#goodbye everyone note has died from overthinking about a stupid side character

[always-a-joyful-note]

Okay. I'm trying not to overly spam the tag with my ORV reading but I HAVE to say this.

Asuka Ren? She's such a BRILLIANT character and I just need to talk a bit about her. I'm not sure if she appears after the small people arc (which is where I'm at), but she's just brilliant.

She's like a love letter to the small creators whose works never get noticed or get noticed only by a few people. She's like a representation of people who make weird worlds or create things that are perhaps not good (in the broadest sense of the term). Her character tells those creators - small, talented, not talented, all unnoticed by the mainstream public - that their work still matters.

I mean, Ways of Survival itself does that, but Asuka Ren is the first time we see how the simple act of creating - whether for yourself or even just one person - is SUCH a beautiful, meaningful act in of itself. Creation is valuable because it was created, and I LOVE that so much.

#before i start yelling spoiler warning.... #anyway WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASUKA REN AND HER WORLD BECAME INDEOENDENT FROM EACH OTHER #this novel IS HURTING MY BRAIN #WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE AUTHOR DESCENDED FROM THE POSITION OF CREATOR #what does that MEAN FOR WAYS OF SURVIVAL AND ORV??????? #BUT ASUKA ENJOYED READING IT SHE THINKS EVEN IF SHE D9DNT REMEMBER #stop that makes me CRY #even for ONE person...and that person who would have loved the manga was HER #she was an author character AND reader of Peace Land and its so bittersweet and AJDGEJDJFHDJ #goodbye everyone note has died from overthinking about a stupid side character #(i have a lot of brainrot for the mcs too but its easier to focus on sides when im just 23% in) #i am deceased #fandom spamdom #note's nonsense #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv spoilers