hinami used to believe this, she used to believe that it was hard to be happy and all she and everyone else can do is just live. but this is her right now,
she was smiling and laughing in all her scenes in this chapter. she found her happiness.
she isn’t just living for the sake of living or for the sake of others anymore. she used to dedicate everything she did for the sake of kaneki and touka as well. she got stronger for them, dirtied her hands for them and was willing to sacrificed her life for them. she lived simply to be of use to them, so that they can live on.
now she lives for herself. she’s still a kind ghoul who wants to help others, but she doesn’t do this by fighting and getting stronger. it’s not her thing. she teaches orphans to read and write, which are things she enjoys. and like. i don’t even have to talk about the shopping. she’s clearly having fun as well, living life for herself.
we didn’t get to see how she transitioned to this stage, but i feel like seeing kaneki and touka achieve their own happiness, knowing that she had nothing to blame herself for anymore probably helped her take the first step to moving on. being with ayato probably helped to her to take the next step towards her own happiness. hinami’s story began with tragedy, as did kaneki’s, touka’s, ayato’s, etc. but she managed to end it with love and happiness.
BTW! Looks like Hide’s face is healing up with the ghoul treatments, he seems like he’s able to talk without the passy-muir valve & he no longer has a trache
Am I The Only One Looking Into Juuzou’s New Hairpin And Stitch Arrangement???
It’s The Roman Numeral 21.
The World (XXI):
“The World represents an ending to a cycle of life, a pause in life before the next big cycle beginning with the fool. The figure is at once male and female, above and below, suspended between the heavens and the earth. It is completeness. It is also said to represent cosmic consciousness; the potential of perfect union with the One Power of the universe. It tells us full happiness is also to give back to the world, sharing what we have learned or gained.”
“Upright it means completion, integration, accomplishment, travel, but reversed it means lack of completion, lack of closure”
to match the World symbolism from a few chapters back!!
BB Amino Black Arts Magazine Cover – Reaper’s Cackle
Mag cover for the 29th edition of Black Arts, featuring Undertaker. The theme was laughter, so here I have him doing a bit of a crazy laugh. Those…beads…. were hell.
+Closeup because that hair was….phew.. i spent quite some time on it.
K, because a lot of people are misunderstanding my “I want Sebastian to get character development” monologue/rant, I’m making another post to address it separately.
When I say ‘character progression’ in regards to Sebastian, I don’t mean anything dramatic—like he suddenly cares for all the orphans in the world and decides to go on a redemption quest to purify every sin he’s ever committed.
Heck no.
Sebastian’s a vile, blackhearted demon but he is capable of depth and complexity. I want to see scenarios where this suave, collected, nigh-powerful demon can’t get out of with supernatural power. I want to see him strive—desperately, truly, honestly—because in this present situation, no amount of demonic magic will work. Sebastian said so himself, even demons can’t bind human hearts so if the conflict between RC and OC is a struggle rooted in emotional complexity then by all of hell, Sebastian will have to learn. He will have to adapt. He will have to struggle.
This is the character development that I want to see in Sebastian. Slivers of understanding, change, comprehension—because when I say ‘development’ I don’t mean “good golly Polly, he’s as sweet as raspberry jam now.”
I want Sebastian to emerge from his chrysalis of doom and forced villainy and realize that hey, he actually really likes this whole butler gig. These aesthetics? These “rules of the game” that he set up for himself? They mean something to him. (They don’t have to be the end-all be-all of Sebastian’s essence but perhaps a tentative appreciation for the niche he’s reluctantly fastened himself into.) And as for Agni, Elizabeth, Sieglinde, Nina Hopkins, friggin Frances Midford—they are mortal creatures who have somehow escaped the formulaic human mold he expected them to fit into and have surprised, stunned, and stupefied Sebastian into feeling things he can’t quite pinpoint. (He doesn’t have to give an impassioned soliloquy about how much he adores them because that really would be out of character but I mean, even now, these people—these humans—they intrigue, confuse, and puzzle the heck out of him.)
And OurCiel, his master and employer. A simple, infantile contractee who has forced Sebastian to jump through hoops so numerous, to cater to ridiculous whims and fancies, to get stabbed with a death scythe, battle the undead, suffer through mustard gas and shinigami hell and has made him, an immortal all-powerful demon swallow his pride more than once—
In a span of three years Sebastian has felt and experienced more than he’s ever even considered before. He has toiled and labored and I want to see that yield something of value and conjecture. Those repartees of word and wit, those clever arguments, those learning experiences and death-scythe-through-the-chest moments with OC? I want to see how far those experiences have embedded themselves in this nameless demon’s character because I honest to goodness believe OC might just give Sebastian his baseline for growth.
Thank you for reading this random digression of thought and hope.
Praying that Yana might have sympathy on all us plebs lmao
Chapter 141 confirms another little theory of mine that I’ve had since 2CT:
Remember how Undertaker always mentioned to Our Ciel when he stopped by the funeral parlor that he had a custom-made coffin for him?
Where did he get his measurements from?
That to me was always a hint that not only did Our Ciel have a twin brother, but that he had been with Undertaker this whole time, and thus provided him with the measurements.
Hi! Hmm, well I’ve blogged a little about my very first manga ever, which is coincidentally the longest manga series I’ve ever read till now in a way, because it’s part of a crossover amounting to 86 volumes. I think this is going all the way back to 2009? The whole crossover ended in 2015.
Otherwise, it’s definitely Kuroshitsuji and Ao no Exorcist that I started the same summer, something like 6 or 7 years ago now? I think it was summer 2012 for both if my memory doesn’t fail me.
Then it must have been both Chihayafuru and Shingeki no Kyojin in 2013 because I started the series after seeing gifs from their respective anime (airing at the time) on my dash.
Tokyo Ghoul that just ended I started in Spring 2014. Sometimes after (maybe 2015?), I started Gangsta. and then it was Berserk at the very beginning of 2016 and Gintama in April of the same year.
Another series I follow monthly (and for which the anime is in production by Wit Studio) is Vinland Saga that I started at the beginning of 2017. I really need to reread this one as well before the anime starts, but it shouldn’t be before 2019 at the very least so I still have time. xD
Finally there is Black Lagoon but just like I can’t remember how I came to start it, I can’t remember when I did either. xDD It was after Berserk tho’, I’m at least sure of that.
I probably forgot a few titles here and there, but that’s what I follow regularly and what I’m likely to reblog about. I’m not mentioning animes because I watched way more of those and I go wayyyy back, earlier than 2009 I think, so I’m afraid I can’t detail more than that. ^_^
I hope it answers your question! Have a nice day. 🙂
Yeah I’m okay, the ending was satisfying on some points, less so on others. I wasn’t expecting it to 100% please me anyway, but the fact that overall I enjoyed the chapter is good enough for me. 🙂
I was sad yesterday, I might be sad again from time to time, but I’ll handle it, having had worse reactions when it comes to some series ending. There was one manga that was already over for a long time when I started it, but boy was I miserable for a full week after I finished it (despite the fact the ending is rather happy). Same for some animes, like Cowboy Bebop.
I’m grateful Sensei warned us three weeks ago actually, it’s easier to deal with the idea. x)
Anyway, yeah more Berserk and more Ao no Exorcist for sure (I have a few posts ready or that I want to write), probably more Shingeki no Kyojin but I’m in dire need of a reread I think, because a recent character’s death got to me hard and I need to get back into it. Kuroshitsuji won’t change, I love it too much. xD
Let me know if you need a heads up about where to start reading Ao no Exorcist since you already know the old anime! The manga is amazing, you won’t be regretting it (+ it’s narratively speaking the best time to catch up). 😀
Take care Anon and thank you for being so kind and for the nice words. :3 Have a lovely day!
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