#sukirofing

[roboticsorcerer]

shima believes himself to be unlovable and evil and mean and terrible and so he feels disillusioned when he asks mitsumi why she liked him and she says that it's because he's kind and he helped her. Because shima doesnt believe himself to be kind! he wanted mitsumi to give him a reason he hadn't thought of, something complicated and ugly he hasnt shown anyone, even if she has no way of fully knowing. but what shima isnt able to understand is that his "facade" for better and for worse is an active effort he made to make mitsumi more comfortable and at peace that at the time deeply affected her and kept her moving forward!!! He thinks all those times where he was nice are all just a prettyboy facade thats shallow and fake but fails to realize how those moments are what made him and mitsumi connect in the first place...

[robotic-poet]

ANOTHER CERTIFIED SHIMA LOSERBOY FACE MOMENT

[roboticsorcerer]

[skip and loafer chapter 29] something fun as i am thinking about this post again, is how sukirofa has a constant theme of "you never really realize how much effect you have had on others", and as I am rereading it's really fun to find it in other ways. Similar to how Shima doesn't realize how much his kindness affected Mitsumi (And how extraordinary that kindness was), here we're show how Mitsumi thinks of her younger self as kind of a burden to a younger Nao while musing about how Nao has been taking care of her. And immediately after we're shown Nao thinking she didn't take good enough care of Mitsumi, while remembering how Mitsumi's affection deeply affected her at a hard time in her life. (Later on we even have the chapter where Nao talks to Goro about how she feels she does too little for Mitsumi, and Goro responds by reminding her of her kindness towards Mitsumi and how it's appreciated). Something along the lines of "You never know how much you mean to someone, and they'll never know how much they mean to you. Unless you tell them."

[roboticsorcerer]

[skip and loafer, chapter 67]

The way all of skip and loafer's message goes back to . talk to your loved ones. dont pull away. talk things through .

I was once again thinking about this post I made a couple chapters ago. Shima thinks mitsumi only sees him for his facade, but in chapter 41 mitsumi does in fact recognize his bad points and likes them too, she simply does not realize to what point shima is insecure and struggling, so she doesn't tell him this and prefers to highlight all those times he was genuinely saving her from his insecurities.

[skip and loafer, chapter 41]

Whenever it comes to being vulnerable, Shima withdraws instead and "resolves" his feelings on his own . But as Mukai says, that attitude might come from a place of selflessness and insecurity and lack of self esteem, but it comes across to others as uncaring and cold hearted.

[skip and loafer, chapter 63]

Shima has been led to believe through his abuse that he can't rely on others, or that that's a sign of his own weakness. But as we see on this chapter, if he is vulnerable with those who care about him, those people meet him where he's at and offer him the support he is asking for.

[skip and loafer, chapter 67]

[roboticsorcerer]

sunflowers always grow towards the sun.

[roboticsorcerer]

I really like this person. That's why I want to be friends.

[roboticsorcerer]

i dont even have anything to say. hoooooly shit . what a good chapter . fun fact i read it and was thinking about it and i felt so so so so sad thinking about shima as a little kid i just began crying . anyways. live lottie reaction

[roboticsorcerer]

did you guys see this