I’m so freaking mad right now, just saw someone comment about yutaxmaki saying it’s garbage and their moment in that classroom isn’t anything like ??? Did we read the same chap of jjk 0?? What do you mean that meaningful moment isn’t anything?? Their whole interaction and arc was one of the best foundation to ship them!!
I don’t usually do this, but I’m so frustrated that I’m going to explain why I love Yuta x Maki ship.
We saw yuta being this insecure and mess of a person because of rikas curse, in everything he did he felt helpless, scared, and didn’t know how he’d live his life. Then here comes maki, the person who made him face his insecurities and showed him a way, a guide, somewhere he can start in order for him to live his life and in a way that gave yuta the push and resolve to change, resulting in his major development, tell me thats not nothing.
Both showed their vulnerabilities to each other and both acknowledged and accepted that. Maki in her own way, made him take a step to change and helped him get better, to fight and be confident in his skills and this things creating an impact within yuta. he literally looks up to her, admires her even, and that admiration, that respect of her strength and resilience, causes Maki to feel confident and accepted, almost as if saying her existence wasn’t a failure like her family claims. Even with the short interaction we saw, those developments was something that, for the both of them was impactful and meaningful that caused them to develop in a good way. With Yuta finding the resolve to change, being more confident than before and Maki being able to acknowledge her own existence. They bring out the best of each other and thats one of the reason I ship the two.
It’s funny really, rereading the first chapter of jjk 0, esp their first interaction, you can see how Maki saw a bit of herself in Yuuta. Maki, from the zenin clan who have felt helpless due to feeling of inadequacy, who was always told over and over that she was weak, a failure, a disgrace from her family; and Yuuta, despite having the protection of the curse felt helpless because of that curse. who convinced himself that he deserved punishment, who, with his tremendous power is considered special (i want to list more ‘cause they parallel each other so much, like don’t get me started on that yuuta-gojo and maki-toji parallel) and yet despite all of that, both of them want to prove and be confident that its okay for them to live.
Anyway, that’s my rant. Feels like I just rambled and said nothing at the same time, but oh well.
Also, just ‘cause you have a diff ship doesn’t mean you have to disregard one of the crucial developments that shaped the two of them and call it nothing, you don’t have to belittle another ship just to praise yours.
