okay i have to head to school and study BUT BEFORE I DO AND SO THAT MY BRAIN GET THIS WIRED OFF ME, ALLOW ME TO BE MAD RQ
it took me this long to realize isamu is settled in meido (?????? not too sure someone fact check me). and if that's really where he is put, then that sucks. prolly does more than jigoku. okay maybe that's a stretch but i have my reasons.
see meido is the japanese equivalent to purgatory or the underworld. it is the area in which souls are appointed for judgement, whether they be for jigoku or tengoku. those who have done good are sorted in tengoku and those who've done evil are placed within jigoku. there is no issue with meido, i don't think it particularly is a terrible place. well, besides its dark, cold, noisy and windy atmosphere, it's far more tame to that of jigoku.
now, isamu being in meido tells me a couple of things. one of those many things is the aftermath of his deal with shinigami. because isamu struck a deal with the death god (and in addition, the previous ruler of hell) that most likely limits his chances and maybe even completely blocked off the possibility of reaching tengoku. but his bravery has put him in a position where even he is not deserving of jigoku either. so where does he go? meido.
and that's where my issue starts. meido is not a resting place. it is not settlement. it is trial, it is judgement for all souls who tread its weary land. it's an unsightly court where souls earn their tickets to either tengoku or jigoku. isamu being placed in meido would probably indicate to him that he is to be sorted into either of these afterlives. but he'll keep waiting on something that is never to happen. the land is restless as is and isamu would prove to be even more restless in this eternal waiting.
if he were put in jigoku, at least he is guaranteed some ending, some afterlife. he already has encountered and might find familiarity in its otherwise dreadful self. in tengoku and jigoku, you are settled because there are enough traits to prove you're deserving of ever being placed there. but meido? meido is the ground where that is decided.
even worse, isamu would see other souls have that decision made for them. that they go by and he does not. despite it all, he is cursed to stay waiting. to continue to fall behind just as he did when he was alive.
for shits and giggles this is like being edged but make it the afterlife. u waiting for dat kaboom kablow but it's not gonna happen 😹😹😹 JOKES ASIDE it like genuinely sucks. and if i assume isamu does get to be sorted, then it's prolly jigoku because shinigami claims ownership over him. which also sucks but is better to think abt in context (??? sorta???? no not really?????) since there are familiar faces like keneo. also because like i said, he has experienced being placed there and might have some level of awareness.
STILL SUCKS. BOTH PLACES SUCK
