/t/ - Theories

It would make sense. Seeing as how when she stabs them, they only go crazy and become stronger and she might get a hopeless feeling that she can't escape.

This theory
Makes too much sense

Based on the "party" in the Wilderness, I think that the Toriningen represent her peers. Their bizarre appearance represents her inability to relate to them, her experience of disconnection, and possible associated feelings of hatred. Their aggressive tendencies represent her fear of being judged (the area with the guillotine seems to support this).

Whatever they may represent, it's interesting to note that 3 out of 4 of the worlds that contain a bed also have a Toriningen. This seems to suggest that, at least in part, whatever spurred her into isolation has to do with what the Toriningen represent.

>>1820
I have also made a similar connection. I believe that Mado could also have a sort of social anxiety because she is unable to relate to them. So from this i draw that The lunatic Toriningen are the peers that try to interact with her. (possibly?)

I always just thought they were a representation of peers in school. They would invoke despair in her, and lash out any time she tried to fight back. They would also appear as caricatures in her dream; big noses symbolize how nosey they are, and the way they never seem to stop shows that Madotsuki feels as though the bullying will never end.