#ptotn

[tarobii]

my pookie <333

[kittybunnycoded]

it'd be so fucking funny to ask owner about his pronouns honestly. he starts to go on a tangent about identity and why people seek it and stuff

sasaki: so... owner... i was just wondering.... what are your pronouns?

owner: my pronouns?

sasaki: yeah...

owner: pronouns are linked to the identity somehow, yes? it's hard for a being like myself to have one. humans always search for identity... why, i wonder? to give them an anchor in this world, proof that they exist? or perhaps to explore new things within the self? i don't see the point, honestly. a human's lifespan is so fleeting. they spend all their lives looking for a sense of "self" when they'll die soon enough. like wandering aimlessly through the fog...

sasaki:

owner: but, you may use any for me. refer to me as whatever you like.

sasaki: y-yeah... thanks... (what was that all about?!)

[sicklyworm]

Whenever I get sad I just need to remind myself that it could be worse, I could aways be a phantom tales character.

[c13ar]

can anyone hear me screaming

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

[3kidsinacoat]

[shewritesallnight]

Here we go again... time for another Phantom Tales of the Night rant dump

⚠️ Warning for major spoilers up to Volume 11

From my previous notes on Vol 10 plus what we learned in Vol 11 there seems to be 5 incarnations of Sasaki that have been highlighted in the story.

Starting from the oldest incarnation...

Singing Bone: ~ we know this is the oldest version since Owner tells us that this is the first time they met.

Lover Sasaki: from volume 11 ~ was somewhat living with Owner and Owner stated that they loved him.

***Super Old Sasaki: from volumes 7 & 9 ~ this version is the Sasaki with Super Old Rei who reveals himself as a skeletal monster. This is the version that is the Author --- this is also the version that Yoshitaka Kudou sees and that Kaibara is researching.

Adult Sasaki: from volume 8 ~ this is the incarnation who was arrested for political writings and whose will-o-the-whisp moved on.

Current Sasaki ~ our present day kiddo.

For Saejima Rei, he does not show up until the Super Old Sasaki timeline. I believe this is where their souls or fates became intertwined. This is probably the only reason that Owner became involved with trying to 'change' the Saejima curse.

We see 2 Saejima Rei incarnations:

Super Old Saejima Rei/Mandarin Orange Rei ~ where their paths seem to first cross (I'm thinking more of Current Rei's grandfather or great grandfather) because Kaibara found the *old* writings of SO Sasaki.

Current Rei ~ teacher and newest incarnation of Rei, brother to Rin and cousin is Tousei, grew up with Yoshitaka Kudou.

With the info from Vol 11 it's not too far fetched to say that Owner feels that SO Saejima "stole" Sasaki from them. I was getting the impression that Sasaki cared for and maybe even loved Rei in that timeline. Perhaps Rei loved him back as he kept his skull with him.

So the one thing Owner wants (family/love?) is taken from them. When Owner kicked out Kaibara, they stated that they "did try to make a home once but couldn't do it."

SO/MO Rei tells Owner that "Only by speaking to others can we end this cycle."

By setting it up for Rei to cross paths with Current Sasaki, Kaibara, and Kudou again... (ppl who understand his family's curse) He is setting up the opportunity to "speak to others" and end the grudge/curse cycle.

The same goes for Sasaki, SO Sasaki wanted a true friend someone he could speak to freely without hiding the knowledge of his body. (Or so he thought...)

This branch goes back to Kudou's conversation with Owner at the waterfall. Owner states that Kudou loves Rei and then asks "what will you do with this knowledge.... if I say he is not happy... are you going to try and make him happy?"

To which Kudou responds, "That's not what it means to wish for a person's happiness. It's to hope for that person to be happy even when you're not there."

The showdown in Vol 11 is centered around Rei. Kudou wants to save him. Tousei wants to consume him. Sasaki relates to him.

Owner thought there was a connection building between them when Sasaki asked what he wanted to fill himself with so long ago. They reach out to him only to be left behind when Sasaki says it isn't about him right now.

Then again at the end of the volume Sasaki asks Owner to tell him what he's been searching for 'up until this life'. It looks like Owner is about to tell him when they are interrupted by Kudou and Rei 😩

Reviewing older volumes, I think Owner is sticking with the reincarnations of Sasaki to figure out what/where his "core" or soul is. It seems that he is hoping for the version that loved him back to return, based off my interpretation of Owner's convo with the Bone Monk in Vol 8.

That ultimately Owner is trying to rebuild their family/home with Sasaki as it once was.

[maddycheyenne]

owner you are so

[nek0mars]

i have NOT uploaded in months, whas poppin tumblr

also does the Phantom Tales of The Night fandom exist because I've been looking for years now

[runboybeneaththemoon]

Just looked up a small fandom on ao3 out of six fics in total, four were written by the same person

[fataliitea]

[kittybunnycoded]

omg i never noticed but is your pinned pic azuna from gabuli :0?

HI ANE!!! unfortunately no </3 googled them and i can see why youd think that...

the guy in my pinned (and pfp. help /j) is owner from phantom tales of the night!! here are some more photos of him he's so pretty

maybe in a another universe they're related /j

also. now im curious. whats gabuli about...

[messy-jello]

[t00fumaple]

The best (worst) group to ever exist

[sicklyworm]

I hadn't finished the series and I posted that but I finished it earlier today!

Once again a general content warning for phantom tales of the night spoilers!

I no longer feel to bad about owners loneliness as he has Tokihito Sasaki to keep him company through the centuries to come. What really gets me though is Butterfly and Spider.

Will Butterfly forget Spider? Will he keep cheating to remember? How will he go on after the story? Does he morn spider? These are all things I keep thinking about now that I've finished the series.

And don't even get me start on the glasses scene. I cried so hard.

Cw: phantom tales of the night spoilers!

Dear author of phantom tales of the night,

If you could please write a scene where owner experiences feeling love once that would be very appreciated. Because all of these scenes with people falling in love with him and him not feeling it back keep making me want to throw up.

I can't handle much more of this I'm not that of a strong man. How much angst a human body can hold is not something you should be testing with a horror manga. Please no more. I beg of you.

- Pleadingly, your crying readers

[3kidsinacoat]

Fuck off, Butterfly