Sofi B.

bro was just mixing up his drink, having fun with the soda dispenser

and he created an abomination.

that's another one to the pile.

bonus of him switching his drink with Akane's.

I think so, but at the right time. He has already given signs that it will happen.

then here he is actually trying it. regretting it bc it probably didn’t taste too good so he’s swapping his drink w akane’s. i’m. lmfao.

C:

this was totally what happened during that scene

dazai felt sm things hes never felt before at once

love that we all agree that it's smthing that continues to haunt dazai (it would haunt metoo if i confessed to someone just half a day i met them)

smh dazai's such loserboy behavior

papa rimbaud does not approve

a bit of spoilers!

so when mitsuba was alive, he was kinda friends with kou, right?

and then mitsuba died in a road accident

what does kou's earring thing say?

traffic safety

what is traffic safety related to?

road safety

when i checked that one page with 1st year mitsuba and kou, kou didn't have the earring

did he get it cuz mitsuba died?

Thinking about the seemingly inconsequential parallels between Dazai and Chuuya from when they were younger to now. Chuuya always used to fight with his hands in his pockets while Dazai had a coat over his shoulders. And now Dazai fights with his hands in his pockets while Chuuya has a coat over his shoulders.

Chuuya fought with his hands in his pockets so he wouldn't lose control of his ability and humanity by proxy, and I wonder if Dazai does the same now as a symbol because he doesn't want to lose control of what he's worked toward. How Chuuya used to revile his hands, now Dazai reviles his own because of the reminder of blood spilled and people killed and to not take two steps back to that dark place.

I think Kou is going to have his "villain arc" in this new timeline!

My evidence is what Kou said during the PP arc: "If Mitsuba were alive in this world, then it wouldn’t be so bad... I would have been so happy..."

He is willing to sacrifice his current life for Mitsuba's happiness.

He only gave up on this idea because it was just a "fake", not Sousuke who came back to life. However, in this new timeline... Sousuke never died. He is happy and well, and moreover, he is a great friend of Kou.

If Kou gets his memories back, he might not be willing to leave this world, especially considering Mitsuba's current situation in the old timeline.

I do believe that Kou could become a "villain" in this new arc, quite similar to Hanako's situation during the PP.

But how could we blame him? His mother is alive, his father is present, and his dear friend is happy. He has everything he ever wanted! Why would he give it all up?

I’m a certified Mitsukouer. So let me know if I mischaracterized it at any point."

Ahh, how sad that people didn't pay attention to you there :( but don't worry, we'll have fun here! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me! 🧡

So, your line of reasoning is perfect. JSHK has a defined and recurring theme, "sacrifice for someone you love".

Something so ingrained here that a good part of the characters have already thought about doing this at some point.

Although they are similar, each case involves some different reasons and situations, which result in the same thing "sacrifice or not".

Kou is confused, at one point he was the exorcist who should hate all supernaturals, like his older brother. And he had this thought that was weakened after he met Hanako, because he realized that spirits can be people who were "good" in the past.

This intensified when he met Mitsuba, when he realized that a classmate of his died, without anyone caring about him. Without having friends, without anyone remembering him.

The story of Mitsuba's loneliness is sad, it's touching, and Kou feels guilty at one point for having neglected it, even though he wasn't.

Kou realizes that Mitsuba was just an ordinary boy, like him, and he has a stronger connection than he does with Hanako, because Hanako has a more mysterious past, because he's still suspicious to him, but Mitsuba doesn't, Mitsuba has always been there,

But Kou hasn't seen him.

So, the predefined ideas, the things his brother said about supernaturals are confusing him.

He doesn't see Mitsuba as a supernatural, he sees him as a friend, at least initially, we know that his feelings are stronger than that, but let's take it one step at a time.

Mitsuba became someone important, to the point where Kou decided that he would give him happiness, including giving up many things for him.

And here we have the comparison with Hanako's behavior.

When Kou wants that new reality because everything he loves is there, when everything he wanted was within his reach. Would he fight for that reality for Mitsuba?

And does Mitsuba want that?

The difference between Kou and Hanako is that Hanako rarely gives up on the people he loves and acts wrongly to get what he wants.

Would Kou do the same?

He promises a lot, but does little.

Teru made that whole speech saying that he was weak because of that, not only him, but Hanako himself said that Kou said he would save Nene, but Hanako was the only one who looked for an alternative to save Nene.

Kou doesn't know what to do, so he usually chooses the easiest way.

Even if he wanted to stay in this reality, he could easily be influenced, as he was by Hanako and Natsuhiko many times.

For Kou to become a villain, he needs more development, he needs to show that he fulfills what he promises, regardless of how he will do it.

For now, Kou is just the confused and scared boy who doesn't know which path to follow, he is hard-working, but his effort is still not enough to save anyone, not even Mitsuba.

And he knows it.

Adding this to the fact that he has a kind heart, he needs something very serious or big to happen for him to develop. At some point he will say again that he accepted that his mother died, that Mitsuba from that reality could be saved in another way.

At least, if he cares about Hanako, maybe he will make that choice. And having Nene by his side to influence him, he will probably choose to go back to how he was before.

HOWEVER

It would be a good possibility to imagine that he will develop in this arc and will fight for this reality, he would fight against Nene (not literally) to keep the people he loves by his side.

It's something I want to see, Kou developing.

Come on kid, show me that you can fight for what you love!

It would be interesting.

Thank you ^^

If you want to know, what would make Tsukasa cry would probably be the moment he receives love.

When he hears Amane say for the first time that he loves him with every word, when he hears that he is important, when he hears that his sacrifices were things that Amane did not want because what he wanted was to be by Tsukasa's side because he loves him.

He will cry when Amane admits that he will protect him, when Amane hears his calls, when Amane is the one who will hug Tsukasa, and not the other way around.

All Tsukasa needs is love, affection, care. He did everything he could for his brother, even before he met the entity. He asked Amane if he loved him, he wanted to feel that love, but what he received was the opposite.

He is so used to no one liking him, to no one caring about him, that it doesn't hurt him anymore.

Tsukasa know this will happen, he himself said that "Amane won't come, even if I call him"

Why won't Amane come?

He also explains "he's never done it before"

Tsukasa is the boy who was abandoned by everyone, including the person he loved the most. People don't usually like him, he always hears and sees looks of fear and contempt from other people. No one has ever asked him how he was, if he needed anything, no one cares about him.

And he knows this, he's sure of it.

One of the reasons he looks for a reason to "stay".

At the moment he was most vulnerable, he talked a little about what happened to him and Amane, that sad and empty look.

And you see that look shine when Hanako finally shows up to save him.

Then, the shine disappears again when Amane says he saved him "because he was there".

Tsukasa had a little hope here, but Hanako killed it again.

You see some of that hurt reflected when Tsukasa calls Amane selfish, when Nene says she loves Hanako and Tsukasa is handcuffed behind him saying "good for you" in the official translation.

When shortly after that Nene says she hates Tsukasa.

Can you see it?

Nothing negative will make Tsukasa cry because he expects it, because he is used to receiving contempt and indifference.

When you expect hate and not love, the tears dry up.

But when love finally comes to him, Tsukasa will overflow, because he has never dealt with it, he would not know how to react.

I can even see him shocked, in disbelief at first.

Like when Nene JUST hugged him.

He reacted that way with just one hug, so imagine how he will react when the person he loves the most finally admits that he loves him deeply?

He sings in search of a place where he can be happy

Tsukasa is neglected even by the fandom.

I understand that he did a lot of wrong things along the way, but let's remember that Tsukasa is that little baby who spent his days fulfilling Amane's wishes to see him happy.

Little Tsukasa became Yorishiro with this troubled personality because of his union with the entity.

The entity greatly influences his behavior, but he chose to stay by her side because the entity was the only one who could fulfill his wish to save his older brother.

The entity was the only one who stood by him when everyone else turned their backs (even though we know that the entity is also just using him).

All Tsukasa needs is love, affection, kindness, and that will be enough to make him cry.

He is a good boy who suffers unfairly for having chosen to save the life of the person he loves the most.

He didn't do it for himself, he never made wishes for himself, he wasn't looking for any ambition, he just wanted to see his brother happy, even if he didn't feel that he was loved by Amane, he didn't care about that, he just wanted Amane's happiness.

The cost of Amane's happiness is Tsukasa's pain.

If you want to see him cry, truly love him.

I don't think he saw it, the illustration seems to have been done that way so that the reader would notice that the entity was inside Tsukasa.

You notice that Amane doesn't look at the hole in Tsukasa's chest, but he feels that something is wrong. This feeling comes from his behavior and probably something around Tsukasa can give this feeling, provoked by the entity.

If Amane had seen the hole, he would have looked at Tsukasa's chest, which he didn't do.

Amane knows that something is wrong (just like his mother) but he doesn't know what it is.