Sorry suddenly thinking about the ramifications of aroace-spec tashiro… classic example of someone who always wanted to fall in love and thought they would some day but realizing they can’t. At least not in the same way they thought they would. Versus potentially hanzawa masato who had resigned himself to never feeling love (not like he necessarily wanted to) and suddenly being struck by lightning. Or a meteor. Or god. And they both end up in this weird gray zone between romance and friendship. There’s something here.
relevant to recent vague aro tashiro allegations ☝️ i have always operated under this btw
adding a link for some extra context: here’s the lightning meteor god post. you may also know this as what started @dirtbra1n’s acclaimed (by me) river series
