#Avvy's JSHK

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ch 119

WOOOOOO!!!! its endless fun at the JSHK

we don't know herrrrrrr... who is she! Lovely little Red House...

thankful for DBS, as the manga-UP upload (as it displayed on our tablet, I guess?) was too low-res to make this out even, let alone read it... medicine... the satchels that Amane would dissolve in water for his heart condition, and a cup of water? and some pills...

I wonder if that would simply mean, that Tsukasa never sacrificed himself at age 4 ... I would say the panel from Amane's birthday, it resembles moreso the clockkeeper's tall silhouette before young Amane... perhaps they made their proposition for a 'better' world simply, as they did in Nene-chan's dream, with her plant?

I don't know ... but it would be interesting to imagine an Amane, who simply was able to persevere through illness with medication, and still takes medication til his death (???).... a Tsukasa who was unable to do anything personally to save Amane, is interesting ... just a useless double-figure, no sacrifice to make. That is interesting to me, with Tsukasa's lack of self-value... his suicidal tendencies.

This world has a nearly unbearable amount of mystery... how did you get Tsukasa back? Do you understand what became of him? How much persisting love could 4 year old Amane have had, for his little brother? He's still on your mind, to this day ...

the cups which were immaculate and filled with tea on the table for Kou & Mitsuba, smashed ...

fun.

THE MOST UPSETTING THING IMAGINABLE!!!! what happened to your OTOUTO!!!!!!! screams.... a lone young Yugi.... scary, terrible, no no no!!!!

this made us laugh so hard at the manga-up release LOL

in just seconds we lost Nene-chan.....

Ahh one of those sublime Aida-sensei compositions... incredible... beautiful, evocative, heart-wrenching... Amane is such a labyrinth, isn't he... I love bandage boy looming over the edge of the stairs, refusing to walk up them further, poised to fall off entirely... so appropriate. And Hanako, pleasantly in place, not going anywhere....

I always love your instincts, Nene-chan. They're so strong. she's a good girl.

I don't know what to make of Kou, I have no idea what the house did with him when it disappeared him, what pulled him into that room, why, for what ...

s-scares me that this is still here in this world too.... please... why is Nene-chan destined to lose a leg or something... help....

N-Nene-chan, that's quite a strange impression of the Red House for you to have... thank you for being so kind to her, though... I think she's pretty misunderstood.... lets admire her wonder and mystery, ok?

there he is.... he has that kind of idiot quality to him... meep.

such an unbelievably beautiful shot....

Aida-sensei is a master... beautifully orchestrated... such a sweet Nene-chan... poor thing, poor thing...

it's like seeing an angel, right? Like seeing a fairy... I love Aida-sensei's taste for nervous gestures, hands...

the explosive Nene-chan hug moment!! It reminds me.....

of another......

she's both of your little fairy...

it's reassuring to see Amane looking this dumb and useless. It's comforting. It's familiar. Thank you.

yes. I understand Nene-chan would find it sexy.

ughf

[loses focus] get a blowjob idiot, get . suckedoff.... [SHAKES HEAD AROUND FURIOUSLY]

buffoon.... it's really calming to see you retain this quality, and also, it's not calming at all,

I love.... the blank-eyed blank-mouth Amane look.... becoming captivated...

oh Nene-chan... what wonderful lighting, what wonderful framing, so pretty. Nene-chan's stiff, strict pose, Amane's haphazard sloppy pose, his knit socks... fascinated, curious face....

you poor thing.... questions it hurts to ask.

I admire Nene-chan so much ... speaking from a Tsukasa perspective, I understand what it is like to have no good place in Amane's life, to imagine you're not the endgame, to imagine the best timeline in the world is one without need for you, a life with more delightful things filling it up, more happiness, intrinsically without you, without your love... though in my case, I accept it, and it's OK to die, since Amane is the only thing that could matter.... but I love to see Nene-chan confronting the pain of that very possibility for herself, the agony, is so earnest, so honest.... she wants more than anything to be special, because it's romantic, her romantic heart, she burns for significance in her love, in her passion amounting to something, in being some kind of good, her heart guiding her towards the right thing .... and not her heart guiding her selfishly, or uselessly, towards something with no room for her in it.... what I swallow, Nene-chan could never swallow, but that makes her special. It's sweet to cling and cling... to beg and cry.... what a wonderful love it is that sobs.

I feel for her so much, it would be easier to cry for her than for myself. Of course, Nene-chan could never be useless or unnecessary, she's so integral, to any chance for Amane's happiness. There can't be a world of a happy Amane without Nene-chan. Her sense for divine romance is correct, and it's something that everything in the world longs for, that kind of sentimentality... human and kaii alike, even kami. All the world it~ loves a lover~ 'cuz the lover~ loves the world~

bewitching, right? so nice to see him feeling this, even at this age... I'm sure he's never looked at another student this way. Or felt anything like this. This girl's intense feelings... radiating outward... unimaginable how thick and syrupy, right? it'll change the temperature of the room....

another beautiful panel by Aida-sensei.... so much envy for how she draws hair! I love how thin and floppy Nene-chan's feels... draping from the back of her head, over her downturned face... such a cute little pursed mouth. Impossible for her to keep her pain inside, she's not that type at all... too honest....

uaaaahhhhh 🙈it's TOO MUCH FOR THE GIRLS, AIDAIRO-SENSEI!!!! you can't do this to us/them.... noooo!!! isn't it wrong, it's like picking on the vulnerable..... iyaaaaa

such a sweet, heartfelt manga... the romance is so vivid... darling and sweet...

I like how much it hurts you, Nene-chan... I like how much you cry for it... you can't be happy for the idea of Amane's happiness alone... you wish you could give it yourself, be a part of it. You wish it included you. You wish it came from you. It's so painful because it's so selfish.... it's a wrong feeling to have. Your body wants to reject it. It feels distracted from the 'point' of happiness... what you 'want'. You 'want' a good future for Amane ... but some part of you must be begging for this world to be terrible, so you can have what you love back in your arms, for the happiness you alone could carve out for him. I respect that pain so so much.... you don't want it to be selfish to love Amane...

BIG FINISH!!!!!!!!

I love to see it yeessssss cheering hollaring whooping laughing cackling bones creaking in pain and pleasure

SHOW MEEEEEE THE SCARYYYYYYY MAN BRINGGGG HIM TO MEEEEE!!

I seriously wonder what the deal is in this situation, my god!! we all do of course... CAPTIVATING... this age Amane being here at all is a kind of time anomaly anyway, he isn't the right age and he isn't working at the school, yet here he is grading papers... does the conditions of his situation oscillate him between memoryless states? Does he operate on the living teacher .exe regularly, or is this genuinely a moment back in time? Only performed or really happening years ago? But the Amane in the school, itself, engaged with the topic of Tsukasa-kun, the rumors, likely the house (which he logically lived in, if we see him in it here now, settled)..... there just can't be a 'version' of him ignorant or helpless or only subjected to the house as an external ill, as he was seemingly actively perpetuating the school's possessions and sending students here. Fascinated by an Amane who is briefly so ignorant but can be triggered into his own memories and involvement .... is teacher.exe just so much easier to exist in while inactive?

the Red House, she seems to always exist untethered from time ...

well I'm deeply ready for the next issue's color opening, BRING MEEEE THE SCARY AMANE MANHANDLING NENE-CHAN...!!!!!! I want to know what we do with teens in this spooky mansion... what a thrilling story.

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its rly saur crazy this happened tho

not only did i make that dumb post a little over a year ago, but in me and avvy's fic there is a scene where nene fusses with tsukasa's hair puts hairclips in them etc... like why have i manifested delusions of tsutsu with girly whirly hair clips i don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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07.28.2022

Bird is あ / Avvy is つ

あ：yk while i dont think nene ever gets to see a cutscene play out quite like she envisioned (and nene is like, envisioning hanako embracing Tsukasa surrounded by sakura petals and being like "i always… wanted to tell you…. aishiteru zo." "amane…" / while the reality of amane not holding back is more like FUCK YOU TIL YOU DIE. *holding by throat*) i do think there are moments the twins are having an interaction that is enchanting. like watching two wild big cats start to groom each other. and nene feels like a photographer in the bushes holding her breath. witnessing hanako stiffly, quietly say "Tsukasa." to summon him over while overwhelmed during sex and beginning to nuzzle face to face, and watching them obsessively rub heads together bzzz… i think peak weird could be so endearing, like snuzz snuzz, tsukasa licks amane, amane gets emotional enough to lick back, feedback loop of licking each other's faces, rub rub inhaaaaale breathe against one another's neck.

and Nene is like f …. fuck…  dam… boyce…. maybe twin love is just special

つ：IT'S SO SPECIAL she would feel like her envisioning of it was in some way feeble, and rote. It is incredibly atypical…! its like expecting the courtship rituals of some rare exotic birds to be like dogs chasing eachother in the park. but it is in reality idiosyncratic beyond what she would ever observe naturally in school, or in some sort of TV drama.

あ： Humbling really… feeling like both Tsukasa and Hanako are such complicated individuals, that their cumulative love is ofc really unlike anything she could imagine

つ：you know we save hat-off Hanako for such emotionally intense moments….. we don't really have, hat off modern Tsukasas, do we…? just another I feel like aidairo is rly saving up…..

あ：true isnt it… it's such a 'reduced boy' state the 500 guns waiting to go off in JSHK

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I will say I'm almost ? surprised ? confused ? at the great outpouring of pity for this Tsukasa... I mean me too, but

don't we pity all Tsukasas? Aren't they all trapped in a tragedy? that's his lot in life, right?

I'm not sure what is 'better' or 'worse' when I look at Tsukasa's circumstances...... but, it's interesting. We're almost too used to our Tsukasa's circumstance--

he couldn't move for some ~50 years it seemed. It's unclear his level of consciousness for that. but knowing AidaIro, I would think it was more of a paralysis than the gift of unconsciousness..

all the while, convinced Amane wouldn't care if he cried out to him, as Amane 'surely' hates him....

He was frozen in Amane's boundary, locked up-- precious, but in a way he can't understand as loving. He is seemingly only freed from his rest by an external force, Sakura.... and then, seemingly only to destroy all of the yorishiro (including himself).

and our Tsukasa's long prevailing journey has only lead to the final beat of Amane declaring him fake....

the reality before that, was serving the Red House in perpetuity....

'our' Tsukasa seems a little mixed-up in his head in some way. We don't quite know what's going on with him... is it just existing 'aware' in so many timelines, is it Red House Entity temporal awareness that makes him screwballed, is he closer intellectually to his 4 year old self or his 13 year old self? Would he approve of his own actions, if he could see them in another perspective?

We really don't know much about ours, but his life is pretty upsetting... he at least seems to have accepted a bare minimum of nobody liking him very much, and an eagerness to disappear again.

THIS NEW TSUKASA-- w-well, he's not an inanimate eternal corpse ...... is that better, or worse? Is being this painful? Is it fun? Was the Red House fun? Was this Tsukasa having fun?

which of these existences is better? which of these is more of a person, or more 'authentic'?

What does he think Amane wants of him?

Do either of them believe Amane loves him?

This new boy-- is he serving Amane? Did Amane make his circumstance, in both situations? Were they compromises, or ideals, for Amane? Did they talk-- briefly, or for a long time?

Why is this boy permitted more freedom than our Tsukasa, why is he seemingly menacing in a manner closer to the Red House's operandi? Our Tsukasa was disobeying Amane by breaking out with an assistant, he was not meant to roam the school, at least as far as we know.

this new Tsukasa, is he, counting sacrifices or victims or something? Is there a number he's trying to reach?

for what-- himself? Amane?

I don't know what Tsukasa I should pity more, yet....

I might not even be sure what being 'fortunate' or 'unfortunate' is to Tsukasa, himself. I'd like to think that serving Amane in any capacity makes him feel good, whether he does it as a disfigured ghoul or an enshrined maiden.

that might be kind of the problem, though, with Tsukasa. There might be no Tsukasa who has his own personal ambitions or will to live...

he might always and only exist in service to Amane, because he has no desire or reason to exist otherwise...

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uughhh. what a perfect drawing. What a beautiful and perfect counterpart.... ohhh Amane... ohhhh... poor thing poooooor thing pooooor thing. Tsukasa hurts your feelings, doesn't he.... ? I'm sorryyyy....

IT MAKES THE MIND ACHE DEEPLY TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MATCHING SEALS!!!! We know 'why' they both have them in the practical sense, but we don't know what they evoke to Amane...

I love, love, him protectively placing his hand to Tsukasa's yorishiro seal (my treasure, my precious object...) while he has to force Tsukasa's dead hand onto his own seal.... he's pathetic, isn't he? He knows it, too...

at least, I assume the subtext of the upper image is that being a corpse's hand. Those green tinges to the tips Aida-sensei loves to do, the lack of circulation. Ah, I get... such a feeling that... Amane could never express something this longing, this need to be touched, by Tsukasa, with Tsukasa cognizant for it. That's his whole problem, isn't it... he's not willing to be so openly needy towards Tsukasa. He can't beg for reassurance. He can't ask for the kind of love he wants with Tsukasa.

ahhhhhhhh I love, love love how forelorn... Why does Amane have such at atmosphere of an unrequited lover? You do everything, everything everything for Tsukasa.... and Tsukasa just wants to die, over and over again, to leave you behind. Tsukasa says "I love you, Amane!" so easily, but he won't stay with you. The only way to keep Tsukasa permanently bound to you, is to kill him. The only way to gain the touch you want, is to force his limp body. There's no worse feeling than pining, is there, Amane...

AidaIro-sensei are too amazing at brocon.....

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my twin takes such good care of me... 💞💞💞

YOU AND ME! 💘

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ch.115

MORE EXCITING THAN ANTICIPATED.........!?!!? unimaginable...

I can't believe Aida-sensei really committed to having to draw that Dorothy outfit so much....! omgg it would be so easy to have Nene-chan change out right after her play..... suppose she wanted to get in a couple more pages of that girl before changing her back huaah..

NENE-CHAAAAAN!!!!!! I'M SORRY GIRL............ I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR CATASTROPHICALLY AND CATEGORICALLY BAD TAAAAAAAAASTE.... I'M SORRY FOR YOUR OWN CONSEQUENCES ........

I can feel it so viscerally though, ugh. I can look at mine or my husband's past flop dating history, escapades..... imagine being dumped in-media-res to my shitty potentials while I'm trying to find my beautiful husband.....................

good representation of the rat

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NENE-CHAAAAAN I'M SORREEYYYYYY!!!! omfgggg it's really so real... imagine being dumped into my pan poly aro days .... the fucking cruising grind girl aourouuruuru

this is so funny though, it's like........ Hanako really did a favor for her by harassing her so much and conscripting her, then? WHAT a way to spin it.... but really, being with Hanako did teach Nene-chan what it's like to be more deeply and seriously invested in someone TT__TT his history, his life, his moods, his desires.... you can see how poor Nene-chan just gets... swept up in whatever is around her, and if the people around her are shallow, she's not able to imagine or invent anything better than what's presented to her....

you can't just invent or enterprise for better, in high school especially....! who can teach you it could be more, if there's no evidence of that in your life..... if all a girl has is a boy only giving her the time of day if she does chores, or a chauvanist bastard, what can she doooo...!

but it's so ah.............................. the new opportunity of Hanako , it's endearing isn't it.... you can understand their raw compatibility, two playful goons, childish in ways, goofing off all the time.... playing games.... but then Hanako has these edges of tenderness & darkness, mouuuu. First time having a best friend, is what it feels like, firstly... I love the ways he inadvertently makes Nene-chan more thoughtful and compassionate, just by existing next to her... he doesn't even ask her to solve anything about him.... he'd rather keep it shallow too, at the start, but the inertia of their chemistry won't allow it to stagnate....

and now. the scariest possible thing in the entire universe

you feel untrustworthy to me.... there is something sick & twisted about you............. put this guy ina cage tie him to a post... he looks wiley......... ouuuuuu I won't forget you skipping and humming while girls summon your cursed otouto.... ooo I won't forget you won't trick me.... ouuuuuuuuu *STANDING BEHIND FURNITURE*

it is a bad sign to me that you have a smug or arrogant aura... as my husband said, "closer to a dracula" ..... you're not a little meep nerdo or mopey sad guy..... my hackles my hackles are raiiiised... yabe

now pause... paws...

what is with you, Amane, you are definitely just making instant coffee.... this isn't even a fancy thing to do... this is the equivalent of putting a packet of hot cocoa powder into a mug, but you're doing it in this convoluted way... for what, for who, do you do this every day like this...... it's kind of lame but really funny also. Is this creating intrigue? Are you trying to seem cool? Did you just forget your mug in the break room? At first I thought he was doing a fanciful method of brewing but he is NOT..... there are no filters here... Yugi-sensei....!?!?

ooooo its happening ooooooooo... im getting aggressions.... ooooo youuu-- I know you're stupid............... look at you......

now, what do you think this experience was like for Yugi-sensei (since as it seems, these are not dreams or delusions or ghosts, but time-travel-like shenanigans with real consequences as streams cross, meaning both Nene-chan and Yugi-sensei equally experienced each other as an anomaly), who has a random girl walk into his science prep room in the 1980s, and she's like, objectively his type

"hmm lol who is this girl I don't recognize from any of my classes .... kinda nice with it tho ? haha whaaat since when am I into students lol ? " girl disappears seconds later. gets all scared like uweh (((Amane who is canonically bad with horror)) kowai.... what was that....... *standing alone in a room with a half-chub*

you know even bandaged pre-murder boy, for all that's going on in his life, still somehow had it in him to be horny about Nene-chan. it's an unstoppable force like that. Amazing that at age 27 Amane can finally like contain it and ''''''act normally'''' (not normal!!!) (but not run away or instantly start sexually harassing)

meanwhile, kind of untenable that he is also like "haha what do you want to talk about. perhaps maybe that cursed rumor everyone's into" like, don't you be bringing your haunted otouto up so often, creep..... what agenda is this!!!!! don't bring it up casually!!! it's suspicious!!!!!!!!

GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!!!! what are you gonnaa pour her a BEAKER? you gonna do your whole production with the tongs AGAIN? is this you being cool, Yugi-sensei? ooooo ... VILLAIN

but ... (containing my fear) I feel for poor Nene-chan.... poor poor thing.... what a strange, inexplicable figment... your beloved.... something unseen.... something unknown....

very artfully and sweetly conveyed.... I'm happy to see Nene-chan get to meet a Yugi-sensei in his heyday, despite how the ages work out in her exact era... Iro-sensei is very clever for creating the excuse of unstable time around the Festival, and this situation only lasting 3 days anyway. It's a nice, exact circumstance... it has a good, fated feeling. I like that Tsukasa prepped Nene-chan for understanding this situation....

you've found him....! something to chase after.... poor girl.... you can do it, Nene-chan....!

really excited for what she'll do next.... where do we go from here, girl...? You know he worked here, now.... how do we find out more? It's still up in the air, if he's still alive, or not.... if he lived in the Red House... ?

meanwhile, Mitsuba looking broke af

not into it... not into you normally either but not into this hat... very funny though... this is extremely middle schooler vibes.... bucket hat.... striped undershirt....

well, I'll comment on things even if I'm only vaguely interested...

Kou seems to be calmer and more knowledgeable/experienced, which goes with him being already established as an 'exorcist'... I wonder if it, in turn, has something to do with Teru being engaged? I wonder what their roles are ....

uuhghghhh and the gatcha finally reveals what boy we have here in this world..................

AMANEEEEEEEEEEEEE WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BABY GIRL...

what happeneddddddd what happened.ddd.... pleaaase... it could not be more extreme..... is this what you're humming and skipping about, Amane? Why are you satisfied-seeming? Why are you spreading the rumor of this? WHAT DID YOU DO!!!!!!

T H E T W I N S H A V E B E C O M E A G E G A P P E D

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!

ohhh little haunted boy unwell unwell.... hole boy.... oobie though... kind of booboo ... worthy of love I think, open to love, must love.... kind of a strange rare gatcha here, this isn't birthday boy, this isn't even recognizable garden boy, this is a wholly new outfit.... surprised to see bare feet... unkempt, dirty seeming... why on EARTH is he THIS AGE !??! what age IS THIS exactly anyway, I can't even be 100% sure!!!! 3??? 4 ???? 5??? did Amane dictate-- any of this??? but honestly it's exactly as incomprehensible as 13 y/o SHOSEI SWAG Tsukasa in the main timeline, an outfit we have equally no context for yet, or proof he even wore when alive at a particular time....

WE FINALLY GET A BONUS NEXT ISSUE.... god uhhhghh meeting Tsukasa-chan finally.... and Nene-chan is seeking her boy.... arrghhhh!!!!!!!!! URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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When was Amane the most honest in the manga?

Gosh. I'm going to sound crazy but ... I think his Antares speech in volume10 ch46 is the most earnest Amane has ever been....? That kind of... immensity, adoration, poetry, kind of delusional imagery, emphasis on the relationships of things... I think the 'real Amane' is that way. While he's hiding from Nene-chan in this strange metaphor she can't understand... he planned that whole set-up on the roof (the telescope, already perfectly tuned & pointed AT Antares, waiting for Nene-chan to discover it! So smooth!!!!) carefully, and he must have really, really wanted to express it to her, despite his own conflicting desire to run away & hide.

I think the same sort of thing is happening in vol3 ch13.... a pure Amane, finding a way to express his heart, without having to confess anything directly...

sometimes I think... maybe even inside of his own skull, Amane can't easily think in literal terms (too afraid of rejection...), instead fixating on imagery & concepts which describe that enormity of his feelings. The people he loves... celestial bodies.

Would also say this boy, having his "I'M FINE!!!" outburst is, despite how people think of him, is being UNBEARABLY honest. I wish he could get taken seriously, for what he's saying, with such importance to him. It reads like an all-important promise he's made to himself. It's everything to Amane, that he forgive what is happening to him....

this is a pure-heartedness of Amane that I see as the rawest one... his love, indomitable, willing to endure anything. Amane would love you even if you went insane, started hurting him, even if you had no good reason to be doing it.

I think an honest Amane would be waxing poetic for ages about celestial bodies & speaking in measurements & figures... but, with his lover finally grasping his intention & meaning.

I also think the Shinjuu was an incredibly sincere gesture from Amane. Sadly, Tsukasa couldn't understand it any better than Nene-chan can understand the Antares speech.

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golden cosmos....

symbolic of 'wild beauty'. A more resilient cosmos, which can withstand the heat of the sun, more vigorous than other varieties.

the golden, scrappy, wild, beautiful little flower reminds you of someone, doesn't it, Amane....?

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ahhh its nice to see someone else call love the driving force of JSHK x'l it really is such a sentimental and shmoopy manga deep down... all about love and hope and wishes and imagining a better future....!!! DESPITE THE SOMETIMES GRIM IMAGERY, it has a very cute heart ....... love is more important than even physical safety or, lives, themselves, haha.... it's so wonderful.

I likee....

"This is also a recurring thing in JSHK. There’s this… tendency, where the characters can only, truly confirm that their beloved cares about them through tears, grief, suffering or any other extreme act or show of emotion."

and...

"Well, this is a story about a bunch of lonely, self-loathing, unloved people whose communication skills and emotional intelligence are of a collective sum of negative points."

isn't it sooo lovely? It's what makes almost every character's problems so tantalizing to see resolved (and what 'resolved' means to crazy AidaIro). You love that Mitsuba could make his best effort, and still never make an impression on anyone... you love Aoi's fundamental personality defect isolating her from everyone with resentment in her throat.... you love characters who were just never given the opportunity to imagine better, like Hakubo. It's so rare that so many characters share so many common themes of, like... helplessness, hopelessness. And yet it's all so sentimental and soft-hearted that everyone has a true love baked into the canon ... it's so endearing lol...

Ya love that its not lazy writing/repetition for repetition's sake, either, as Aoi can outright connect herself to Hanako (and for us readers, bridge a gap between kaii and humans), Sakura can compare Sumire/Hakubo to Tsukasa/Amane ... all intentionally woven together. ughk. Just put together so lovely. It kinda means one never (in my experience) resents another couple being on the screen; you know, somehow, even if it's a KouMitsu or HakuMire or AkaneAoi scene, you'll peek into some insight the will help you understand the very bones of 'what is romance, what is love?' in AidaIro's philosophy.

/chapter 100 spoilers/

I... struggle to write something about this chapter, because it feels like I'm just repeating myself from last chapter...

The most interesting thing to note here are Mitsuba's feelings about how he wants to die. Once again we have the preciousness of life contextualized through the lens of someone who wants to die.

Mitsuba thinks he's a monster, his cravings for hearts, be them supernatural or human, and his inability to stay together without them, leave him feeling like his dream of becoming human is impossible.

And without his dream, there's nothing out there for him. No family, no lovers, no friends...

Love is the driving force within JSHK. Life without love (and as always, I reiterate that this love can be various things; platonic love, romantic love, familial love, the compassion and empathy for those around you, self-love, or even passions/dreams/desires you can follow, sometimes, it can be all of these all at once) isn't worth living in the world of JSHK.

Which is why, seeing Kou cry over him... just seals the deal to Mitsuba.

To Mitsuba, it means his life has value to Kou, and that their bond, that meeting each other, has meaning. To die, knowing it wasn't all pointless, that he was cared by someone, that's what Mitsuba wants.

That Kou can suffer over losing him, is proof for Mitsuba that somebody actually cares about him, even if it isn't all that special, even if Kou would do that (as far as Mitsuba knows) for anyody else.

This is also a recurring thing in JSHK. There's this... tendency, where the characters can only, truly conffirm that their beloved cares about them through tears, grief, suffering or any other extreme act or show of emotion.

We have this with Akane knowing Aoi reciprocates his feelings when he sees her crying (and she never cries!!) over the mere thought of him hating her.

We also have this with Hakubo and Sumire, as Hakubo's grieving over Sumire for centuries (it's not just that he was miserable over her, he was cursed by their love) and his boundary being his personal hell, are proof to them both of their mutual feelings.

I don't think I need to elaborate on the "extreme acts or show of emotion" lol. Pick any character. Go ahead.

And, you know, this makes sense, even without the aesthetics of the manga, because...

Well, this is a story about a bunch of lonely, self-loathing, unloved people whose communication skills and emotional intelliegence are of a collective sum of negative points.

...but I digress.

Meanwhile, I find Kou's reaction to Mitsuba's assessment of his character to be very interesting:

Mitsuba seems to see Kou as this ridiculously kind person, who cares about everyone just about equally.

And he's not particularly wrong. Kou's a kind boy, and that's been established many times. I do think a part of his wish to help others is genuine.

buuuut, Mitsuba's not entirely right.

At least, as far as Kou is concerned.

You see, JSHK doesn't deal in black-and-white, even when it comes to things like selflessness or selfishness. Many times, we've seen that an apparently "selfless" behavior isn't treated as simply as such. Like Yako's wish and actions to bring Misaki back.

And Kou’s a similar case.

Kou wishes, more than anything, to become a strong, reliable, selfless ideal hero. Well, no that’s a lie. Kou struggles with his own self-worth, and because he equates said worth with strength (the strength of a good exorcist, to be specific, as that’s what he grew up hearing from his clan), he tries to emulate the heroic image he has of the Minamoto exorcists and Teru.

Kou’s desires to “save everyone” are strongly rooted in these self-worth issues. He… wants to be needed. Kou wants to be a hero, at least partially, because he wants to feel good about himself.

something, something, insert panel comparing kou and yako for the nth time

But Kou’s, so far, had big problems with admitting his more selfish motives.

Being selfish, having a… less noble motivation, breaks this heroic image he strives to achieve. Kou doesn’t want to admit his own selfishness, which is why he sees the Red House “temptations” (that’s how he sees them, as cheap tricks, temptations of an evil spirit).

it's interesting that kou only relents and kinda admits he wants those things when he encounters his (dead) mom. because that's a wish he can accept. he still gets conflicted abt mitsuba tho.

“That’s not what I want”, Kou yells to the desires revealed by the Red House.

“I only wish to save [Nene]!”, Kou justifies. He’s a hero, after all, who is going to save everyone, right?!? His motivations are only saving others and slaying evil kaii, of course he’s not selfish!!!

…right?

This also applies, I think, to his relationship with Mitsuba.

There are some key factors that leave Kou confused when it comes to Mitsuba, and why he tends to… try to push Mitsuba to the back of his mind.

There’s, of course, the fact that he doesn’t consider “this Mitsuba”, the “real Mitsuba”. But also, there’s the fact that… I think Kou is disturbed by his growing feelings toward Mistuba. He doesn’t want to admit that there might be a person who’s slowly become more important than all others. More important than Nene or his brother or even his want to become a “hero”.

Because that would be selfish.

And because these feelings are intense.

Both, in ways that are, unbecoming, unfitting of an ideal, selfless hero.

…and because, deep down, there’s a part of Kou that wants to devote himself solely to Mitsuba, and have Mitsuba, in turn, depend solely on Kou.

Basically, Mistuba’s suicidal, Kou’s selfish but doesn’t want to admit it, and that can only end well (lol).

As always, communication, self-discovery and acceptance of love are the only way things can move forward, so let’s see where this will go.

Other than that... I'm curious about the school festival. And the little things they mentioned, like... the cafe, the haunted house and the little play with, princes and princess. Because of the twitter events and all that.

well, who knows lol.

Also!! One last tinfoil moment before I go!! (as if this post and every other post in this blog wasn't enough... )

what the heck are you planning for chapter 101, aidairo?

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bury it.

Amane can seem confusing, but he's consistent.

Something terribly shakes him up....

Maybe you think, "I wonder what Hanako will be like when we next see him!?! He was so freaked out last time!! it's going to be explosive!" .... but .... much of the time.... that doesn't happen.

he just buries it.

shaken, shaken...

...to surprisingly disaffected.

something upsetting....

...shrugged away.

The first Amane we'll see after something like the Hell of Mirrors....

...or after Picture Perfect....

.....I wonder what Amane could have been like, coming home, after a moment like this?

Amane....

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ch. 110

brutality, no survivors.... incredible suffering for the girlies (you, me, JP twitter)

and here I thought shenanigans would continue... this promo image was an immediate punch at 6AM

and yet this was all things considered the easy part...? ugh, but... please a moment to drink it in... all of my beliefs in the true power exchange... it's so satisfying to see it like this. it's easy, simple to still Tsukasa, isn't it... towering, presiding older brother.... his joudai trailing... touch your seal... the virtue by which you are kept safe, kept his. Poor Tsukasa. covetous object...!

a rascal....! uhh I love pocket-sanding Akane with old man parts ... amazing technique ahaha, Tsukasa knows how to make people lose focus huh? he's in such a good mood isn't he~ not as resentful as he was towards Mirai pestering him...

mirai explode lol.... I can't say I feel much personally, I guessed she might do this ... it's sweet of her to protect Akane, but I can't think much of it, beyond what it contributes to how we should feel about her. Noble rat after all? not so dumb as Akane had said before?

Mirai holding the yorishiro makes sense, for why she's typically locked in their boundary without any freedom. sure... easy. another key to haunt us! more keys why NOT

I like to see Natsuhiko being cool like this ... ♥

but this is so interesting...

I'm never sure how much Mitsuba really understood about the Broadcast club's greater plans... I wonder if Natsuhiko is being literal here, and Mitsuba DID know what he had to do, but had settled on his suicidal ennui.... ah, having to analyze your life for something precious is grim... he has an issue of not appreciating what he has while he has it, and being unable to state it...

.... and there's nobody to correct him. This is such a manga about... 'reasons'....

among the things even possible.. that poor keychain was destroyed. I wonder if there were a few things going on in Mitsuba's mind even then...

I really like... that mysteries, kaii need something anchoring them... I like that it's not enough, to exist... I like that the body naturally dilapidates, 'wants' to move on or become something else. It's a great metaphor....! In this manga... the most important thing, is loving something. If you don't love something, you can't stay alive. You won't....

I'm still wondering if the original thing Kou gave Mitsuba back in vol. 7 will ever come back around... or if it just gave him a complex or curiosity about the 'old' Mitsuba (who he snoops on in PP after this, so....) ... and can't itself be precious so much as worming...

anyhow... I like this turn of events, but it is so shocking we're stacking handling No. 3 and also No. 1!!!! I can't believe it!!!! IT'S ALL HAPPENINGGGG?????!?!? We haven't stacked mysteries like this before ~~!!!! It's so exciting.... I like Natsuhiko a lot in all of this ♥ I don't know... like with Tsukasa and Mitsuba, I believe him that he found it all charming in its own way, and that he wanted to offer what he could to Mitsuba for the timebeing. It's not as if there are other options, here... Mitsuba... really was never doing the things that needed to be done.... or letting others know what he needed to do.

I suppose Natsuhiko could wake up Kou to watch this if he wanted, but I find it much funnier if Kou just has to wake up at the end of this and Mitsuba is eradicated... lol...

can't say I really understand Teru's position about the mysteries...

you understand the mysteries are a kind of structural pillar for this region, but the pressure that was weighing on Hanako at least seemed to be the Minamoto ... it was that imperative the Broadcast Club's been taking advantage of. The rumors created an excuse to justify the sense of mistrust in the mysteries. But I'll never quite know what Teru is even capable of ... since he shouldn't be able to touch yorishiro ... but directly threatens to exorcize mysteries. Can you have extant yorishiro without the mysteries utilizing them.... ??? Well, I just don't understand it yet.... must put it aside.

back to what really matters...

I love how peaceful, relieved, serene he looks here.... finally, you've been so patient, Tsukasa... every little step of this has taken so long.... holding the last yorishiro in your hands... trusting Amane to handle you, after... it must feel good. The end in sight....

I really love this reach for Amane's knife...

back in this position, are we?

ah.... poor Amane. For a moment... I appreciate what he's trying to do, here. He sounds patient... he sounds like an older brother. Explaining so cleanly...

you want to be sure Tsukasa understands... maybe you think-- he hasn't thought this through, or he doesn't get the consequences, he's being childish, or reckless, maybe he's misunderstood how it happened before ... I love to hear Amane, say something so direct as... won't see you again.... won't be able to save you ... everything he did last time! to ensure... that you wouldn't be apart! the binding of their souls! tying Tsukasa down to him like a ship in a storm! protection, mooring... keeping you, where he can see you! remaining together, at all costs! that's important to you too, right, Tsukasa? don't you want to see each other?

it's as if you're saying you don't want to be together, don't want to be saved... what do we do with people who don't ask you to save them? why must they insist on leaving you behind?

Mitsuba won't ask Kou to save him. Sumire wouldn't ask Hakubo to save her. Aoi didn't want Akane to save her. I wonder if Tsukasa didn't ask Amane to save him, but Amane did it anyway... her certainly wasn't asking for a hero in the Red House, or to live on coming back.

it's a kind of rejection, isn't it? When someone is so ambivalent about the life you love so much... the life you want with them... it's as if they're saying, "I don't want to be with you enough to live for you."

Of course, every time, they're really saying ... "I just don't know what I mean to you." Mitsuba doesn't feel valuable to Kou; only a replacement, a reminder of something he once cared about. Best to give up. Sumire imagined Hakubo was only placating her, and could only wish not for his earnest sadness, but for him to pretend to be sad for her. Best to let death happen. and Aoi didn't feel Akane knew the real her, imagined he would reject the real Aoi, only in love with his grand projection of her. Best to step away now.

Of course, Tsukasa thought his brother hated him, so...

It all feels so simple and logical! It's saving trouble, right?

Amane made such a gesture last time... in their shinjuu... he tried, he really tried, to say something ... to Tsukasa.

but, the message didn't go through...

but I can only be so sympathetic to Amane, as he's an incredible hypocrite. Of course, Amane has put Nene-chan through everything Tsukasa puts him through.

You also try to grant your beloved a wish for a future that explicitly doesn't involve you, and make her feel rejected, abandoned, given no choice...

Amane...

oh, Yugi twins....

.... why can't you understand when you're precious? Why can't you understand how bad it hurts, to abandon somebody? Amane-chan really suffered without you, Tsukasa. You're always the one leaving him, and getting to feel sacrificial about it. He's trying to tie you down....

.... it's a natural response... to lash out. Rejected... misunderstood... abandoned... why is Tsukasa asking you to give up on him? Why can't he understand, even with that seal on his cheek... even as you died with him....

兄の思いは届かず…

I really love that for the chapter's end.

Amane's feelings never did reach Tsukasa. It wasn't understood, what he had tried to do, his sadness now. But... Amaneeeee....

maybe you could use a taste of your own medicine....

we think we know just how to make someone else's wish come true, don't we?

isn't it such an insult! WHY!!!!!! """"WHY""""""??????

..... I'm out of images, so I'll continue in a reblog, for a couple more thoughts I'm having ....

but for this post... ahhhh. It's unbelievable we're at least starting to tackle... this. I feel bad for Amane, I really do... I feel bad for Tsukasa, too. It's hard to not hurt someone you love ... in an attempt to only hurt yourself. If we hurt ourselves, we hurt the thing our lover adores ... we spit on their love for us.

I can understand why and how Amane can say "I hate you" ... to Tsukasa. As much as Akane could childishly say it to Aoi ... and you know, it is that same unimaginable love which makes it possible. Years of familiarity, it makes you more liable to lash out. There is such a greater sense of betrayal, when you've expended so much effort... when you try so hard for someone... when you're in so much pain about them....! After all I've done... you CAN'T say this or that to me.... etc, etc! Those intense emotions... can make you feel entitled, to never be hurt... you can't hurt me, after all I've hurt for you!

and I do think it's being said extremely childishly... daikirai... he's just, unable to be any more constructive with his feelings, he's so... hurt, mad. As much as Nene-chan is so mad, hearing Hanako spit on all of her efforts she made to reach him... BIG SLAP!!!

Amane, he's maybe endured 50 years of effort and an awful lot of physical suffering for Tsukasa, and it's not gotten through... wwww! I'm sorry, I'm worried Tsukasa might have a PROFOUND amount of suicidal urge. Might be an uphill battle, Amane... you might just need to save Tsukasa because you are selfish, and you want him for yourself. There might be no easier reason ... to keep him by your side. We can't make Tsukasa beg to stay with you... but you won't beg him to stay, will you? I think that would actually do a lot of good, Amane... but you really won't do that....

meanwhile, I love the juxtaposition of Nene-chan's incredibly childish DAI DAI DAISUKIII and this daikirai lol... we all have big feelings don't we lol....! well...

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ch. 118

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is scary that there is 2 (still) hot (implies fresh, newly made) cups of tea for them when they wake up here, lol?

I don't have as much of an impression of the house Itself doing things (it feels ... more parsed INTO Tsukasa and Amane...?) so... did Amane make them tea....? Extremely psychofink thing to do if so, love that for him.

absolutely terrifying... ahhh Amane!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥

the implication of these bodies in WATER is interesting, of course ... I've got a longstanding delusion that the God of the Red House was originally something like a river or reservoir...? Something humans once relied on, worshipped and adored, which escalated it to God-status as per shinto beliefs... then perhaps, further human mythologizing turned it into what we see today. After all, women are plunged into water in the village, and dissolve into water under the house... and of course, it was a well which still tapped into this water, which the Red House was built on & which could still access it.

So, ah. Not surprising water might be a factor here too....

I like the 'aquarium' vibe behind the glass, appropriate for Kou and Mitsu eh (:

the outfit he died in, ya? It's kind of funny if somehow a kaii was related to this death lol.... ? Kou is all proud...

this outfit is just interesting lol.. the zipper on the sleeve. Somehow it makes me feel like it makes sense he thinks the form granted to him when Tsukasa blesses him into a Mystery is 'cool'...

I hadn't expected a fight for dominance, in this way, or that the past timeline would have such a vivid sense of self and identity. It's neat though, I enjoy being this haunted, and having to feel this inferior to it. Oppressive...! Surprised it naturally wants to demand you forfeit to it....

We really are upping the ante from Picture Perfect...

Kou is not a submissive person in the least, it's hard to imagine any Kou would willingly to cede to another... that cannot bode well for him lol. I wonder if he will be kicking against everyone else trying to right the timeline..... I would personally love it if Nene-chan and Kou wound up on opposite ends of "what should happen".... the biggest thing I want for Kou, among other things, is for him to have a truly selfish desire, and be driven to hurt innocent people in defense of it... I just think that would be the most interesting challenge for our noble do-good classic shounen-style lad.

I also LONG have wanted him to finally have some sort of an ultimate side, when it comes to Mitsuba VS Nene-chan. As it is, he's been able to be 'loyal' to them both, as their sides don't conflict so harshly. He has a nebulous 'save you' desire towards both, but he's also pretty useless on how to execute that, and generally being Around Nene-chan so much leads him to neglecting Mitsuba, leaving him to the dogs (broadcast club), and making Mitsuba feel worthless & disposable to him. I'd like it if he finally had so much imperative towards Mitsuba (in a world he isn't close to Nene-chan at all!) that Nene-chan is made into an enemy (there's really nothing for her in this timeline, if Amane wasn't even a happy person, is there?).

My problem with Kou is he does a lot of fence-sitting! With Teru, with Mitsuba, with Hanako, with Nene-chan.... his position on everything is middling. His most stern declaration recently was "make everybody happy" which honestly isn't an endgame to me, it's just more fence-sitting. I don't really think this manga values or rewards that kind of generalized 'goodness'...

anyway I think Mitsuba has some kind of fetish for this

Mitsuba has this strange unwellness to him in any timeline, doesn't he... he's interesting like this. As this trait comes to the surface more often, I find him more charming... he seems a little crazy underneath the performance of generic loud fussiness. and I like that being a kaii or dying young with no friends, isn't the thing that made him like this....

a fun whimsical attitude towards his own death!

But he's always willing to die so long as someone (other than his mom lol) would miss and mourn him, right? I wonder if his reservations are absolved by already knowing Kou would cry and lose it.

and then.... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

oh gosh oh goshhhh ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

HI HONEY!!!! HELLO !!!!! HIIIIII YOU LOOK AMAAAAAZING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!!! tired and worn... mmm this is the kind of look I want for an older Amane, for sure for sure! Ohhh I knew it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I knew you were up to something ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ how many kids have been lead here, how many tortured souls do you need? I love that they seemed to earnestly want to help Mitsuba, but couldn't help looking terrifying and suspicious. Poor things don't want to see yet more souls become trapped with them....

these trapped souls SHOULD be happy, Amane!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I'm sure they're going to be part of something useful to you!! I'm sure I'm suuuure ♥♥♥♥♥ whatever you need them for is more important than their lives ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it's good to do as you please.... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

I can't believe WEEEE look like this eeuueuuuuu... delightful ♥♥♥ IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU!!! matching Yugi.... ♥♥♥♥♥

Ough. I'm suspended in terror, just thinking about this MAN interacting with Nene-chan. I'm terribly worried for her. Oh gosh oh gosh. RUN GIRL!!!! What on earth will this creep feel about a Nene-chan.... she's coming to his house!!! RIGHT NOW!!! ouhhfgg.... you're going to see a girl who is all nice with it....

and Nene-chan.... what will she think of you!!! Youuuu handsommmmmmmme devillllllllllll..... ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I'm wooorried for her!! I'm also worried about your tiny baby otouto wwwwww

uhffg he's so small. HELP lol!!!!!! this fuckin CREEPER... AAOAOAuouu

your otouto he feels so innocent.... lost & confused......

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AMANE WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR OTOUTO!!!!!!

in other news, this Amane certainly isn't physically the age we would expect him to be at this point in time, had he aged organically. He's closer to the age he was when working at the school (maybe a little older...), but that was some time ago. So is he dead? Or did he become something else? Did he live in the Red House for his child + adult life? What happened to their parents? While Amane was spreading rumors, was he maintaining something else at home, or did he only begin this nonsense here after dying? Did he live in a normal apartment in life, but managed this property on the side, intending to occupy it later.....? It was sitting abandoned, as far as we can tell... did he wait for his parents to die? So many questions...

but uhhfffff my satisfaction.... showww meeeee the baggy-eyed grim Amane... I've been enjoying spectating JP thirst for him.... you'll have all the girls at your feet if you look like that, Amane.... we love a demented sick boy.......

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the most selfless character in this manga, who asks for nothing, and craves not even recognition for his sacrifice! So long as Amane is happy, Tsukasa is happy. It’s not worth it to live in a world where Amane cannot be happy!

Interesting.

So, if Tsuchigomori wanted to change someone's future, he can do that once. But he chooses not to, because that would get him erased. He feels bad for Amane, because his future was changed and beacuse of that he died and became No.7.

He can change Amane's future and make it go back to how it was supposed to be. But he chooses not to, because that would get him erased. In other words: His life (which lasted for I dont know how many centuries) > The grief he feels for Amane. And that's completely fine. It's his life and he can choose whatever he wants to do with it. Whether to sacrufice it for someone else or not. It's all back to him to decide. After all, sacrificing your life for someone else, isn't that easy. You have to let go of everything and have the courage needed to do that. Which made me think of this: Who was so ready to let go of everything and had the courage to sacrifice his life for Amane's happiness, even though he was just 4, before getting to see all the things that life can offer him? Hmm… Yes. It's him. Tsukasa Yugi. He was willing to do that with a smile on his face. I must respect such an amazing little brother.

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So things are very changed now, so I was wondering, do you think it's possible for things to magically go back to the way they were before like Hanako-kun going back to being the 7 mystery and Tsukasa being his yorishiro? Or will this reality simply never exist again? So this means this could be tbhk's last arc, but it feels like there are still so many questions left unanswered 😢

I think you, and, other people panicking, really need to stop and take a breather, and remember how... stories work. How narratives operate.

even a mediocre and poorly planned shounen manga would typically not suddenly pivot in the middle and retcon everything! Do you think JSHK appears poorly-planned or made-up-on-the-spot? PERSONALLY, in my experience with AidaIro's works, they have a TON of integrity with regard to story themes and character motivations. Iro-sensei really, REALLY desires for readers to come to UNDERSTAND characters. Iro-sensei was a sobbing mess on the publication of JSHK, because they were scared people would not LIKE it, and thus, they would not get to continue to unfold the story. They LIKE their characters a LOT! They want you to UNDERSTAND Yugi Amane, Yugi Tsukasa, Yashiro Nene, etc etc!! Deeply, and truly!

While a lot of shounen are filled with nonsense-of-the-week and neverending organizations of dozens of villains showing up without connection or significance, I would argue that JSHK has none of that. We've been on the same exact journey from the very beginning: we want to understand Yugi Amane, and we want to save him.. .whatever that means.

You need to lean back in your chair and let AidaIro-sensei whisk you away! You need to trust that it will take time, but, that there are answers in AidaIro-sensei's notebooks to everything.

No, the story isn't ending right now! No, that reality is not gone!

To me, this kind of panic is like....

if Picture Perfect began, and you worried, "oh no, Hanako-kun is our villain now, we're fighting him, will he ever be our hero again?" or "oh no, we're stuck in a fake reality... will we ever go back to the real world?"

Or, if during the Severance, you worried, "oh no, the near and far shore have been severed, will we never get in-school shenanigans ever again?" "oh no, Aoi is dead for good..."

In reality, this arc-- like every arc-- is going to be a way for you and I to see new angles on the characters we love.

We already knew Yugi Amane created an aberrant future, and we were intrigued by the notion of school teacher Amane from the 'original' timeline. Finally, we are going to SEE that timeline. If we DIDN'T do this, we'd feel something was missing! Everyone has long been curious about THIS reality! We've been desperate, haven't we?? We've been wishing to understand this thing described in VOLUME 3. This isn't scary at all, it's satisfying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To have a fully rounded perspective on the Yugi twins, we need to see this world. For Nene-chan to truly understand HER Amane, she needs to grasp WHAT EXACTLY AMANE DID to CREATE the reality she has been in up until now. We're literally going to investigate the EXACT MOMENT that leads to "Hanako-kun", our lover lol. Until we know that, do we really know "Hanako-kun" at all?

Personally, I want Nene-chan to be INVOLVED in the CREATION of that reality we love. I want to know what role Tsukasa plays in all of it, too.

The reality we have been in was someone's choice! We won't understand the gravity and precision of that choice without seeing it FIRSTHAND. This is not a SCARY event, this is a RELIEVING event-- we will gain perspective!! Nobody should be afraid of that, seriously!

This is what we, the readers, want! And this is how AidaIro-sensei want to show it to us. Very directly!!

We're all very curious about the shinjuu, the Yugi twin's past. What if we could go to that moment, and SEE it? What if Nene-chan could witness it? What if she could set it into motion? These are the kinds of things to be potentially looking forward to.

The manga is called "Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun". We would never do away with "Hanako-kun". That's self-evident!

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the little brother