#kiana and mei remind me a lot of oz and gil's relationship back in pandora hearts but

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well. i finished ch 17 of hi3. but at what cost

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i have a headache so i'll have to come back to this another day

but like when otto had requested for kevin's help in his disappearance, that made me think about vincent's request to leo to write himself out of existence so that gilbert can live. and in otto's case it was about giving kallen a chance to live again AND BOTH KALLEN AND GILBERT WOULD HAVE REJECTED BOTH IDEAS. Neither of the two would have agreed to what Otto/Vincent would have wanted and while it seems selfless in action, it's selfish in motive

Then Kiana and Mei's relationship kinda reminds me a bit about Oz and Gil. In both cases, both characters want to protect each other in some way or form, and Mei feels like she's unable to protect Kiana in a similar way that Gilbert grew up feeling like he was never able to protect Oz (which is kind of stemming from his inability to protect Oswald). When Oz starts moving in his character development, I remember how Gil started to freak out about being "left alone in the dark," in a similar way that Mei was afraid of being left alone when Kiana continuously tries to sacrifice herself in hopes to atone and save the world and all that.

And The Protagonists. Oz and Kiana. There's a reason why Kiana grew on me super fast. Both of them put on an upbeat facade but they both hide A Lot of insecurity and sorrow within them that only blows up more later. Both of them turn out to only really be a vessel for "An Evil" and they both have to suffer the consequences of said evil. But they grow. They grow because they are surrounded by people who love them. And they are given a chance to live and create their own stories and create their own happy ending.

which brings me to the theme. i feel like for me with pandora hearts, my big takeaway with pandora hearts was always love. the connection between the characters, what allows them to create a happier ending, and push forward towards the future -- it comes back the meaningful relationships between the characters, even those lost throughout the time. there's also the concept of love lost being better than to not love at all but that's besides the point. and to me, i think hi3 is kinda heading in a similar direction thus FAR from what i've been playing it's just

anyways so i'm not touching hi3. for a bit. i need to be normal first and flush my brain out from pandora hearts first.

how to tell im doomed for a series: compare it to pandora hearts