#why are you doing this to my girl AidaIro

[iamhereinthebg]

I LOVE THEM SM THE CLOCK KEEPERS FAM AAAAH

Mirai is so cute here I am ascending

Anyways, I will be honest I have some mixt feeling rn :00

About the clock keepers themselves?? I don't have that much fear tbh, they are supernaturals in their boundary, and contrary to number 3 they don't have hearts that Tsukasa or anyone else can consume. I think they will be fine (or I am being delusionnal to protect myself, you choose rip) I love them very much they will always live in my heart.

I was REALLY not happy with chapter 109, having to be focused on little crumbs was really hard when I have been waiting for their focus for more than 4 years. Having the joke that is chapter 109 absolutely destroyed me, they are my fav mysteries and I want something good for them, unfortunately I am not sure they will get it.

Chapter 110 gave me some hope because yes what is happening is not normal, and I am glad it was adressed. For me it was obvious af it' wasn't, but I really needed confirmation from the author to be sure.

I have always said that the clock keepers were unique and Teru confirms it in this chapter with the official translation:

'The clock keepers are clearly unique even among the school mysteries, and go beyond the average supernaturals'

They are n°1, the only mystery with three beings in it and with a human, one of the last two mysteries left with the other one being the main focus on the manga. Of course something is strange with how they are treated right now. What is happening?

None of them used their time powers expect for Mirai once as the judgment. The stuff they are saying to punish Tsukasa seems more like jokes and they aren't treating the trial as they should be (but this may be just because chapter 109 is bad af lol). Mirai can litteraly see the future if she wants to.

The owls, their shikigami/familiars don't move at all when their masters are attacked, they are in their own boundary, their shrine. Maybe their powers are related to the clock Natsuhiko destroyed (and I would be sad af if this is the reason and nothing can be done) we just don't know what is happening. Do they have a plan? Are they playing a part (which would be funny because some stuff about the clock keepers are related to theaters and plays) Did someone forced them to do something? We don't know anything about the clock keeper, them being in the same spot as n°6 before we got to his story.

We just know they are special among the mysteries, they are the oldest ones, Kako and Mirai are made of gears and a human has a seat in it.

I am pretty sure Teru had this conversation with Akane here because he knows the clock keepers are special.

The two mysteries being the more visible here being the god of death and the clock keepers.

It's also the only mystery Hanako didn't want to destroy right away because they could be useful. All mysteries had their yorishiro destroyed/were planned to be destroyed once they got students in danger. (expect for Tsuchigomori who just, accepted it as a precaution rip) The clock keepers are the only ones who got a free pass on this even after getting the whole school involved.

Their powers are just above a lot of the others, and everyone know how useful it can be, so once again why aren't they using it?

Not caring about their yorishiro is also super strange. Especially when the one the most against Hanako's plan to destroy the yorishiros in the manga is Kako.

A mystery has to choose a yorishiro to be a proxy of the gods, to be able to have this status.

They have to choose a yorishiro so they don't run away from the job, it's the thing the most important to them so they would never destroy it. They have to protect it. Teru assuming they don't care is just so so strange. Why wouldn't they? That's the whole point of what a yorishiro is! They even hide it in one of them as an extra precaution! A lot of things go against what has been established before for yorishiros it's just plain out suspicious.

Kako and Akane are also really really duty centered characters. Akane will do a job even if he doesn't want to if he is asked to do it and Kako is the one being represented as the observator over the mysteries to see if they are respecting their sworn duty.

I also don't know what to think about their yorishiro for now. What does it open? A door to another room? Is it to protect something? Is it to activate another automaton? Can it be related somehow to the old clock keeper of the present? (delulu land again)

Idk I am really curious. I really hope we won't have the answer right away though, they were defeeated way too quickly and I hope they have more stuff to them. We got Hakubo's and Sumire's story and a part of the Yugi twins beforec their yorishiro got destroyed, so I hope it will be the same for them. That we will have time to get to know them a little bit more.

And after all, neither Nene or Hanako want to destroy any more yorishiro for now, and Tsukasa apparently lost it at the end of the chapter (we can see the hand who had it being empty. But AidaIro has sometimes a problem of coherence with their right and left and objects disappearing and appearing which I can understand with the rythm they have to keep with the manga, so I am not sure)

I have a lot of fears about this tbh, because maybe AidaIro will just give us the reason why they are weak rn and continue the story without explaining anything about them, not giving them the spotlight I think they truly deserve. The worst for me would be they work for Sakura, I really really hope it's not this, but I am really scared :///

So I will go for this for now, even if this is really depressing for me, but I don't want to have my hopes up with how the writing have been really ups and downs since the start of this arc (the only good chapter for me being chapter 108).

I am still really intrigued by what is Akane's real duty and why is he so reluctant to do it but still does it? Why Akane said they had to do the trials now? Honestly I have a lot of questions and I know no matter what happens, the clock keepers make me super sad (in a good way) and happy at the same time. And this last chapter with Mirai and Akane was a blast (I am actually writing a whole document on them rn it's long I will link it later ahah)

I also wonder if any of the clock keepers can use the others' clocks or not? Does this mean like Kako can go full OP while using all three powers at the same time? (let's go grandpa give us everything) I am curious since they are a mystery where having an object is important for their powers (Kako and Mirai being able to use their with bare hands because they have their clocks on them, I can be wrong about it though)

We are also left with only Akane as n°1 rn and idk what it will mean for him.

So yes full of fears, but also I know I will find crumbs to go delulu on :DD I would try to stay full positive but with the focus being on Tsukasa and on how secondary characters rn are mostly as 'objects for the plot' (I mean, look at Nene :')) I can't really ://

But be sure, I will forever love the clock keepers even if the plots are not respecting them

[mari-lair]

Let's talk about Akane's overprotection of Aoi and the dangers of not properly setting up a narrative tone.

We are told that Akane stalks Aoi because guys have been trying to force her into a relationship for years, so he protects her by beating up anyone who approaches. Nene and Kou are understandably horrified by this.

But in the very next page, Aidairo hit us with this tone switch:

What Akane is saying is contradictory to the violent and possessive narrative that was shown during his introduction, to this yandere role he played the entire chapter, but the manga is trying to convey that we should take him seriously here. Even the lighting and composition are the ones used when characters are vulnerable and Aidairo wants to show that what they feel is real.

It's strange...

Being possessive is never framed as something that leaves other characters in awe, just compare Akane's melancholic and peaceful gaze to the creepy tone used when Kou and Hanako have their "you are possessive" moment.

Both Kou and Hanako hate that part of themselves, Kou even rejects it, but it's still clear the rejection doesn't make him any less possessive. Both want to be dependable, they want to be the only choice, no one else is acceptable. It's a selfish feeling. Being 'the most important person' is more important than the joy of the person they want to help (Kou's wish is Mitsuba needing him, instead of Mitsuba happy as a human. Hanako wants to be the one to save Nene, the idea of Nene being saved by someone else does not satisfy him even if it would make her happy and safe)

So this isn't a "Akane is lying to himself" or a "he is delusional" case.

The narrative, which had presented Akane as a yandere, wants us to believe that "I will protect Ao-chan... Even if she never looks my way" is not only what Akane believes to be true, but also something admirable. A sentiment Nene craves directed her way, claiming to be 'a little jealous' of Aoi, despite calling Akane scary a single page ago.

Let's rewind to see how we got here.

Akane and Aoi's stories suffer from being mostly given to us in gags for a good chunk of the manga, as they are not very relevant in the early arcs, but the crumbs come together after their confrontation in chapter 69.

Why is Akane stalking Aoi? Because he worries about her. Not about someone stealing her necessarily, but about her being hurt or forced into situations she is uncomfortable with.

They are very codependent. They have been for years.

We can see Akane being shocked at the sight of people bullying Aoi since they were kids, it isn't just 'boys who want to date her' that makes her uncomfortable. Jealous girls do too.

Even when Aoi is left alone, using clothes completely out of her cutesy style to attract less attention, and just living her life, she is still harassed.

Aoi's life is a nightmare, it straight up sucks. She hates that, and when Akane notices this discomfort, he hates that too.

He is far more protective than possessive, he doesn't care when people are touchy with Aoi as long as she welcomes the touch: Take Nene as an example.

Akane never touches Aoi at the start of the manga but Nene does, a lot. He never think "Nene is touching my Ao-chan! Unforguivable". "Maybe Ao-chan likes Nene more than me is not far!" or anything of sorts

Even when Aidairo uses the same over-the-top/creepy gag humor I personally find excessive, and Aoi straight up flirts with Nene, Akane's only thoughts about it are the usual "I love her so much"

When he does show dislike for Nene it's never because she is of value to Aoi. It's because of how dismissive Nene can be, not taking Aoi's safety seriously and easily excusing Hanako's actions.

We only see him be aggressive with Nene when Hanako possesses her and makes Aoi uncomfortable.

The problem here is the framing, the comedy focus. It's hard to take it seriously.

Everything about Akane's intro chapter is hard to take seriously. We are told he is "Hard working. Reliable. What a nice and sweet person."

But we aren't shown these honorable qualities much, not explicitly at least. The big panels, the main focus, is on his gag.

And his main joke is that he loves excessively, even for this school standard where everyone is weird (like Nene writing a self-ship fanfic with Teru) so he needs to be over the top, his behavior has to stand out!

How do they try to achieve this? Yandere jokes.

It is overplayed, they spend pages on it. WHOLE PAGES on it.

It is an old narrative trick to present a twist character as a comic relief to lower suspicion, to keep the more important characterization for after a reveal when they are oficially important, but framing all his actions as comedic and devoid of dept to make his reveal as No.1 more unexpected leaves him in a strange position: Akane is intended to be written as a protector but framed as a joke, to the point his introduction become the satire of a protector.

When he is revealed as the clock keeper and allowed to be given more focus, Aidairo try to explain his behavior and show signs of him being a genuinely caring and kind person, as the first part of his intro had promised.

But it's to late.

His crazy actions and anger issues is in most people's minds, a few lines can't erase pages and pages of his introduction as a yandere like archetype, so it's easy for first impression bias to come into play and interpret all his actions as a simple "He is obsessive." instead of trying to find dept or nuance to the established dependence he has on Aoi.

When we are shown that above wanting to date her, he just wants her to be safe and happy, it does not become clear. The reader needs to pay a lot of attention to small moments like these:

Which a casual reader likely won't. Most are reading for the toilet trio at this point in the manga.

This fumble on his character introduction makes it hard to know what should and shouldn't be taken seriously. Aidairo discarded the yandere narrative relatively quick (we haven't seen Akane's bat in ages) but this gag about being happy as long as Aoi is happy turned out to be important:

It was used to further contrast Aoi's and Akane's mentality on their big arc, and highlight how much nearly losing Aoi affected him.

So the only way we can tell what joke to take seriously cause it will be used to build up his character and what isn't important is hindsight.

I did not care about Aoi and Akane's relationship when I first read the manga, i went 'oh cool!' on their conflict, cause that was very well done, but since their characters were not well introduced, I did not notice a lot of the ideas being shown to me.

Akane is a sweet boy. That's his core, his consistency. Even with Aoi, being kind is the priority over being with her.

Let's compare him with Hanako, who is an openly possessive character, and see how they approach their love interests when they don't know if their love interest likes them back yet, and they aren't reduced to a gag (so we'll dismiss Akane being 'a yandere with a bat', and Hanako's joke of him being a tactless pervert, like peaking under Nene's skirt when her time was frozen)

(so pre-chapter 86 to Hanako and pre-chap 69 to Akane)

Hanako traps Nene, he will cling to her anytime he can, he cares about Nene and loves her dearly, he even says he "loves everything about her" but he is greedy for her attention, he is selfish, always trying to make her focus on him out of everyone in the room and keeping her in his hold, out of others reach. His unsubtle possessive nature is a charm of his, makes for an interesting character.

Akane has a different vibe to it. He doesn't have many serious moments with Aoi before their spotlight arc, unfortunately, but when he does, he focuses on reassuring her (even when her time is frozen and she can't hear him) and avoids touching her at best he can. He has known her for more than 10 years, but he doesn't act as if she belongs to him.

I am not saying Akane is not possessive of her, he is. But he tends to be more worried about her than anything.

Using hanako as the trademark of possessiveness again, check out these two scenes:

At the start of the manga Kou likes Nene, and Akane is under the impression Teru like Aoi, so both scenes follow the basic premise of "A know B has a crush on their crush, and they get possessive over a possible romantic rival being too close."

Hanako doesn't say anything, but his message is clear "She is mine."

Akane explicitly says he doesn't like Teru near Aoi but he doesn't try to remove Aoi from Teru or try to do anything violent. Why would he? Aoi is in no danger, nor is she uncomfortable, so he changes focus to the person who is troubled, awkwardly reassuring Teru that his distress is, in his personal opinion, stupid, so "chill bro".

He wasn't like that with Teru before.

He was so determined to stop the wedding he even rejected hanging out with Aoi, crying tears of blood and asking for her forgiveness in his mind but prioritizing not making her get together with Teru above her joy.

Is that because of his development? Yes! A big part is. Notice the way he treats his mental image as reality? That was his biggest flaw, he imposed his views on Aoi (the view being "everyone is stupid in love with Teru" in this case), and assumed what he believes is a universal truth, doing exactly what Aoi accused him of: Not seeing her, just an idea of her.

But the reason he went so crazy and determined, it's because Akane saw Teru as someone dangerous. Someone who would use Aoi. Hurt her. He believes he is protecting Aoi from the big bad president. A view that makes sense when we take into consideration both Aoi's history of being forced into relationships, and when we go back to their interaction.

Look at this and tell me this isn't a threat:

Teru acts as if he barely remembers her name, she is just 'that cute girl', mostly a tool for him to use against Akane.

When his view of Teru changes to someone kinder who genuinely cares about Aoi as a person, he no longer enters protective mode.

He is still bothered about the idea of Aoi being with someone else, he does noooot look pleased even with his fairy tale vision of a happy couple, but the way he treats this possible 'rivalry of love' when he does believe Teru loves her is so different from his "Don't get close to her!! I will NOT allow it!!" approach.

There is no insecure overthinking. No aggression. He is playful about it. He even teases Teru.

He just wants to focus on rescuing Aoi. A 'rivalry' isn't important. He needs her to be safe.

These two parts of Akane have been juggling for a long while.

But now, character focus is the priority, and I am thankful the damage is being undone, that Aidairo let Akane's love take up whole pages instead of small panels buried under pages of jokes.

Their codependence, no matter how many issues it has, and how it can sabotage them, is based on so much care for each other.

It's a shame I only believe Akane was sincere when he said he'll always be there to protect Aoi regardless if he 'gets to be with her', because of what we see later in the manga, not because of what had been set up in his intro.

[sillyyuserr]

Chapter 117 analysis (WE’RE SO BACK) obviously spoilers for chapter 117 and chapter 114

i cooked with this one trust

Everyones looking for them yadayadayada terukane

Yk im pretty sure this is meant to be lore heavy but LOOK AT THEM

I don’t know how to word this correctly but since chapter 115/116 between akane and teru there seems to have been something that happened in which they stopped being freaky?? 😭 like ykwim hold on

in chapter 114 this happened

completely ruined almost everything they had, but in the span of a few days, shit still going on, they havent had their deserved break yet like they got on chapter 96-97 and somehow in the midst of all this teru’s forgiven(?) him and just moved on?? Really not sure but based on what we know ab the red house the next chapter may answer some of our questions

Also, this is so little i didn’t see it the first time reading but teru goes to the drink machine thing to get one and mixes like 4 of the sodas,

takes one sip decides its shit and switches with akane’s already half drunken out of tea. Indirect kiss guys wait

Also this is JUST like the date they all went on when aoi was gone. Again, aoi is gone here too 😭 my girl getting left out of everything is acc crazy

She comes in later tho and finally gets caught up for the first time in forever MAN aidairo must hate her😭

But also

We find out mitsuba and kou are going there TOO so for the first time i think ever we have the whole gang in one spot 🤥 alot of firsts this chapter smh

ALSO an honorable mention to this i saved best for last

Sir stay away from my children

ok but fr i have no fucking clue what to say ab this cus this is either ‘teehee im right ur wrong!!~~♡’ type shit which he does alot, or genuinely like what we all think it is, which considering outside context may, in fact make it make sense trust let me explain

teru says shit like this ALL THE TIME its kind of his ACTUAL personality aside from his fake shit, like the way he is only around akane and sometimes kou (at least what we’re shown) so you’d think he’s used to this, but his initial reaction is more of a ‘um. what.’

ALSO— backround MATTERS, the backround in this one, is pure black, which is only shown during stuff LIKE THIS (important stuff) example:

Black background either means its dark, or its something important, something meant to be remembered, or something like that (probably)

and that panel had a BLACK BACKROUND

Why is this important you may be asking, it has a black backround— so it must be, right? If this was a silly little ‘teehee you can’t do this im better than youuu!!!~~♡’ then it probably wouldnt even have a half panel it’d be another one of the mini panels, but it not only had a whole panel for just this, a black background ;blocking LITERALLY EVERYTHING OUT ASIDE FROM THIS AND WHAT HE’S SAID, but also, pay attention the contents of what he said.

(a different translation, this one is easier to read)

‘you are not in any position to oppose me, are you, aoi? ♡’ could mean, A LOT OF THINGS so i’ll put them in a bulletin here because any of them make for an interesting path we may be taking on ‘this’ reality😭😓

Number 1: he could be impliying, and or reminding akane, that he’s still engaged to aoi, and that if akane still thinks they shouldnt change this reality, he should reconsider, CONSIDERING he is engaged to aoi, as aforementioned. (Most likely this one)

Number 2: the power dynamic, yes akane is a school mystery with the ability to control time itself but also, teru is an exorcist, a skilled one at that— and could probably easily overpower akane in a 1v1 (lowk hyped to see this happen pls let them fight) teru may be poking fun, or reminding akane, that teru is in fact powerful, more than he seems to keep fresh on his mind — them having SO MUCH to do

Number 3: maybe instead he just felt like teasing akane and i wasted time+space for nothing and was looking way too into it (this is supposed to be the terukane option😪)

Never once has he used this before??? Obviously you cant talk in symbols but the heart kind of implies the user of this symbol is talking in a playful/slightly flirtatious tone, hence, the reaction:

Okay okay point is i think teru is still madly in love with him

WAAAHHHH just look at him pooks who else does he do this with smhh 😓 NO ONE

which i think may be PARTIALLY true but also not entirely because mayb im just a tweaker

Me when i when i ehen you whrn you when

This may make no sense at all, or alot of sense man idk its 3:12am i go back to school in like 2 weeks i am not ready for sophomore year gn

terukane will be real one day trust🤍🤍

[thelunarfairy]

Predictions of the tragedy

Aidairo left this information in the air ~

Can't understand? let me help you

"Hey do you know if hanako kun seal come off, the entire world will fall in disrray..... * that was close-!!* *heart thumping*

This reminds me of this

and this

Hanako's seal + threat of Hanako being very dangerous and difficult to control + future of the school is being destroyed + Sakura wants everything to be destroyed and uses Hanako and Yashiro to do so + Hanako is sometimes represented as a "dinosaur" or a giant monster + Hanako's own repulsion towards himself + Hanako is seen with this dark shadow on his chest that sometimes spreads across his body = Will everything be destroyed by Hanako?

I add even more The fear that Hanako seems to feel for himself if he loses the seal. He's the first one I've seen that likes being sealed, for some reason.

The ghost boy can transform into a highly destructive and out of control monster that can destroy everything in sight unless someone restrains him.

So let's think a little, what if Tsukasa is removing all the Yorishiros so that the passages between the supernatural and the world of the living are freer, and this gives strength to this "God", the more seals removed, the stronger he becomes.

What if he is doing this to release the creature living in Hanako, so that he becomes stronger and can fulfill his wish, but this could lead to a problematic future.

Yashiro has a kind of purifying power, but we saw what happened when she did that to Tsukasa.

What if Yashiro is the one who has to stop Hanako? Considering that she will only die if she takes out all the yorishiros then…

If that God grants a wish to whoever takes out all the yorishiros, which are seals, it means that this is very related to him and his power, the seals can keep that "God" contained. Knowing that the creature lives inside Tsukasa, and that it probably also lives inside Hanako, would make him stronger and he would take control again.

If all the seals are removed, including Hanako's, does the creature take control and Yashiro dies from trying to contain and save Hanako in the process?

So he would kill the girl he loves, the same way he killed his beloved brother?

It's a little crazy, but it's still a possibility.

He tries to save the girl he loves but in the end it's his fault for her death? (my heart hurts just thinking about it ;~;)

But what does Sakura have to do with it? Could she be a Kannagi who wants revenge? Why does she want both supernaturals and humans to disappear from existence? And why would Tsukasa agree to this? Many questions…

It was a random thought I had when I saw the image of Hanako worrying about his seal. It could all be nonsense in my head. Maybe someday I'll organize these theories better

[musicalmoritz]

Why do u think that teru has a crush on aoi instead of Akane? I mean, I try to be realistic, but he doesn't seem interested in her and Akane is the one who he acts like he truly is. It can also be platonic, but I see more realistic that or even Teru would lie and he actually doesn't have a crush anyone that he having a crush on Aoi. I try to squish my mind trying to figure out how he can like her, but it's just no-sense. I've read a few analysis but they are too general, if teruaoi is canon would be bad-writed imo.

Other thing that I think is like, really Teru would fight for a girl with Akane? I know that most likely he doesn't have intentions to take away her from him, hes just kidding but... All his development and trust with Akane would be initially for a girl? Really?

Another thing I was wondering is what why would Aidairo make aoi's surname as akanes name and vice versa, I mean, if the joke was that Aoi would end up being "aoi aoi" if she marry him, wouldn't be necessary that her name was "Akane". Mainly the person who calls them by theirs surnames instead of their name is Teru, so would be like a foreshadowing that when he said that he likes Aoi was referring to Akane? It could be just a silly joke but idk I'm overthinking and being desilutional but I hope I explain it well sorry

I’m so glad you asked this, I’ve been meaning to explain why I think Teru likes Aoi!! I was shocked by my recent poll, I knew Terukane was popular but I didn’t realize so many people expect it to be canon. I ship them too but I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up

First of all, I am not AidaIro. Teru very much could have a crush on Akane, or he might not like anyone at all (though I do strongly believe he likes one of the Aois). I used to believe it was Akane, but the recent arc has made me change my mind. I’ll explain why

First off, a lot of fans point out Teru using Aoi to tease Akane as evidence that he cares more about getting a reaction out of Akane than Aoi herself. I initially believed this, but let’s look at it this way. Most of Akane and Teru’s significant scenes reference Aoi in someway. If they’re not talking about saving her, Teru is threatening to steal her away or Akane is talking about her. This is similar to how most Kou and Nene interactions mention Hanako or Mitsuba. AidaIro doesn’t want us to root for them as a ship, so they have the characters talk about their love interests to reaffirm that they aren’t endgame. When Akane and Aoi talk one-on-one, they don’t really mention Teru unless Aoi is trying to make Akane jealous (ex: the “you, me, and Minamoto-senpai scene). And when Teru and Aoi talk in ASHK, Akane is never mentioned

It’s also worth noting that this chapter happens fairly early on in the manga. Right when Teru and Akane’s dynamic is first being established, before they’re even close, there are hints of them fighting over Aoi

I say they weren’t close because in this scene, Akane was surprised that Teru came to save him. At this point in the manga, he only thinks of Teru as his sadistic upperclassman. I will say that Teru seems to have more of a soft spot for Akane, which points towards evidence of Akane being his crush. Again, I feel like it could be either of the Aois, but I’m talking specifically about TeruAoi rn so this ain’t about Akane. The Terukane dynamic has most definitely deepened throughout the manga, but at this point in the story Akane didn’t think Teru would bother to save him. Meaning that before Teru and Akane’s relationship is developed, we’re introduced to the possibility of them liking the same girl

And I hate to say it, but Teru and Akane’s rivalry is largely fueled by their mutual love for Aoi. There are other factors too of course, in general the two just love to compete. Then there’s the exorcist/supernatural assistant dynamic. But let’s look at my favorite Terukane scene. In this chapter, Teru felt totally defeated. He opened up to Akane about how he felt like he was wasting his life, and that there was no point to any of his efforts. And how does Akane motivate him? By bringing up Aoi. This gives Teru the motivation to continue fighting

They keep up the bit on the train, this time Teru is the one to bring up Aoi. Now, this could obviously be just two friends joking around, but consider that it started right after Akane pointed out Teru’s “genuine feelings” for Aoi. He came to the conclusion that Teru liked Aoi, and he used that to motivate him. In the end, it worked, which leads me to believe that Akane was right

This scene might be my strongest piece of evidence. The intention here was to draw parallels between Hanako and Teru, to point out their mutual hypocrisy. Hanako is trying to kill Aoi, and to make him understand how wrong that is, Teru threatens to kill the girl he loves. He calls him a hypocrite for being sad over the threat of Nene dying when he’s trying to do the same thing to Aoi. Really, Teru is trying to make Hanako see his side of things here. He’s trying to show him that it doesn’t feel so good when someone tries to kill the girl you love

Now let’s look at Teru and Aoi’s actual dynamic. We don’t see much of it, but the gag is that Teru is really fond of Aoi and Aoi doesn’t think much of Teru. She doesn’t hate him, but she’s indifferent towards him. He’s not someone she would willingly choose to hang out with. But in this chapter of ASHK, they do hang out- by Teru’s doing. He is introduced in this scene as being exhausted from a long night of exorcism, and yet he perks up the second he sees Aoi. He follows her around and tries to get her to hang out with him longer, despite his initial fatigue

And he’s so!! Excited about it!! He wants to make gummies with her. They are so cute to me

As for WHY Teru likes Aoi, I believe this scene explains it well enough. He understands her, which is more than most people can say. Both of them hide their true personalities to present a persona of perfection to the school. Teru sees their similarities and he finds comfort in that. Eventually, Aoi does too, as she ends up making gummies with him all night

We see in this bonus page that Aoi views Teru as a puppy-eyed, loyal dog. He seems to follow her around and try to win her approval during school, which confuses her. As aforementioned it seems to be very one-sided on Teru’s side, but this is canonically how he treats Aoi. Much like someone trying to earn their crush’s attention

Then we have the most recent arc, which is what fully sold me on Teru having a crush on Aoi. The last chapter firmly established that Teru doesn’t see the Aoi from the new timeline as Aoi. She is a different person with different life experiences, not the girl he knew before. He even criticizes Akane for treating her the same as the original Aoi

…Which would explain his discomfort during their date. He finally gets to be with the girl he loves, except she’s not the girl he loves. She’s someone who has lived an entirely different life, and on top of that he knows he’s not the one she wants. Teru would be happy with Aoi, but Aoi wouldn’t be happy with Teru. We already know that Teru is a very self-sacrificial person, he puts himself last when it comes to protecting the ones he loves. It’s no surprise that he’s like that with romantic love as well. If Aoi doesn’t want him, then he’ll do everything in his power to make sure she gets her happy ending with Akane. That includes making sure Akane stays determined to return to the original timeline, even when this new one is perfect for Teru (he has his mom, his dad is home, he has free time, and he gets to marry Aoi)

This is the panel that confirmed it for me. Teru is surprised that this version of him isn’t in love with Aoi. Why would that be surprising for him unless he’s in love with Aoi?? He says himself that it doesn’t make sense for a version of him not to be in love with Aoi. Genuinely wondering what TeruAoi deniers’ explanation is for this scene lol

As for the bad writing thing…yeah, it’s a little disappointing for a series that so heavily focuses on romance. If this were Naruto or Demon Slayer then TeruAoi would have enough content to be endgame, but for TBHK this is very unusual. That’s part of why I’m still holding onto the off chance that Terukane becomes canon instead. But keep in mind that TeruAoi likely won’t be endgame, AoiAoi has been set up since the beginning and Aoi doesn’t like Teru back. For a one-sided pairing I’m not too concerned with how it’s set up. It is annoying though since his feelings have been teased so consistently and yet we don’t really have anything for them outside of ASHK and a few gag scenes (up until very recently at least). I’m hoping that when Teru’s feelings get confirmed, there will be some sort of flashback to show when he fell for Aoi and why he likes her so much, beyond what’s already been hinted at

I’m not sure about the name thing tbh, I don’t think it has any purpose other than drawing a connection between Aoi and Akane. They’re so perfect for each other even their names match, or something like that. It could be foreshadowing, but only time will tell

I want to add that I don’t mean to discredit the Terukane theory at all here, you asked why I believe Teru likes Aoi so I gave all my evidence. I have already written an essay on TikTok on how Teru could potentially like Akane, and I don’t really feel like repeating all that right now lol. I see both sides, and I’m eager to find out which one Teru likes. Obviously I would prefer it to be Akane, they have a much stronger connection and that would be a much more gut wrenching plot twist. Teru liking Aoi seems a bit too obvious but it also seems to be the route AidaIro are going with the recent chapters. I’m hoping we’ll get solid confirmation of who he likes when he enters the Red House, seeing as it shows people what they want most. I’m always rooting for more queer rep so if Teru gets confirmed to be gay, I will happily cheer and stop shipping him with women. But for now it’s all very up in the air, I’ll be happy no matter who he likes but I hope this series surprises me. Also this explanation is nowhere near as articulate as I wanted it to be because I am very tired right now but I hope I got my point across

[miimo96]

A Mermaids Sacrifice

1 of the many things I see brought up a lot, is How Will TBHK end? Now Normally I usually don't do these here, but I just have the feeling as to how I think the story of TBHK will end, and I think you may not like the answer. (MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD duh) 

⚠️THIS TOOK OVER 9 MONTHS TO MAKE ⚠️

Judging by how this series works, It's obvious that we're not going to get a happy ending, but rather a somber one, this story is about a Girl falling in love with a Ghost, no matter how you look at it they're romance is Doomed from the start and with a reputation of knowing to BREAK their audience, you can tell aidairo  is far from ever ending things happily. So here's how I think TBHK will end.

Ever Since the Reveal of yashiro's lifespan being cut short, hanako has been doing Everything in His power to Delay the inevitable, at 1st only wanting to make yashiro happy in her last moments, Until  realizing His Love for her and wanting to “Save” her at all costs (as seen with the Picture perfect arc and even going as far as trying to sacrifice her best friend Aoi in her place) with surprisingly  more and more issues occurring in the process, the Harder he tries, the more problems occur and yashiro seems to notice this, hence why she offers to stay in the far shore with him, everything that happens seems to be stemming from her Fate. This series is known for being quite Dark, and I don't mean that by saying  that  it's tragic or anything, I mean that it's Sad. The entire series deals with a lot of dark topics and  often finds a way to always end on a somber note, especially when it  comes to the seven wonders and their backstories, So with a story structured like that, it's obvious there's only 2 ways this series could end.

OPTION 1: THE BAD ENDING: yashiro's  memories get Erased 

Before the Events of the recent Chapters, I initially thought that this series would end with yashiro losing her memories; Something that always  bothered me about the series is How hanako mentions that the only reason yashiro is able to contact him, is because she's  near death, And that normal people like Aoi can't usually summon him, Ever since then, hanako's doing everything to save her, and I think THAT'S the problem. Because he keeps trying to prevent her fate, bad things keep happening, and judging by the recent chapters, I think the Clock keepers know this, hence why they put them  on trial, it's the trial of yashiro's fate and how it's affecting the school, technically hanako is breaking the Canon and they decide to go back and change things, with the Newest chapters resulting in the New timeline we see now, but that left the question: What exactly did they change?

 Well what if it was her meeting hanako. If the Clock keepers changed that she never met hanako, then her destiny COULD change, if she never met hanako then she never would've made her wish therefore she never becomes his assistant, and that she never destroys the yorishiro's and isn't on the path to dying, yes all of her adventures and memories with hanako and kou would be erased, but in the end she's alive and that's all that matters, and knowing hanako, I think he would be fine with that if it meant Saving her. he would be alone, yes, but she's safe, she gets to live a full life, and that's all he wants; It would be somber but fulfilling ending, one  that's not Totally depressing, with her Dying.  Plus we LITERALLY almost saw that happen with the severance arc when hanako tried wiping her memory, So there's a good chance that it might happen again, (Side note, and this is after re-reading chapter 112, But I Was TECHNICALLY right, I mean sure it didn't exactly play out as I thought it would, but I WAS PRETTY CLOSE, although instead of it being due to the  fact that yashiro never meets hanako because she never made her wish in the bathroom, it was because Hanako DOESN'T EXIST, he never died therefore he Never became the 7th wonder, so my theory was right, it was just in reverse ^^; ) an ending where yashiro gets to Live, but at the COST of cutting her ties to Hanako, along with her memories. In my opinion, I think that would make for a really good ending,  1  of letting go and moving on, however, there's another option, and that's if YASHIRO dies.

OPTION 2: THE SAD ENDING: Yashiro's Sacrifices herself  

Now This is the ending I don't want but it seems to be the 1 we're heading towards, are u ready? (Inhale...sigh) Yashiro HAS to Die no matter what; The entire premise of TBHK has been built around yashiro avoiding her Fate, with hanako Doing EVERYTHING to keep her alive, even going as far as to try and have “GOD” extend her life by destroying all the yorishiro's, however, that Exactly seems  to be the problem; in Chapter 95 Sakura Reveals the reason why yashiro's lifespan is So short, saying that Yashiro's lifespan is set to run out once she DESTROYS  every single yorishiro. Up until now yashiro's only destroyed 4 so far I think, basically only leaving hanako's, the Clock keepers and number 6 and 3s left, but idk if number 6 EATING his still counts but anyway that leaves 3 left, so she's basically been on the path to her fate the entire time, and ever since she met hanako and became his assistant. So what if she never destroys them? If her lifespan is so short because of her destroying the yorishiro's, then what if she never destroys them in the 1st place? if she never destroys them in the 1st place then she isn't on the path to dying, therefore the Events of the series never happen, and that's what I Originally thought, Until I realized that It doesn't even matter, Because the whole reason why hanako wants to destroy them from the In the 1st place, is because of Tsukasa, or should I say, the Entity of the Red house. Literally EVERY SINGLE THING that happens is because of that Damn THING, so it doesn't even matter if she destroys them or not because in the end, it will Always find a way to F#$%k Shit up,  eventually resulting in Events playing out, and the thing that Proved that to me, was with how  in Chapter 117, Teru kinda confirms this when  he talks about how the Clock  keepers could just easily reset the New timeline. Saying that because they've already changed things once, who's to say they won't change it again? After all the Only reason why the wonders exist, is to keep balance and order between the humans and Supernaturals, and to keep the Other seven wonders in check, and since they don't exist in this New timeline, there is No telling what could happen if Events ever DO playout again, leading to the Situation we are at now, and he's kinda right in away. To put  it “Simply“ The New timeline is LITERALLY a “What if” scenario of What if Tsukasa NEVER Left the Red house, resulting in what we see Now with hanako now becoming Evil, Tsukasa still being a vessel, and the entity still trying to cause Chaos, I think, it's still kinda hard for me to understand what the Entity's whole goal is, and what it's Really after in the end, So if anyone has the answer as to what the Entity's WHOLE DEAL IS, that would be pretty helpful.  

Anyway, this actually brings me to the whole  theory I have as to How I think this series will end, and it all has to  do with 1 character:  Tsukasa. What if the only way to prevent these events from  happening, is to Stop Tsukasa from ever making that Sacrifice for Amane’s lifespan? if Tsukasa never jumps down that Hole, and never becomes the Entity's vessel,  then the Events of this series never happen, after all it's mainly because of Tsukasa that all this even happens in the 1st place, from getting Amane to kill himself, to getting the yorishiro's to be destroyed, to even causing the timeline to be reset.  If Tsukasa is the main reason behind everything, then the only way to stop it is by stopping him, or should I say, stopping him from THAT POINT, but there's just 1 problem, the only reason why Tsukasa makes that sacrifice in 1st place, is Because to extend Amane's lifespan, if he doesn't do that then Amane will die, and while I do think aidairo is capable of ending it like that, I don't think that will be the case, I think the Only  way this series will end, is if Yashiro ends up sacrificing herself. 

Up until now yashiro's fate has LITERALLY been the Driving force of the story, with her having giving up on an extended lifespan twice now, once in the fake world in the Picture  perfect arc and  another when Aoi was sacrificed in her place,  Yashiro is slowly starting to realize that wishes require sacrifice, both figuratively and literally; So what if it Turns out  that the Only way this series could end, is if Our MAIN character, ends up sacrificing herself, to change the EVERYTHING. Ever since the chapter where yashiro 1st traveled back in time during the Star festival arc, we've had the possible idea of Time travel being an element in the story, and even more so Now, especially with the stuff surrounding the Red house, Clock keepers, and even the Star festival all having a connection to Time, and what's really interesting about that, is that yashiro seems to be the cause of it. In Star festival arc we see yashiro meet baby hanako when she Time-slips for the 1st time, leading to him to fall in love with her and changing his wish from wanting to be an astronaut, to wanting to see her again, another glimpse of this is when yashiro Time-slips again and this time instead meets tweenage Hanako, leading to his fixation with her growing even more, because he REMEMBERS who she is, heck the Only reason why Tsukasa Even  leaves the Red house in the 1st place, is because yashiro or kou (I can't really remember) tells him about the future and how hanako kills his younger brother, leading to him becoming curious and wanting to find out more, resulting in him starting the Events once again. 

 It seems to me that it's All just an Infinite Time loop, 1 where no matter what, eventually things will playout, And  all Because of Tsukasa's sacrifice and yashiro's involvement. Yashiro has Literally been the Driving force of the entire series, so I wouldn't put it pass aidairo if it Turned out that yashiro's lifespan/sacrifice is the Thing that ends up resolving the story; I feel like yashiro will play an important part, 1 where she ends up back time, but at the Point where Tsukasa sacrificed his life for his younger brother, and instead of HIM Jumping down that Hole, it will be YASHIRO instead, resulting her sacrificing herself for AMANE, and probably ending up as the Supernatural. We keep getting so many hints that yashiro will become a school wonder, ESPECIALLY  since  the opening for  TBHK, Has mentions of an 8TH wonder, And ever since I heard about that I IMMEDIATELY thought of yashiro being a main candidate, And with yashiro no longer having her fish form, ya have to wonder: How EXACTLY will that play a part into the story? But the THING that really Set me on to the idea  that yashiro could end up probably sacrificing herself, was from 1 Specific panel from the VERY 1ST Chapter of TBHK, one that depicts yashiro Transforming into a fish for the very first time.

As you can see this panel depicts yashiro falling in what looks  like, WATER, Obviously to show yashiro Transforming into a fish but the thing that Speaks out to me, is the WAY it's PANELYZED. 

Up until Now aidairo has  lately been reusing old panels and Scenarios for Newest chapters, (I'll pull up some Examples on screen so you can get an understanding of what I'm talking about) however THIS panel has always stuck out to me for an Odd reason, mainly because it DOESN'T match with aidairo's whole Paneling Style, let me explain.  For example if aidairo needs to demonstrate something about a certain character, they'll normally make a small little panel involving little details that people associate with them, for example hanako is always associated with Red camellias, a flower that SYMBOLIZES  romantic love, passion, and deep desire, All things that perfectly represent hanako and his relationship with yashiro. 

Another example would be how they Stylize things, for example, when a character like Teru's on screen they'll Normally add a filter as if to make them look like they were in a shoujo manga going as far as to even add text bubbles that make them LOOK like they belong in a shoujo manga, this is mainly because we are seeing through yashiro's point of view and this how She SEES them almost like “Princely ” however my FAVORITE example would have to be when there's a Serious scene, and the characters will speak in Black text bubbles, or have even a HINT of Shading in said text bubbles, as if to emphasize the WEIGHT and Impact of the conversation. 

This Panel has lived rent free in my head for MONTHS and I never really understood why, that IS Until I read THIS SPECIFIC POST.

Now this post talks about a lot of things regarding TBHK, but the Thing that really Stood out to me was from 1 specific section involving 1 little piece of evidence about the Red house, Specifically, that it was built on top of a Well, and that well just SO happens to be the Same PIT that the Kannagis were sacrificed to.  I don't think it's a coincidence that aidairo made this Specific panel filled with WATER, just to later on play with and create more concepts involving water,  ESPECIALLY for yashiro, a character they HEAVILY associate with water. 

Basically I theorize that yashiro will probably end up Time-sliping again, this time with her going back to THAT POINT, causing her to pull Tsukasa away and instead of him jumping, it will be HER instead, causing not only Tsukasa to still be alive, but Amane as well, and since Amane will never get to meet yashiro at the Star festival, he'll never change his wish therefore he'll never become a Supernatural, and will INSTEAD become an astronaut or a teacher in the end, resulting with yashiro Now becoming GOD or maybe even the 8TH Wonder.  If yashiro DOES Die then That would break the Cycle and I think not only save Tsukasa, but Amane as well, because She would be taking  his place. I know it seems Crazy but if you REALLY think about it, suddenly things start to make sense, and ya know what, it Really makes for a Perfect ending, because now instead of her being saved by hanako, She will be saving HIM, But anyway that's just my theory. whaddya think, do ya agree, or am I just Completely effing CRAZY?

[larathia]

TBHK #113 - Thoughts.

I'm not going to go in depth on predictions. Right now I'm having way too much fun gleefully rubbing my hands and squeeing at each new chapter. So long we've waited for this!

We know that yeah, this timeline's going to get undone. We know that. But let's take a look at some of the fascinating tidbits a moment.

Tsukasa is still haunting the school. Why? Shouldn't he have been dead at 4, never to attend the school?

Tsukasa is playing the role of oracle - answering any question as long as you "play with him". And sometimes people don't come back from that. Wonder if they get lost in the Red House...

Amane seems to know about this - he does watch the girls do the summoning rite. He even smiles about it. Now, maybe he doesn't know supernaturals are real, in this timeline? But would it matter much to him if he DID know? He's always been mixed up about his twin.

This is the future that Tsuchigomori had in his book. But why? Why THIS future?

Didn't Tsuchi refer to Amane as a *past* colleague? So why is Amane in the school?

Is anyone else hearing alarm bells at the 'arranged marriage' between Teru and Aoi? The 'supernatural slaying clan' and the 'maiden sacrifice' clan arranging a marriage? There's some fuckeduppery going on there, right? Just about has to be?

Some thoughts/hopes/wishes for future events.

Please please please, AidaIro, let Amane and Yashiro meet in this timeline. There's three whole days. Pleeeeeeeeease. I want to see that interaction SO MUCH.

Tsuchigomori has got to be involved. Oh! What if they try to find out when things changed by looking up their pasts in their books? That's within the rules of the 4 o clock library.

On that note COULD WE SEE AMANE'S BOOK? Ooooh, please?

[alexiethymia]

JSHK 105 reaction

Haven't done one of these in a while! My favorite panels in no particular order.

I just love how in the drama and morbidity of it all, Hanako's trait of unconsciously? constantly? touching Yashiro has remained consistent. And Nene's blase attitude about it (and the blood, like wow this girl has become desensitized and that's another worrisome conversation for later). No wonder she feels as if they haven't really changed at all despite her confessing her feelings, since after all they've been like this since the beginning! There's just something sweet about Hanako wiping blood off of her cheek with his sleeve as a parallel to when he wiped away her tears back then.

AidaIro does it again! This is such a gorgeous, ethereal, and unsettling drawing. Speaking off this whole arc, this brings to mind the Mokke of the Dead arc. I had this theory that there was something about Nene that allowed her to purify things (as opposed to exorcising them), so who knows! Maybe (once again) salt water she touches could work against Natsuhiko's blood? And the current flower zombie plague? I thought that special trait of hers had something to do with being a kannagi, but now that I recall, even Teru seemed surprised during the Mokke of the Dead chapter. If this special trait of hers had something to do with being the kannagi, then Teru would have expected it. So maybe it has something to do with her now being a (half-) mermaid? Or perhaps there's something more to Nene's past we're not privy to yet.

And finally, last and actually my most favorite! Oh wow, Hanako's most definitely traumatized. Now we know how he would have reacted if the akanene kiss succeeded. And actually this is the worst duo to find him in his (arguably) most vulnerable and saddened stated to date. But I don't care! I am so excited for the potential of this trio like you wouldn't believe! There's isn't even the enemy of my enemy is my friend here since all three of them hate each other's guts haha.

Speaking of, I always wondered why Akane persisted with the 'Honorable' despite hating Hanako, but then again this is the guy who still consistently calls Teru 'Student Council President' and Kou as 'Minamoto kouhai' so despite how outwardly he will be blunt with those he dislikes, he still keeps to the formalities.

And Aoi not being at the auditorium is most certainly a Checkhov's gunman type of situation. You'd normally think that meant that she was frozen yet I don't think that's the case. I can understand why Akane would be free from the time freeze, but not Teru, when even Kou was frozen. It's possible that Teru's bracelet allows him a measure of protection, so if that's the case then Aoi's probably unaffected too. But if that's the case wouldn't Akane's first priority be her?

Who knows? Considering the bonding they did on the train, maybe Aoi makes Hanako's case for him and this gets Akane and Teru to back off. In a reverse situation from the No. 6 arc, it would be the four of them off to rescue Nene.

As an aside, I seriously love hakujoudai. They look so worried about Hanako! Seriously, part of me still think that the hakujoudai (Hanako's and Tsukasa's) are actually the spirits of their parents still watching over them.

[wearepurplejackets]

Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun 115 Theory

Okay, okay, OKAY.

(Spoilers btw.)

Long time not see, sorry, like a lot. I was busy... crying.

1,2,3 LET'S GO! So, if I understand what is going on correctly, in this new timeline...

Hanako is dead. I mean: DEAD. Like for real. Like no spirit or whatsoever. (Also TERU AND KOU'S MOTHER IS ALIVE OH MY GOD, EVEN IF I EXPECTED IT, OH MY DOG.)

Or not, (yeah, maybe not, sorry for the heart attack) it depends if the clock keepers went to the exact moment when Amane killed his fake assassin kind of a brother in the school for real. (And then he did a seppuku or something.) with the kitchen knife.

Or to the moment Tsukasa went straight to the cursed pit of their house when they were like... 5(?) years old to save Amane because he was dying of... some 1960 illness I don't know. He was pretty ill all the time. (My baby, you never have a rest, eh. I don't know what God is doing right now, but doing a good job is not on the list.) So if Tsukasa never met the THING and made a deal with it to save his brother, Amane could have died in the end, #killme :((((((

Anyways, what do you think? Are the other kids like number 3 gone for sure too? Pffft, my poor girl T.T The thing with number 6 never happened so he is still wandering in the other side not remembering a shit again? Will Aoi-chan (seriously, why these two have to be called the same? AidaIro what were you thinking, this is so confusing???) remember the other timeline/correct timeline?

I don't know but Kou is going to be so destroyed when this is over, Teru you are gonna need to contact a therapist this time, I mean, this kid got his dear mother and his (boy)friend back, my poor soul. At least hot (traitor) senpai didn't killed Mitsuba with this sh*t happening, I GUESS AIDAIRO. I DOUBLE GUESS.

I also think is pretty stupid for the clock keepers to go to the instant when Amane killed Tsukasa. Even if we saw the 1968 number all over last chapters. I think it could be smarter if they stopped the THING to come over to little Tsukasa in the first place. Or are they going to let Amane kill him and let them be, nah.

Or at least to stop Tsukasa to come back to Amane when they were little. So that way Amane would be alive (and traumatized for life anyway because his brother dissapeared) and their parents... too... Leave me alone, I'm sad.

I think this last one possibility is the most reasonable since the three girls who did the ouija thing/ceremony in class (there is no better place to do this sh*t? What is going on in Japan's schools anyway??) talked to some spirit called Tsukasa. And then one of them dissapeared, like, yeah. F*ck. Try again. (Even when they knew some other girl did this sh*t in the past and they never saw her again. Jezz, you were asking for it!!!)

Maybe Hanako saved everyone when he killed his brother and make himself one of the protectors of the school because WOW, you let this kids by themselves for a second and they are already dying like flies!!!

And I still think Yashiro is going to die either even if they changed this timeline, sorry not sorry, my girl will survive of course. But this present is so fake. Hanako wil try to find her to save her.

I KNOW. Believe in the... me, that believes in Hanako. (Still pretty weird the scene where we saw that old Yugi as a teacher wandering the school while the girls did the ouija. And the creepy smile in his face. Do you think that's really Hanako? Cause I don't know Rick,)

And what with the Hot senpai??? You have cursed blood eh, I knew something was wrong with this guy since the moment he survived EVERYTHING FROM THE START. (And you start to use it now, AidaIro, you both are ruffians. I love it, let them cook, let them cook...) This guy is immortal and bored to death, change my mind I dare you.

Well, that's all. But you know what? Let me dream and find in this plot something interesting and different, AidaIro. You never let me down. (Believe in the me taht believe in Hanako that believe in AidaIro that believe in Akane was so handsome in this last chapters like I BELIEVE IN ANGELS) I want to believe that the Yugi Tsuchigomori is talking about when he was asked about his broken watch, note that he said only Yugi as a surname (strange isn't it), so... what if that was Tsukasa? And not Amane.

What if Tsukasa is the one old and alive in this time line? It would be so cool to have Tsukasa and Yashiro working together to bring his brother back. What if Amane is now the evil psycho little kid.

Let me dream or write the fanfic. (Nah it wont make sense, the girls of the ouija called for Tsukasa, sighs.) BECAUSE WHO KNOWS, SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN THIS TIMELINE AND IS NOT OKAY.

ANYWAY, HANAKO KUN MANGA.

IS CINEMA.

[2n2n]

What do you think about terukane?

Nothing as a romantic or sexual relationship ... it's funny neither Aoi nor Akane like him. He is so swag to everyone but them, the people he is most attached to or interested in, and that is incredibly funny to write in for your central hot stuff generic blond-haired-blue-eyed-tall bishie. Like, he's a total flop, actually. Dripping with rizz to the student populace. And for what? This is possibly the single funniest thing about Teru and elevates him as a character to me. If you give him what he wants he becomes simple, what, a straightforward blond-blue-eyed hot bishie with a hot gf and hot bf? That's incredibly boring!!! Teru should stay bottom rung.

I like what Akane is to Teru, in a non-shipping sense I find their dynamic endearing-- which is that Akane is... GENUINELY so pure of heart, patient, and kind, that EVEN THOUGH Teru is such a abysmal and socially messed up person (due to his upbringing, out of his control!), he extends a lot of grace towards him and can't actually meaningfully shut him out or leave him hanging (eeeven though Teru attacks him, terrorizes him, pushes his buttons!!! BY ALL MEANS DESERVES TO BE CUT OUT--!). Akane, OF ALL PEOPLE, probably knows Teru the best, and gets to see the most sides of him, including the worst... which is, why and how he knows Teru is Not A Good Person, But Also, Pitiable And Unfortunate, and kind of doing his 'best' with how broken he is. Teru's a loser-- really! He has no friends!! He does everything for his family, and he's constantly lying to them (because they might not 'like' the 'real Teru'). He's a brocon whos brother isn't even that attached to him, who is outgrowing him!! It's sad LOL. Akane as a friend and comrade is like his consolation prize....

But I do think the Point of them is that both of them actually have different 'loyalties' you could say-- Akane would Throw Teru Down A Pit for Aoi, and, Teru would Throw Akane Down a Pit for his family--! They both KNOW they aren't each other's main priority! They're just 'assets'. HOWEVER, doing so would hurt Teru incredibly badly, which makes it interesting. I'd like to see Teru's attachment to Akane challenged, I'd like to see him have to make a decision which is bad for Akane but good for someone Teru loves... I would like to see his raw allegiances tested. I don't think Teru really consciously 'thinks' about how precious Akane is to him, or how that is his most intimate social bond? I think Teru would be a mess without Akane, I think he would feel the space he left behind forever, if Teru let something happen to him. I'm not sure when another person will ever know Teru's many sides so well. Teru could probably just, suck it up and accept he's not the kind of person who has things like that, and it was a fluke incidence of having it anyway...

My only 'real' Teru ship is Teru x Tiara HAHAHA, he certainly SIMPs for her desperately, and she's a very capable, brash girl... while Kou is useless, Tiara is not, I think she could totally wrestle all of the truths out of Teru one day, and could actually see his pathetic sides. She's stubborn and confident enough to slap him around too, he needs that HAHAHA. She feels kind of perfectly designed for him...

In a way ig Terukane feels like your typical "contentious yaoi with undercurrent of appreciation, we compete for the same girl, imagine if we could both fuck her, and maybe we have some weird tension lol" situation. I do think AidaIro enjoy it for what it is at many angles, and they like to play with it by making Akane Teru's servant and stuff in AU...I categorize it as " fujo bait" (for me that isn't derogatory). I genuinely think its only purpose is a kind of cheeky gag porno at best fkgl;jgklfgkhfk; I cannot take it seriously. I feel the worst for Aoi in the situation though, I really don't think she's attracted to Teru at ALL, but Teru is coercion aligned so... maybe sensei thinks about things I don't want to, lol.

Oh I guess as always I disapprove of when girls in dynamics are disregarded or written out in ships due to inconvenience, so any Terukane dynamic that just pretends Aoi isn't there or that Akane doesn't love her sucks ass. Akane and Aoi mean a lot to sensei, clearly-- !! They LOVE them, they pre-date the rest of the manga's debut!!! Aoi expresses some very poignant things in her story that feel very personal. The least anyone can do is involve her in the threesome--! she is essential!

[hanako-san]

this is my critique of yashiro nene. I want to take it off my chest.Don't like it, skip it. I will tell you what I think from chapters 96-104 about her and her behavior

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Now seriously. This official art made me happy because I chose well as shipping them officially. They go well together and are 'sweet' together and it shows more in color.

This art gave me something else. It was at Minamoto's house. Daikon accepted an invitation from the person who did this:

She accepted the invitation from the person she should be angry at him and feel hurt for, but it doesn't happen because yashiro nene admires teru because of his appearance and nothing prevents from not taking Amane's feelings into account and ignoring what teru did to her, because he is so 'handsome' and 'beautiful' according to her, and yet she do second time - now and at the beginning of the chapters.

She didn't really care then and she don't care now, even though she have a boyfriend now, but AidaIro shows that it's a totally cool simping for the almost murderer Amane and the person who took advantage of her and conspired against her trying to turn her friends against her.

Her momentary character development is irrelevant. She's back to her same self - except now she has a boyfriend, Amane cares about her feelings then so should she, but all Amane gets is a slap from her every now and then.

She shouldn't have accept invitation the person who did so many bad things to you, but you are complety fine with it.. What daikon can do is to get angry with Amane, but actions like teru can be forgiven and you're fine with that. It's also disgusting to simp to Teru, and you were saying a chapter earlier that you want to confess Amane's feelings correctly.

Every "i'm so sorry" of hers is so empty, her "love" is EMPTY and FAKE. Daikon - glowing eyes full of admiration for the teru and others 'hot' guys. She ignoring Amane's feelings and she didn't care at all that Amane was trembling with fear and she said she 'loves' him. Lol. How shallow, dishonest, and false.

Save Amane's life

Less resentment towards him, scream and beat him, tear him up and blame him the most for your mistake that you admitted, because he hurt you more, and you have nothing to blame yourself for, because why? you saved Aoi and stopped Amane, but no apologies are due to either Aoi or Amane, because what's the point? Others are supposed to apologize to you such a queen like you don't have to, and once you 'apologise' you will do something shameful like in recent chapters and like i said above. Your apology is empty and you only do it to make yourself feel better so that others won't feel sad by you. Using 'sorry not sorry' in your case is all the time.

Tell him you love him

You will accept an invitation from a person who has done bad things and spend nice time with him. But you don't mind because he's so hot for you.But blame only on Amane

Then show off how much you care for Amane and trust him and you care about his past, show concern. Say big words about this how you want to said love him correctly

Then ignore his feelings and fear and continue to admire the person who almost killed your boyfriend whom you supposedly 'love' LOL and totally ignore his feelings

She's supposed to 'love' him? lol. How ridiculous. She wanted a relationship so badly, but she shouldn't have a relationship. She doesn't respect Amane and ignores his feelings, she tramples them every time, so why should I care about her pathetic feelings which mean nothing to me( she killed the last bit of sympathy I had for her),and pity her for anything she doesn't deserve for it.

Her age doesn't matter. She's a big enough girl to understand that what she's doing is wrong

[7ban-sama]

What would it take to drive Amane to eat Nene?

*gets a wistful expression, like I'm about to make a wish on a dandelion* Ahh... I wonder...

By now, it's clear that consumption is some sort of... consummation, in this manga, so it would be a major milestone for hananene to reach "that point." Since their relationship is relatively new (a handful of months old) I think we're still watching them build up to something that "extreme". So far, we've been mostly in the throes of Amane resisting his urges and possessiveness around her. With mixed results, of course. But still. Some ways to go, before he was at that breaking point...

(Not fair though, because AidaIro sure aren't afraid to tease us about it.

Diabolical of them...)

That being said, I always get the impression that Amane harbors more predatory feelings for Nene than we've been fully shown. This moment where he says this in the Severance is meant to torment Akane, but it really haunts me. He's not lying, after all; we see the kaii clamoring for Aoi, once she is left unattended.

Isn't this incriminating for Amane, given that he has his own kannagi?? But, in this circumstance, Amane is assuming the Severance will be perpetuated, and he will never have to see Nene again. In a moment like this, I guess there's no reason to obfuscate this — especially when talking to Teru and Akane, of all people. Ugh, but my head spins, if I have to think about Nene's soul being something especially desirable to Amane...!! He's already hidden so much, so this could very well be another layer to it all.

Between this, and Amane's possessiveness, and his history with Tsukasa... I feel like Nene is some sort of boxtrap designed to make Amane go insane. An irresistible set up of a lonely girl who no one will have, with no future... someone who would be easy to entrap into servitude. Yet, the very limit of her life is going to make Amane feel panicked with the urge to take control of it. The clock is ticking! If he doesn't do something, then she'll be gone! Extending her life is, perhaps, the most benevolent way of trying to cope with the impending doom of her life coming to a close... but I wonder if that kind of anxiety was spurred by, ahh. Perhaps trying to keep other demons at bay. The side of you that perhaps, can't help but think, If she's going to die anyways, I might as well... Agh! No!! It's happening again!!! I feel like an authority on an entire person's life-!!!

*waves hand* I juggle various HCs, so I sometimes contemplate alternate truths, but currently it is my favorite is: Amane has already felt the urge to kill/consume Nene, and events like PP and Severance are him trying to run away from his nature. Unsuccessfully, of course, but as crazy as he gets, these instances are still him holding back something...

It is impossible to make peace with, because he earnestly wishes to protect her as well. He wants to be her dashing savior, her hero. He cherishes and loves her. Why, then, does he want to harm her? Well, I think these are all the same conflicting feelings he had over Tsukasa, and it's why he struggles with the reality of what he did. Having been so defined as 'big brother', I feel like Amane had a whoole complex about needing to care and protect Tsukasa. But how did it all culminate in a stab to the heart...? It's all so contradictory. You can almost understand how all Amane can conclude is that he was insane and now perpetually lives as some, twisted monster, a remnant of that action.

So with all that laid out... I think he's still the same as ever, deep down, and could be driven to snap. Even if he digs his heels in and resists. What hasn't changed is he still craves to enact this sort of desire onto a body. Take you, have you, consume you.

Most romantically, I'd just love for all of Nene's encouragement and acceptance of Amane's past to make him feel eroded — like he just can't keep holding back, if she's offering herself to him so earnestly. She was willing to stay with him on the Far Shore... and I think that was too much for Amane, which is why he was cruel about it. But if Nene had the resolve, the patience, to not get worn down by his defensiveness about it, to... simply insist, that she would do anything, endure anything, to stay with him... ah... That shaky grip on his sanity could finally falter.

Moments like this are when Nene is most bewitching, I think. Girl on her knees, curtained by her hair... Exhibiting something akin to reverence. If she could speak with certainty about what she wanted from him, then I think it'd finally give Amane no choice, haha. Though I feel bad, it's a lot to ask of a girl... a lot is on Nene's shoulders, as the protagonist. 9.9

Through less direct means, I feel as though Nene could also tempt fate by being in enough circumstances where Amane has to fear losing control of her life. With threats from Teru to end it, and Kou to prolong it, things like that... You could spur Amane to have to act. Just out of fear of anyone getting there first. I don't think he could stand the thought... It'd really be like, sighs, eyes lid. I must do it. I've lost the battle.

I could go on and on but also this is painful for my little Amane brain to interface with directly. *closes eyes* It's like dreaming of confessing to her, or something. Like, god, I wish. *traces circles on window* Someday...

Silver lining of this all, is that Amane has been capable of it in other worlds.

He has this inside of him, I'm certain!

[ngmn2002]

@lodurloft

Why Sakura was so freaked out about that? At the time she was looking like he wanted to do something really horrible with Nene. But now we know that she doesn't care much about her So, what's the point?

To show us her capability of being a great actor, maybe? Just kidding.

It really doesn't make that much sense, does it? She knows what that was all about (maybe) and gets that no harm will get to Nene. (After all, Nene is a key in getting her wish granted since she is the one to destroy the yorishrios, Tsukasa wants to grant her wish, so even if he didn't tell her what he wanted to do with Nene, she should guess she will be safe at the end) or else...

If she had 1% doubt that Tsukasa is really after hurting Nene, do you think she will set down and let things go just like that? She is the one who made all the No.6 big plan to make sure Tsukasa is destroyed at the end, because of her 1% doubt that something may go wrong if Amane was the one to do it?

Also, she sent that one with Nene, it seems they agreed to it. If you noticed, he was the one opening the doors until he was gone. It seems she really doesn't want to have a 1% risk Nene will get hurt. Of course, for her own sake and wish.

And, is this really the face of someone who is about to do a horrible thing to the girl she wants to be 'good friends' with? Like, she is dancing, smirking, and having a fun time waving her 'princess dress' around?

While knowing full – well what she is going to do with Nene afterwards, is that a proper behavior or not? She is being so cold toward the whole situation.

Shouldn't she be scared or feeling uneasy or something? Even if she gets that no harm will get to Nene, it still doesn't erase that she was going to betray the trust of the girl she said she wants to be good friends with.

And, wow... while knowing what she going to do to her, she says this...

Wow… what is turning her into a fish is… in comparison to this?

.................

Or even later...

This?

Are you for real right now?

I think that's why she said that?

This thing is a joke only. I don't really know what she is thinking over there, but the speech she gave about 'masters' makes me imagine this.

Also, why didn't she think about making a sad face or watever when she was dancing? She didn't do that up until the moment Tsuaksa ordered her to do 'the thing'. Like, was she really trying to show Nene that she is sad for her? Is she really a good actor after all?

You will understand that my 'master' is so awful. He is a monster. He made me do a thing -that I was so happy to do in the first place- to you... never let your guard down around him. Never trust him. He is bad, while I'm so innocent and friendly 'with the toys I want to control for sometime to get what I want', don't you see? Remember this for when we meet again in ch 94. I want you to be the perfect toy for me, kay?

That girl really keeps an eye on the future, doesn't she?

-In ch 94/95-

Make her see you're doing this for her 'while it's all for me, really' but of course, "see, I'm a good girl! I ran away from evil Tsukasa to see you and tell you about things! 'which is how to destroy him, I can't wait for that to happen'.

And there you go! That's what Nene thinks! Exactly how someone wants her to think.

And wow, she did all of this to her while Tsuaksa didn't order any of that...

Double betrayal! The worst one even when she is actually in charge and has all the control over the situation.

What a really, really good friend. I'm so impressed!

Can't relate, sorry.

So, ah... I don't really know what was the real meaning behind that speech she gave to Nene or even her facial expressions at that time. All I said in this post was me kinda... 25% joking - 75% being serious I guess?

From how I see things now, she kinda feels like... to only want to get rid of Tsukasa and... make him look bad in Nene's eyes? That could be my imagination, though... and that's not What AidaIro are after, but for now... I will see things this way.

Would you believe if I told you I used to have a soft spot for Sakura , but ch 94 and 95 ruined the whole thing for me?

I think now only her backstory and what she is doing to next is what is going to save her or be her downfall. It depends. So, really sorry if you're a Sakura fan and felt like... a bit hurt by anything I said in here.

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I hope this wasn't so long to you and it helped you in some way.

[sillyyuserr]

terukane analysis, and/or just random stuff, i have too many prompts in drafts but they’re too small to be their own analysies so they’re here pt. 2 💫

I already made one of these a bit ago, so if theres anything not here it’s either in that other one, or i just haven’t covered it (yet)

Item A: “I like Akane-san”

When teru says this, it comes out differently in every language. And seemingly equally ambiguous which i find interesting

for example, in the french translation of this line, teru says "I love you more than you might think akane" rather than saying “i like akane-san” and i mean having a mistranslation here is obviously something, but what he actually says is just what?

“i love you more than you might think akane” EXCUSE ME??

also not to mention “san” is gender neutral. He very well could be calling akane by his first name and them (akane & nene) misunderstanding what he said. Although he does refer to aoi as “akane-san”, the translators wouldve translated it to “aoi” instead of “akane” if he was referring to her (or not, im not completely sure on how they do the translation 😭)

Item B: queer association

not only is this one of the only canon queer characters in tbhk, (my guy only got one panel 💔) but also this associates “queerness” or wtv that means with teru

along with akane mentioning both genders being attracted to teru. Again, associating queerness with him. And you may be wondering, why is this important? well, notice how out of all of the main and/or reoccurring characters, he is one of the ONLY characters to be associated with queerness. (The only others being kou; his friends teasing him about wanting to “undress mitsuba” and akane; the whole yamabuki thing) for example, take note of how scarily popular aoi is because of her beauty, shes like a literal god, everyone loves this girl, but notice how never once has a girl ever confessed to her? actively not associating her with queerness, unlike teru.

and notice how the other characters that are associated with queerness are kou, who (its pretty much been canonized atp) has romantic feelings for his male friend mitsuba, and AKANE. The guy i swear he has a crush on like cmon now AidaIro can you be more obvious

Item C: reoccurring patterns

in tbhk, all of the confirmed/obviously implied romantic relationships between the main characters have been supernatural x human, hanako and nene, mitsuba and kou, akane and aoi, excluding only teru and aoi. But this does not exclude teru and akane, almost showing us that in the love triangle between teru, akane and aoi, it may not be revolving around which one gets with aoi, but which one gets with akane. It seems as though teru x aoi was never an option from the start.

Although teru has said he likes aoi, his actions say otherwise. for example teruaoi’s conversation in the convenience store was obviously extremely awkward, the only non-awkward part being when he helped her out of that creepy interaction with the clerk.

And the face he made when akane asked/assumed he had a crush on aoi

(Which he never definitively answered)

The point of this section was because of these reoccurring patterns we can conclude akane is the main love interest, not aoi.

Item D: their relationship

Something teru likes about akane, is how no matter what he doesn’t seem to ever give up. Which yes in some aspects this can be a bad thing, coff coff

But most times, you can kind of tell this is a big reason he likes akane, almost like a “he pushes him down, he gets back up” kind of thing, its a big part of their dynamic. If akane wasn’t like this, their dynamic would change a lot. He likes this because as stated in the spinoff, he kind of uses akane as a “stress toy” (which has obviously changed, as their relationship did when the series progresses) but he likes this because at the end of the day, akane will come back. No matter how many times he ties akane up, he returns to the student council room. No matter how many times teru pushes akane down (in this example, literally) he gets back up.

Something i like about terukane, is their relationship. The trust and motivation they give one another. For example, its shown early on Teru has disassociates himself from other people. Teru views the living as “delicate” and kind of makes it his job to protect them from supernaturals (when i say he made it his job i mean his dad did). He was raised to have a very different view towards the living vs supernaturals. Rounding this back to Terukane, teru doesn't view akane as “fragile” like other people, and I think that's something to take note of. The reason he thinks like this could definitely tie into the fact that he’s half supernatural but also he views akane in a higher regard then most people. Akane keeps up with him, teru actually acknowledges this, saying he values his intelligence and enjoys talking to him. 

Its kind of been shown teru has had a hard time making friends ever since grade-school, i mean yeah he talks to people, but the only people he’s lowered his guard around has been tiara and kou (siblings), and akane. A literal supernatural (the kind of person this guy is supposed to exterminate??) Literally what makes akane so special? This guy is the most popular person in THE school, second to none, and the only person besides his family that he can let his guard around is akane? They both work in the student council, president and vice president meaning they work in extremely close quarters, everyday, giving them lots of time to talk, so its no doubt they became close, but out of everyone, teru choosing akane to put his trust in is just odd to me idk man

Item E: bringing up each other alot

in many instances, teru and akane bring eachother up when they aren’t even involved in the current situation, or unintentionally show us they think about eachother more than we think they do, a few examples:

Teru talking ab akane to his family. Call me insane but i have alot to say ab this one. This one really gets me because that would mean throughout his entire way home from school, including if he fought off supernaturals on his way back (which he seems to do pretty much everyday), from the last time he saw akane, he had to have been thinking about him the entire time. Since they are in the student council they stay together for most of the day when its not their extra/curricular classes or lunch, meaning they probably stayed together until about an hour after school ended, and according to google

School ends around 3:50 to 4pm and their after school activities last until around 6pm. In one chapter i forget which one, kou complains about his brother not being home much and whenever he is home he’s usually sleeping or too sleepy to answer him properly, (and in art of their ‘home life’ teru is always either sleeping or sleepy) because of his constant fighting with supernaturals well into the evening. Now lets assume at this point teru has left the school building, and about a few (5) minutes down the sidewalk and he runs into supernaturals, fights them off yadayadayada, at this point it’s presumably now 6:30-6:40, now lets also assume they live about a few (5) blocks away from the school, one block presumably taking 5 minutes each, times the 5 blocks they live away, taking approximately 25 minutes to half an hour to walk, plus the additional time he took to exorcise the supernaturals on his way home, which by this point we can probably assume its 7-7:20 now which is around an hour after families/people usually make dinner, we can assume he gets home at the 7-7:20 mark, sits down with tiara and kou to have dinner when this panel was shown

Meaning for an esitmated two and half, to three consecutive hours, akane was on teru’s mind. Thats a pretty long time to be thinking ab someone teru. I know what you are

Item F: extras

the “Aoi is coming too.” Bro brings him up at any given opportunity

akane having a literal DREAM about him.

Like I havent had dreams with life long friends in them so to have a dream about this boy you “hate” is.. hmmm

Innermost subconscious feelings you say? okay okay so not queer at all yk so buddy so bro of them

Item G: the original plot

tbhk was originally going to be a oneshot manga featuring the love triangle between akane, lemon and aoi but later was cancelled, and in the official manga, they made lemon and akane “fall in love”

obviously as a joke but that shows AidaIro is not oblivious to the idea/premise of the two boys instead falling in love with eachother, rather than the girl, so the idea (i talked more ab in a past analysis) of teru&akane getting together rather than teru&aoi or akane&aoi getting together is ON THE TABLE

would add more but i fear this will take me too long💔 new chapter next week yall prepare urselfs

[thelunarfairy]

Hello, I hope you are doing well. Can you give an analysis on Aoi and Akane's relationship? I mean their relationship is really toxic and there is nothing healthy about it. I also think Akane (the boy) has some sort of obsessive love disorder. Can you share your thoughts about them?

So, we come to the moment where we will talk about these two.

I once saw a very pertinent analysis based on a small discussion about Akane's behavior. The theme was "Akane wasn't suffocating Aoi"

I found myself laughing, but not from joy or happiness, but from noticing that it was necessary for someone to have to explain that Akane wasn't choking Aoi. If you're curious, this is the scene:

Can you tell that from the moment someone has to explain that Akane wasn't trying to suffocate Aoi, there's something wrong?

Violence rooted in a relationship, oh, is never a good sign. I often say that of all the characters, Akane is one of the ones that scares me the most.

Obsession, possessiveness, aggressiveness, anger, impatience are not words that look good together in a sentence, nor in anyone's chest.

Could we use them to describe Akane? I've always found Aidairo's ability to turn problematic interactions into comical ones impressive. Sure, a boy with a baseball bat who humiliates himself to a girl while attacking guys who are interested in her is really "funny."

~contains sarcasm~

It was there from the beginning.

So you ask me, could we then say that Akane is just an aggressive guy?

Ah sigh the narrative lines don't work linearly, they intertwine. Akane constantly molds himself from the beginning, and as he becomes a relevant character, his development begins to blossom.

Akane was similar to Nene. Both placing Aoi on a pedestal, trying to love Aoi's most superficial side, to the point that she herself begins to suffocate in her own persona.

Aoi reveals to us in the future that she is not perfect, that she makes mistakes and can be mean when necessary, she confesses. And Akane, who had doubts, still waited for her to truly confess what her own nature was.

Nene didn't accept that Aoi threw her into limbo because she wanted to, she just decided to believe that everything was the influence of number six. Nene never delves too deeply into Aoi's problems, or even Hanako's, but that's not the topic we're going to get into now.

Akane is finally able to see clearly how Aoi feels, and he discovers that she likes him. From that moment on, his behavior changes. How long has it been since you saw Akane humiliating himself again for Aoi?

His behavior has changed, you can compare

He changed after the events on the far shore, after almost losing her, after learning more about her. He noticed that Aoi didn't allow her eyes to shine when he was so superficial with her like the others.

He noticed that she appreciates his love but he was taking the wrong approach, he became equal to others. Then his behavior changes.

This change caught my attention. A simple conversation was enough for him to notice what was wrong, not just about himself, but how he could love someone he didn't know so well, even though he thought he did.

Aoi tends to blush when she's with him at specific moments, and these are usually the simplest and most casual moments, like touching hands, for example.

How can she be nervous while he touches her, holding the hem of her dress with a slight blush on her cheeks.

Akane doesn't act so aggressively towards Teru when he finds out that he "likes" Aoi, of course he has a reaction, but it doesn't compare to the reactions he had with the other guys.

So that's why we can't label him, we can't give Akane a title when he's still developing, but there's the toxic relationship.

The relationship of few words and many superficial and obsessive actions. Aoi could refuse Akane as many times as she wanted, but Akane couldn't be interested in anyone, Aoi would collapse.

Akane doesn't accept that Aoi has anyone, he can accept that she doesn't stay with him, but not that she finds someone else.

There is no desire for happiness here. What there is is selfish love. "I love her very much, but she can't be with anyone but me."

"I like him, but we're just friends. Still, he can't fall in love with any other girl"

Genuine Love is the one that hurts. The one you love and want the other person to be happy, even if you're not by their side. Genuine love is freedom.

There is no freedom between them.

One is stuck with the other. One hides the truth from the other. One molds itself to please the other.

Aoi is the perfect and defenseless girl, Akane is the silly boy who declares himself all the time to the girl he likes.

But the truth, Aoi is the lonely girl, who is afraid to show the truth for fear that people will hate her, she just wants to be treated like other people. Akane is an intelligent boy who got involved with supernaturals and doesn't know how to deal with the love he feels for her.

"I love this part of you, I hate this part of you"

Whoever loves, loves the whole and learns to deal with the other's defects. Whoever loves allows the other to be who they really are.

And in the case of Aoi and Akane, they have now learned about each other's flaws, and are trying to allow themselves to truly love.

A toxic relationship between two people who still don't know how to love.

[musicalmoritz]

How do you feel about these rarepairs: Hanakou, Tsunene, Mitsunene and Natsuteru? I feel like sometimes people focus on the big two (Mitsukou and Hananene) so much that they can't see the fun possibilities of other ships (nothing wrong with them ofc they just overshadow a lot yk)!! Canonical status aside, I think these rarepairs got some potential just waiting to be explored :D

Hi!!!

Okay so I’m gonna go ahead and get Tsunene and Mitsunene out of the way, they’re big squicks for me. Mitsuba is highly implied to be gay (bcuz why else would AidaIro have him say he “doesn’t like any girls” TWICE) and I’m not into changing lgbtq+ characters sexualities for ships. As for Tsunene, I, like most people, am uncomfortable with him kissing her while she couldn’t move. Just big icks all around. I can’t control what other people ship ofc and I’m not the type to send hate even if the ships have problematic elements (I ship a lot of toxic things myself), so if it’s a ship I really disagree with I’ll usually just block the person

Now that we’ve got the Negative Nancy stuff out of the way tho!! HanaKou and Natsuteru!! Omg I love them so much. Like literally love them so much. I actually wrote a 25k fic of Natsuteru being transfem butch lesbians on a buddy cop journey together. I think it’s such a fun concept, especially as exes, and Natsuteru shippers are some of my favorite people in this fandom. Their characters have so much potential together, going off that scene where Natsuhiko calls Teru’s simps to save Mitsuba it seems like he knows how to outsmart Teru, which is such an interesting concept. It’s implied multiple times that they’ve met before and Natsuhiko often acts annoyed when he talk abt Teru so I’m very interested to know what their dynamic is like. And HanaKou is like…basically a free space for tbhk ships. If you don’t ship them, did you really read tbhk??? They fall under the category of ships I describe as “just dudes being bros.” I tend to prefer their friendship but they are cute romantically as well, most HanaKou shippers I’ve met have been super nice. They’ve kinda got a Romeo & Juliet thing going on with Teru hating Hanako and I dig that

In conclusion, Natsuteru and HanaKou canon