Hello!
Despite the preposterous profile nickname, people call me "kitkät" when they can't pronounce the long full version of "kitkättäktik"
And now, for the longest "bit" about me you've ever seen, as to how OnK basically changed my view on some stuff in some very odd ways (Nobody is gonna read this, I probably just need it for myself lmao):
So for the anime, I heard about it from my (at the time) girlfriend who shilled the hell out of it to me and told me to watch it, I got hooked on it, finished S1 of the anime and then never returned to it in terms of like continuing to read the manga cuz at the time I just didn't read mangas at all. S2 comes around and I almost wouldn't have watched it just because of the small association of the first season being recommended to me by my gf, since at the time of S2 I was no longer her partner, relationship was very toxic with her etc, doesn't really matter, but anyway I started S2 and as I got further in to more episodes, past like the 3rd or 4th one I started getting impatient and ended up reading the manga to find out what happens, I found the connection between Aqua and Akane very captivating and truly emotional considering how they both had very deep mental struggles which I can even halfway relate to (depression, anxiety, not the murdering stuff, I am NOT a psychopath lmao).
The way they spoke to each other felt so real to the point I felt like I want an Akane in my life too, as insane as it sounds. For once I felt like I could resonate and relate to characters with this piece of media, even though some specific things they do is definitely for the "Show" aspect of it, regardless this is definitely one of the few animes, or maybe even THE anime that made me feel something more than others.
As for what "Changed" I think I started to see things as they are now, the ending in the manga wasn't "lackluster" as many say. It was simply not what people wanted to see combined with the aspect of people feeling like it was cut short when in reality it kind of wasn't. The author meant for it to end this way and I respect it, Aqua got desperate and acted too rashly, he was impatient. If anything it just tells you an ending of "Look what happens when you don't talk to people, look how quickly something beautiful can end if you ignore help and go into a hellhole alone." and that is what I personally think the author wanted to convey. It's abrupt because it's meant to be "real" in a way. Real life IS abrupt and unpredictable. You shouldn't be rash with life and you need to value what little time you do have. I'm not saying you should be afraid all your life, but definitely am saying you should do what makes you happier, even if in the beginning it brings you down in some way, like financially for example. Personally started to see more to my dream than just having it be a dream and started bit by bit. I'm still not even close to it, but I've done so many steps ever since and I'm truly happy that I'm giving my own dream a fair shot.
Don't take your own happiness away from yourself. Give yourself a chance.
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