#since ikumi was the one more immediately concerned with masato im sure she still thinks of him when shes grown up
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NOT QUITE DEAD YET IS SO CUTE ISN'T IT... Definitely agree it was a missed opportunity to not have her pursue her music though, it feels like that was set up better as a conclusion 😔 BUT HER MOM OH MY GOD... queen... such a solid movie overall, 8/10 makes me miss my dad too...
Speaking of Moms. And Dads. I've been ruminating on some older asks... I feel like it's not too far-fetched for Jo to recognize Ikumi in Masato's features? Because that particular style of flashback appears to represent the character's own memory rather than an "objective" viewpoint.
Hence Ichiban's memory of Akane is extremely indistinct and uses a generic NPC model; Ikumi has more screentime, but for the purposes of the story, she didn't really need to be any different. So if I were to read into that difference, Ichi is "filling in the blanks" with women he's seen before, while Jo isn't. Anecdotally I guess, I still remember what the people I was close to at that age looked like even if I've forgotten their names; so, if Jo remembers what Jiro and Arakawa looked like, I would guess he must remember what Ikumi looked like.
I guess it's kind of muddled because the story is being told to both the audience and to Ichi, by both RGGS and Jo, but that's how I'd look at it. On the flip side, if Ikumi's still out there somewhere in Japan... she has to have seen Aoki's face, right? And his date of birth is publicized as 1/1. I wonder if she's ever seen that and thought he'd be exactly the same age now... what became of her son?
Allegedly™️ the brain never forgets a face, never mind That just being a whole event enough to warrant remembering everyone involved from how significant it was. SO. In review... it definitely wouldn't hurt to say he could be reminded of Ikumi when he looks at Masato, even if it's subconsciously/he can't place exactly why. Certainly a concept I've ping-ponged in my dome for a while..
#snap chats#meant to answer this earlier but i was being silly </3#BUT i was having a think that the flashback segments are predominantly through the lens of the chara#i think i rambled bout it in tags before but its how i justify jo not really sounding like a kid in his flashback#tho i guess that might contrast with the 'played house' line going with the angle that jo didnt consider himself a kid#yk what i mean like yk when you just grew up A Kind Of Way you dont really consider yourself a kid or teenager anymore#just. kind of a small adult. or you /should/ behave like an adult. thats my rationale ANYWAY. NOT IMPORTANT#rgg so mean for making ikumi and then casting her into the void#i mean i get it but also im too invested now.. like imagine that#your locker baby became the governor of tokyo. and now he's being exposed for murder#since ikumi was the one more immediately concerned with masato im sure she still thinks of him when shes grown up#if not just on occasion yk how it is#yeah i woulda paid to see that... just an If scenario just for curiosity sake
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