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I always thought that である was a way to replace です, or the equivalent of turning "noun" into "being a noun". However, In this ひぐらしのなく頃に fan art piece,魅音 is saying

ずっと沙都子の味方でいさせてよ

Which I think means "Let us always be your allies, Satoko"

https://twitter.com/aru_aru14284024/status/1446053740025303044/photo/1

The でいさせて looks like the causative て form of でいる rather than である. Is that because 魅音 is talking about herself and her friends, sentient beings, and therefore でいる should be uses over である?

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でいる is "the progressive form of だ", so it means "to be being X", "to stay/remain X", "to continue to be X". It has little to do with である.

  • 沙都子の味方でいる
    to continue to be Satoko's ally
  • 沙都子の味方でいさせる
    to make [someone] continue to be Satoko's ally
  • 沙都子の味方でいさせて(よ)
    (Please) let [us] continue to be Satoko's ally

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