#I see Mizuki internally as fragile as she is incredibly brave and strong.

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triggers: implied abuse, implied neglect.

PERSONALS DNI.

Mizuki route we’re in it now it gives so much subtext / context to Mizuki’s feelings you only truly get here, all of it. Mizuki fully knowing what a family can be, Mizuki grappling with loyalty to her abusive/ toxic family while realizing her family in Date, her truest sense is him, and finally breaking down? Not shying from how much pain no person should bear but she has? And she’s 12 but not diminishing her for it. All of it is laid on the table. It doesn’t shirk away. Personally, it shouldn’t. Mizuki is a fighter and capable of such vulnerability and so, so human.

How she doesn’t stop loving her biological family but recognizes they couldn’t be a healthy family when so much of her route she was in denial and a mixture of acceptance. And then finally that little step in Date’s Somnium Mizuki takes, not him, for herself, to choose him and run towards that ridiculous detective and not him convince her to grasp a healthier environment.. but Mizuki came to the conclusion of her own choice.

And she’ll never forget being an Okiura. A part of her always will be! It’s part of her, erasing that would be wrong. Good and bad things happen, even unspeakable things. It’s still possible in someone’s life. And in the beginning there are implications that things didn’t get to that horrifying point! Still not ideal, but a few precious memories .

Good, bad, traumatic feelings and indescribable feelings… she won’t stop loving them. But she is going to continue her life. She chose to, and that little step changed her life for the better by her own volition. She needs for her sake, to learn herself.

Just one little step but it created the Date family: “ It has to be you.” And Mizuki Date is born, without letting go of Mizuki Okiura. BOTH exist. One is her past to carry, the other her future to grow.

Mizuki chose how she wanted her family to be like, an ordinary family, and how to be treated, not Date, even if his love for her did so much, and I feel I’m going to be writing so many essay like analysis on them and their relationship because it's so crucial to both of them. So much I want to delve into beforehand also and handle it with care, as the topics deserve.

Just.. Mizuki .

#and it wouldn’t have such a beautiful conclusion / hopeful ending if Date had to tell her. #Mizuki did it herself and it’s just handled so beautifully and painfully she is my forever girl favorite #𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐒 *ೃ༄ seasons change but your heart never fails. #𝐎𝐎𝐂 *ೃ༄ what looks gone but comes back even stronger. #I just feel these insanely heavy topics were handled with such care. Mizuki wasn’t seen as anything but herself #the only healthy way would have been sadly for Mizuki to see how toxic it had all been by herself and still love her parents and still #not forget them still be unsure of her many many feelings #she can’t grow if SHE doesn’t choose much less remotely heal I hope I worded this right #I see Mizuki internally as fragile as she is incredibly brave and strong. #Ugh favorite female character hours every day and I’m not even finished #I don’t want to be finished with her route. #I could play it fifty times and still not fully grasp it or find something new #she’ll always grapple with her feelings that are equally negative and positive about renju and shoko #the topic of abuse is so heavy and I hope I worded Mizuki’s experiences and trauma respectfully #everyone’s is different #abuse tw #this doesn’t mean it’s erased. It doesn’t mean she won’t have habits. but she took a step towards something #and it’s so important that she chose to but it doesn’t /erase the abuse or neglect/ either. #honestly I get a bit worried because this is a big part of her storyline/ life and I want to do it Justice #Not just oh poor Mizuki I don’t want to.. cheapen it? #And I trust my mutuals if I’m not giving my 100 on these topics because ignoring them just.. no. #I want to write the good bad ugly all of it for Mizuki !!! #So please tell me if I leave anything out. Seriously if it’s done kindly I appreciate it! I don’t feel corrected etc