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todayisafridaynight · 2 years ago

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i think what gets me most about aoki’s death is that it is the perfect allegory for how rgg treats its antagonists: even if the antagonist is willing to change or implies they’re ready to start over, even if the protagonist is ready to accept them and help them move forward, even if it’s the very last second before the start of their redemption can begin, rgg has to throw in the BIGGEST Fuck You and stop any kind of progress from happening and kill them off before they can either change for the better, or justly face the consequences of their actions and get their comeuppance

ironically it’s like a stab in the back- like even if you want to change for the better, you’re doomed to the path you set out on and there’s nothing you can do to stop that now no matter how earnest you are in wanting to change and no matter who’s there to guide you to a better future (or at least get you to jail)

#y7 spoilers #spoilers #snap chats #always have to slap this Big Ass Disclaimer but aoki was cringe. terrible even. awful.#but i just wish rgg would stop setting up perfect opportunities for these characters to grow #and they'd stop preaching about how you can restart no matter what and people will always be ready to support you to do so #only for them to rip it out of our hands: its such a hollow message when you don't actually commit to it #EVEN BEYOND THAT I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO GET IN TROUBLE FFS #CAN SOMEONE GO TO JAIL. AT LEAST SAWASHIRO GETS TO GO TO PRISON #IT'S THE WAY I CHEERED WHEN I HEARD HE WAS IN JAIL AND SAW HIM IN THERE LIKE YES !!!! FINALLY !!!#ACTUALLY ENDURING THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS THAT DOESN'T END IN YOUR DEATH /GOD/#sawashiro was no innocent man but it was clear he wanted to make amends for what he did to aoki as a baby #and im glad that when that plan started to go sideways bro allowed himself to be incarcerated #he didn't game end himself and he didn't run- it just sucks hoshino had to die as a result like OK Champ You Didn't Have To Do That #but still it was just refreshing to actually have a semi-major antagonist have to deal with his actions #still it was refreshing actually having a semi-major antagonist have to be responsible for what he did that didnt end in his death #or random disappearance. ugh now im just remembering hamazaki like hamazaki wasn't a major antagonist at all #but it was really nice seeing him turn around in y4- only for. only for him to die.#girls that's the closest we're going to get to a redeemed villain like Actually have you guys considered that.#i mean ig baba too if you wanna count that but he was a villain for a total of twenty minutes collectively tbh lets be honest #ugh but not even he gets a concrete ending- like i guess he goes back to jail right? i guess #im rambling point is Welcome Back To My Aoki's Death Rant For The Seventh Week In A Row #feeling saucy today im not hiding my rambling in the tags for once SORRY i just #i just realized why this death makes me the most pissed compared to everyone else #ugh should i do a follow up rant on the other deaths ? cast your votes now if you read this far 🥴

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