#tanaka hgsn

[snalsupremacy]

Died 2012 born 2021 Welcome Back Nagito Komaeda

[yosh1karu]

[justafrightenedhuman]

Okay okay hear me out-

Sharp/jagged/pointy halo for one of of the boys? Or something like Yoshiki holding Hikaru's head??? Idk if you're into the more body horrory aspect of HGSN but I am also particularly fond of what MMR did to "Hikaru's" head in chapter 24. Or uhhh- oh! Maybe Tanaka if you're a fan of him??? I don't see a whole lot of art for him yet lol

Hmm idk- I tried to come up with a few in case one strikes inspiration but I can't think of anything else atm 😭

I got a sudden strike of inspiration

[levbolton]

Dude there’s no way you can put that into your mouth

[kyungraeist]

THIS ARRTTTTTTTTT

[sebdoesthings]

I am honestly so mad about Yoshiki's bruise. Why does no one ever acknowledge it? Why is it in the wrong place and at the wrong orientation compared to where and how 'Hikaru' actually grabbed him? Why is it only ever drawn when plot relevant even though Len is usually diligent with details? Is it a "spiritual scar" like what 'Hikaru' said about the scar on his neck? Because no one ever mentions that one either. Can only people who have been mixed up or who can see things from the other world see it? But then why can Tanaka see it?? Does it have to do with his glasses????

[zakuryoishi]

if i talk about the new hgsn chapter I Will Explode but those two panels especially are driving me insane

[wormedrabidnerd]

"He has matured and would never do this again without thinking how it could affect others" and "He should tweak cuz he has the right to after all the shit he went through" are two things that can coexist tbh

I need “Hikaru” to start tweaking like this again btw. “No he won’t because he has matured as an individual now” blah blah idc I want him to kill someone 😒

[entertext]

HGSN 32-2

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the Japanese chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

P1

(sfx: step step step)

(sfx: thump)

(sfx: clatter)

Tanaka: Whew

P2

(sfx: clatter)

Asako: ...There's a "hole" inside there?

Tanaka: That's right. At least on this side, there is.

Asako: (This guy is really...way too suspicious...)

Asako: (And consider what he said just a while ago...)

--

Asako: Huh!? Who are you!?

Asako: A- a criminal!?

Tanaka: ....

P3

Asako: Aww, it's so cute!!

Asako: Wait, uh, um, Is there something in this house? Do you know something, mister?

Tanaka: There's a "hole". It's where a ton of impurities are coming out from.

Asako: A hole...

(Grandma: So from time to time, a little distortion causes people and things from the other side to cross over...)

Asako: That's... What are you going to do about it? It's definitely bad to leave it alone...

P4

Asako: If...If you're going to do something about it

Asako: I'll help

Tanaka: Well, sure

Tanaka: Then please die

Asako: Huh?....

Tanaka: The real form of the hole isn't here. It can only be reached from the world of the impurities.

Tanaka: So someone has to go to the other side. Will you go?

P5

Asako: That's....

Asako: (For all that I keep sticking my nose into things, I'm never prepared to see things through...)

Asako: (I wonder...Does Yoshiki have that resolve?...)

Asako: (After Hikaru died, he was all alone...facing it without telling anyone)

Asako: (Now that I think about it, what's with him? ...Oh, it still makes me a bit mad...!)

Tanaka: Haha...I'm joking

Tanaka: Kids should go home and watch YTube or something...

Asako: I'll go!

P6

Asako: That's the kind of thing I came here prepared to do! ...Not doing anything despite being able to "hear" them is worse...!

Tanaka: ...

Tanaka: How much can you "hear"?

--

Asako: (...but what are we going to do?)

Asako: (This guy sucks at explaining things)

Asako: What's this stuff you plugged in my ears?

Asako: It's...

Tanaka: Ah, please don't take that out

P7

Tanaka: Y'know, for all that you might be able to hear them, you really don't know a damn thing about the impurities. At this rate, someday you're going to slip up and die.

Tanaka: It's all very well for you to help with closing the hole, but like that, you're a bit unreliable

Asako: ...I guess that's true...

Tanaka: So...well...

(sfx: scratches head)

Tanaka: They say, "first, start by knowing who you're dealing with"

P8

(sfx: running)

Rie: Maki-kun isn't answering the phone...

(sfx: door opens)

Rie: It's unlocked

Rie: Augh, I'm just going to go in!

(sfx: thump thump thump)

Rie: Maki-kun!

(sfx: door opens)

P9

Maki: (snores)

Rie: He's sleeping...

P10

Rie: So closing the hole is easy, so easy that it can be done with needle and thread

Rie: But, "the hole can only be closed from the other side"

Rie: For a human, going to the other side would mean death...

Rie: But if it was you, 'Hikaru'-kun, you could go to the other side...do I have all that right?

Hikaru: Yep. I don't have a soul after all, I think I'd be fine even on the other side

Yoshiki: ...But the problem is, how are you going to come back?

Hikaru: With...guts?

Yoshiki: ......

Maki: (groans)

==

Next chapter: 2024/12/17

Twitter Extra (link):

Asako buys clothes at Mion.

She has more interest in fashion than Yuuki does.

Asako: This will look good on you!

Yuuki: As long as it's easy to move in, anything's fine

[snalsupremacy]

Now that vol 4 ended and I'm no longer shadow banned:

[yosh1karu]

ngl that scared the sht outta me

[justafrightenedhuman]

don't forget your daily click here are my art permissions buy me a ko-fi commission me!!

[levbolton]

You see it, right? Right? Can’t be a simple coincidence, right?

[albino-parakeet]

Tanaka just showing up to their very dramatic “break up” on the beach. Just to shove Hikaru’s bag at Yoshiki like: alright your turn.

Okay so originally I was happy that Yoshiki’s purse made the cover, but then I realized this isn’t Yoshiki’s purse. This is an IMPOSTER purse he has in 26.2 that is separate from his 26.1 and 6.1 purse.

Like these are all lacking a big buckle at the front but suddenly in 26.2

Buckle.

So Yoshiki must’ve wished for a brand new bag off screen cuz this is not the one he just had.

[sebdoesthings]

HGSN Chapter 27-2 Thoughs

God I have so many thoughts and emotions on this chapter, idk if this won't just be some sort of word and screenshot vomit, so bear with me. Or don't idc.

1. So does this mean we could have a happy ending? We've got the end goal located now: Destroy the hole. But there's no way from a storytelling perspective that Len would make exactly what Tanaka outlined be the ending we get. It just wouldn't be wise to spoil their own ending like that. Which means we could get an ending where the hole is closed and 'Hikaru' doesn't self-destruct... maybe? Hopefully? Pretty pretty please?????

Okay now that I've got that delusion out of my system I need to yell about gay people.

Tanaka is laying it on thick, but not as thick as Yoshiki. He's ride or die now. To think what Yoshiki from the beginning or even the middle of the series would've said instead... that decapitation scare really made him realise some things, huh?

Go on. Say it. SAY IT GAYBOY!!!

Also the continued usage of "go so far" that Yoshiki and 'Hikaru' have been using at each other the whole series long is just. UGH. Why DO you go so far for each other time and time again, huh?

(Side note: Tanaka really said 'Hikaru' is just some guy coded lmaooo)

BONUS:

Special someone,,,, i could cry. I could actually cry, GOD LEN!!!!!!! And Yoshiki still doubles down when Tanaka talks down on 'Hikaru'... ugh I hate gay people.

LASTLY (edit: not lastly) I wanna talk about my boy 'Hikaru' himself. Because I KNEW IT! I KNEW HE WASN'T THIS MALEVOLENT ENTITY EVERYONE SAID HE WAS!!!!!

He's the cleanup crew! He protected the village! He protected everyone!

This does make me question why he's so attracted to Yoshiki's soul though. Maybe because they've mixed and now Yoshiki has something of the other side about him that tingles 'Hikaru's instincts? Idk, but it's interesting. I don't think the whole "i don't have a soul so i wanna eat Yoshiki's" is entirely right. It doesn't fit imo.

But also! We still don't 100% know if 'Hikaru' killed Matsuura-san, because he is unsure and denies it when Yoshiki accuses him of it, and he doesn't usually lie to Yoshiki. Plus there's something I noticed on my reread:

Matsuura-san's eyes look so similar to Takeda Gramps' eyes just before the impurity took over. So my guess is that Matsuura-san was entered into and 'Hikaru' registered that sub-consciously, did away with the impurity, and Matsuura-san died as a result, same as Takeda. Doesn't explain the hand shoved down her throat, but then again that doesn't make sense even if 'Hikaru' did it. So I think it's a pretty solid theory.

Or maybe the whole knocking on the door was just a delusion and the hand down her own throat was Matsuura-san trying to get the impurity out of her? And the thing we see around the corner is the impurity breaking out after the host expired? Idk man... Lots of thoughts.

I think that's all for now. I'm sure I'll have more thoughts later, but for now.... that's all.

[daisyachain]

HGSN update now that I’ve finally read v4:

Forgot that Hikaru dies in the winter.

The story is clarifying itself at a quick pace. I like mysteries to drag out, but none of the reveals so far have been particularly disappointing except for Rie’s husband being her actual husband and Hikaru being unique*. There’s still enough unsolved nonsense that I’m happy to go along. I’m just glad it’s sticking to the ‘Hikaru is a different person’ interpretation…so far.

The apparitions are freaky. The restaurant one is creepy as hell. The restaurant one being “Tanaka”’s servant is sick as hell. Things are never what they seem. The streaker on the school field and Maki’s off-screen set-to are just obscure enough for their impact to be maximized. Even as we learn about the happenings, Ren keeps the details in the periphery of the pages so that it’s still got the gloss of the unknown. What’s going on that we don’t see? That Yoshiki is choosing not to notice?

The strength of the manga remains its emotional depth. The moments don’t feel cheesy, they’re clipped short enough that they still feel mysterious. Yuu-chan’s braid tutorial is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment that changes whatever you think she might have going on. Or the little plush toy. Half the fright is knowing that these people are the ones who have to experience this plot, not just ‘townsfolk.’

the romance (?) subplot stays interesting with Hikaru’s desire finding itself in the culinary zone and Yoshiki’s waffling on what he felt for the true Hikaru. I like the way it seems that Yoshiki’s attraction faded when he decided it was a different Hikaru, not sure if that’s where we’re going. The self-in-heart-pocket thing is fun. There are like four overlapping and conflicting layers of gay allegory over the manga like pathologic routes.

At the end of the day, another element that adds to the horror for me is the impending Nothingness after the plot is solved. After Hikaru’s death, Yoshiki’s too terrified to feel much other than fear. Since his attempted killing of ‘Hikaru’, he’s now got a goal to chase down. Any good end we might arrive at will leave Yoshiki with nothing pressing to fear or do. The audience has to fear the day when the plot stops as much as we fear what’s going to happen next.

And also I think my head/body theory is wrong now but I’d still love for Hikaru to be out there somewhere and evil or animal.

Other misc:

Hamster :3

Hikaru’s grave….

HUMAN CHILD ??????

So no head

*If the apparition by Yoshiki’s doorstep in the night ends up being the impurity of the true Hikaru, criticism revoked and I love it.