let me use this monstrous power for your sakes

no way

Like I can't express how happy I am that the one person checking the kekkaishi tag has not only read all the way to the end but also reaaally vibes with sumiko. She lives in my mind rent free all the time and while I'm mildly into the shipping game, Yoshimori's relationship with his mom just eclipses everything else. Like how do you live with that. How do you live with that!!!!

It's explained at the beginning that while the casters of shikigami are aware to some extent of what their shikigamis are doing, they're mostly just there as tools to obey the caster's will. It means that even though Yoshimori felt like he was getting closer to his mother during that final stretch of training he was only getting closer to her shikigami who wouldn't necessarily be able to communicate to Sumiko about all the details of how their relationship is changing. All of Yoshimori's feelings towards Sumiko are lost as the shikigami is dispelled. And similarly even though Sumiko technically has an eternity to make reparations with Yoshimori, no matter what happens between them in the spirit world, those feelings will never be able to reach the Yoshimori on the outside.

I'm going bonkers. I don't think I explained it very well but like. How do you live with that??

NAJWKS IT REALLY IS. we may be dancing alone but at least we r together

kekkaishi is the Only manga ive reread a TON LMAO. but yeah im an absolute sucker for sumiko and her relationship with yoshimori UUUU ITS JUST SO!!!!! ITS SO!!!!

i haven't hit the part where he trains w his mom's shiki in my reread yet so that part is super fuzzy for me rn BUT. AUGH. GOD. YOURE RIGHT?!?!

SUMIKO SPECIFICALLU ASKINH FOR A COPY OF YOSHIMORI TO TRY AND RIGHT HER WRONGS AS SELFISH AS IT IS TO NOT DO SO WITH THE REAL ONE ............ MY GOD. AT LEAST SHES TRYING???????

AND SHE DOESN’T ASK FOR THE REST OF THE SUMIMURA FAMILY -- JUST YOSHIMORI. LIKE HELLO? IS IT AN HEIR THING? IS IT HER FEELING GUILTY ABOUT YOSHIMORI HAVING TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH ALONE FOR SO LONG?

SHE DOESNT WANT TO BE ALONE ANYMORE!!! SHE WANTS AT LEAST SOME SLICE OF HER FAMILY WITH HER!!!! she will live the rest of her life suspended in a shinkai that her own son made, that is arguably just a piece of him as it is, WITH a version of him. im INCONSOLABLE

the yoshimori that sees sumiko in tokimori and absolutely beating the shit out of and killing him hundreds of times over.. my God

the yoshimori that took out all of his frustrations on tokimori over sumiko never being there for him. like he’s so torn up over her DYING FOR HIM and she really just chose her responsibilities over her family “for their safety” until the very fuckign end LIKE.

gen & sumiko both thinking they’re monsters.