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...poor Mizuki

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...hindsight sure is a thing

(I've played this before, so endgame spoilers under here)

Whenever Iris mentions something about being too cold, or too hot, Aiba's response is to scan the environment and comment that that's not the case. Whenever Iris mentions motion sickness, Aiba likely assumed that that was the case too, since she didn't press it.

But now that Iris is going critical, she has - only just now - scanned her for the first time, and turned up with 'she's going to die'.

It sure is something going on the conspiracy(tm) path, playing right into Iris' illness and the way it projects itself as 'her nonsense'... as well as overlooking very blatant hints that she's not well ('too hot'/'too cold' is classic 'check the person's temperature for the love of god')

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Just a couple days left so I'm sending this around again!

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I don't know to what extent the relationship with Karua was toxic or anything but just the thought of her winding Takumi around her finger unknowingly with that promise gives me pause, like how often did that happen? Did Mrs Sumino encourage this too? Did Takumi forget things and disappoint Karua often? It seems like nothing but the frequency could change everything, especially if Karua's mother sent him running after her too

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HAHA

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.....i may actually have unleashed hell this time

Not me causing mischief in the HL RPC yet again hahaha-

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Not me causing mischief in the HL RPC yet again hahaha-

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Not sure if it's the ocd talking but maybe i should put smol disclaimer on the dissociative Takky posts from now on

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Date, you iiiidiot...

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This is only half of it (and may change), but drawing Start

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*sighs*

Let's do this then- the 'oh so cute' scene I really hated.

(*Note: this may be overly harsh, since it's me trying to put down some very uneasy feelings I had about this backstory in hindsight)

...Takumi... is not feeling good here.

Oh good god. First off, Takumi isn't great at keeping time. That's... not a moral failing. The poor guy's just spacey, and things happen. And for gods sake, weeks in advance? How are you supposed to keep track of that when you're barely present half the time?

Besides, what was Takumi doing that day? For all we know, he zoned out of the days because they blur together for him. It's not like he consciously ditched her for other friends, it feels like he doesn't even know what he wants half the time as long as it passes time

Great. Here lies the crux of the issue: that promise.

Whether Karua knows it or not, she's weaponising it over him, and he's even kind of reluctant to say it.

(Okay so. you. planned on eating together anyway? Right. Kinda makes it feel like you were twisting Takumi around your finger.)

Again, NOT something he planned on doing. He clearly had no idea. Have you tried listening to him even once here, let alone tried putting yourself in his shoes for all he's had to sacrifice for you?

'Don't be a stranger', I guess. Kind of ominous to spring something like that on him out of nowhere- and then if you please, act like you were just. joking. about it. moments later??

(I cba with getting those caps but you know it by now)

To sum up: Takumi made a promise when he was small, to look after Karua, to keep her happiness and safety in his mind at all times, implying that it would be at the expense of his own, and that he's unable to escape this situation if it turns out to be damaging him. The one time he doesn't run to her side, for whatever reason, Karua gets all up in his grill and then he's literally begging for forgiveness because in his mind, he failed her. Then, this promise that duty-bound him to Karua in the first place, gets shoved in his face. Again.

Sorry, but this is some bad behaviour from a dependant- it's almost on par with the callous way Ruruka began to treat Seiko over time. I know Karua's not always like this, but... yikes. It's kind of no frickin wonder why Takumi has a propensity to blame himself for minor things and run away from his problems by dissociating sleeping.

The worst part is he has no idea that this isn't normal or mundane.

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i am not at all saying that anyone's interpretations are bad or worthless when i say this but i think you all need to realize that unless there is textual evidence in the game then your interpretations aren't canon. this is not inherently a bad thing, as engaging with and analyzing a work is always fun and has value, but the way that some of you on here are so aggressive about your headcanons is concerning. not everyone will agree with you and that's okay

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the way Date's openly talking to himself reminds me of someone else lately. Hrm

Like, it's a whole thing in this game, so. Maybe that aspect carried over. Maybe

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My partner started AItSF tonight so I'm just lumping a few pics

The last one is where we left off anyway. First one was Iris showing up and I wanted to catch her

(Haha, you think I was gonna let that Danganronpa reference slide? Not on THIS blog)

The Otas mum thing is... uhm. Yeah. No comment...

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I think I need you to survive So now it's your responsibility To make me stay alive

Feeling some vibe of the toxic side of the relationship between Karua and Takumi in the complex - what with her tendency to goad him with the promise - but also... imagine if her memory reacted to Takumi attempting to let go and find Nozomi instead