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"Why do you ship Hanakou??? They barely interact"

"Wtf do you ship Hanakou for??? They both got canon love interests already"

"Why do you like Hanakou??? Neither like each other Like That"

SPOILERS TBHK CHAPTER 125

I really like the random set ups in the manga for Mirai and what she is inspired from.

The clock keepers reminded us of Pinocchio before and now Cinderella, AidaIro took random vibes from European tales and I am all for it.

And Kako, being born from the grief and guilt of the clock maker, creating little things for the replacement of the niece is so cool too.

She had three mices as pets and Kako created three automatons for Mirai. Which ended up being one of the things he retrieves from Nene right away to give them back to Mirai. He is so gentle with her everytime he holds her too. She also gains a little crown showing how much this clock maker ended up loving her as his own daughter. And of course Akane who compared her before to a mouse because he has no respect.

I believe Kako's backstory is either not completed or a twisted version of the truth and should not be taken at face value.

Aidairo loves to make a mystery tell us "their story" the second Nene get familiar with their boundary:

And later reveal that either the story was a lie that's is convinient for the mystery to achieve their goals:

Or a lie that haunt them to their core, until it twist the meaning of their existence:

Considering how Kako's whole story is basically a "don't mess with time. It will ruin you. Human weren't built for it, only I can't handle it." leaving a lot of things vague or quick to be dismissed. I think that while he is revealing many true things about his existence, he is still hiding the full story or twisting the details so that it makes his message to nene "give up, only the guardians should control time," more clear and heavy for her.

I would genuinely be surprised if aidairo doesn't re tell this story later under a new lense, because it feels imcomplete.

We don't actually know what this special thing is after all:

The story want us to believe this special thing is either Mirai, or the hourglass, but I don't quite buy it...

A yorishiro is always central to a mystery story (Tsuchi with the moon rock. Yako with Misaki's scissors. Mei with the sketchbook she was drawn on... so on) and Kako never once mentioned this key or the clock that the key unlock.

For as solid as Kako's story is, something about it feels very odd.

To give up the Present

Amane's Mindset & Love

Amane's Mindset

Amane lived his life being fully human. So he stuck with human moral convictions and emotions. I think that Akane, Teru and Kou (to some extent), which are all humans, represent what deep down Amane thinks about himself. Amane doesn't justify his wrong actions morally. He does them for the sake of his loved ones, but he never has thought that it's morally right to do them. He acknowledges it when he's doing something wrong.

Akane and Teru always remind him of what he did, that the murder was something that marked his existence forever, that he's evil because of it and even if he's fulfilling his duty, there's no way he could ever atone for his sins. Also, from Teru's perspective, the fact that he's a supernatural proves he's evil. "There's no such thing as a good supernatural because they could attack anyone at any moment".

That's why despite what he did, he never justified his wrong actions and actually likes it when people reminds him of them. He likes people who have a strong sense of morality because deep down, he sees himself as evil, as a muderer. That's part of the reason why he decided to give up on his future and killed himself after he killed Tsukasa.

In contrast, there’s Nene and Kou. At first, when Kou fought with Hanako, his perspective was like Teru's. He believed that Hanako must be exorcised because "he's the evil spirit of a murderer".

During this fight, Hanako told Kou that god would erase his guilt if he fulfilled his duty so he couldn't let Kou exorcise him. However, at the end of their fight, Hanako agreed with what Kou thought of him and he told Kou that he was looking forward to the day he was going to be exorcised by him.

After this fight, Kou started to see other side of Hanako. His gentler side. Kou decided he wasn't going to exorcise Hanako and he tried to justify the murder committed by Hanako. But Hanako reminded him that there's no justifiable reason to ever kill someone.

Even though Hanako reacted violently at that moment, entering a state in which he reenacted his past actions and poured out all the guilt he couldn't longer contain, Kou still doesn't deep down believe that Hanako is "just some evil spirit".

Now, in Nene's case, she became attached to him and saw him as a friend, despite Kou revealing his secret—that he was a murderer. But again, Amane reminded her "I'm a murderer. How can you see me as a friend?" Amane didn't feel that he was worthy or deserving of forgiveness, bonds, love or anything good after what he did.

After Tsukasa appeared, the guilt he feels for what he did, was very evident. He can't forgive himself for what he did in the past.

Hanako has a white and black view of morals, even thought he's a morally gray character. To him, his thoughts, his actions are "black", bad. He feels bad because of the way he is because he's capable of the worst in his own POV.

Now, his black-and-white mindset is more evident when he talks about supernaturals and humans. Amane thinks that there should be limits between humans and supernaturals because supernaturals are very different from humans.

Humans are different from supernaturals, but Amane takes it to the point of him believing that when a human becomes a supernatural, they stop being themselves, completely. To him when someone is born as a human, it's the only real part of themselves.

He thinks that once humans dies, it's over. There's no continuation of life and dead have no future. Not even if they wander the near shore. In his perspective, there's no hope once a human is dead no matter what they do.

So, Amane views humans and supernaturals in a very black-and-white spectrum. For example, one of the reasons he may want Nene to keep on living is that he thinks that after dying, she must go to the far shore to still be herself, because if she wants to stay in the near shore she must become a supernatural and if she does so, she'll "get all jumbled up" to the point that her identity will change completely because she would become an entirely different being, that "she wouldn't be Yashiro Nene anymore".

Amane's Love

Amane always keeps his feelings locked up in his heart and he has always had a hard time expressing himself since he was a little kid. For example, when Tsukasa asked Amane if he loved him, Amane didn't straight up said that he loved him too, but rather "Of course I do!" more in the sense of "isn't that obvious?" He never expressed his love in a straightforward way, unlike Tsukasa.

However, I think he was more open to expressing himself when he was a little kid, because when Nene traveled to the past and she met 8 year old Amane, he straight up expressed his attraction towards her. He wasn't as shy as when he was in middle school and he was kinda cheerful.

But when he started middle school, he began to repress what he liked and how he was feeling. I think he started to be like this because of the bullying he was suffering by his classmates (Probably), or maybe because of his parents. I don't think Tsukasa was the one hurting him because when they were younger, Tsukasa didn't show any sign of violence towards Amane and these signs of violence began to appear in the first year of middle school. Also, they were close to each other.

Amane doesn't show his love through words, but through actions. Even though he has a hard time expressing himself and seems like he doesn't care, he really does. Most of the evidence of his love shown in the story so far is with Nene. He wants the wellbeing of his loved ones and to do what's best for them from his perspective, but here's the issue: he doesn't take their feelings into account. For example, Nene wanted to escape the Picture Perfect world, but Amane didn't let her at first because he wanted her to keep on living.

Also, he was going to sacrifice Aoi in order to keep Nene alive even thought she didn't want any of it. Nene even told him that he "always decides things by himself without telling anyone".

So, he never takes into account what his loved ones are feeling or what they want. He just does what he thinks it's best for them. He wants to take control over their fates, over their choices and that crosses into "possessiveness" territory. For example, when Nene and Hanako reunited after the severance, he said to her that he "needed to breathe life into her by his own hands". So he needed to have control over the way her lifespan would be extended. He didn't want Kou or others interfering in it. He felt the need to show Nene his love in some way or other. He couldn't bear the thought of others taking his place, so he needed to do something by his own hands. Even Nene interpreted this as he wanting "to have her to himself".

However, there's also other aspect of his love, and it's that, he doesn't care if he has to sacrifice his life, existence or his future. He's willing to throw it away for the sake of his loved ones. He even gave up on going to the moon because of his brother and also after the severance, he didn't care if he was going to be exorcised by Teru. He just wanted Nene to keep on living and he got angry at her because she didn't stay in the human world.

After Amane killed his brother and himself, it's later revealed that Amane loved his brother so much, that Tsukasa became his yorishiro. Perhaps the murder and suicide were acts of Amane's love for his brother because he wanted to protect him, but in a selfish way. Even when Sakura was talking about the yorishiros, it implies that Tsukasa was "The most important thing he wanted to protect".

Conclusion

Amane's set of morals and his point of view on supernaturals and humans are black-and-white, because he adhered to human's morals and emotions as he was fully human when he was alive. Despite this, he's a morally gray character. He also thinks that once a human becomes a supernatural, they cease to be themselves and become something entirely different. Due to his perspective of morals and supernaturals, he views himself as evil and irredeemable. Teru, Akane and Kou (in the beginning) remind him of this.

Regarding the nature of his love, the way he loves is selfish in the sense that it's possessive and he does what he thinks it's best for his loved ones without regarding what they actually want, yet it's selfless at the same time because he's willing to sacrifice his future or existence to protect them. His morally gray actions stem from his deep, possessive, overprotective love.

Akane's too shippable

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I was too lazy to draw his shoes soooooo ye

I loove how teru's practically elbowing kako here sdjskslsl that's what you get

and akane's wearing glasses so it makes even more sense

Amane's/Hanako's memory loss

We know that Amane/Hanako doesn't remember some parts of his past, the most notable being the reason he was fixing the clock.

However, there are some other things that he doesn't remember. And those things are... his encounters with Nene when she traveled to the past.

Yet, at the same time, he subconsciously recalls them.

1. "Body remembers but mind doesn't" instance #1: The Tanabata Star Festival 

I don't think that Nene changed the timeline when she traveled to the past, but rather it was destined to happen in the previous timeline, because note that before she traveled to the past to meet little Amane, Hanako was already confused as his heart started to beat faster after Nene whacked his forehead.

Like, the whack triggered the sensations he had when Nene kissed his forehead in the past. That's why the "?" like, "Why am I feeling so nervous out of nothing because she whacked my forehead?" It's like, his body remembers what happened even if his mind doesn't.

Something interesting is that Amane doesn't remember Nene 4 years later.

Many people think that it's because he met her when he was little and then he forgot about her because he grew up, but I don't think that's the case. For example, even though Tsukasa was 4 when he first met Nene, he still remembered her when he was 12.

I think Nene had such a strong impact on Amane when he was 8.

He liked her because of her fat ankles, then blushed because she cleaned his mouth with a handkerchief, had a crush on her after this and was willing to give her his one wishing slip. Then, he told her she was his type and he even changed his wish of becoming an astronaut, to meeting her once again, writing her name in the process. Finally, he hung the wishing slips she gave him from the big wish tree and smiled as he looked at them. She was his first love!

That's why it doesn't make sense that he doesn't remember her.

It’s as if his memories were altered while he was still alive. But by whom? Could it be The Clock Keepers? Did Amane became a Clock Keeper in the ages of 8-12? Could an accident that happened during that time, make him lose his memories? (Before the one that happened at the school festival).

Or could it be Tsukasa who manipulated their "accidental encounters" through time so that they would develop their bond, but it was very important that Amane wouldn't remember Nene at the same time, hence, he altered Amane's memories so that his big plan to grant Amane's wish could work?

2. "Body remembers but mind doesn't" instance #2: Picture Perfect

At first, we weren’t sure whether what Hanako did to Nene when he locked her up was a kiss on the forehead or showing him getting closer to hug her. However, with the recent official art and the anime, it’s clear that it was a kiss on the forehead.

It doesn't seem that Hanako remembers something about her from when he was alive, though. He just subconsciously remembers the kiss she gave him on the forehead. I think it became something really special to him, a sweet gesture of affection.

3."Body remembers but mind doesn't" instance #3: The magic spell

So, this is another example of how Hanako subconsciously recalls the kiss Nene gave him when he was 8, but as I previously said, it's very clear that he doesn't remember meeting her when he was still alive.

Still, his emotions and actions scream and show how much that interaction meant to him when he could remember. It's as if those memories are trying to emerge from the depths of his mind.

It's also an example that shows that what happened in the past with Nene, is already part of the previous timeline.

I know that it started with Hanako giving a kiss to Nene as a magic spell, so she replicated it with Amane, but also Hanako seemed confused when his body reacted to Nene's whack on his forehead at the festival.

I think he replicated the kiss Nene gave him on the forehead when he kissed her cheek, but if he hadn't done it, Nene wouldn't have replicated it with Amane.

It's like a causal circle of kisses interactions. Like there's no beginning or ending. It was everything at the same time, in some way and no kiss interaction could have existed without the other (When I started to write this theory I didn't know I could be analysing these kisses interactions this deeply lol but it's very interesting).

4. "Body remembers but mind doesn't" instance #4: Love at first sight

Another example of he has memory loss but his body remembers is the day Hanako met Nene for the first time because she wanted him to grant her wish.

What if Tsukasa planned everything from the beginning? How did he know that Nene would have such a strong impact on Hanako? Hanako liked Nene at first sight!

It's as if Tsukasa knew he could take advantage of the feelings Hanako had for Nene and he made them a crucial part of his plans. It's also strange the way Hanako got attached to Nene so quickly and it's like Tsukasa was expecting Hanako to get attached to her that quickly.

I think that aside from the time travel events that are shown in the story so far, something really important happened between Nene and the Yugi twins when they were alive.

Those interactions made Tsukasa realize that Amane/Hanako's and Nene's feelings were mutual, or maybe he manipulated everything so that they could fall in love with each other (That would make him HanaNene biggest shipper lol).

(This is a "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" kind of situation. My head is gonna explode hahaha)

Either way, Hanako doesn't seem to remember Nene because his memories related to her are altered along with his reason for fixing the clock. Could his memories about Nene and the clock be related?

Tsukasa knows the full story.

i just reposted all of my akane pairings doodles…. that took 5 years off my life…

reposting my hananene week 25 art here ><

Day 1: Confessions / Jealousy

Day 2: Sleepover / Festival

Day 3: 10 years later / 10 years before

Day 4: Yuri / Snow

Day 5: Study / Stargazing

Day 6: Bakeneko au / Werewolf au

Day 7: Fav art / Fav au

im just gonna copy ppl...

lowkey how does tumblr work bc it seems cool and i’d like to use jt but idk how… 😭😔☹️

if i had a nickel every time during pride month we got a kou chapter art and the fandom thought the chapter would center around him (+ other character) but it ended up revolving around an entirely different set of characters, i’d have two nickels. which is weird but still funny it happened twice.

is this too specific or do ygs get it

I love the AUs where Kou acidentally eat the mermaids scales and becomes Hanako assistant. Is fun to imagine how different the arcs would play out

The confession tree mini arc? The conflict would remain internal since both boys got internalized homophobia, and Kou wouldn't assume Hanako actually like him, just that he is being his mischievious playful and annoying self. Even if he did get a suspicious Hanako may actually like him he would be more awkward and uneased than anything, calling him out instead of being quiet: there will be no misunderstanding the arc would be way less dramatic and important to their character.

But the festival arc would be heartbreaking, and weight on Kou more. Cause Nene was going to wish for slender legs, and between something she wanted and saving Amane, she prioritized Amane's happiness.

But Kou wish is to give Nene more time to live. He would has to choose between saving Hanako or Nene.

So regardless of what he does he would come out believing he let one of his friends down, that it is his fault bad things happened to Nene or Hanako.

Rating Aidairo AUs based ONLY on how much I like the terukaneaoi potential in them.

High School of Magic.

rating: 7.5/10

Aoi secret identity as a witch give this au a lot of potential! We know witches can make love spells, and that doing a potion wrong messes with what the spell should do, so the vibe can change drastically everyday depending on what spell Aoi is learning, be it a truth potions or dangerous sleep enchantments.

Aoi and Akane are childhood friends and Aoi have a crush on Akane, something Nene is aware of. The Aois seem very close to each other but Akane is unaware of Aoi's witch identity, so there can be a lot of mental comflict for Aoi. Maybe a part of her want to open up about her big secret, maybe she want Akane to be far away from magic and goes the extra mile to hide (does she needs glasses? Or is it a disguise?). Regardless I eat up 'secret identity' plots.

I am not sure if they are neighbors but i'll assume they are since they are childhood friends. It gotta be hard to hide magic from your neighbor/friend.

Teru works on a fast food joint and seem to enjoy making the costumers happy, sticking by their side when they eat. The burgers he serves are high calory so I can't imagine Aoi or Akane going there too much, but I can imagine something going wrong with a spell and making Teru get closer to them.

Maybe Teru learn about Aoi's secret identity on accident, forcing Aoi to be stuck with Teru and go "please don't tell anyone Minamoto" while Nene brews a potion that will erase his memories. They can bond while the potion is brewing.

Teru is so carefree here I feel like he would follow Aoi once or twice, and since he isn't a fighter, he would cause more trouble than solve it. Maybe another love spell goes wrong and Akane falls in love with Teru, or Teru falls for Aoi, and it's all a mess.

Whenever Akane and Aoi go to Teru's burger place, Teru will just sit down with them. Uninvited. They get used to him over time.

Very fun and solid au! Magic can make every scenario possible, but the au still loses points for Teru's life being so removed from the Aois + there isn't that much info on Akane.

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Hanako Of The Opera.

rating 5/10

The trio work in the same place, so there is a lot of interaction potential! There is also a power dynamic with Teru being the boss who directly order Akane and decides how many shows Aoi will do.

Akane never refers to Aoi as a friend and the ballerina make no comments on her relationship with Akane, so I don't think he is Aoi's childhood friend here. He likely use his power as the assistent manager to give her more 'time to shine' when she would much prefer to stay out of the spotlight and hear the singers: He must be the person Aoi hate the most in the opera house.

Despite arriving together, we do not know what Akane and Teru's relationship are. We don't even know if Teru sought Akane or if Akane begged him to work so he could be close to Aoi, all we know is that Aoi is why he accepted the job and that he doesn't dissobey Teru. Which gives a lot of space for Teru to tease him and make up tasks for Akane.

Teru is well liked by the people and seem to like being part of the preparations, so he must be able to use his power to have alone time with Aoi, but he hasn't shown any interest in Aoi, and neither have Aoi on him, they would speak strictly of work.

The aesthetic of the opera is nice, and there is a lot of potential for drama and character growth, which I always appreciate, but they are also very limited: they need to be in the opera house to interact and unless I start adding headcanons with no basis on the stablished au (like Aoi searching for the phantom of the opera, Teru not being fully human, Akane being poisoned, and so on), they don't have a very interesting dynamic.

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Phantom Thieves.

Rating: 6.5/10

I adore the idea of Teru as the chief of the police, with a ton of power (and weapons) on his hands, and Akane being a prideful thief that feels like the entire town is his territory (hence his dislike for hanako). Both being on oposite sides instead of coworkers is amazing! We don't get any art of the two interacting but their roles and designs are more than enough to make the brain itch.

Does Akane have a civilian identity too? Does he survives purely on theft? His clothes look fancy is he rich or just that good at stealing? Does Teru have a whip to avoid killing his targets or is he purely sadistic?

There is a lot to think about, lots of fun ideas in the air! And I like that their outfits all match, trio in white let's gooo!! Unfortunetely this AU loses a million points for giving me basically nothing on Aoi: She is a waitress that Akane finds really cute and is trying to 'buy', that's all we know, I can't even tell if her workplace is a popular spot or a fancy place.

Maybe Akane steal something from her after another unsucessful attempt to buy her, considering anything that belongs to Aoi valuable enough to take, so Aoi would seek Teru and ask him over a nice cup of coffee if he can get her stolen goods back. Teru may find her and her workplace pleasant, visiting more on the few time he has a break to chat with her, or Teru would notice the phantom thief is interested in her so he'll convince Aoi to come with him and be a bait to catch Akane and lock him in prison.

I can see them interacting, and I find this au one of the most fun (They are all so different, working on completely diferent areas, making them interact and grow close would be a blast!) but it sucks that the boys have so much going on while Aoi have nothing. She would be more of a tool than a proper part of this relationship.

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Bakeneko Hot Springs

Rating: 8.5/10

Akane works with Teru in a detective agency, he is just part of the staff, not a direct subordinate, he also doesn't seem super dedicated to his job, leaving Teru to wrap everything up alone during their day off. Look at the books scattered everywhere! He'll deal with it alone!

Teru does not seem to have the power to force Akane do to what he wants despite Akane calling him 'chief', so I'm sure Teru solves most cases alone.

Aoi used to have a mysterious job where she was not treated well and her diary was vandalized in it, so she did as they wanted and went away, hunting for a new job. (unrelated but her reading glasses is cute)

Considering Akane never mentions that, she hid that she was bullied from her childhood friend. She doesn't seem to have any friend besides Akane since her interests/personality seems very similar to canon (she like cats and plants/hid her struggles from her friend) and Nene is a cat in this au.

Her diary is in Teru's office, and he reffers to it as 'a case', which further makes me belive Akane is not his partner at work (he would have recognized her handwriting right away) so Teru will eventually be lead to her. Either he'll go alone through the intire case and bond with Aoi or Akane will realize it involves Aoi and they'll go to their first case as a propper team. Teru may even promote him to a permanent possition after a good report.

Now back to the hotsprings!

Teru tags along with Kou to the hot spring but seems to dislike the place, tempted to leave a one star review. So his vacation day is not going well.

Akane brought a wedding ring that he spent a year worth of salary on it and lost it. Teru found this ring and gave it to a stranger. So his dream trip is not going well.

Unfortunetely Aoi doesn't know the hot springs she is interested in working for is cursed. She won't find anything. Her job hunt won't go well.

Everyone is in a bad place, and there is a big chance of it getting worse: Anyone in the trio have a chance of turning into a cat.

There is also the potential of Akane, or Aoi, or Teru, turning into a cat and needing to ask for help. So I can see Teru talking about the wedding ring he gave to someone and making akane flip out, or making aoi go 'oh, that's why akane was so stressed and nervous' and I can also see Teru having a bad time at this in but reluntantly liking to be spoiled as a cat, or going 'hum' about watching Akane flip out about a ring... Akane being very happy yet comflicted when Aoi is super sweet with his cat form, and so on... there are so many posibilities...

In short! This one have a lot of potential, I love how intertwined they are, and the bonus of either of the three becoming a cat is SO GOOD.

Kou staring at Mitsuba compilation

lowkey how does tumblr work bc it seems cool and i’d like to use jt but idk how… 😭😔☹️

compilation of distressed kou pics that match my feelings of doing homework……

Rips off my Hanakou shirt to reveal a I ❤️ YASHIRO NENE shirt underneath 🙏

first time writing fanfiction of a character : uughh i hope this is all canon accurate... it cant be canon innacurate at all or the enitire fandom will throw rocks at me...

10057th time writing the character: heres them working at a mcdonalds

One of my biggest personal hc is Aoi and Kou are both bi with a ratio of like 1-2 HUGE opposite gender crush with the rest being same gender

Also both are most likely raised with heteronormative beliefs and are low-key annoyed they're not the kind of bi that can easily pass as straight for their families due to their heavy preference for the same gender

They're besties, Aoi gets a male friend who's never had feelings for her (and more emotionally available than Teru (sorry Teru)) and Kou gets a female friend he's never had feelings for and whenever Aoi visits the Minamoto house and Teru and Akane are off somewhere else talking they bond and talk about their crushes like the bi disasters they are DO YOU SEE MY VISION

a while back I had a dream that people would put their otp (gay) underwater, like on a jpeg, and put text on it saying "the writers might have made you straight but the fish know" and it was so vivid I made my own, it was this one specifically in my dream:

confession i still am a young exorcist truther and guys yk if we get this arc animated next season, the show would actually fix up hanakou’s relationship compared to the manga. because genuinely after their talk in tbhk58 they’ve never been as close as they were prior to picture perfect. and they never rlly talked out that scene, even though there’s been 50+ chapters since, there was js never time.

but guys the show could actually heal hanakou’s relationship i’m crashing out.

Picking Apart Kou’s Character (Analysis)

Through Nene’s pov he’s introduced as a very sweet guy and stuff but the problem here is that Nene’s is an unreliable narrator since she romantices life + Kou speficially treats her a lot nicer.

He is also heavily morally righteous and tries to hear Hanako out even after knowing he murdered someone, saving him from Teru.

Kou also ends up trying to shoulder other people’s problems, and many of his actions are seen as “heroic” or “selfless” BUT sometimes this due to a more ugly part of his character the fandom seems to discard often.

^ To elaborate, I want to bring up this scene since it’s iconic asf

On the surface it’s like: omg wow so brave of him to kill himself for his bf !! However, in the red house arc (which for context shows him his biggest desires) we can see that he just wants mitsuba to rely on him to the point of extreme measures.

This is rooted from his inferiority complex due to being outshined by his older + younger siblings; AND to add on, Hanako straight up tells Kou twice hes unable to do anything. Then to push it further, Teru’s like ur weak lil bro go back to the kitchen during the no.6 fight. Mitsuba dying infront of him 6 times doesn’t help either..

When Mitsuba asks if Kou is okay and needs to talk about his problems, (I forgot which specific chapter..), Kou automatically assumes that Mitsubas just worried about Kou’s reliability because he has such a low self esteem and is used to given up on.

His inability to actually make stuff happen and ppl telling him he can’t do shit make him very eager to try and shoulder other ppls problem in an attempt to have someone depend on him.

So when Mitsuba comes in with nobody (besides tsukasa but he does more harm than help so wtv) who can help him, Kou.. heh.. ig u could say.. JUMPS at this opportunity.

Anyway, in the Nightlife arc Mitsuba is like “hey can u kill me I’ve given up on being human”, and Kou finally lashes out. Mitsuba is indirectly telling Kou that he gave up on him trying to make his wish come true; AND THEN to make it worse, Mitsuba brings Tsukasa right after up..

Kou gets desperate and forces Mitsuba to stay alive even if he doesn’t want to because both

1) if mitsuba leaves nobody will depend on him and

2) he’s gay for him + misses him after watching him die + can’t bring himself to kill Mitsuba

Yes, he cares a lot for Mitsuba as a person and making his wish come true, but he also just wants to be depended on after being told he’s a let down over and over again.

As I mentioned before, Kou has a trend with diverting his problems from other people and keeping his real feelings in. Nobody expect for nene knows about Mitsubas and Kous relationship, and it literally took Kou like 70 chapters or smthn to give her the basics.

He’s speechless when Akane asks if Mitsuba and him are close because Kou never mentions Mitsuba at all. Teru doesn’t know what’s up with him, and just assumes he “has a goal in mind”. Even when having his big speech defeating Habuko Kou just refers to Mitsuba as “him”.

Okay anyways the point Im trying to get is Kous character is a lot more complex than the fandom passes off !! Yes he can be very sweet and all but there’s other parts to his personality that aren’t so black and white.

Bonus:

The Spain Chronicles~

rhat one oomf that is actively praying on your downfall

Guys they r getting married

(I’ve been meaning to make this edit for ages, ignore how shitty it is)

About Aoi in the Sacrifice of the Grim Reaper arc

I see a lot of people saying that Aoi was drugged and that is why she stabbed Akane. Which I agree...

... and I don't.

Hakubo's reaction to her compliance is interesting. He doesn't seem very keen to trust her (maybe because Aoi is very similar to Sumire and he knows what a handful Sumire is lol) but in the end he does.

(Look at Aoi's eyes and how devoid of light they are compared to Nene's)

At the same time, I do think she was drugged but I don't think it had the same effect it had on Nene.

(if anything I do think Sumire wasn't drugged when she was sacrificed, or as Aoi, it didn't have the full effect on her)

On the other hand, it seemed to have some effect on Aoi, which I think only fed on her insecurities.

Her self-loathing and subsequently, on her hatred for Akane.

It fed into her frustrations, her helplessness when it came to her inability to express herself, while also giving her power she never had in her life.

(Look at her, she's so powerdrunk i love her )

And drugged or not, she had made up her mind. Came to peace about her fate as an offering. And here is Akane– it front of her, a supernatural – something he had been hiding from her since gods know when, as had Nene. He had abandoned her in exchange for power over time and had let their relationship grow cold (sure, he confesses to her but she doesn't trust those words as much as she did when they were kids)

And now? Now when she's part of the action and finally in the known– one of them? Now he refuses to accept her decision.

He's fighting her. Fighting to take her back when she doesn't want to go back–

So she stabs him.

She's not drugged anymore here, yet she doesn't hesitate to hit him where it hurts the most (after she herself patched up his wound).

The stabbing was Aoi. Drugged as she was, it was her intention to hurt him the way he had hurt her by keeping things from her.

Maybe not to kill him and maybe she didn't realise he could die from it, because of the drug or because of the heat of the moment. Or maybe she wanted him dead. Because she wanted herself dead.

And Aoi is selfish– if he's so adamant to take her back, she will not hesitate to give him a piece of her mind first (now that he had seen the worst of her)

It honestly shocks me how virtually no one in the TBHK fandom is talking about how physically strong Yashiro is. She is a lot stronger than we give her credit for.

Haters will call it glaze, but I call it appreciation.

Now, let me make this clear for anyone who wants to be like, "well, ackshually--" yes, I know that Yashiro doesn't have the same amount of physical strength as Hanako---of course she doesn't. Hanako, despite having the build of a stick, is capable of taking down entities twice his size with just his willpower and a knife.

Hanako has obviously had more than enough time to adapt to the world around him and thus got adequate fighting skills as a result of that. No question that Yashiro obviously is not on the same physical wavelength. But y'all aren't going to gaslight me into saying that Yashiro can't throw hands.

Sure, we can argue that some of these moments were for comedic effect, but I don't think it downplays her feats here. She might not have Isekai level fighting skills, but she knows how to get rrready to rrrumble.

Heck, from the very start when her and Hanako's bond was first officialized by the mermaid scale, Hanako teases her (like the jackoff he is) and Yashiro responds by elbowing this nickel clean in the NECK. In fact, she elbows him so hard, it KNOCKS him over into the DESKS.

Yes, we could also argue in this moment that Yashiro didn't mean to actually hurt him since she didn't know she could touch him. But the fact she even still threw hands at him says quite a bit to me.

In fact, the added notion that she thought she COULDN'T harm him makes it more effective in displaying her strength in being able to fully topple this boy over. Because if that's what she was gonna do ironically, how strong would she be if she were to seriously throw hands? (Don't worry, that question is answered later in this post)

Yashiro since then continues to throw hands with Hanako whenever he gets on her nerves. She beats on Hanako nearly every other crescent moon, but Hanako deals with it because he's a masochist. There's no other explanation I can provide for why he lets her do this stuf to him.

There's no way he's NOT actively letting her hurt him with the amount of physical strength Hanako clearly has and has been shown to have (this dude won a fight against floating scissors in the Misaki Stairs, for crying out loud---)

Did we forget that time in the spinoff manga where she managed to pin him down to the floor with a MOP?

Or what about that time Yashiro heard him talk about her and so she defied physics and attacked from the side HEAD FREAKING FIRST?

"Oh but that's just her and Hanako's dynamic--"

Fear not, dear reader, because there's many more instances of Yashiro casually flexing her strength and agility.

There was a time within the Misaki Stairs arc where Yashiro literally runs and glides across a DOLL to jump up, then lands perfectly, and reaches Yako's yorishiro. Even Hanako was shocked.

Oh, that's not enough?

Well, let me introduce you to a (not-so) wonderful being known as Nakahara from Chapter 115, who pinned Yashiro to a wall and she (rightfully) responded by UPPERCUTTING HIM from the JAW, doing a FRONT FLIP across the guy's CHEST, landing on the floor perfectly, and speeding off away from him.

Comedic, exaggerated, or not, you can't deny that's some pretty impressive stuff.

I don't care what no one says, Yashiro can throw hands when it counts.