Alright, It's Time To Say It. I Think Buddy Is The Villain Key, Or At The Very Least Villain Key Adjacent.

Alright, it's time to say it. I think Buddy is the villain key, or at the very least villain key adjacent.

Evidence?

1. Keys can go into books using other keys

2. Buddy always knows the story of any book he enters, even though Chase and Deacon are the ones picking books. Keys also know the story upon use/entry.

3. Buddy pauses before calling Violet his key. You see this in the Japanese arc when he is surprised his hair is styled. "oh my...Key... Changed it." Why the pause? Was he perhaps about to say 'sister' instead?

4. From Punko's YouTube we learn that keys have ages. Vilot being among the older ones and bronze being younger. We also know Goldie is older than silver. Meaning we can assume the order goes something like:

Hero, villian, heroine, villainess..

Etc.

Making the villain key, key number two which is the number on Buddy's shirt in dreams by night.

5. Punko has also said in her YouTube that Buddy's name would be revealed, that she isn't going to spoil it, but that it is a big deal. Yes, we all want his name, BUT The only story centric reason his name is a big deal is of it's an obvious key name.

6. Keys love junk food. Buddy goes crazy over chocolate.

7. In silvers dream, her family ask her, "Where did they take him?"

8. For fellow fast passers, we see Buddy shares another trait of the keys in the Halloween arc in the castle basement.