two ppl asked and i shall deliver!! so have a whole essay about jake-centric drake 👍👍
the natural place to start talking about jake's feelings about drew is near the start of their friendship: the freshman scene in ep9. i think this scene (and ep11) is one of the few points where you can really tell what jake thinks of drew. and to sum it up, he thinks pretty highly of him.
it's never super obvious, but when you think about it, drew really meant so much to jake. because drew was really jake's first friend after middle school, the first person to ever accept him so easily. BUT, he couldn't necessarily tell drew that, bc he'd be forced to open up about his past and his passion for music (which is like. the one thing he doesn't want to do)
and imo, jake caring about drew (and henriam ofc but this ain't abt them) and genuinely wanting to be friends is sort of... integral to who he is as a character, in a way. jake changed himself to keep drew, bc he cared about what drew thought of him. whether or not he was right, jake assumed that drew would bully him/drop him if he ever found out that he liked music. jake didn't wanna lose drew, so he kept quiet and lied. it obviously wasn't RIGHT, but still, it's what he does.
once he got closer to the music club, things got way more complicated though, because jake's lies became more than just lies of omission. and eventually, he grew distant towards drew around eps8-10. HOWEVER, i dont think he was really aware that he was doing it, or that he was inherently being an asshole/bad friend on purpose???
i think that's proven in the drake fight. like, jake lied to protect his friendship with drew, but it obviously backfired on him in the long run ("how am i supposed to know anything about your passion when you don't tell me anything anymore!?"). so jake only actually realised his mistakes, especially how badly he treated drew in the past month of canon, when they were thrown in his face by DREW HIMSELF.
and you see jake himself be surprised before quickly cracking, because he realised that drew was right. he has been lying for years. and it's sorta important to think abt the words here. "if you care so much about your friends, jake, why don't you spit out the truth already?!" ...quickly followed by jake spitting out the truth. not only did (and probably still does) jake care about drew, but he also considered them friends! WHICH ALSO EXPLAINS "nice to know we were never really friends." "that's not...! drew..."
jake trying to defend himself shows that even after everything, he still viewed drew as a friend, and wanted drew to hear him out and stay in his life. like, idk, after he came clean, jake still cared about what drew thought, and hoped that he'd want to still be his friend too.
i talked abt this in my last essay, but jake was so broken up after the fight. sure, it looked like he'd moved on, but the way he thought he saw the jomies at the competition + the right now mep part just kinda proved that he hadn't. and idk, i can only imagine that it hurts - losing your first friend, and only having yourself to blame because you lied to his face in an attempt to keep him.
LMAO SO IDK i think jake sort of did value drew as a friend, and that maybe, just maybe, drake is not as unrequited as people think?? imo their issue wasn't really that it was one-sided, but bc they never told eachother how much they valued eachother (for whatever reason)
Did you know that there have been American presidents that were direct descendants of a previous president? These were John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison and George W Bush. Interestingly all three of these also lost the popular vote for their first term election.
Hello all! We have finally reached the 100th chapter of Hanako-kun. Although we may not have begun scanlating this series from the beginning, we are happy to celebrate this milestone of AidaIro’s with you guys! 🥂💕
This month on Hanako-kun, things continue inside the aquarium…
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023 | You must not bring cats into areas of festivity (0-3)
025 | There must always be a tea party on the 5th day of every month (Prerelease Comic)
053 | You must replace anything you steal (1-4)
089 | You must not eat the Queen’s tarts without her permission (1-2)
153 | The only tea you may drink in the evenings is herbal tea (1-14)
186 | Do not eat hamburg steak on Tuesdays (1-9)
228 | You must not pick flowers from the garden on Wednesdays (SM 2-2)
249 | You must wear pink while feeding the flamingos (1-19)
256 | You must not drink lemonade with honey past 8 PM (1-14)
271 | You must get up from the table within 15 minutes after eating (1-9)
304 | On days when a hedgehog sneezes, all card soldiers must sing a song together. (Comic Ch.4)
339 | Your after-meal tea must be lemon tea with 2 sugar cubes (1-9)
346 | You must not play croquet in the gardens past 5 PM (2-12)
412 | If you see a pair of moving eye-glasses in the forest, you must not go back the way you came (Happy Beans Day 2021 - Ch.31)
469 | Flowers must be both red and white when you invite over a new acquaintance (Trey Ceremony PS)
529 | If you eat steak on a night with a full moon, a cat must play the violin. (Happy Beans Day 2021 - Ch.2)
562 | Do not bring marron tarts to an Unbirthday Tea Party (1-16)
648 | You must brush your teeth 2 times on nights when you eat turkey (Trey School PS)
703 | Whoever comes in 2nd place during a croquet match must serve tea to the Queen the next day (Ghost Marriage 14)
Misc:
For a perfect Unbirthday Party, the roses must be red, the tablecloth must be white, and a sleeping dormouse is put in the teapot. If the dormouse wakes up, you are to paint its nose with jam. Everyone must help prepare an Unbirthday Party. (1-4, Cater Dorm PS)
The roses must be white during the flowers’ concert held in spring (1-4)
During croquet, your bat must be a flamingo of a color from the rainbow; the balls must be hedgehogs (1-4)
Coffee is forbidden. Tea must be served at all occasions except for birthdays (Trey Ceremony PS)
During meetings about croquet game inventory, your notes must be done in blue ink (Floyd Dorm PS)
In Alice in Wonderland, it was mentioned that the rule #42 is “All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately.” (Unsure if this transfers to twst as well)
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