#I need them. I crave them. We get TOLD all the time how Yoshiki’s family argues all the time or that his mom is ‘scary’

[honorthysalad]

k some ch22p2 thoughts

Well I didn’t realize that katana was special. Or maybe it’s not and all ghosts can be defeated with normal stuff. Like Yoshiki stabbed ‘hikaru’ with a normal knife. His body clearly isn’t special in any way. Ig its possible that ‘Hikaru’s neck was reinforced with his insides in some way since it’s necessary for his control over the head. Probably not though because that makes no damn sense.

yayay Yoshiki’s mom moment. Hopefully in the next part we see more of her. She generally seems semi-caring but quick to yell and is very nice to ‘Hikaru’.

weird that Hikaru’s mom didn’t show up. Ig she could’ve visited offscreen. Does she have a job that would keep her away? Or actually even Hikaru’s grandma. What does she do all day? I think it’s kinda sad ‘hikaru’ didnt have anyone to sit with him. (And also how sad would it have been if Yoshiki woke up to none of his family there only to see Hikaru’s waiting patiently by his bedside? Hikaru’s family was always stated to be more loving or at least, preferable to Yoshiki’s. Their house is his relief from the village, his slice of the city. Whenever we flashback, we never see Yoshiki’s house [except for ch9…. Obviously]. Yoshiki is always at Hikaru's house. [but whatever maybe Yoshiki’s family being neglectful was just something I made up in my head. I thought that was the implication but maybe they’re all completely fine except for the dad and Yoshiki doesn’t like them for brooding teenage reasons] )

I ain’t gonna touch too much on Tanaka stuff. If I did, we’d be here all day. I don’t care for ghost stuff at all; it’s without fail my least favorite part of the series. I’m just gonna chalk up the blindness unless wearing prescription specter sunglasses to more ghost bullshit and move on.

#I will always advocate for more Hikaru’s family #I need them. I crave them. We get TOLD all the time how Yoshiki’s family argues all the time or that his mom is ‘scary’ #But we never see it and I feel it could inform a lot about him as a character and why he does what he does #I think Hikaru represents like an ideal member of society. A perfectly average boy who fulfills his familial duties #He was probably gonna take over the family business; marry a woman; have kids; pass his duty and business onto them #And ‘hikaru’ is the failure to do that. He’s asexual and has only shown an interest in being with Yoshiki #We haven’t seen his opinion on running the family business. #So letting go of hikaru would represent letting go of the need to conform. #But being with hikaru has always represented that to Yoshiki. When he’s with hikaru he doesn’t need to conform #So idfk what the like conclusion Yoshiki needs to reach for his character is going to be #Like I’m trying to figure out his fatal flaw. Why is he in this terrible situation to begin with? #What’s he actually holding onto? Conformity? The status quo? The past? #Real post in the tags ig. The tags are my thinking space #hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn #hgsn spoilers