The WitheringArtist

RRB enthusiast, AquKana, BSD lover, Sebby's wife I like cute and wholesome shit and I draw and do comics.,

[lastthroes]

people complain too much in the onk tag about incest for something that was an absolute nothingburger

[lastthroes]

"aqua obviously was paired best with akane" "aqua obviously liked kana more" who cares anyway. he's dead. his last actions were supposedly about killing himself to save his sister's career, after she said out loud that mattered less to her than being with him, and he went and did it anyway. a sister he showed to ignore the existence of for most of the manga. i cannot stress enough how little i care about aqua's dick and his hypothetical teen romance that can only happen in fanfiction by this point when he didn't care about kana and akane wanting him not to die too. i wish the ending didn't make me dislike him, because his and akane's character in the post-canon novel are just the same deal with ruby's character being impacted by akasaka being a bad writer during the course of the manga, but i keep checking the tag because i liked the girls and i really wish they were remembered as something else that isn't being aqua's orbiters and eternal shipwarring. i know it's par the course because the manga at some point forgot the original plotlines and devolved into the most shameless harem lite story just because the writer doesn't know how to make anything else, but still

[pikachuumoo20]

Aqua's biggest issue was his mental health, He was always suicidal and always planned to kill himself when he got his revenge. That's why his revenge was self destructive. Even when he had "happy" moments there was always tint of depression in there.

Like how he tells Ruby that he feels guilty for being alive. And his actions do put more fire to the fuel.

Or when Kana made him genuinely happy, He tells her that she is troublesome for it and that he has no right to be fun.

Aqua's biggest battle was himself. Gorou was a broken man who was (most likely) blamed for his Mother’s death. And failed to save anyone twice, He put this revenge shit, On little Aqua. After Ai's death, Aqua wanted to commit suicide but decided not too, because he wanted to take revenge for his father. His whole journey while it had happy moments, was to lead him to his fate. In TB, Aqua already decided that he can't be happy, Happiness causes him pain, Hence why he only acts for revenge despite him seeing as fun.

The only time he was able to be happy was when he thought his dad was dead. It was a lie, That gave Aqua happiness in short term. But he was still paranoid and trauma still affected him as it shown with his distance towards kana, Avoiding her withbout telling her anything, it also made him a ticking time bomb, Because as soon as he finds out he is going to back to his revenge.

Which is exactly what happened, But in the 2nd half its worst because for him, There was no turning back.

Not to mention:

-He accidentally slapped Kana

- Lied to alot of people

- And puts a gps tag on Akane

But those things did end up taking toll on Aqua, It also reinforces his whole "i have no right for this." "I feel guilty for being alive."

And Chapter 143 and 146, clearly show this. Because while he is still happy he is still depressed and self destructive.

So even if Gorou, says Aqua is free to choose, Aqua never take the route to "Happiness", For Aqua, revenge and happiness cannot coexist he needs to choose one. He still wanted to kill Hikaru but he also put his own life in Hikaru's hands and that if Hikaru ever tried anything he would kill him. In which he did and eventually did kill him and himself.

The writing isn't great, But Akasaka never planned Aqua to live. Murder-suicide unfortunately was always Aqua's plan. (I prefer the live actions resolution though).

Alsoa HUGE major character flaw about Aqua (which he never overcomes), Is that he doesn't think about other people's feelings. If Aqua thinks he is in the "Right" to do this then he is going to do it. Regardless how you may feel, Example, Avoiding Kana for half a year and giving 0 explanation to Why, Putting gps tag on Akane and killing himself without talking it out with Ruby.

Kana is right, This man sucks at communication. And ended up being his own downfall.

[naycat20]

I decided that I might as well color some official art of oshi no ko so heres Aqua and Kana with their outfits from episode 10 of season 3/Episode 34

Original picture:

(The Artist: JOYUMU__ on twitter)

[onk-confessions]

(SPOILERS FOR OSHI NO KO AND EVANGELION) seeing shipping wars about akane and kana fuck me up because its kinda similar to rei and asuka to me. like neither rei nor asuka should be with shinji because all are supremely fucked and need time to heal (if the world survives long enough for that, depending on which ending of eva you subscribe to), but like they're also full characters beyond their relation to shinji. furthermore im gonna be so honest with you rei is barely a threat to asuka, if anything kaworu is more of a romantic rival. instead it's more that rei's friendship with shinji factors into the deconstruction of her identity as serving an often toxic female familial role to others - as a wife-daughter to gendo, as a (perceived) competitor to naoko akagi. thus her relationship with shinji is more concerned about breaking the cycle and finding a normal family - she is literally a clone of his mom, after all.

and in the case of asuka, both her and shinji come from similar backgrounds with similar insecurities, and not only is there room for an actual romantic connection there, but the story is a lot more chiefly concerned about if a genuine friendship or connection at all can be forged. that potential for romance stems from the story's greater concern about motherhood and heterosexuality, one so big that it's just as threatening to that connection as being forced to be child soldiers, and their own personal insecurities about their value to others.

akane to me is a weaker rei and kana is a weaker asuka. akane bridges the gap by straight up making a mother tulpa of ai for aqua, and it amazes me that the problems people might have with this is that she's a manipulator instead of seeing the writing on the wall that it's the exact opposite case: she's an *enabler.* somewhere between akane's introduction arc and the part she plays in the rest of the story, the more intteresting girl we got to see come back from suicide is just completely replaced with someone who validates aqua's choice to never change and become worse, and sometimes complain about it but never do anything about it.

kana on the other hand, like asuka, comes from a similar background to aqua which explains why they seem to have the most normal friendship out of anyone in the cast. the reason why they seem to have less and less chemistry as time goes on honestly comes down to cowardice i feel - for whatever reason the author just doesnt seem to like her, and because of misogyny brain worms a lot of fans agree with that sentiment instead of seeing the farce for what it is? like there's no room for her to be a horrible bitch leeching off of aqua and others and mistreating them not because she doesn't make mistakes but because the author doesn't respect her enough to give her the seriousness and screentime to do that ;u;

like once again, none of these people should be dating each other, and once again, it's not really a contest when you see the roles that each character are playing, but there's just nothing interesting to say because akane is subserviant to aqua's whims and no one including the author likes kana enough to have her challenge any of that! they both had such rich premises and introductions and shine best when it has nothing to do with the sadboy, something that becomes less prominent as the story goes on.

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

Preach!

Although part of me, Hope the lack of challenges for Aqua's mindset, isn't not coming from misogyny but rather from the fact ONK was always supposed to have tragic ending. So the characters don't grow, challenge, or change. It's like a bad omen. 😭

[yourlocallibrarycat]

Analysis of Aqua's final wishes

I don't think that these panels, Aqua's own final wishes, get talked about enough. There are so many characters who point out towards Aqua liking Kana–Memcho, the director, even Akane herself. But then again, these are their POVs, not Aqua's.

In the given panels, Aqua himself tells his wishes out loud."It might also be a good idea to respond to Arima's feelings."—I believe this picks up from their 'date' in chapter 151 or so, which ends with Kana telling Aqua her dream to be 'his star'. The chapter ends with a... shocked or maybe surprised panel of Aqua. The statement of "might also be a good idea" does not imply any sort of romantic rejection or acceptance. Also, the use of "might also" shows a mere possibility, not certainty.

"I want to build an equal relationship with Akane and repay her for all the kindness she has shown me."—while this statement does not look romantic at first glance, let's consider the way it is phrased. The "equal relationship" part is a direct repetition of what Akane told him in the chapter of their breakup (98-ish). She used these words to refer to their relationship they had built over the year—their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. The part of "I want" shows a firm desire; a "Yes, this is what I want."

Something apart from this which caught my eye is how these panels are detailed. The one with Kana and Aqua is light hearted with Kana clinging to him, him looking over his shoulder at her. Their silhouettes are outlined by a soft grey cloud-like design with tiny sparkles. But in the one with Akane and Aqua, Aqua directly faces Akane, with a more... 'set' expression. The scene also has the cloud, but the sparkles themselves are more detailed and not just limited to the background, but rather having a presence in the foreground (overlapping the characters) as well.

All in all, I'd like to believe that in the end what Aqua truly most deeply wanted (obviously after wanting his sister to succeed) was to be in a relationship with Akane once again. To be her boyfriend once again. To have his "carefree days" with her once again.

[aihoshiino]

note up front in advance that op i promise i'm not clapping your cheeks by disagreeing with you here this just happened to scratch at my brain since i've been seeing reads of this scene in this direction basically since it dropped and felt puzzled by them basically since minute zero. if i can be totally, 100% honest, I think it takes a bit of motivated reasoning to look at this scene and take away from it that Aqua did not want to respond positively to Kana's indirect confession.

Aqua's line re: Kana is 「有馬の気持ちに応えるのも良いかもしれない」which does strictly literally mean "It might not be bad to respond to Arima's feelings." but I think removing it from the context of the scene it takes place in - and the wider context of Aqua's own stated feelings about Kana - makes it seem weaker or less definitive than it actually is. As we can see in the screenshot provided, Aqua says this while implicitly imagining a moment between the two of them in which Kana is smiling and cuddling his arm with a blush - very strange imagery to pair with his words if the intent was to imply that he did not want to be romantically involved with Kana.

The other things Aqua talks about wanting to do are also quite emotionally charged in positive ways - restarting his relationship with Akane as proper equals, spending more time with Taiki, acknowledging Miyako as his mother, etc. Again, this would make Kana weirdly out of place if the interaction Aqua wanted to have with her was a more negative one.

The rhythm of the scene, imo, is also quite telling - Aqua is responding quite directly to Kamiki's read of his motivations and he does so in the same order that Kamiki lists them;

Kamiki: Making your wishes come true, falling in love, hanging out with your friends, returning the favors of your loved ones and watching your sister pursue her idol dreams to the very end.

(Also worth noting, imo, that Kamiki's statement of 'falling in love' is juxtaposed against a panel of Kana's face and the speech bubble is basically slapped on her head like a post-it note lol)

Aqua: I'll be a surgeon someday. It might be a good idea to respond to Arima's feelings. Going to the beach with Himekawa... and calling Miyako-san 'Mom'. I want to repay Akane [...] and build and equal relationship with her. And I definitely want to see Ruby perform at the Dome.

That rhythm of wishes -> love -> friendship -> repayment -> Ruby is echoed between Kamiki and Aqua and the character associated with 'falling in love' is Kana.

Of course, this is just Kamiki's POV (as you noted) but we do get insight into what Aqua feels for Kana from about as deep into his POV as we could get in chapter 150 when he and Gorou are bashing things out.

Among other things, Gorou directly states in 150;

「まぁ、お前が好きなのはあれだろあの天才子役の方だろ?」 "Well, it's the genius child actor you like, isn't it?"

Note that he uses suki to describe the nature of Aqua's feelings and phrases this as a rhetorical question.

Aqua reacts with surprise, starting to say 「なんで有馬が...」 - literally 'Why Arima-' but the sentence structure in Japanese is more clearly the start of a sentence that was cut off, possibly something like "Why suddenly bring up/change the subject to Arima?"

Gorou says it "goes without saying" and then tells Aqua;

「星野アクアとして、思春期らしい年相応の恋愛感情を抱えていた」 "As Hoshino Aqua, you hold romantic feelings appropriate for your adolescent years."

Then he lists several of Kana's personality traits and states that Aqua has "always liked [suki, again]" Kana. And Aqua agrees with him - while he responds with surprise when Gorou brings Kana up, once Gorou states all the above, Aqua responds "I know all that".

In other words, Gorou identifies Kana as the girl Aqua likes, states that Aqua has romantic feelings for her and Aqua agrees.

I am willing to concede that this scene is not as wholly, 100% unambiguous as something like "I want to date Arima" would have been, but again - the imagery and Aqua's phrasing here would be very strange if he was planning to reject her and date Akane. If that was the case, why not use phrasing more like "I want to let Arima down gently and be friends with her" or "I want to be real friends with Arima" or something similar?

But it is certainly not any more ambiguous than Akane's panel, who also lacks much of the surrounding context to bolster it into 'unambiguously romantically coded' outside of her and Aqua having dated in the past. Aka Akasaka is primarily a romance guy and he does know what he's doing - again, this is all very strange visual language to employ if his intent was as you've laid it out here.

to be clear I do not gaf about the endless AquAka vs AquKana wars in terms of having a shipping preference but I do think Akasaka's intent is pretty clear and I continue to just Not understand why people so often feel a need to actively fight with the text to get something else out of it.

[pikachuumoo20]

"Aqua's line re: Kana is 「有馬の気持ちに応えるのも良いかもしれない」which does strictly literally mean "It might not be bad to respond to Arima's feelings." but I think removing it from the context of the scene it takes place in - and the wider context of Aqua's own stated feelings about Kana - makes it seem weaker or less definitive than it actually is. As we can see in the screenshot provided, Aqua says this while implicitly imagining a moment between the two of them in which Kana is smiling and cuddling his arm with a blush - very strange imagery to pair with his words if the intent was to imply that he did not want to be romantically involved with Kana."

And I'm just adding on to what you said, But people needs to understand Aqua's mindset during that time.

His self loathing, His guilt never gone away, When He told Ruby in chapter 143 that he hurt so many people, Kana, Akane,

And how he has trouble smiling because he feels guilty for all he done, He lied to so many people, and feels guilty for being alive. In Chapter 146, He genuinely has fun with Kana, Kana made him happy and yet he feels like he has no right for it.

Aqua:

"You're really troubling for me, Arima."

Kana:

"what the heck? You have something complain about? "

Aqua: "No. I'm not even in that situation right now, and I don't have the right for it. "

Aqua finds Kana troubling because when he is with her, he always ends up having fun. Something he feels guilty about. Aqua during this time already decided that he was going to go through with his revenge.

He lied to so many people and hurt so many people. He doesn't feel like has the right to be happy, the right to fall in love. Aqua already made his decision, which was protect Ruby's career instead of a happy life. In the end, seeing himself as expandable/disposable tool for his sister's career.

As much I would want, Onk to have a happy ending, the problem always lied on Aqua Hoshino. Aqua could've chose options to live and beat Kamiki, Even asking Akane for help, (which would've shown some development, instead of him manipulating others and lying, he could've choose to just be honest and have allies) But, He didn't, he choose murder suicide as his only option. Even though Ruby/Sarina would have prefered if stayed by his side instead. But as long as Aqua thinks it's right, he doesn't care how the people around him woul feel.

His "hesitant" or "distant" line, Is actually in character for a man who doesn't think he deserves genuine happiness. Kana isn't just a girl he is attracted to her, She is also someone he enjoys spending time with.

(Hence why she has an entire panel to herself when it came to his happy memories and why he admits she is troublesome for him because he always has fun when he is with her.)

What Aqua wants and What he says are contradictory in that moment, He says it might be a good idea to respond to Arima's feelings. But is imagining her holding his arm and being intimate with her. It also goes hand in hand with Hikaru Kamiki's words, When kamiki says "Fall in love" he associates that with Arima Kana.

Also, In chapter 162, Arima Kana's roundabout confession is what showed up, when crow girl mentioned he had interest in romance too.

Similar to beginning of the story, Where he thought his dad was dead. And he thought about Himekawa's words. And thinks about Kana and Akane. with being on top of Akane.

When he askes himself, if it's okay to be done, And thinks about Himekawa's words, And he thinks about Both Kana and Akane, Basically showing that he in fact his Kana as a love interest. he just never got the chance to express those feelings.

[sonemiao]

my take-ish on buttercup/butch :P honestly i didn’t think butch had much canonical characterization that made him stick out from his brothers until i realized he’s like bricks n1 glazer which is in stark contrast to buttercup constantly having conflict w/ blossom

[pikachuumoo20]

Yeah that's what makes them so interesting.

She is spice therefore her personality is more fiesty, tough and rebellious.

And Butch is snail therefore he is more conforming and laidback and slow.

[goldenharmony]

People complain that Kana's controversial scenes being taken out/toned down is a sign of horrible bias from Doga Kobo as they are making a supposedly terrible person look "better" but...

Aqua has also had his scenes adapted to come across as less cold and more empathetic? The recent example being his lack of smirk towards Akane's declaration of stopping him & removing his laugh after Kana runs away.

Akane's murder attempt was also changed to make her look more reasonable?

Why aren't people grabbing their pitchforks over the studio making them look "less horrible"?

[pikachuumoo20]

When they cut out Kana's scene, They cut out the emotional aspect of it, Because Aqua did trigger her own trauma by avoiding her with 0 explanation.

But, she isn't allowed to talk about that? She isn't allowed to talk about her own feelings over that? Aqua isn't allowed to take accountability for his poor communication skills?

What? and the worst part is that she never compared their trauma. She literally says it doesn't hold a candle to yours.

It's sucks when people's lack of media literacy, effect the Canon.

[onk-confessions]

*Aqua stans after seeing Aqua being a total scumbag who made fun of Kana's feelings for him and is using her for Ai's movie: “He was just lying to himself! He didn't actually mean it”

OH MY FUCKING GOD STOP TRYING TO DEFEND THAT UGLY BLOND GUY I AM SO OVER IT.

Submitted by Anonymous

[onk-confessions]

Aqua:- *explicitly mocks Kana and toys with her affection for him*

Kana fans:- Ahh! But everytime he 'exploited' her he always helped her. He's soo obsessed and in love with her! He cares soo much!

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

And also, How did he exploit her?

He never exploited her, I would even argue he uses her the least. The first time, He pressured into becoming an idol, And he found nothing wrong with it because he was telling the truth.

He does genuinely thinks she is cute.

And his edgelord shit, where he is laughing at her, turn out to be lie in the end.

[onk-confessions]

During the umbrella scene, Aqua brings Akane two umbrellas. She refuses the extra umbrella and chooses to walk in the same one as him, whilst her doubts took over her and she thought about how him being attracted to Kana, and being doubtful for him choosing her.

The umbrella scene appears once again during their phone call. Akane obviously is underestimating how much she matters to Aqua. While he is telling her how "...little by little, you have me him hope" the umbrella scene appears once again.

In the very moment that she was thinking about how he might have someone else on his mind, the reality was that he was thinking about was her.

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

She also said that his attraction towards Kana was something she noticed a long time ago, And She wasn't the only one who noticed. Himekawa, noticed as well.

In a couple chapters later, Aqua thinks about Himekawa words, He thinks about BOTH girls when he says its okay to have a normal life. With Kana being on top of Akane. Aqua never made a decision until after he was told Kana was an idol.

So, I don't think what she said was around her insecurities only. It something she has thought about and come to an conclusion. Especially after they've been dating for real half a year.

[nicerbutnot2u]

Resolution

We started off here

Where Aqua sees both Kana and Akane as potential romantic interests, and ultimately decides (due to his fears of losing Kana the same way he lost Ai) to pursue Akane.

And by the end of the manga, we're here. Yes Hikaru is the one narrating, but the author purposely indicates with this framing that Aqua's feelings for Kana are the ones that endured and persisted. Even while he was dating Akane, and even as he knows he's about to die. Akane is no longer framed beside Kana like she was before, so that to me also confirms that the last line here

Isn't about Aqua wanting to get back together with Akane, just him wanting a friendship with her without any deception.

Aqua answers Hikaru with this in response to "falling in love", so even if we took out that frame of Kana this is where his mind went.

[pikachuumoo20]

Also, The order on how Aqua represents his dream also supports this.

Aqua starts off with being surgeon, Something he has been wanting to be since past life. It's very dear to his heart. And then he pairs that off with responding to Arima's feelings. If Arima was a girl, he wants to reject, Why does she come after being a surgeon.

Wouldn't make more sense if she came way later or Aqua to say he'll let down gently rather than find it to be "good idea".

But also let me add, Aqua feels guilty for being happy. Chapter 146, Kana makes him genuinely happy, But he literally said he doesn't have the right for it.

He literally says he doesn't have the right for it. It's easier for Aqua to say "I want to build an equal relationship with akane and Repay her kindness." Because that involves obligation. He isn't talking about in romantic sense, Hence why Akane and Him have distance with each other.

(What he feels is also closely shown by the imagery) if he was thinking about Akane in any romantic type of way, then he would've had Akane wrapped around his arm or show her being intimate with him, because it would show how he truly feels. But he doesn't.

In comparison, To Kana, Where he says he thinks its a good idea to respond to her feelings. He finds it to be a good idea because he isn't going to respond negatively, Again, its shown through imagery, Holding his arm and being intimate with him gave that way. The "might" is literally coming from whether or not he deserves it.

Because Aqua has always felt guilty for wanting living. Happiness causes him pain, Even when C150, Gorou offers him a choice, Aqua never planned to live, He always planned to kill himsslf for his revenge. That's why the ending is so bad for many people, Because he had options and reasons to live, And yet he didn't choose them. He still choose to kill himself and his dad.

Aqua's biggest enemy was always himself and guilt complex, Everything he has done like Gps tagging Akane or accidentally slapping Kana. Reinforces his believe that he is unredeemable reinforces his guilt.

He literally states that he feels guilty for being alive. In those, Hopeful and Happy moments with Ruby and Kana, Aqua was still depressed. It didn't solve his suicidal tendencies. Having reasons to live wasn't enough for Aqua. (Hence why it was a bad move for him to tell Ruby his identity).

[onk-confessions]

*Aqua stans after seeing Aqua being a total scumbag who made fun of Kana's feelings for him and is using her for Ai's movie: “He was just lying to himself! He didn't actually mean it”

OH MY FUCKING GOD STOP TRYING TO DEFEND THAT UGLY BLOND GUY I AM SO OVER IT.

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

But he was lying to himself..

Aqua is pretty scummy for a lot of things, But I don't know about this one. this looks more like he was coping.

And he never does anything else with her after this.

[onk-confessions]

*Aqua stans after seeing Aqua being a total scumbag who made fun of Kana's feelings for him and is using her for Ai's movie: “He was just lying to himself! He didn't actually mean it”

OH MY FUCKING GOD STOP TRYING TO DEFEND THAT UGLY BLOND GUY I AM SO OVER IT.

Submitted by Anonymous

[onk-confessions]

I mean ... the adults doing nothing despite being aware of Aqua's mental state is very consistent with Aka's poor writing, so I don't know why some people are acting like it's something new lol.

Director Gotanda literally said that he knew Aqua lied to the psychologist he had as a child and never told Miyako, Aqua's adoptive mother, ANYTHING. FOR YEARS.

Then we have Ichigo, who told Miyako that Aqua was about to break, BUT what did they do about it? They supported Aqua in the production of the film whose script screamed “This is to kill my father.” Remember that? Frill, a person who isn't even close to Aqua, was able to understand the intention of the movie. And still all the adults around him went ahead with it.

No wonder Akane's plan was to keep an eye on Aqua so he wouldn't do anything stupid, because all the adults were useless. Point in case, the moment Akane stopped watching Aqua, he did something stupid.

Submitted by Anonymous

[fioryuk]

i was genuinely surprised that Gotanda knows pretty much everything since the very beginning but NEVER tried to intervene and pretty much encouraged him to keep going. like what adult in their right mind would do that? Especially someone who is portrayed to be a father figure cuz wtf

[elacgr122]

Also this may be off topic but why and how does Gotanda know everything. Why and how did he found out about Aqua and Ruby being AI's children?

[pikachuumoo20]

"Also this may be off topic but why and how does Gotanda know everything. Why and how did he found out about Aqua and Ruby being AI's children?"

That's actually a good question, i guess he found out eventually by spending time with them. Or maybe Ai Hoshino told him about it when she gave him the CDs.

[onk-confessions]

I mean ... the adults doing nothing despite being aware of Aqua's mental state is very consistent with Aka's poor writing, so I don't know why some people are acting like it's something new lol.

Director Gotanda literally said that he knew Aqua lied to the psychologist he had as a child and never told Miyako, Aqua's adoptive mother, ANYTHING. FOR YEARS.

Then we have Ichigo, who told Miyako that Aqua was about to break, BUT what did they do about it? They supported Aqua in the production of the film whose script screamed “This is to kill my father.” Remember that? Frill, a person who isn't even close to Aqua, was able to understand the intention of the movie. And still all the adults around him went ahead with it.

No wonder Akane's plan was to keep an eye on Aqua so he wouldn't do anything stupid, because all the adults were useless. Point in case, the moment Akane stopped watching Aqua, he did something stupid.

Submitted by Anonymous

[fioryuk]

i was genuinely surprised that Gotanda knows pretty much everything since the very beginning but NEVER tried to intervene and pretty much encouraged him to keep going. like what adult in their right mind would do that? Especially someone who is portrayed to be a father figure cuz wtf

[elacgr122]

Also this may be off topic but why and how does Gotanda know everything. Why and how did he found out about Aqua and Ruby being AI's children?

[onk-confessions]

i don't understand kana slapped aqua's corpse just to keep a petty promise but never apologized for rude remarks like what if your mother died? i mean after ai's secret was revealed instead of saying her sob story, asking if aqua hates her, hitting him with tissue box, calling him narcissistic gloomy, and calling it foolish abt why he avoided her even tho she now knows how ai died , she could started with an apology abt the remark she made during tokyo blade arc. i dont know to me kana looks foolish.

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

"i don't understand kana slapped aqua's corpse just to keep a petty promise"

She literally having mental breakdown. It's pretty normal for people to lash out in furnerals. She also took the hit from miyako.

"but never apologized for rude remarks like what if your mother died?"

Why would she apologize when she didn't know at the time. FURTHERMORE, She was trying to help Aqua with his acting, Literally advice. And she had no knowledge that Aqua mom was Ai. Feels a little pointless apologize now.

"i mean after ai's secret was revealed instead of saying her sob story, asking if aqua hates her, hitting him with tissue box,"

Kana biggest struggle is sympathy, She often times have trouble sympathizing with others. Aqua avoided her with 0 explanations as to why. She thought he hated and her left her like everybody else. It was immature of her. But, it is also a defense mechanism coming from her end.

"hitting him with tissue box"

Did you forget who your author was? It's Akasaka! Nino bonk Ishigami in the head with a clipboard once. A hollow tissue won't do that much damage.

Also, She only hit him the head with a tissue box, because he couldn't communicate to her why he was avoiding her and ghosted with 0 explanation as to why. Aqua didn't dodge it, he took it.

"calling him narcissistic gloomy, and calling it foolish abt why he avoided her even tho she now knows how ai died ."

Again, Gloomy narcissist is a defense mechanism, She was under the impression that Aqua was dating Akane, So making herself as unlikeable in Aqua's eyes, will make him see that she had no feelings for him and is just a friend.

the only part Aqua was offended by was gloomy. And I don't think he took her words that seriously tbh. It's pretty obvious that Kana has feelings for him.

She know Ai died, But she still didn't know Aqua was avoiding her because she was an idol. In Kana's perspective, Her friend just literally ghosted her and abandoned like everybody else in her life.

I'm sorry but some of these Arima Kana takes are just dumb.

[onk-confessions]

People need to stop blaming Aqua for Kana's own inability to see beyond the surface 🫩 The man has a mission; it's not his fault that Kana views every interaction between them through the filter of a romance manga.

Submitted by Anonymous

[pikachuumoo20]

Also, Their lfeelings for each other, Their genuine.

I think Aqua liked Kana way before she became an idol.

[onk-confessions]

IT IS ABSOLUTELY AQUA'S FAULT.

Are we blind or something? He is acting normal in front of Kana because he needs her for Ai's movie.

HE IS ACTIVELY DECEIVING HER.

And his fans say he's not to blame? He is!

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[pikachuumoo20]

How was he deceiving Kana in what tho? How is him being normal dude around Kana, deceiving her? if its about the revenge, He isn't obligated to tell her about. And if it's about C117, I don't think he told her a lie considering, when he died, the flashback he had when Crow girl mentions lying was him laughing to himself like maniac, and not him mentioning that Kana special to him. Which in a narrative wise, it is true. Similar to how he manipulated Kana the first time, into becoming an idol for him. he pressured her into it by calling her cute. But, He was never lying about it and did genuinely think she was cute.