Diphylleia Grayi

y'know I'm starting to think the reason agott looks so soft and dreamy in coco vision is well. the baby yuri of it all of course but also the fact that that IS actually and no exaggeration how agott looks at coco specifically haha. the first representation of agott in coco's internal image of 'the people I love and who love me' (left) is pretty much agott as she looked in chapter 62 when coming to help her (right). I didn't realize how directly the pose corresponds before, but it does seem deliberate when you see them side by side like this. damn it shirahama you can't keep getting away with this

this moment just crushes me every time... like what is literally happening on this page is that the platforms wobble and fall because the leech has decided to turn up to get this arc kicked off for real. what is symbolically happening here is that after dancing through a night with coco feeling like this (chapter 62 still one of the most romantic things that have ever happened not just in this manga but like in history probably btw)

agott sees her mother and her whole world falls down around her, every solid and beautiful thing in it disappearing and collapsing. one glance from adina, and agott -- who has flown and danced and soared until now -- is small, seen from above, pushed to the edge and losing her footing, and everything comes down around her catastrophically. coco is looking another way and doesn't see it, can't help her. all the magic and wonder is stripped away, she's just falling. again it's such a good way to capture the way a moment like that feels, the deep emotional storytelling going on even as the plot is doing its thing.

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