Heart of Glass

people who are straight: yeah i’m straight

So, when I first encountered the game (which was around when I was 14-15) I believe the confession in the FTE was the one to impact (?) me, or at least surprise me the most as I was not expecting something so direct. However the current men's opinion has changed as I went back to the series and analyze it further.

I say the most impactful KomaHina scene to me is this part (but also the whole conversation) in chapter 4. I believe with context this moments get heavier. By this point Komaeda knows what's Hinata's deal is and that he is basically anything he is against of. He as a person contrasts Komaeda's belief of how ordinary people can't simply gain talent later in life, he's the Ultimate Despair and is the (second) reason why the world is doomed.

Yet Komaeda can't help but care for him regardless of all this knowledge he now has. And he's being vulnerable with Hinata, admitting that with everything added, from his religious like beliefs to Hinata's status to what he had done as Ultimate Despair he can't help but feel these feeling of care towards Hinata. I feel like this is the true love confession and it always makes me feel very fuzzy whenever I think about it.

This is also the biggest proof against the argument that Komaeda only liked Hinata because he thought he possessed a great talent or he began to hate Hinata after finding out he's a Reserve Course student. Because why would he even say that when he now hates him?

For Hinata I feel like chapter 5 is where his feelings shine. I believe Komaeda's death is what unironicaly humanized him in Hinata's eyes. Because after the betrayal we see Hinata trying so hard to put Komaeda into a box of one dimensional antagonist stereotype yet after his death he can't help but see him as more than someone that got joy of tricking them.

He feels devastated by how their relationship ends by not truly understanding Komaeda, but also unironicaly shows how he's the only one who came to understand the bastard.

I also can't help but adore this moment because Komaeda is specifically apologizing to Hinata, in such direct and vulnerable way too, and almost as if he guessed he would actually understand him enough to solve his case.

I had to draw something w these two for pride month lol-

happy pride month yalll 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🩷