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longagoitwastuesday · 2 months ago

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I actually like the last chapter. I think the ideas are very good. I have my qualms on how some things were managed, as I always do, but I think shonen authors get tangled in the expectations of a shonen to the point it jeopardises their writing, often even when they're not lacking in skills

#I think the nothingness‚ the absence‚ the moving on despite everything‚... is a good if heartbreaking idea #and we do see snippets of it throughout the entire manga‚ yet I think it is mostly lacking in execution #I like the quiet ways in which we see the characters mourn. How Megumi laughs at the letter‚#how Shoko muses about how Satoru should have let her take care of Geto's body‚ the faint smile when Megumi agrees‚#how Shoko quits smoking again‚ Yuuji giving this person hope and a second chance‚ making a reference to him not being executed‚#and giving Sukuna too a chance for him to take one day a different path #All those are very good ideas and all those are very moving quiet ways of grieving. But. It feels in general so lacking #There's so much of everything else in contrast‚ even things that have way less importance narratively than this most of the time‚#that it feels lacking. Especially with how one has to dig to find these things. There's so much that could have been done with the same idea #And done so much better. But the idea is good. The absences are good. The quiet presences are good.The nothingness is good if bitter and sad #But it could have been written better #I also think this ending with Yuuji apparently knowing about Sukuna‚ his lies‚ his little hint of softness‚ the potential second path‚...#makes even more believable why he'd try at all to offer him a second chance. And I love that Yuuji knows him and I love that he still...#leaves the door open for that second chance to occur at some point. Trusting that Sukuna would walk that other path next time #And I love that without openly acknowledging Gojo he demonstrates that he hasn't forgotten him in his acting #How he gives that guy a second chance‚ how he jokes about him not getting executed‚ how he wants to make sure people‚ 'problem children'‚#don't get left behind. He doesn't mimick Gojo in his power but in this flippant but caring aspect and thus he's not forgotten #I do like this. It's heartbreaking. Gojo's desire to be forgotten is bittersweet as it's in a way a desire for... normalcy and humanity #To be surpassed. It goes well with how Gege says Gojo can do anything and thus why he does nothing‚ not even hobbies‚#to leave something for the future generations and not being another wall in their achievements #Gojo's desire to be forgotten is in line with the constancy of his writing when it comes to being drunk on his status #and yet resentful of his loneliness. It's a mix of being left behind and not being left behind #For being left behind and forgotten would mean he is more like the rest. Just another step forwards #And he'd have done what he wanted to achieve. Sorcerers can't stop a long while to grieve but Yuuji takes his words and actions #into consideration and steps forwards. Does the same. Fulfills Gojo's expectations. Walks towards the future. And that's the legacy Gojo #wanted and not going down in history as a legend or the strongest. He was just a teacher. Like Yaga was. He was not even the principal #Just a teacher. His role‚ the role he chose for himself‚ has been fulfilled. Now all this could have done way better #Something of Yuta and Megumi given their dynamics with Gojo would have been good. But I guess Gojo's 'at least one' works well #with Yuuji being the one doing the work. Yuuji was also ontologically alienated since birth and still he too remained cheerful and flippant #despite being so lonely so I guess the final parallel is intentional. But it could have been managed better still. The idea is good though

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