Being the one note reblog on each others' post is really the closest you can get to slow dancing with someone on Tumblr. Anyways we are waltzing in the woods and maybe it's a lonely forest but by god do you get it!!!!
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?!?!
i really dont have much to add on to it rn since i haven't finished my reread T_T BUT NO U EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY I GET IT. THANK U FOR THIS HEARTWRENCHING EXPLANATION I WILL CHERISH IT UNTIL I DIE <3