I love Maya! I love her sm.
I see a lot of myself within her character. Like I do with Taichi and Kohei. That inner contempt for those you think have it easier in life because they don’t have the drawbacks you were given, such as a disability.
And given she’s disabled and has gone through so long in an ableist, hearing world, you can understand why she would be harsh towards Taichi since in her eyes he’s just using Kohei’s kindness to take advantage of a disabled person for free food.
She doesn’t want her or the people she cares about to het hurt by the ableist world around them so she puts up walls and drives people away before they have a chance to. Due to past and current ableist experiences she already assumes the worst of the hearing world, a place that doesn’t seem to take the effort to understand her or Kohei, and so she either doesn’t try or she actively pushes people away to avoid any more ableist harm.
I definitely feel like this helped set up themes that were very well explored in LIMIT which sadly I don’t think will get adapted.
It’s unhealthy. And it’s shown as unhealthy. And Taichi calls her out on it.
It makes it all the more rewarding when they she sees what Kohei sees. And sees Taichi isn’t who she thought he is.
Much like with Kohei. It makes it all the more rewarding when she realises she can be understood.
PARALLELS PEOPLE PARALLELS
Specifically a parallel to the “it’s not your fault you can’t hear” line.
STOP HATING MAYA! God forbid a woman in a BL not be whole heartedly likeable the first episode she’s introduced.
