#i want to hold aono-kun so badly i could die

[wakuseicloset]

so badly i could die

[uselesslilium]

A Softer Aono-kun | Original comics: x x x x x x x x x x Yes I still like making edits for these

[maladroit-scans]

I want to hold Aono-kun so badly I could die　Chapter 62 - Becoming One

[missallblues]

I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Shiina Umi / The incest diary, anonymous

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

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[makimacult]

the parentification and lovebombing and emotional incest in the flashback arc in the aono-kun manga 🤕 im actually so ill this might have been the greatest fictional portrayal of abuse ever. like holy shit look at it

abuse as the <normal> instead of deviation. built into the routine, something that you ignore and just live with while it rots you...

[seasaltmemories]

I Want To Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die is a critically acclaimed horror manga that asks the question: what if the teen lovers too horny to notice the danger they were in didn't get killed off and discarded but were the protagonists who kept trying to bang instead of solving their paranormal problems

[sawbeaver]

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[prhvlbop]

did you know that even with seat belts people die all the time in car crashes? i thought that was interesting

[melonyya]

Keep climbing higher

[wakuseicloset]

mermaid's purse

[uselesslilium]

Today in Aono-kun pages that I can't stop thinking about:

[mapoeggplant]

ok, i caught up with aono-kun and i feel like talking about it for a bit (it felt like i haven't written an analysis/review in so long) 

THIS POST IS FILLED WITH AONO-KUN SPOILERS!!!!!!!!

there's a lot of things that i really like about the story, specially the way it was structured — the way they chose to talk about aono's past and relationship with his mother way later on the manga or how they didn't show her face, as in a way to show how aono himself was blocking his memories of her so deeply. but one thing not related to the plot that i would like to talk about is the art! normally, when we're talking about horror/supernatural stories, we do tend to see works with a more gruesome artwork. in aono-kun, i almost felt like the art followed the children's innocence. don't get me wrong, there were a lot of times that i was creeped out by their expressions, but the art itself isn't a "common" one for horror mangas — and, in my opinion, that gives aono-kun the sentiment the story wanted to achieve. it's simple, but with a lot of layers. there's the innocence of the children, but also the horror of all the rituals. 

now, about the plot itself. i think the story is, at the end of the day, about traumas, abuse and the consequences of it. even the rituals are form of violence and used as a way to control someone (as in: sota being back and controlling the kids around him). it doesn't let go of the gravity of what an abusive childhood can do to someone, on the contrary: it explores it so well and with so much care. that can also be seen on the use of a lot of sexual scenes or when the sex is used to show any type of control of any situation (even with yuri trying to grab aono’s attention with it, the way there is a "child" to be born in consequence of it all). 

about aono’s mom: she’s a child. she says so herself. having to deal with grief and her motherhood put so much pressure on her shoulders that she protected herself by acting childish and impulsive. she didn’t want people to scream at her, people to scold her, people to even be mad at her: exactly like a child, exactly like teppei. even using one brother against the other is a way of showing control in a more “childish” way. not that adults don’t do that (they always do), but it reflects a little on how children often goes “you’re not my friend anymore” to show a way of superiority.

i still want to understand why yuri was the chosen one and how she is connected to all of this. like i do have a feeling that it was already explained, not in a clear way, but i want to know if their mothers working together at some point meant anything to the whole connection. what about her family? what about the abuse she suffered? where they all part of the ritual? was her brother’s death related to it in someway? i'm also curious to know if yuri will give birth to his mother or to him or to herself or to something weird. i also want to know why the kids see him as a dinosaur (and that brings back the dino child that yuri held at some point). also i am inclined to think that aono killed her and killed himself after a while because of guilt (and all the other 8147927482748 reasons thanks to the rituals). 

well, this is literally me word vomiting lmfao so i'm very sorry if none of this makes sense. i just really needed to put it out everything i wanted to say to really digest the story i just read. will be happy to talk about it and have a discussion on it. thank you for reading <333

(I wrote this in one go on my anilist and thought it would be nice to post it here as well, since I can discuss it with more people and talk about it with you guys as well :))) thank you!!)

[mtrisus]

[hak]

I think I’m still stuck on the doors aono kun opens simply because it still is one of a kind in the dimension it explores shoujo-typical tropes and horror in an equally weighted way. I always bring back ghost hunt since I can’t really equate much else to this genre-wise but there’s a bit of the sacrifice of the “young girl lead” driven storyline for something much more inclined to seinen or shounen readers like I feel happened with ghost hunt even if it wasn’t too intentional.. (mai liking kazuya in the anime was such an ordeal for me because the reciprocal emotional exchange is vital imo in what pushes a “shoujo” drama storyline forward, and that wasn’t present much in the way I wanted / aka the ghost stories were cool, the interpersonal relationships even outside romance were bland + if there’s one thing that drives shoujo to me it’s that)

I’m just hung up because not once was yuri’s feelings made to look juvenile or a side plot to the horror at hand but a vehicle to carry the plot. It’s intrinsic to it. I suppose hikaru ga shinda natsu is also something I relate to aono kun a lot though I do think it’s hinging more or less on the horror of the situation bc otherwise even this comparison can differ slightly (ie “this horrible thing has happened TO yoshiki and hikaru” versus “this horrible thing has happened with/within yuri and aono”).

All I’m trying to say at the end of this is that it isn’t necessarily that the blend of these genres come out at different points - not one scene is necessarily “shoujo” or “horror” - but something about being able to go through the journey with them and still FEEL like you’re reading kimi ni todoke or kare kano because of the same familiar reoccurring themes found in these classics in what is essentially just a horror retelling of them… that’s what makes it so so special