#hakusumi

[ghcstrie]

could i have saved her? save? even though she never asked to live?

[magatamahairclips]

HAKUSUMI IN THE BIG 26 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[winterboyx]

Im forever pissed at the fact the most politicaly charged arc of tbhk was heavily overlooked by fans

The grim reaper arc opens great conversations about

Racial biases

Misoginy

Critizices the traditional marriage

Opression and priviledge to speak against opression and the consequences of not doing so

Yet it was completely overlooked and reduced to "hakubo ate sumire lol"

[yuisalt]

An illusion

[mysomoto]

guys. guys every year there’s a new couple featured in thiss layout on valentine’s day. guys. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027. mitsukou valentine’s day art 2027.

[mitsukousnightlife]

a parallel that has definitely been mentioned before but i feel like needs to be reiterated,,

sadness, sorrow, all the things that kou would go through should he ever exorcise mitsuba. his expression explains it all. the distraught running through his mind, tensing at the idea of it,

and dare i say the crazy refers to kou’s desperation. the will that he has to keep mitsuba alongside him. going as far as exorcising a supernatural, ripping its heart out, force feeding it to mitsuba.

and then of course the similar panel structure, mitsuba and sumire’s side as they smile with their eyes closed, their hands delicately making contact with the other.

and then kou and hakubo’s expressions falling as an un/hidden shock. because they’re the ones who would go crazy, go through all that sadness, should their lover disappear.

[musicalmoritz]

One take I don’t understand is when ppl say romance ruins TBHK or that the manga would be better without it. I think a lot of fans underestimate the importance romance plays in the plot of TBHK, because look at it this way

If Hanako didn’t love Nene, we wouldn’t have gotten the Picture Perfect arc

If Akane didn’t love Aoi, we wouldn’t have gotten the Clock Keepers arc

If Hanako didn’t love Nene, the Severance never would’ve happened, and by extension no Grim Reaper arc, Red House arc, etc.

Every major arc that happens in the story uses romance as a major catalyst. Even many minor arcs like the Misaki Stairs arc, the Mitsuba arc, the Hell of Mirrors arc, and the Nightlife arc have romance as a prominent theme. So without romance, TBHK has no plot. It’s just Nene helping Hanako clean bathrooms while Kou tries to decide if ghosts are good or bad. We wouldn’t even have that much, because without romance Nene never would’ve met Hanako

There are enough mindless action shonens out there, it doesn’t hurt to have one that caters more towards a female audience. Not to mention most shonens don’t write romance well, it’s refreshing to see one that recognizes the importance of those dynamics. Most shonens struggle with romantic and familial relationships and those are the ones TBHK does best, it makes it unique. Many of the platonic dynamics like Teru/Akane and Hanako/Kou are well-written as well, though there are some that need to be fleshed out more (*cough* Aoi and Nene *cough*)

If there were any changes of that nature I’d say it should’ve been a shoujo so that fans wouldn’t be misled about the nature of the series. It’s fine if you like the concept of a haunted high school and wish it had been totally different, but then it wouldn’t be TBHK. Without romance, TBHK has no plot. And I kinda wish more fans would look past their hatred for the ships themselves and acknowledge that

[visjules]

Wounds