#wbk 173

[nanakorobiyaokii]

#173: ꜰʀɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

[squish--squash]

THE LIGHTING LOOKS LIKE FUCKING TEARS YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME, WHAT THE FUCK

[kaleidoscopic-quiddity]

winbre 173 thoughts:

i loooveee that panel of akari looking stern and strong after her father and mitsuki both have walked off

i love that NII-sensei very much seems to be setting up for mitsuki's interpretation of akari as someone 'who just laughs things off' (i.e as someone who's 'weak') to be challenged and disproven

just, there's lots of shitty narratives around domestic/child abuse victims and what standing up to your abuser is 'supposed' to look like

so i love that NII-sensei is clearly showing that, whilst she's not as confrontational as mitsuki, she is standing up for herself in her own way

i actually quite like that there's a bit of cognitive dissonance there with mitsuki, he doesn't view his own femininity or femininity in general as a weakness and self proffesedly hates 'outdated thinking'

and yet he inadvertedly looks at how akari (and he himself) handles their father's abuse and deems it weak willed or insufficient

hypocrisy makes a character interesting!

based on the last page of the chapter it seems like sakura is gonna have some 1-on-1 interactions with akari and probably learn about how she's her own kind of tough

and in turn so will mitsuki, and he'll most likely gained a new-found apreciation for akari, and how her will is different to but no less resolute than his own

speaking of sakura, all this is definitely brining up memories of the past for him

im interested to learn how much his own situation growing up mirrored or differed that of the kiryu siblings'

a few people have already pointed this out already but mitsuki's attentiveness towards girls, ESPECIALLY that moment at muscle power when tsuge was yelling and unintentionally startled the girl mitsuki was with, is recontextualised by this chapter and his relationship with akari and just aaauughhh i love him sm hes so sweet

that one panel of the boys watching the kiryu siblings argue with their dad is so good jgfghjhg

its like 50% tsuge and nirei holding sakura back from going out there to throw hands, and like 50% those two bleeding hearts hugging him for comfort

i think this chapter is pretty damn realistic too, both in general and to japanese culture more specifically, the other boys are clearly upset by the situation they've witnessed but they also feel that it's not their place to comment on someone else's family, i appreciate that nuance

idk, just, overall a really great chapter, very excited for where this arc is gonna go

[sakuraxharuka]

amazing

[ishihirasenma]

MY KIRYUSAKU FIC WAS INSTANTLY DEBUNKED LMAO BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING SQUEEEEE (≧∇≦)✨❤

[raamitsu]

THIS ☝🏼

[bayleavesfromthevine]

Wind Breaker 173 Spoilers

SOBBING over this chapter HELLO?

First of all, the fact that the others had to HOLD SAKURA BACK from going out there?? That says SO MUCH about him and how he grew up, even without the panel of his parents we got.

Speaking of Sakura's parents, have I mentioned how much I hate them? I hope all of Bofurin takes turns beating their asses.

The highlight of this chapter for me was seeing Kiryu deeply misunderstand who he takes after in the family. He says he grew up to be like Akari but this...

looks a whole lot like this...

When Kiryu mentions how he thinks he's taken after Akari, notice how Sakura and Suo are the only ones looking as though they know better (which also raises some questions about Suo's past since he's always been acutely perceptive about things like this, but I digress):

Finally, Sakura seeing Akari for who she truly is is SUCH a powerful panel:

I love this chapter and I'm so excited for Sakura to hopefully talk with Akari in 174

[hollybobsy4]

i'M GONNA THROW UP

CHAPTER 173 SPOILERS!!!

OH GOD SAKURA AND KIRYUU I WANNA HUG BOTH OF YOU

STOOOOOOOOOP

i fucking knew Akari was the one getting yelled at RAAAHHHHH NOOO

TWAT

I'M GONNA BE ON THE NEWS ONCE I GET MY HANDS ON THIS MAN

GET HIS ASS

THEY HAD TO HOLD HIM BACK LMAOOOO!!! no, go sakura, attack

help this poor woman

Nii Satoru when I get you

someone help my man

Sakura's clocked it

AHHHHHHHHHHH HE'S BUYING HIM THE THING OH YOU ARE THE FRIEND EVER

i love my son