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cruel irony

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light”

Higuchi’s Unrevealed Ability

my theory on what it could be…

i think that Higuchi’s ability will be called “Takekurabe” (Growing Up/Child’s Play) after her most famous work, and i believe it might have something to do with reincarnation. here’s why…

in this official art she is featured with red spider lilies, which are symbolic of death, but are also thought of as a bridge between heaven & earth…a reminder of the “cyclical nature of life & death”

Takekurabe also explores themes such as how life is fleeting. & also abt being forced into a role that you didn’t want, or wouldn’t have chosen for yourself

(plus potential foreshadowing: in this official art, Higuchi is surrounded by pinwheels— which symbolize childhood, but also the cycle of life, & the buddhist teaching of reincarnation)

back to reincarnation…

after being told that Akutagawa may never wake up, she reached out to him & a glow appeared around her hand— like she was activating an ability— before pulling away bc she remembered that he didn’t want her (or anyone’s) help

but this means that she’s able to give help in this sort of situation

additionally, the fact that she almost always appears in official arts w Akutagawa indicates that she will probably use her ability on him at some point, which makes sense considering his terminal condition

(note the pulse in the background, his bright eyes, & her white suit)

because we have yet to see her use her ability, i’m assuming that she can only use it once, so she’d be giving up her life for Akutagawa’s (a life for a life— his reincarnation)

this would imitate irl Higuchi’s unfortunately short life— with her having died at only 25 years old. it also makes sense to give her such a powerful ability since irl Higuchi is such an important figure in japanese history— japan’s first professional woman writer of modern literature

now for a less likely, but fun theory…

i wonder if Higuchi’s sister has anything to do with her ability (in bsd she’s unnamed, but her irl sister’s name was Kuniko so that’s what we’ll call her)

according to Higuchi’s bungo episode, despite her literary genius, irl Higuchi was practically useless without her sister

Kuniko was the one who made what Higuchi did possible & kept things functional behind the scenes

so i think it’d be super interesting (& a cool irl reference) if Kuniko was involved in some way with Higuchi’s ability (i also just want to see more of her bc this sister duo is so cute :’))

bonus: when i watched this anime adaptation of Takekurabe, this was the ending scene & i wonder if it was harukawa’s inspiration for this official art 🥹

white lilies represent purity, & since they were off by the side of the road, they might have represented the character’s fleeting purity. white lilies are also used at funerals to represent a soul’s return to purity & its journey to the afterlife… which circles back to the reincarnation theme 👀

OHHH MY GOD OHHHHHH MY GOD THIS IS BEAUTIFUL THIS FUCKASS SCEENE WITH ABSTRAGEDY YOU CANT BE FOR REALLLL AWWWWWWW AAAAHHHHH THEY ARE SO CUTE I THANK YOU

spudsy's episode but different ending hehehe

This was gonna be my day 4 then changed to day 6 for abstragedy week. Actually the idea came up before the week had started and when it was announced it was the perfect time for me to start. While I ended up running out of time I did not want to give up on this, I COULDN'T

Nevermore fandom: Oh yeah divorce arc let’s go!

The divorce arc: [is still going on since it hasn’t even been 24 hours since Lenore found out about what happened to Duke and White Raven can’t manage to effectively communicate to save their lives]

Nevermore fandom: Wait no- <(44/??)>

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LMFAOOO I LOVE THIS waiting for the toxic straights episodes ong🤑🤑🤑💯💯

Are the bunnydoll shippers going to be disappointed by the next two episodes?

Maybe? But they also didn't mind when Jax threw Ragatha in the deep fryer, so I don't really know how they think.

Maybe the next one, darling

Small and probably meaningless theory that somebody has probably already thought of!!

I'm gonna get straight to the point since I don't really need a big post since the theory is self-explanatory

Hanako of the opera AU ends with Kou and Mitsuba basically running away from the opera (or to be fair, Kou kidnapping Mitsuba💀)

Then we get this in chapter 118, which is basically Mitsuba saying, "Hey my platonic friend, let's run away together in a platonic way so that we can forget that we're doomed asf(platonically)".

The panel shows a train. They could've drawn snacks or silly stuff, but they chose a train?? What's the only other time a train has shown up in tbhk?

To finish off, Kou has been hinted at becoming a supernatural multiple times. One of my favorite examples is the Ghost Hotel AU..

...it's canon that in this AU exorcists are still a thing, because Teru is one...but Kou isn't one? And what does Teru say he's doing in this AU? Searching for his little brother.

Honestly, seems like foreshadowing lol

(And btw, as a fandom, we ignore HOTO way too much)

Sunday

maybe this is just me idk