Rant pt. 1 here
Do you wanna know what makes me mad after reading the ending of jkaisen?
Satoru yearned for a life outside of his family, its politics and the power struggle outside of it so badly, it seemed as if he didn’t want to live as someone special…
He got a taste of it, during his hs days. How to connect with people, but he got swallowed up all the same by the shitty system.
Losing a connection (su/guru), betrayal so strong it made him change himself and took up the mantle as the strongest and its loneliness
He mingled in the world he was born in and grew to hate…
Yeah, it became fun, fighting.
But in the end, he feared to connect again. He couldn’t understand the others and assumed they will never understand him and his loneliness.
But Yuta’s there and especially Yuji. Both who seemed to yearn and understand satoru 😭 He was special to them, but not in the same way his family, jjworld, especially s/uguru instilled in him.
Yuji, who has a DE that’s basically a moment in a normal life of a human. If I understand it correctly, he can access and meddle with souls and memories.
Yuji’s extreme expression of himself is a memory of his childhood where he learned the value of life and forgiveness.
He was and always be a normal human being. if anyone were to disrupt seikatsu, they will have to be cut down.
Anyway, Yuji who values life and its connection, was there and satoru didn’t bother to stay and learn from him, to open up and be vulnerable, to share burdens… He gathered strong students and allies to succeed in a world without him. He moved to erase himself from their lives without a thought for those who wanted him to stay. He saw himself as unimportant in their lives.
I’m just really angry that Satoru just brushed them aside. He really didn’t understand how much he meant to these boys because loneliness is all he ever really knew. He could’ve easily changed that but didn’t, too haunted by the past to see what’s in front of him.
Too ruined by society and how they saw him. Heck, Nanami’s “read” on him didn’t help his case. And if you notice, throughout the whole series, he’s always been shaped by how people view him… (i.e: becoming the way that he is in Jjk vol 0 after his talk with su/guru)
That when the time comes to think for himself, he can’t help but be vague and hope for the best. He doesn’t have a clear goal on /anything/ that it cost him.
That’s where Yuji excelled at, his sheer will at achieving something. He could’ve learned from him 😭
(i don’t know if i explained this well, heck, i think the reason why I can’t do it well enough is ‘cause the ending was too rushed and shitty—everything’s jumbled and disappointing)
