#a role i think it ultimately has to be him that changes smthing / also i feel like egashira wojld help him acknowledge it? since they always
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nuoc7mia · 2 years ago
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i finished the new chapter like it was my first meal in days.
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#moon talks#it went in a totally different direction but i’m glad she deviated from my expectations bc i did not want him to explode#and tbh shima isn’t the type of person to have a massive outburst anyway? i was prob just projecting on him 💀 i think it’s sweet how#perceptive mitsumi can be even if she isn’t culturally super savvy / like i was abt yo cry a bit when she said those kind words to shima#i will say tho this cleaned itself up a lot neater than i expected? i don’t feel like this is entirely over until shima is able to address#his feelings avt the roles he plays in ppl’s lives (and while mitsumi helps him realize that there is a reality where he doesn’t have to fit#a role i think it ultimately has to be him that changes smthing / also i feel like egashira wojld help him acknowledge it? since they always#felt like opposite sides of the same coin to me + their prev dynamic)#shima’s just like me tho fr#i do not have the words rn bc my midterm is tmrw but i love how he is characterized bc he’s allowed to be complicated and contradictory#edit: waitt i just read a theory abt him being jealous and i lowkey kind of agree! just for different reasons :3 i think this scene would#solidify a desire on shima’s end to hold onto mitsumi as the first person who liked him without pretences and bc his act doesn’t work anymor#the insecurities sprout faster + combine that w her other growing friendship w the vice pres and you could *potentially* get smthing uglier#not saying that i’m wishing for him to be vindictive or want jealousy in regards to romance i just think thaf it’s a v normal response esp#for someone like shima who grounds a lot of his self worth in how he can appease others#and smthing this manga does RLY well is establish the fact that bad/negative behaviors and emotions do not go away easily—that it takes time#adn effort to be able to change for the better#ppl here on tumblr are so big brained sometimes LOL i didn’t rlly think abt jealousy arc until i saw the post / just that there needs to be#a bigger catalyst for things yo change bc this isn’t rlly new w mitsumi
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