while this scene of hinata hugging his knees and missing his friends after moving to rio is extremely painfully relatable, i think it’s really important to note that… that’s the only scene we get like that. hinata’s not a monster, he does have human emotions and he feels loneliness and helplessness. what makes him admirable is not that he just, is never sad upset or disappointed, no what makes him admirable is his resiliency and his ability to bounce back and find the positives in every situation.
he’s not doing the best in this moment — he’s alone, in a foreign country where he struggles to communicate, and he just lost the wallet his sister gave him — but after not even a few minutes of wallowing, he’s already restless.
i see the first panels around a lot, but i almost never see these ones included, even tho they are on the very same page. sitting alone in his room feeling sorry for himself won’t get hinata closer to his goals, and that’s never been who he is as a person. and i think it’s really important, no matter how relatable the first panels are, to remember that hinata doesn’t accept things as they are. he forces himself to go out, to keep active, to keep striving towards what he wants. and it pays off!
because he dragged himself out of his room, he was able to play more volleyball, and make connections with others by playing together! and, if he had stayed in his room, he never would have run into oikawa or been able to play games with him!
this whole section is really quite good, because, hinata can’t magically make himself feel better on his own, of course he can’t. but because he pushes himself out of his comfort zone, because he is open to new experiences and making new connections, he’s able to find support. the solution isn’t to be a lone wolf striking out on your own, the solution is to put yourself in situations where you’re open to human connection, and to capitalise on any chance that is given to you.
i just really like the brazil chapters, and i love how hinata faces adversity. i think it’s really damn admirable, i really really do.
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