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puckisha said: You need to be honest and show yourself completely to the person you like so that they can love you completely too But his entire personality is built around the fact that he doesn't show himself. It's tough to override your core personality. Actually I think his biggest problem isn't that he can't show his "true self," it's that he believes his own personality isn't "true." Like it or not, his kind and considerate attitude already is a part of who he is. Ironically, he thinks that how he treats Mitsumi comes from feelings "much deeper than that," which makes his "fake" way of acting a genuine one. He's so close to the mark, yet so far. Another irony is Mitsumi already understands who Shima "really" is pretty well, even if she doesn't articulate it here. That's literally what was going through her mind leading up to her confession way back ("I like this weird, detached, melancholy side of him, too," to paraphrase). She already accepts (or is willing to try to accept) both the positive and negative sides to his personality. I'm glad that he decided and confessed that he still needs a lot of work, but I'm sad that he thinks he's so behind than he actually is. I'm sure that as he takes steps to "become a better person," he will realize where he's at and what he actually needs work on. Another amazing and frustratingly relatable chapter. |
| I find myself crying in this particular chapter!!! i honestly do not need an explanation what shima and mitsumi's label, this genuine care and love they share between each other with shima's desire to grow to feel like he is enough while in mitsumi-chan's side, she has always thought of shima because of his kindness, and though, it did start with insincerity in shima's part, (which i believe are not entirely true! do not push down yourself too much shima ๐ฅน) what matters is that shima love mitsumi as a person enough to desire being better. i just cried at the part when mitsumi immediately wanted to make shima better when she realized that her answer to his question about what mitsumi liked about shima, she told him that come to her to praise him so that he would not be insecure. i am so glad for shima, even though people have been very, very glad of this possible ace spectrum visibility (everyone were suscpecting he might be an aro/ace, that might change things a little now) - those labels just reveal a part of himself. it is also a part of reclaiming of himself because there were times he acted just to survive and loved but now, this is his own desire - not influenced by what people see of him but because mitsumi will love and like him regardless of he is, gives him strength to better himself. to see his own authentic self ๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน |
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puckisha said:
You need to be honest and show yourself completely to the person you like so that they can love you completely too
You need to be honest and show yourself completely to the person you like so that they can love you completely too
But his entire personality is built around the fact that he doesn't show himself. It's tough to override your core personality.
Actually I think his biggest problem isn't that he can't show his "true self," it's that he believes his own personality isn't "true." Like it or not, his kind and considerate attitude already is a part of who he is. Ironically, he thinks that how he treats Mitsumi comes from feelings "much deeper than that," which makes his "fake" way of acting a genuine one. He's so close to the mark, yet so far.
Another irony is Mitsumi already understands who Shima "really" is pretty well, even if she doesn't articulate it here. That's literally what was going through her mind leading up to her confession way back ("I like this weird, detached, melancholy side of him, too," to paraphrase). She already accepts (or is willing to try to accept) both the positive and negative sides to his personality.
I'm glad that he decided and confessed that he still needs a lot of work, but I'm sad that he thinks he's so behind than he actually is. I'm sure that as he takes steps to "become a better person," he will realize where he's at and what he actually needs work on.
Another amazing and frustratingly relatable chapter.
| @perseii Hey I didn't know you were reading this too! Spot-on breakdown; Shima's rigid thinking just reads so obviously wrong from the outside, but I've literally been there, walking in those shoes myself. It almost hurts. |
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@perseii Hey I didn't know you were reading this too!
Spot-on breakdown; Shima's rigid thinking just reads so obviously wrong from the outside, but I've literally been there, walking in those shoes myself. It almost hurts.
Spot-on breakdown; Shima's rigid thinking just reads so obviously wrong from the outside, but I've literally been there, walking in those shoes myself. It almost hurts.
| @eksratu Also glad to see a fellow reader. It really is a gem. This chapter in particular resonated with me so much that I had to say something. I also relate to Shima a lot, as someone who used to have anxieties about "not having a personality" and "having to get good enough for this person." But honestly, I can see a bit of myself so clearly in so many of these characters that it's actually shocking. |
| Mitsumi is hilarious xD..... That scene where she was talking about Ujie had me cackling. Man I wish I could go to T-uni with her. At least Shima has identified his issues. Most teenagers never even get to this point.  |
  ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐น ๐๐๐. - ๐
๐๐พ ๐ฆ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ   |
| awww you can tell that Shima is genuinely in love with Mitsumi because he wants to become a better person for her, even though he's already a good person |
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