Welp I have been rereading some of my posts, the swap aspect au in particular where Emmet ends up in Hisui and I have some thoughts, specifically in the differences between Ingo and Emmet's experiences both in Hisui and in their return.
One huge difference is that one, Emmet, is understood as alive, while the other, Ingo, is perceived as being dead. For Emmet this means he has more people looking out for him, both medically and concern about what he is getting up to and if it's dangerous. Where as Ingo doesn't get any of that, he comes and goes as he pleases and even when injured unless he expressly asks for help no one thinks much of injuries, why would they when a ghost is already dead.
Emmet however gets more scrutiny for his "odd" behaviors. Where as people just shrug Ingo's oddities as being just weird old ghost things.
Now for the return as that has some of the biggest differences.
Emmet returned to the present with Rei/Lucas and was believed that they were in Hisui from the start. With that came a certain understanding that Emmet just lost everyone he ever knew. Rei and Johanna gave him the time and space he needed to actually grieve and come to terms that everyone he knew was gone. It was by no means easy but he was surrounded by people that understood he had lost so much.
Ingo on the other hand, returned alone, not only that but he was found inside a Plasma facility. His tale of where he was isn't taken seriously because while possible it's a horribly wild claim. So his words are taken as the ramblings of someone who's gone through a mental break down at the hands of Team Plasma. He is not given any time or space to actually even attempt to grieve in full or come to terms with what happened. He tries to go alone to take some time to himself to think and grieve and is followed. The others don't want him being alone, it's well meaning but this results in a lot of arguments, frustration, and anger building up.
All in all while the situations were similar Ingo and Emmet had very different experiences both in and out of Hisui












