another. In fact, Frisk being hostile from the start of a loop might cue him in that this is a loop; Why would a kid he's never seen before be trying to kill him, Kira, who's lived quietly & hid so well? Maybe with his experience with Hayato in mind, he MIGHT think a kid could work out that he killed the kid's mom or something.
It'd be incorrect for Kira to assume Frisk thinks Kira killed Frisk's mom, but it seems like a small possibility. Not THAT much more unlikely than Kira cueing than that this unfamiliar kid trying to kill him is because of a kind of time looping & that there's no way another BtD is involved.
Not to mention, as a Stand user, couldn't he see the bomb trigger going off?
With this in mind, he might be able to realize that it's not another Bites the Dust....
Unfortunately, he'd still have to conclude that this kid revives from death every loop & he needs to knock him out to escape this loop. It's possible the ruins being desolate & underground might convince Kira nobody would find a knocked out kid (Assuming Frisk being familiar with the area doesn't cue him in.) but....
Kira just wants to live a quiet life, & doesn't like evidence of his killings, With that in mind, it could be consistent for him to try to blow up Frisk on a majority of cycles.
Without prior knowledge of the loops, or tells from Frisk's behaviour, Kira would probably take more loops to realize the need for a knockout.
If Frisk, however, remembers past loops (including BtD), then they might be able to exploit that to KO Kira after only a few loops.
Besides the singing, if Frisk has all their equipment, they might have better range with Empty Gun, or their healing items and just go for a battle of attrition; Staying out of Kira's BtD range (Which they could know to do with knowledge of past loops.), healing if necessary, & waiting for him to collapse.
