Uwabami

Thoughts on episode 48? I didn't realize it was filler the first time I watched it and I'm still very attached to it ngl. I think that might be because 'struggle as much as you need to' is on my mind as a phrase at all times. I will miss it dearly if the reboot doesn't carry it over although I probably can't be too upset if it means the overall pacing is cleaner.

talk world trigger to me

LMAO that means a lot to me actually. osamu is my boy of all time,,,

one of the reasons why this took so long to answer is that i had to go and watch the episode. i was vaguely aware of it before, as i had watched through the filler with a friend many moons ago, but i did end up,,,doing sudoku instead of watching lmao.

anyway. now that i have for realsies—there's a lot that i do like about this episode. i think it's very sweet just how much people came together just to help osamu even if it was in the most cringey, second-embarrassment hell kinda way. i do understand why the mikumo down parade had to happen this way because osamu really did have to struggle through it on his own. and even if i, the viewer, was embarrassed on osamu's behalf, no one else was (even kitora was more worried about contributing to osamu's self...harm, i guess? it's not not incorrect). everyone, even miwa, let it happen because they wanted to help, even if it was to help osamu take two steps back.

that osamu was able to bring so many people along to help him really speaks to why he is the protagonist. i'm a core 4 protag truther, but i also recognise that osamu's the POV character for a reason and he might not have the usual shounen protag powers, but being able to draw people in from all corners of the world,,,that's him, baby. the little asides were so cute. kazama pointing out it's not like kikuchihara to be concerned about someone else (hi, i'm a osakiku fan,,,) and jin directly calling out the savior-savee dynamic between miwa which has me gnawing on on their dynamic like raw hide. god, there's so much i want to dig into there but maybe not here, maybe in a fic.

also chika and yuma themselves musing on osamu's influence, what they owe to osamu, and how osamu is so integral in their lives. they wouldn't do this for just anyone. and even if they would, that doesn't invalidate the care that they show for osamu. because every relationship is going to be distinct even if it functionally, aesthetically and emotionally feels the same, it isn't.

because i think that's really the core of the episode. i think struggle as much as you need to is a really good message, but i also think that's just half of it. i think the full takeaway really goes something like this: struggle as much as you need to, i'm here for you. like you specifically. 'you are you', after all. that's what makes world trigger so special to me and what makes osamu so special to me.

no matter what, you cannot run from yourself. your limitations, you advantages, your many virtues and faults. so what are you going to do about it? what are you going to do about you? and you would think this would be very isolating, but world trigger also goes out of its way to say that—it's okay. yeah, struggle. you have friends, you have not friends—you have people willing to help you, you just have to be comfortable with asking for it. with being vulnerale about it. yes, even with being embarrassing and cringey about it.

and they will. they will. because you are you.

i feel like i had set this up as if it was going to tear into the episode ("there are things i do like, but....") but really, my complaints about this episode is just that...every part of it is just done better in the story itself? osamu struggling, people coming to help osamu, yuma and chika musing to each other about osamu, yuma being there for osamu at the end to break through the noise and give him one clear answer to help unleash his burdens and let him feel and grieve and accept those feelings and grief. it's nice to see it all done in one episode, but, yeah, it's just done better in the actual story ashdasd

trapper first bcs its the one position i would love to be the most. in all honesty, my trigger set looked exactly like mai and fuyushima's. but then i decided to add glasshopper bcs my athletic suck and having it would enormously help me with running away fast in case i got discovered yet cannot use chameleon.

it took me ages to realize that bagworm and bagworm tag is 2 different trigger btw, bagworm tag is definitely expensive yet worth it.

also in my previous post, i said that, skill wise, i would be a gunner/sniper cus my weird ass accurate aim, so here are what i would use if i am one.

after giving more thoughts, i think i would be a gunner who used to be sniper. i probably become a gunner after being a sniper a while and then realizing gunner is something better for me.

here is what i would use as a sniper.

no lightning bcs i genuinely do not like it. i love my shots to be have more impact like ibis or egret. probably use egret more than ibis. and glasshopper for moving around and throw off people like what yuma did with the brick when i tried to run away.

and here is my gunner trigger set.

i think i would prefer handgun despite the fact that i have more experience with assault rifle since its not as heavy to carry around as other types of gun. (do not ask how tf i have this type of experience at 17, my extracurricular is weird ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌)

equipping grenade gun meteor bcs zoe's bombardment is fun as hell to do and i love to cause chaos in rank wars. and custom lead bullet trigger like miwa's!! i love to have one hand is asteroid and the other hand is lead bullet. would be fun!!! and grasshopper again 🙂‍↕️

talk world trigger to me

honestly, the real answer would be somewhere doing office grunt work. which, mind, is something i would unironically love. yes, let me do those recurring, tedious admin tasks. let me process and sort untold amounts of data for R&D or keep the agent, applicant, and staff logs in order. i will send the emails and peddle my fellows for reports. i don't know which department i would prefer, but i'd be down for anything.

but in terms of the combat roles: probably shooter?

i don't have the stamina for a sniper or the flexibility and agility and strength for an attacker, but i can make shooter work. i do love to be coordinating people and keeping people at a distance.

in terms of trigger sets:

definitely a hound main (i just like the tracking ok. i'm not smart enough for vectors and i may not be able to move very well, but hound could)

a combination of hound + starmaker for marking pesky agents that like to bagworm or are just plain difficult to keep track of. it's listed for gunners and all known users are gunners, but i think it'd still be neat to see if it can apply with shooter cubes, too

dummy beacon to saturate the opponent's data with data while keeping ours relatively clean and precise

so a very stealth-oriented fighter whose focus is information gathering, bamboozling, and hunting. kind of like a weird mash of a spotter + trapper.

a decent amount of trion to my name with not very impressive athletic ability, but a dedication to careful and precise work who is very good at getting by unnoticed (the amount of people i've jump scared at work...i just don't have very much presence lmao)—yeah, probably a keystone in a very trap/trick oriented team with a lot of ambush tactics. i wouldn't be surprised if my hypothetical team did actually have a trapper.

I’ll be looking into ocd, moral ocd specifically, soon because this is a peak hc but i know next to nothing about it, which must be corrected