#it's why rika's friends act like satoko did something appalling when she so much as hugs rika

[onewholivesinloops]

it's called gousotsu because it's the reverse of sotsugyo - 'graduating' into adulthood - and the entire show is about satoko's attempt to escape this graduation by retreating back to the safety of childhood and how she's regressed in her attempt to heal from trauma.

#it's such an important framework for engaging with satoko's relationship with rika and her motives as a culprit #her special relationship with rika that didn't need to be defined when they were children #is no longer considered okay by st. lucia and society at large because they're no longer innocent children #st. lucia is where they’re expected to care about societal norms and standards #such as prioritizing their studies and upholding the image of 'proper young woman' that the school promotes #as well as the approval of their peers and satoko is someone incapable of conforming #their relationship would be thought of as weird at best and wildly inappropriate at worst if they continued it as they've been doing #it's why rika's friends act like satoko did something appalling when she so much as hugs rika #this is why st. lucia also has huge class s vibes #gamo.txt