#wbk218

Sakura isn't overreacting at all imo.

Nirei got to see Suo one final time. It was devastating and left Nirei with both emotional and physical pain, but he got to at least see Suo. Most importantly, he caught a glimpse of Suo's pain behind the mask. That's why he's able to cry it out and come back the next day to defend Suo and ask the class to help find him.

And then there's Sakura.

Sakura didn't get to see Suo a final time. He was straight up ghosted. He had no opportunity to question his friend or confirm the pain Suo tried to keep hidden. Sakura got nothing at all. Not even a text back or a voicemail. All he knows is what Nirei told him.

Nirei got a fight he never could've won and Sakura got silence. Suo's methods of leaving the two of them hit both their weak spots. He beat up the insecure fighter and ghosted the boy who literally just learned how to open up. (Low-key sinister if you ask me, but Ik Suo didn't mean for it to go this horribly...)

Alsoooo, like imagine you're in a three person friend group and someone leaves but only says goodbye to your other friend and not you???? Yo I'd be on the news because whaaaaaat??

Sakura is probably thinking:

"Why didn't he answer my calls, but he answered Nirei's? Did he not like me as much as Nirei?"

"Did he think I wouldn't be understanding of his reason for leaving?"

"Did I do something to piss him off and make him not want to say goodbye to me?"

"Does he not trust me?"

"Was Suo faking it with me the whole time and I was too stupid to notice?"

I bring up this comparison not to debate "who has it worse" but to theorize why Sakura seems like he's taking Suo's absence "harder" than Nirei. I believe they're both hurting the same amount, but Nirei can put on a brave face because he has a reason to (he saw Suo's pain up close) whereas Sakura is only going off secondhand information.

I think sensei writes sakura beautifully and I like the depth he gives him and it makes him relatable in ways but also. Sometimes it ends up with him getting too focused on while the others who should ALSO get focused on, don't get the proper amount of attention and relevance needed which. HUGELY tips the ratio off balance and that if it was even slightly more balanced, wbk would be even better. If we're taking this arc, for instance, nirei got kind of brushed aside after his face off with suo which I think, if had been explored further would've made future chapters even better. He's the type who always puts his feelings and suffering aside to steel himself to help his friends all the time. He tends to bottle things up to appear strong to help his friends and even after that, still has very low self esteem and self worth+ very concerning insecurities and I wish that issue was addressed and developed so that he could heal cuz it's getting worse in this arc. Let's be real, he's hurting just as much and their pain isn't a competition of who's hurting more. I feel like sakunirei need to get through this together. So the "worried about just that one person" or "that person has it worse" isn't.. needed. Or at least I feel so. I understand why it's focusing on sakura and why he's very hurt, he's literally my son. But. I think nirei and sakura's pain are of different forms but not any lesser than the other.

Like nirei and sakura's pain is different. Theyre both pained but. This must've not been nirei's first time feeling "loss". Because anyone with a family and friends and social interactions in their life experiences it at some point in their life, in one way or the other. It isn't furin 5's first time experiencing it. But for SAKURA. IT IS. I specifically say not nirei's first time feeling loss cuz he must've suffered loss of friendships and a loss of a lot of things in the past when he was bullied. I cry. Thank you. As much as the manga focuses on sakura's pain and I understand that *crying* I believe both of them are suffering. In very bad ways. (Suo is too. The trio is literally hurting. When I read the chapter title "hole in the heart", I personally interpreted it as a "hole" in the FURIN TRIO because the three of them are each hurting in different, concerning ways while trying to live through it. They're each other's heart. The heart of 1-1. And they're falling apart atm hence the hole in the HEART *BAWLING my eyes out*)

The forms of pain nirei and sakura are dealing with respectively:

📝Nirei: suo forcefully pushing him away, lying, not opening up, laughing in his face but later showing he's suffering. watching both of his most important people suffering and in pain, unable to help, feeling their trio fall apart. already low self esteem crumbling even further because he thinks it's his fault he couldn't do anything. Couldn't stop suo. Couldn't help suo when he was suffering. Couldn't offer sakura the words he needed. Thinks he couldn't save the trio. Keeps apologising throughout all recent chapters "I'm sorry I couldn't stop suo san" "I'm sorry sakura san" "I'm sorry I couldn't do anything". IM SORRY.

🌸Sakura: Experiencing a loss and betrayal (of sorts) for the first time. Suo being his second friend in life, a part of their trio. Opening up to everyone and feeling needed but only for one of his closest friends to disappear. Doesn't know how to deal with loss unlike other people who know and then the feeling of having never noticed everything past suo's smiles and closed off self. Opening up but realising he actually knew nothing about one of the friends he cared sm about. The guilt of not having noticed too...

I've got a lot more to say cuz I feel like this chapter and 217 were honestly pretty lacking. but I'll leave it at this. Just in case, this is my feeling about the chapter and it's okay if you don't agree. Everything is /gen not neg/ and is up for healthy discussion. After all, you only criticise a story to see it become better because you like it! /Spelling it all out cuz some people on here dont like to take different opinions😭 and I dont want to get misunderstood😭/ anw if anyone reads this and agrees then thank you! And if you don't, it's totally okay! Everyone has the right to their feelings! Obviously the mc will get focus, but I just think sensei needs to try focusing on other charas more, genuinely. Also just in case, I'm not mad over anything! Im waiting to see how everything turns out later, it is a normal discussion post^^' Im just feeling a bit worried atm and thought talking about it is okay, that's all! I hope for healthy non toxic discussions!