#i realized...

[quil12]

I was thinking about Banana Fish and I just realized something about the ending that absolutely devastated me... I'm sure other people caught this, but it took me a while...

At the end, Ash dies while happy because Eiji literally (and figuratively) taught him how to say goodbye - he has closure because of that. Meanwhile, Eiji, while on the plane, can't find it in him to say goodbye to Ash because he didn't get that same lesson (plus Ash was able to say goodbye to him at the hospital whereas Eiji wasn't)

Basically, Eiji teaching Ash to say goodbye was what offered him closure and part of the reason he was happy when he died (the other, of course, being that Eiji hadn't abandoned him). And I think that's simultaneously really sweet and really sad

[iknewitiknewyou]

Do you ever have like a moment of realisation that you're just.... dumb AF?

[crematxrium]

💌 - something you admire in other people?

well, this happened yesterday, and it always makes me smile. I was out raiding with the regular group of people i meet with every week for raid hour in pokemon go, and i’ve made quite a few friends there. one guy that i know, ty, moved into my city about a year ago, and i was the first one to greet him into the group when he came, we met at a raid i facilitated. anyways, he’s a super friendly guy, it doesn’t matter if we’re in a group of more than twenty people, he will go up to new faces and introduce himself, shake hands, and get their name. 

it’s not much, but it brings a nice energy into the group, so people aren’t just standing around awkwardly if they came by themselves with no friends. i admire his ability to go around and make new friends. i’m very introverted, if someone has a question about the game, or vice versa, i’ll answer and then keep to myself. ty brings me out of my shell, and he always makes sure to include me when we go raiding. it’s nice.

thank you for the ask

[minttai]

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