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(…) one thing covered the stars; a kind of gray cloud that threatened with rain: pink lightning flashed inside and it moved very slowly, like a starfish, but it moved.
The hole (2021), Gaby Asceyndez.
#my writings#writer#writers#writing#writers and poets#writers on tumblr#writeblr#someone voted for this story that I published in 2021 and it made me want upload a phrase here too#gaby asceyndez#cosmic horror#horror story
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By the way, since I was left with the resentment of reading horror after "The Summer in which Hikaru Died" failed me, I "visited" Minetaro Mochizuki, one of my trusted authors of the genre, to see what other works he had to offer apart from the great "Dragon Head" (which was the only one I had read). And, at night, I found myself and read this story from beginning to end.
ZASHIKI ONNA.
I'll just say one thing: THIS IS HOW TO MAKE A GOOD HORROR MANGA!
This story REALLY scared me. And I highly recommend it.
💀💀💀💀1/2
#Zashiki Onna#Minetaro Mochizuki#commentary#manga#my opinion#manga review#manga horror#horror manga#j horror#horror story
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skip to loafer and the "i love you as a person" message
skip to loafer general spoilers
one thing that i'll always be very grateful of skip to loafer is really how they highlight so much the "i love you as a person" mindset — and how that is present in all the narrative, not only on shima and mitsumi's relationship.
this is not only important for the story's target audience, but it also opens the door to a discussion about the value of platonic relationships, which are often "denied" because they are not as "important" as romantic love. and this happens not only when mistumi tells shima that she will like him no matter what happens or who he is — the message spreads to other characters as well.
one of the examples i love most is the moment mika confesses to shima. throughout the chapter, all of her insecurities are exposed and she tirelessly hurt herself saying things like how she doesn't deserve to have someone who likes her in any way (a reflection of the way she was treated throughout her adolescence). this dissolves when shima refuses to throw away the valentine's gift she made especially for him and thanks her for all the care she took with it — an affirmation that her hard work has been recognized and appreciated. this shows mika that she is a person who deserves love and to be valued. for the first time, mika understands that she is being seen as a person, as someone who deserves to be treated well and be recognized.
i know that many people must be thinking that there was an intention for a romantic development in this scene and yes, i agree. after all, mika went to him to confess her feelings. but the way in which the scene was handled makes me think that being seen as a valid person to have feelings was worth much more to her than having her romantic feelings reciprocated — and this, in my opinion, comes back to prominence in chapter 54, when nao, once again, recognizes her pain and connects with it (the appreciation of the "self" when you find someone who understands where you’re hurt).
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(this part wasn't included on the original analysis, but later on I decided to add:
oh my god i was so focused on some very specific scenes for mika that this one slipped my mind and i feel so bad for that! this moment is one of the most important for mika’s development and it also highlight the first time she was seen as a person (by no other than nao). since that day, mika holds nao to a very important place in her heart. i feel that she, at that time, said exactly what mika needed to hear to feel validated and to feel comfortable enough to just go back and spend the night with the girls. if it wasn’t for nao at that time, mika would probably go home and regret ever making this decision — and this ties directly to chapter 54.)
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the second character i want to talk about is yuzuki and all the times he had his identity erased thanks to other people's selfishness.
since the opening of chapter 38, yuzuki talks about how she was always seen as someone whose time was numbered: there was a countdown until the day she achieved "true beauty" and began to be an object of desire, no longer a person. this not only happens thanks to the disgusting adult men that surround you, but also thanks to the friends she tried to make in middle school, one of the most important times of a child’s life, phase where they are beginning to recognize themselves as a person.
yuzuki is simply seen as a object of status to the boys in her class, while to the girls, she’s someone who was only interested in "diminishing others with her beauty" — something she never did, but never even had the chance to defend herself.
Thanks to that, yuzu is forced to grow up without having an identity of her own, but one forced on her, causing her to rebel and refuse to open up to new people. she had her feelings denied, being defended only when there was a sexual/romantic interest in the mix and forced to believe that she was being selfish for denying such a privilege of being "spoiled" and "admired" by everyone, all the time.
yuzu gets her chance to be valued as a person when she enters high school and meets mitsumi and the other girls. she is, for the first time, seen as a person, seen as a yuzuki, seen as someone who has the right to impose herself and be selfish, something she has never been able to be before. her feelings are not diminished or seen as "not valid enough” but most importantly: she’s finally heard.
and then, i think we have one of the most important “i love you like a person” moment: the breakup chapter. chapter 46 is a huge twist to skip to loafer’s romantic narrative, which i myself appreciate a lot. kind of a personal twist here, but it’s a breath of fresh air for someone like me, a demi girl, who always had a little trouble with understanding love when i was their age — and now, basically ten years later, mitsumi’s words not only reached shima, but it also reached me and other thousands of readers who needed to hear something like that.
but well, let’s get back on track. chapter 46 is one of the first times we see shima talking about his past relationship with other people and going a little more in-depth with his relationship with his mom. the core message of it all and the core line that guides all of his personal connections is very simple and highlight why shima have so many trust issues: no one ever saw him as a person, but only as a status object, as someone who was there to be used for their own benefit. shima was used by his mother when she forced him to keep on acting, was used by his peers in a situation a little similar with yuzuki (ofc not completely equal, because we need to remember that gender roles also have a huge influence on how both stories developed (see ririka, for exemple. i have a whole thread on her as well, but this is another topic), when both felt like they were nothing but puppets to the ones around him.
when shima is sitting by mitsumi’s side, he starts to wonder if he really deserves all of that, if he really deserves someone like mitsumi near him. he doesn’t understand his feelings as a whole, because he was never given the opportunity to really explore them and try to dissect it all — this is brought up once again on chapter 53, when he starts to discuss with mukai what it means to love someone in a romantic way (and why loving them as a person isn’t enough on society’s eyes).
he’s not, at any point, using mitsumi or making fun of her feelings. imagine if you were never allowed to think for yourself and then, suddenly, you have the freedom to do so. how does one express something they never had? how does one understand what it means to have a feeling, any feeling, if all they ever felt was guilt?
and that’s when the bigger bomb hits the scene: mitsumi, seeing how troubled he is, shows how important he is and how she values him as a person. it might seem silly to a lot of people, but just hearing someone saying “i will always like you as a person, no matter who you end up being” when all you ever heard in your life was how useless you were, makes you whole world crumble on the spot. he was seen, he was heard, he was understood. mitsumi valued him to the point of assuring him that a romantic relationship wasn’t more important than the platonic one they had. isn’t that beautiful?
to finish it off, i think the conversation the girls have on chapter 57 is also extremely important to the narrative and to the overall message. by not wanting the girls to see shima in a terrible light, mitsumi is, once again, putting their relationship as friends above any other romantic relationship they could have. she shows how much she values him and how much he is important to her — she sees shima as a person, not as an object.
and then, makoto comes to picture with a beautiful speech about how loving someone (any kind of love, not one or another) is to hope that they are happy, content, being taking care of and being comfortable with their own feelings. by forcing someone to feel anything you selfish want, you’re not valuing them as a person with their own feelings and insecurities, but only seeing them as a way to satisfy yourself.
of course, i’m not here to defend everyone and say that they never hurt anyone. yes, shima did hurt mitsumi and she still not completely over it, but she’s way worried with losing him as a friend than forcing something out of a relationship that both don’t feel very comfortable with. mitsumi herself is also someone who is slowly understanding her feelings and understanding what it means to love romantically — but never putting the platonic side aside, since there is no right way to love someone.
thank you so much for reading!! i hope i was clear about the points i was trying to bring up, but i'm always open to discussion!!! 💛
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WAAAAAHHH IT'S SOOOO....💞 ADORABLE AAAWW I'M CRYING
I think it's definitely gives us hints that shima is really fell in love with mitsumi (but he still doesn't realise it...😔)
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The summer Hikaru died.
I've been wanting to take a look at it for a while because it was recommended to me, but it hasn't convinced me at all. Although I couldn't really say why… The drawing is very good for this type of stories, which is as correct as its characters, and knows how to give many more bad vibes than "Gannibal" (this one can be called "horror ", in my opinion) within this type of new horror trend in manga. But, as I say, it's missing SOMETHING (like this a new trend, I guess 😅).
#the summer hikaru died#manga#commentary#mokumoku ren#cosmic horror#j horror#horror#manga horror#horror manga#manga review#review#my opinion#horror story
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Marriage is WORK but I wouldn’t trade my hubbie Chud for the WORLD he is a NIGHTMARE but he’s MY nightmare thank you GOD for this PIECE OF SHIT LIFE. ✝️
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If it has taken me so long to finish this book, it is, among other things, BECAUSE OF THE REAL TENSION IT GENERATES IN YOU; the kind that twists your intestines and makes you look away every time you try to start reading again. Because UNDER THE SKIN, by Michel Faber, is a subtly tricky book. It starts off being addictive, even hypnotizing, but as you get to the second part, and although these elements are maintained, the development of the main character and the constant concern for both him and the others (thus creating a fascinatingly horrible duality) , makes so many feelings come over you that it's hard to even continue. And even so, don't avoid wanting to do it (no matter how long it takes). Because this book has nothing left over. It is narrated in a captivating way, but, at the same time, in such a way that - excuse the redundancy - IT GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN (especially this second part of which it has marked quite a few things).
We have here a very good example of how to write xenofiction without it being strange or incoherent (within what is presented to us). Because here the human beings are not us, and discovering them is one of the best things about the book; their differences and undeniable similarities with us: the vodsels, their food. Like the criticism that the author makes thanks to they.
Or to HER, rather. Isserley. The protagonist. Another highlight of this book.
It's through her (and sometimes the hitchhikers she picks up on the A9 in the north of Scotland).
-which you don't even need to visit after all those brilliant descriptions🤩-)
that we will discover this horror taken from a reality that is not far away. Because in the end we all have to eat, right? We all want to reach the top! But in exchange or cost for what?, is what the idealist (and very interesting and adorable, despite going out very little) Amliss Vess will ask the woman, once she arrives on Earth, challenging beliefs about everything that done so far. .. Even about herself, to have something, anything, even if it is the wastelands of this beautiful planet.
A somewhat unique book, really. And that's why I raise the grade to 5/5, although the ending - although inevitable and beautiful - frustrated me a little, haha.
(PS: On the other hand, add that it is a perfect complement to its film adaptation, despite the fact that both end up creating their own independent essence without ceasing to be the same (although if you prefer to maintain that certain cosmic horror that there is in this one, perhaps not I recommend it…)
Today seemed like the ideal day to start a dark read… And I decided on this, since I had been hanging around my pending books for a while since I saw the movie.
I'm only one chapter in, but… I'm already deep into this story, haha!
#michel faber#under the skin#book review#books and reading#books#book#books & libraries#scarlett johansson#sci fi books#thriller books#my commentary#my reading#my reviews#sci fi movies
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Illustration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet by John Austen (1922)
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Naval flintlock Duck Foot Pistol with Silver Inlay by Bunney of London, 1770-1780
These types of pistols were designed for Naval officers during the 18th century when a sailor's life was very hard and far from happy. These fearsome pistols were meant to deter mutiny which history tells was a far too common event at the time. Eventually, in the late 1790s, the entire British Fleet committed mutiny at Spithead bringing sweeping changes to the daily life of a British sailor aboard a ship.
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“Come take my hand, my little rose.” 🌹🌼
I watched Skip and Loafer and I love it so much 🥹🥹 The cozy vibes are immaculate 🙏✨
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Acho que ainda estou no clima natalino para desenhar esse filhote de cruz credo, goblin esquisito.
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It looks like a Christmas tree!
Gas-rich NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy © JWST
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