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[ilcantodelsoleil]

sometimes i remember the discrepancy between the kanji for love used in ao no sumika versus akari and want to die. i've talked at length about the linguistic nuances specifically of ao no sumika but 静かな恋 (quiet love | shizukana koi) fits so well considering the fact that the song is sung from gojo's perspective about their 青い春 (blue spring), elaborated upon below. this is as opposed to 揺れる愛 (wavering/shaky love | yureru ai) which is used in akari, sung from geto's perspective similarly about his regrets about their relationship and his path.

satosugu are so heavily yet subtly implied that even the different words for love that were used masterfully allude to their relationship dynamic. koi is always explicitly romantic and generally has a youthful connotation, the word you use to describe an intense yet fleeting highschool love affair during your blue spring which is simultaneously selfish, associated with being on the receiving end of love. it makes sense for the rich, invincible, immature highschooler gojo to use it in contrast with geto's ai, which is used in akari, a term widely regarded as encompassing the entire concept of love and a love that goes beyond romance, revolving around giving unconditional love instead. when we put it in perspective that this song was sung from geto's point of view the lyricism becomes truly genius because we can deduce so many things just from the specific word that was used– the differences in their emotional maturity, how deeply suguru loved satoru, the way he gave a boy who already had everything his everything until there was nothing left to give.

i fucking love that they chose to frame the openings and endings as stsg's pseudo-letters to each other. every facet of satosugu's relationship is so sickeningly romantic.