I’m so excited about this new arc!! it’s really interesting to revisit similar themes that were explored in the picture perfect arc now that so much more has happened.
I think the biggest difference I’ve noticed is that in 112 nene objects to an altered reality because of the importance of her past:
whereas in picture perfect, nene’s objections to an altered reality are expressed mostly in terms of what she wants for her future:
she talks about wanting a real life, but she’s still talking in hypotheticals and hopes. of course, as the picture perfect arc shows, hope is a beautiful and important thing!! it’s what drives us to live our lives!!
but… is it life itself? what relationship do these aspirations have to a real life? are these things really what nene means when she says she wants a real life?
what does a real life look like?
I think 112 begins to answer that very beautifully by having nene consider what this means by looking to her real, lived past rather than a hypothetical future
a real life is the life nene poured hard work and endless love into. a real life is not just dreaming but doing. it’s having things happen to her and reacting to those things. the people who came into her life and how she put love and effort into keeping them there, and it’s the love and effort they put into staying with her!! look at all of her adventures, at all she’s faced and overcome to be where she is now!!
I love seeing nene asking what to do, especially as she’s looking at how much she’s already done. it’s such a beautiful turn in her perspective!! she’s come so far from the post-picture perfect nene who kept insisting they could deal with her lifespan later. we’ve come a long way from far shore bound nene, who was trying to accept her death by accepting a future in the far shore. maybe not the future she wanted, but a future she could try to accept.
her perspective in these past arcs was almost entirely future-oriented.
I really love that now, while she’s starting to think about what to do, she can reflect on all she’s already done and gone through!! I love that she loves her past!!
it’s been hard, but it’s been hers. and she wants whatever comes next. she wants to make it and grow it herself!! no matter what the result is.
it’s so beautiful seeing nene looking back and cherishing her life… and makes me wonder if this is maybe a tonal turning point. to see nene pausing and looking back instead of charging forward. directing her optimism and idealism and endless love backward and realizing how beautiful and important everything has already been, despite the hardships.
I love that she still wants to put work in, and I believe she’s going to be putting in so much work and so much love to the end of her story, because that’s who she is!!
but her saying she wants her dying, rotted plant back… saying it’s important to her, even if it will never flower… makes me wonder if she’s gearing up to accept an end to her life, knowing that it was a real one that mattered, and one that she gave her best to
or!! maybe nene looking to the past with love doesn’t necessarily mean an acceptance of her death, but rather that her plans for her future going forward will have a more solid foundation than her plans that were solely based on hope (and, lbr, denial)!! maybe she’s looking to the past to clear out that denial so she can have a more reliable plan.
either way, the beginning of chapter 112 is such a beautiful character moment for nene. I think her looking toward the past is an important distinction between 112 nene and picture perfect nene. it shows how she’s grown so far throughout the story, and I can’t way to see what she does with the reflections she’s made <3
THIS IS WHAT IM SAYING ITS MAKING ME SO PISSED😭😭😭 NO FUCKING WAY AIDAIRO WOULD END IT LIKE THAT THATS INSANE
Wait… do people actually think that tbhk has been reset and that the recent chapter is the ending?😭
I keep seeing videos like these on tiktok:
HOW DID PEOPLE GET THIS IMPRESSION WHAT?
First of all we don’t know what happened yet, all we got is Nene coming to at the festival next to Aoi.
Second of all, even if some big time change did happen it is almost certainly going to be undone. There are so many unfinished plots that it would be crazy for them to end it like this. There is maybe a tiny chance that will happen, but I highly doubt it. This just doesn’t seem like the end of the series.
i finally finished it aaaaaa!!! i started this in october of last year, and now it's finally done!!
anyway, these two are the main characters of a webcomic i may or may not create one day that i call Loving Paranormally. the basic plot is lottie finding caroline and deciding to help her move on from her past struggles, which comes in the form of fun little dates that she'd never been able to go on before.
i love these two catgirls dearly and i hope you do as well :3 (btw i'd be very happy if you reblogged this so my girls can get more eyes on them okay thank yewwww)
individual versions and text under the cut
lottie (charlotte akeley)
lottie is a hyperonline shut-in who is obsessed with ghosts, death, and all things spooky. her hobbies include drawing, blogging, and spending far too much time arguing with people online. she doesn't take care of herself in any way, seeing herself as basically already dead. but that's fine by her, she's got her blog and bone collection to keep her company until her day comes!
caroline (caroline florence)
caroline is a ghost from the 1840s who died from a disease that left her bedridden for nearly her entire life, which was quite short. she is surprisingly knowledgeable about certain topics, having read many books to quell her boredom. after her death, she began haunting her old home's garden, which was her favorite place. you can find her weeping there decades later, mourning the life she never had.
I dont have much to post, so here's Mitsuba as that liverleaf trend from like a month ago!!!!! I thought I was so smart for this, and then I saw a gazillion other people do this too right after posting it 💀