#side note but I love!! How the Tsukasa that was killed wasn't a fake!! That honestly would have taken away from the moral dilemma of it all

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I just. Love TBHK’s way of writing a self-fulfilling prophecy when it comes to Nene (and now Kou) trying to change Amane’s past by saving him and/or Tsukasa while still never letting the readers feel completely hopeless.

Like,,,, Nene giving up her wishing tag so that Amane can become an astronaut ultimately just ensures that he never becomes one and that he dies because that's the only way his wish of seeing her again will come true. Nene trying to comfort Amane in middle school makes him drop his key, no doubt changing the past. And now in chapter 82 with them trying to tell Tsukasa the truth in an effort to change the past, only sends him back to where Amane kills him, when otherwise he probably would've just stayed away.

No matter how hopeful things may seem for a second the story never lets you, the reader, forget that no, this won't change the fact that Amane will murder Tsukasa and then die an early death.

But even though the concept is so bleak and tragic the protagonists themselves, Nene and Kou and even Hanako to some extent are still such hopeful characters that the story remains-- well, not completely happy, but certainly not completely depressing. The characters constantly make efforts to change the past, the future and the present no matter what! Despite repeated failed attempts and numerous losses they still keep trying! For their loved ones! It’s such a sweet sentiment! And it’s because of these hopeful actions that they just keep spiraling with said loved ones towards a doomed ending! It’s so tragic!

And it makes the reader question what is to happen when it comes to Nene’s fate-- is saving her even possible anymore, when Amane’s fate seems clearly sealed? The reader and the characters want to believe it, but not only have their past attempts at undoing destiny resulted in abysmal failure, but Nene is more and more constantly putting herself in harm’s way and losing out on the little life she has left. But because unlike the prophecy with Amane we don’t know for certain that Nene will die, so we remain just as hopeful as the characters themselves in that regard, even if it’s useless, because honestly? Their optimism and drive is contagious.

#Idk just!!! The juxtaposition of two prophecies both propelling towards certain doom but written in such different tones..... <333 #toilet bound hanako kun #side note but I love!! How the Tsukasa that was killed wasn't a fake!! That honestly would have taken away from the moral dilemma of it all #It felt like a cop out and I'm glad it didn't happen #jibaku shounen hanako kun #tbhk #jshk #blue's notebook #meta #my meta #tbhk spoilers #tbhk 82 spoilers #tbhk 82