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KB Volume 4 Summary 🏳️‍🌈

Ok, so... yeah the synopsis is hella gay.

「淵天」が収められた「蔵」へ続く扉の存在を知り、楽座市会場の下層を目指すチヒロ。折れた「刳雲」を携え、閃光が如く敵を絶命させる復讐者。その眼前に立ちはだかるのは…? Chihiro's segment in the first part is about what you'd expect from a shounen manga- he's gonna retrieve Enten from his current position in the plot but oh no! A mysterious figure stands in his way!

On the other hand, Hakuri's section has a lot of ship fuel... 一方、兄からの愛と暴力によって地に伏した伯理。今際の際に脳裏を過ったのは、ある少女との日々だった。極限の中、二人の少年の魂が呼応する。 (Colors added by me for emphasis.) "Meanwhile, Hakuri is struck down by his brother's love and violence. On the brink of death, he remembers the days he spent with a certain girl. In the midst of this extreme tension, the souls of both boys resonate with each other."

What.

OK so first, Soya. His "love" is described as 愛 (ai)- the pure, deep love of many a romance novel. It can be applied to family members and friends -ai is not strictly romantic at all, not even a little bit- but, uh... it's not a typical first choice. Ai is very, very heavy; there's no type of love more unselfish or profound (how ironic). Go wild, SoHaku enthusiasts.

Second, the last sentence is basically more total harmony/Aun imagery for Hakuri and Chihiro. 呼 (ko) means to call and 応 (ou) means to respond. Together, 呼応 means to act in concert. So Hakuri and Chihiro's souls call out and respond to each other in perfect sync when they're in dire straits. Yup. Very platonic, yes.

Third, it's hard to claim plausible deniability with Ice Lady being mentioned because of this:

Apologies again for my shitty mspaint skills.

Hakuri legit looks at them the same way when they tell him he's useful (in his mind, worth something). So like... I know this is meant to be platonic. I don't think he had a romantic thing going on with Ice Lady and the same goes for Chihiro. But man, why do all this AND all the other stuff that's happened in canon just for the bit?! I mean, I'm sure as hell not complaining! It's just a lot more than the crumbs I'm used to getting, you know?

Anyway, yeah. Thank you for sating my appetite for delusion, Hokazono-sensei. You know what you're doing with all this and I appreciate it.

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