as someone who had also lost my brightest star (my adoptive mom) on one random friday when i was happily doing something, life just forcibly snatched a big part of my soul away when i heard she passed and i didn't even dare to touch her cold body before the funeral. i refused to believe she's left me for a long long time. it's been almost 10 years since then, and i still reach out my hand up to the sky in hope to reach the stars she's shining upon me with, just like Ruby Hoshino does in the last panel. we can't reach them, but at least the palm our hands are arms-length closer to them and sometimes that's enough to keep us going, living for their sake.
i'm extremely upset that Aqua died, but i can't be so mad either since that's a very Aqua-like ending for him. just bc he feels hopefull to finally live a good life, doesn't change the fact that he's willing to go far to protect his loved ones. it's realistic how he wavered a bit and he might actually had a chance to stay alive if he wanted to, but he didn't. we're sad about his death bc we know that he didn't get to do so many things he deserved yet, but that's what WE want to see. for Aqua, all of those things didn't matter to him compared to protecting Ruby. in the end, that was how Aqua shows his love. he's just like Ai.
it takes similiar kind of experiences or understanding to be able to feel fond of the last arc, i think. it's truly painfully beautiful
as someone who had also lost my brightest star (my adoptive mom) on one random friday when i was happily doing something, life just forcibly snatched a big part of my soul away when i heard she passed and i didn't even dare to touch her cold body before the funeral. i refused to believe she's left me for a long long time. it's been almost 10 years since then, and i still reach out my hand up to the sky in hope to reach the stars she's shining upon me with, just like Ruby Hoshino does in the last panel. we can't reach them, but at least the palm our hands are arms-length closer to them and sometimes that's enough to keep us going, living for their sake.
i'm extremely upset that Aqua died, but i can't be so mad either since that's a very Aqua-like ending for him. just bc he feels hopefull to finally live a good life, doesn't change the fact that he's willing to go far to protect his loved ones. it's realistic how he wavered a bit and he might actually had a chance to stay alive if he wanted to, but he didn't. we're sad about his death bc we know that he didn't get to do so many things he deserved yet, but that's what WE want to see. for Aqua, all of those things didn't matter to him compared to protecting Ruby. in the end, that was how Aqua shows his love. he's just like Ai.
it takes similiar kind of experiences or understanding to be able to feel fond of the last arc, i think. it's truly painfully beautiful