I don't get why people are purposefully ignoring the queer undertones of The Summer Hikaru Died for the sake of other's liking it.
Don't worry, they don't feel anything towards each other! They say, in order to encourage people to read it. I mean what???
Yes, it's not a love story but. I'm so tired of seeing comments on social media putting down Yoshiki's feelings and development thorough the manga saying that he doesn't feel anything, that his feelings are not important, that it's just horror and that's it. There's no way some people lack this comprehension skills.
Y'all can't just ignore Yoshiki was born and raised in a small village in the middle of nowhere and how being different led him to feel like shit. And that that's one of the topics of the manga, it's explicitly showed. And it is completely OK to have this side of the narrative while being a psychological horror story, yk? No need to erase it.
He's gay, get over it. He's a teen, feels ashamed and lost, he feels trapped in this village, he's troubled, he's different and he's invested in closing paranormal holes with the monster who took over his dead best friend's body, aka TheEntityβ’, and a spiritual grandma for the sake of the world. It's just queer stories don't always need to be about romance.
The Summer Hikaru Died (anime adaptation) is going to test people's literacy and we all know it's not going to end well. Specially when we're used to see queer couples being fetishized in japanese media.
I'd say this is what media needs. More stories like this one. Romance is not the plot, but feelings still matter for it to exist and develop.
Anyways, don't lose energy trying to tell people and engaging in fights on tiktok comments. Just enjoy that this beautiful manga is getting an adaptation!! I personally love it and I'm waiting for the seventh volume to release <3
Read the manga, it's absolutely beautiful, the art is on point. The whole process of Yoshiki seeing 'Hikaru' (the thing) instead of Hikaru his dead bestie is amazing. It's so well written.
[[ log 83]]
~Rainy Conditions All Day~
~Wind Speeds Up to 25 km/h~
Time of writing this log is 2259
Duties done at the station:
πΌ Fog Watch
πΌ Mail Check
πΌ Winding of the Clockworks A little bit of an unfortunate situation happened today. It has been windy practically all of last night, and this led to a fairly large tree branch to fall onto the main road towards the station. Thankfully, the telephone lines weren't affected, so I was able to let the Coast Guard know of the situation. It took them a while to arrive and fix what had happened, and I was unable to preform my morning tour. Other than that, everybody is thankfully safe.
It is also the day of Pi, which means that I can eat pie? I was a little bit confused, but one of the people on my tour helped me understand that this is what humans call a joke, a βplay on words.β How do you play with words? I have no clue.
Even though it was more gloomy weather, a nice cup of black tea sure helped as well as a slice of pie made by the local bakery.
May the Seas Guide You~~
Im sorry but the fucking brainrot of chuuya nakahara will not stop so I need to share my fucking vision.
Chuuya Nakahara, who's joints lock up and who has severe chronic pain, who wears gold rimmed reading glasses with little gold chains to help hold them when he's outside the mafia (and thus not wearing contacts to hide his blue-brown eyes), Chuuya who has summer freckles that come out from the sun, who has a wheelchair, cane and service dog respectively just in case that he can never use while on duty, who has heart problems thanks to stress and a god in his body, who has a small clinic outside of Yokohama that knows him by name.
Chuuya Nakahara who, when he figured out that this was happening to him, had a full mental breakdown over being unable to fight properly, and thus not being useful, who then pulled away from Dazai, who never managed to push the right buttons to get him to spill what was happening, leading Dazai to leave the Mafia thinking Chuuya hated him.
Chuuya who then, thanks to this "confirmation" that he wasn't usefull anymore, even if Dazai didn't know, leading him to not open up about this to any other mafia member, with only Mori knowing, and keeping the details even from him.
Dazai who, when in the middle of a case for the ADA, suddenly sees Chuuya rolling down the sidewalk with his wheelchair, freckles and mismatched eyes on full display with his service dog beside him, having his world completely turned on its heal as he falls in love with the same man a second time while simultaneously putting down the pieces that led to his complete misunderstanding of what'd happened between the two years before.
Please tell me there are others who see my vision because this shit is fucking haunting me rn.
Sai + Assorted Text Posts (Part 4)
Introductions & Housekeeping
Written by Franz Kafka & Sylvia Plath
Foreword by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If you see Oscar Wilde, tell him that I love him"
INTRO:
Hi β¨οΈ Iβm Savannah, I'm a full time PhD candidate. I read a lot of books and I write on occasion π
ABOUT:
β Born: 1997
β Pronouns: they/them
β Non-binary (femme lite)
β Disaster bi
β BPD & AUDHD
β Dachshund Mom/Cat Lady
β Anemic AF
β Aesthetically Catholic
β Eclectic Witch
β On again, off again vegan
LIKES & INTERESTS:
β Reading & Writing
β Journaling
β Anime & Manga, Webtoons & Manhwa
β Asian dramas (Kdramas, Jdramas, Cdramas)
β Crochet & knitting
β Podcasts
FEEL FREE TO DROP ME AN ASK OR DM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR JUST WANT TO CHAT π I LOVE CONNECTING WITH KINDRED SPIRITS β¨οΈ
i was looking through official art again and why does this look like watanuki is the patron saint of nonbinaryism in some ancient religious fresco
the range this man has. from "a beauty so captivating that he could topple a kingdom" to the most pathetic, sopping wet cat in existence.
I can't believe truck-kun isekai'd the famous author Dazai Osamu himself
*me at the club* so does anyone wanna discuss queer undertones in classic literature?
The moon is for all of us
social media and store You are not allowed to use, copy or trace my art. Thank you.
20- something bi disaster trying to forget the horrors and shit β¨
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