So I guess it’s time to talk about that staffside thread from yesterday about the survivors and all the major loredrops we got in it. Honestly I’m getting really worried about the survivors, but to actually get into it.
Well the first thing I want to talk about is Tamba blocking the rest of the survivors and completely shutting herself down from them, being the only one of the four to have not met up with each other. This really hurts as this means her only actual mouthpiece for talking about the trauma of the killing game she locked away from her, and has to keep that to herself for who knows how long. It’s really devastating for me considering her exit interview and her talking about how she hurt so many people to survive, so I can imagine she blocked them out of the extreme guilt she faced, possibly even worsened by Wada’s death. It’s also mentioned that Yanagi was constantly trying to contact her which makes me especially sad from that one episode where after learning about her family situation he gave her his phone number and said that it’s always ok to talk to him…
And with from what Tamba’s been doing by herself it’s been said that she’s essentially done with gymnastics from her injury. Which worries me as she’s back to her parents and from what we know how they’ve treated her in the past for not being too keen on gymnastics I’m worried that now they’d consider their medallion daughter a waste or a lost cause. As well as her injury has been said to be getting worse which is worrisome, especially considering that some people are speculating she’s been self harming and that’s what’s making it worse. But even with Tamba being back with her awful parents and blocking the only people in her life who she can talk to about the killing game, at least she’s got a girlfriend now who I can hope is a good support system for her if nothing else. It’s notable how her girlfriend is described to be muscular which is really making me think of how Tamba idolised Hayashi in the killing game, and how she could be projecting onto her which really isn’t healthy especially since she has no one to talk to about that.
And then there’s Hiroaki, who I’ve been constantly worrying about all the time after what we learned about him. He’s been really taking it horribly after the killing game and has doubled down on his narcotics addiction, as well as has taken up alcoholism, which really speaks to me that this is getting bad as he was only a social drinker before. This is really concerning for his health as combining drugs and alcohol at the same time is really dangerous, and that we know he’s been getting crossfaded around five times a week for MONTHS now. It’s making me think that Hiroaki could be spiralling back into his suicidal tendencies again, knowing that this is super dangerous and accepting that it could kill him as he’s basically lost everything at this point.
It seems like a lot of this drug an alcohol usage comes from partying a lot from what was said. Which I can imagine Hiroaki has been doing a lot of as of recently to distract himself from all the horrible things he’s gone through and all the conflicting thoughts in his mind and just go back to how life was before and get so high and drunk he couldn’t even think anymore. It’s really dangerous for him if he is just left out in the open like that completely intoxicated all alone, especially as a celebrity. We know that he’s been getting Yanagi to pick him up all the time when he’s blackout to drive him home, which I mind you is a three hour drive. And as well Hiroaki has been keeping all of this a secret from Seiko and Ojima, the two people he’s closest to in his life and could genuinely help him. It seems like he wants to keep it away from them as much as possible as he doesn’t want them to confront him and get in a big fight. As of now, Hiroaki wants to stay blissfully mindless about everything, seeping his sorrows deeper and deeper into drugs and alcohol and giving up on his life, falling into a blissful despair.
And to address something I’ve been deathly worried about, I’m genuinely scared he could die. From everything we’ve been seeing with him scarily parallels what happened to Wada. He’s drowning himself in his self destructive habits even more, and has been not allowing the people who could help him the truth, and is just rotting away. I feel like this could also apply to Tamba as well. She’s not in as immediate danger as Hiroaki is, but from her leg injury getting worse and who knows what she could be doing to herself, along with blocking out her support system, these two really spell death to me. But there is hope in my eyes. Hiroaki and Tamba still have people who can support them in their lives. Ojima and Seiko are super close to Hiroaki so I feel like with how he’s been describing to have been getting crossfaded 5 times a week, they ought to find out and confront him. And even if Tamba has distanced herself from the other survivors, I do genuinely hope her girlfriend is a nice person who can support her in all the ways she can. The fact that Tamba was even able to make a girlfriend just 5 months after the killing game really shows a lot to me and that there may be some hope there.
So for the other two students, even though they’re not directly in danger they still don’t seem to be getting any better which is worrying.
Yanagi has moved away from his family and likely to Azumino as it’s 3 hours from Tokyo. It just comes to me as especially depressing as this is where Hayashi lived and promised to take him to all the museums so I can’t imagine how much he’s been mourning to do that. Even to the point of moving away from his mother and sister is really disconcerting for me. One of the things I always felt the survivors should do first before they go find each other is reconnect with their families/the people who they were closest to beforehand. That Yanagi couldn’t even stay with his family from the pressure to help Hiroaki and prevent him from losing himself. From how much time he was away from his family, only for not long afterwards him moving out I could imagine to be very upsetting for them.
And about the thing with Hiroaki, like I said the fact that he had to move out of his family closer to Tokyo to be the person who has to constantly pick him up when he’s crossfaded is depressing. It’s not like Hiroaki has anyone else to do that for him, and he’s refusing to let Seiko or Ojima know so Yanagi is the only person who could do that. Pushing himself as far to drive 3 hours out every time to just drive him home. He’s really forced himself to be the caretaker for him when all is lost, sacrificing his own comfort and family just to help Hiroaki. And what is especially concerning for me is that Yanagi isn’t even addressing the root problem. It seems he knows that Yanagi just would keep grumbling to himself rather than contact proper people about it, which is why he’s so worried about not letting Seiko or Ojima find out. I genuinely, really hope Yanagi changes this attitude. If this keeps up Hiroaki’s life could be in dire danger and Yanagi would the the only person to save him. I can imagine he blames himself for Wada’s death so much, so I hope he takes the step forward to change things with Hiroaki.
Ojima has been doing absolutely nothing the whole time. Which is frankly expected as thats his whole coping mechanism. The only things mentioned that he actually did outside of dissociating is meeting up with Hiroaki and Yanagi, going to the store to buy glass cleaner and going to the store to buy smart lightbulbs. And if it’s at a point where going to the store for an errand is a notable thing that Ojima did, likelyhood is he’s dissociated 90% of the time after the trauma from the killing game. Especially since he was so hesitant to dissociate in the killing game as he was worried about putting himself in danger and leaving Hiroaki alone and all the stuff like that. Honestly I’m getting worried for his health here, not in a way it’s extremely dire like Hiroaki, but just that dissociating all the time can’t be good for him. Dissociating and running away from your problems without addressing it is not going to help anything in the long run. As well his physical health could be deteriorating as dissociating so much like that he’d probably not be taking care of his hygiene that well and just be spiralling. And I could also very much imagine him eating less for the same reason and perhaps losing weight quickly. This is all speculation to be fair, but dissociating so much like what he is doing must be very bad for his health if he’s barely conscious anymore.
Something as well I want to mention with Ojima which is very noteworthy is his relationship with Hiroaki as of now. Especially how it’s gotten to the point they’re getting intimate now. With how Kan didn’t even know their relationship or if they were lovers or not really makes me think they’ve got a situationship going on, where they’re technically together in a way but not offical. I do think this revelation is quite suprising to me of how quickly Hiroaki and Ojima have gotten intimate from just knowing each other for 5 months, especially with their trauma around stuff like that. I guess it shows how comfortable they are with each other. To be completely honest I think this is the only potentially healthy thing going on here as something like this is way better than their destructive coping mechanisms. And like even whenever they meet to feel each other up or whatever they’re doing it’s genuinely some progress being made. It’s just things might not go to well if Ojima learns about Hiroaki’s spiral into drug addiction again and they start fighting or a possibility of them becoming co dependent. Their relationship is really interesting to me so I’ll probably talk more about my analysis in another post.
And well thats my analysis on this so far, was not expecting a massive pink survivorside loredrop like this all of a sudden but it’s occupying my brain a lot from how much I’m attached to the pink survivors. And funny all of this came out like a day after my hope vs despair analysis on the survivors, it really puts into another perspective all of this huh. But anyway if you made it this far I appreciate you listening to my rambling and would love to see any more thoughts on this because god it’s so interesting yet depressing to get proper post game survivor content in danganronpa.
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