Umm...since you seem to be getting the wrong conclusion here's the thing.
No, just because a year or less has past doesn't mean sumone can suddenly start forgetting their loved one.
If the MC here was just dating, makes sense but you need to know. THEY WERE MARRIED, a.k.a "Husband and Wife" with so many futures they had planned to do together.
Moreover when sumone love somone very deeply they can't easily let go of them. It's like "a love deep like the Pacific Ocean". Plus the wife didn't just pass away from a simple accident. It was Murder, AND not just a simple murder but a planned one.
No men will be able to give space in their heart when their wife were murdered.
Right now what the MC need is not therapy, he just needs time to process his situation and guiding yes, bc esper's contamination can cloud their emotions and judgement. The MC right now is not in the right sound of mind due to not been guided for so long.
And lasttttt, the MC right now just doesn't have space for new love, a new relationship and a new beginnin' with sumone who is not his wife and on the other hand a MEN XD
You didn't read what I said. I even called out that everyone grieves differently and has their own schedule.
You don't forget someone. Healing from your grief doesn't involve forgetting someone. In fact, forgetting someone is a very unhealthy way of dealing with grief. You should get therapy if you think you need to forget someone to heal.
Healing from your grief does not mean being ready for a new relationship. You can still be grieving and want another relationship. You can be done grieving and have accepted the loss, found happiness in your heart again, and still not want to be with someone else. Personally, I think being ready for a new relationship is completely separate from the grieving process because it can happen at any stage of the process... Or not happen at all.
After a year you shouldnt still want to die with your loved one. This man is still in those first few days of grief. He has not even tried to heal. He is quite literally suicidal. He thinks that if he does anything, literally anything, to take care of himself that it's a betrayal of his wife's memory and so he has chosen to die instead. He needs therapy.
I don't know why you're arguing against that. If you lose someone and your grief makes you suicidal then you need therapy. If it has been a year and you still have not moved past the suicidal stage of grief then you super need therapy. You should have healed more than that after a year.
You also didn't read the reason why I said that at the end too. (Please Do read this slowly and NOT in a rude way)
Is this you're first time reading a guideverse story?.
If yes then makes sense but if no, then that's where you're going wrong and thinking somthing else.
Guideverse doesn't work like how normal people work and feel. (I just don't understand why you're trying to compare guideverse with the real world because they're completely different)
The MC as an Esper was bonded with his wife, his guide.
The bond works similar to an omegaverse.
When an Esper loses their guide, their wavelength become unstable, unable to process their situation, loses control of their mind, judgement and oneself which in results most of the time leads to an Esper going rampage. (Total lose of sense, making them go berserk and leading to their death by being killed by the other Esper to protect the citizens against a soul less Esper whose trying to kill everyone because they can't control themselves anymore)
It's like losing a part of your urself, the empty ness which the guide fills the space in an Esper.
(Example when an Esper is bonded with a guide, the guide fills like atleast 50% of the Esper's whole.)
Like I've already mentioned but you didn't read it properly I guess, the MC haven't been guided after his exclusive guide died. He couldn't accept guiding from someone else because that's just how Guideverse work, which led to him almost going rampage due to the contamination that spreads if an Esper uses their power continuously or when they don't receive guiding for long.
Now getting to the point, after the Esper's guide died, he refused guiding from anyone else because that normal in guideverse. (An esper's guide is their other half)
When an Esper's guide dies, they loses their will to live because that just how it supposed to be in a guideverse story.
So here the MC, an Esper lose his wife who was his Guide, upon knowing the death of his Guide, the Guide's presence in him completely disappeared which made him lose control, get more contaminated.
Though the MC was restraint(shown in the starting of the chapter), he couldn't recive Guiding from other Guides because his body rejected it as it wasn't his exclusive Guide's guiding. He went on a year witout proper guiding which made him unstable, and his judgement and senses are and were clouded.
The reason why the ML's Guide power worked on him was because the ML is an S-class Guide. Meaning, he has the upper hand as the MC is an A-class (if I'm sure).
The ML being an S-class has the ability to give guiding directly, like He can nullify the guiding rejection of the MC.
And lastly!!!!
In a Guideverse story, the Guide's are the one who actually need therapy because of what they go through for their Esper and for any other Esper because for the Espers the Guide acts like a Therapist. They help in calming down an Esper. Even the coldest, annoying, shit charcter Esper can melt down like a puppy infront of their RIGHT Guide. The more higher the Guide's Class the Higher upper hand they have against their Esper.
You are not reading what I'm writing at all. Now you're waxing poetically about guide verse like you are the only person who's ever read it, lol.
If you think that guides and espers don't need therapy and only need their relationship then you aren't old enough to be reading it. Guideverse relationships are almost always toxic, to the point that they're toxicity is the point of their manhwa. Guiding fixes the energy issues that an esper has but isn't mental health. There's actually quite a few guideverse stories that talk about the other needs that an esper and a guide have and how they need coaching and therapy because of how co-dependent and toxic their relationships can be.
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Honestly I've read Different types of guideverse, with different plots, a lil change in the plot of how an actual guideverse is.
BUT the point is I never said Guideverse wasn't toxic.
Yes the relationship between a guide and an Esper isn't always rainbows and sunshine. They're both freaks for each other.
The starting when they get to Know each other is like a mouse and a snake situation.
But later on they both become stable and a perfect match. (This is what I'm talking about)
And also, I never said they DON'T AT ALL NEED therapy.
Read my last part again, a Guide needs more therapy than the Esper because of the physical as well as the mental labour they go through while using their power.
There's are also different type of guideverse stories where almost all of the plots goes on with : The Guide's ability that helps in calming down the Esper which also includes calming the mind of the Esper.
(The contamination clouds the Esper's mind with which comes the Guide who helps in nullifying it)
The Guides are the reason why Espers are in sound mind, good judgement and senses after using their power. So now the one who needs more therapy is the Guide.
And please do not compare Guideverse to reality. I sticked with FICTION not REALITY.
why do you keep trying to bring up the reality?
"Guiding fixes the energy issues that an esper has but isn't mental health".
:True, guiding isn’t mental health treatment — but stabilizing an esper’s energy directly clears their mind, sharpens their focus, and steadies their emotions. An unstable esper can’t fight or think straight, but after guiding, they’re in peak condition to control their powers. Energy balance and mental clarity go hand-in-hand in a guideverse world. Guiding basically clears the mind of an Esper to think straight.
You saying “guiding isn’t mental health” is a way that treats it like real-world psychology, you're crossing into a reality comparison, which isn’t necessary when we're’ talking purely Guideverse logic.
This is my last point since you keep focusing on Therapy in a Guideverse story.
In the Guideverse, guiding isn’t some therapy session — it’s the core system that stabilizes an esper’s energy. Once that energy is balanced, the mind naturally clears, emotions steady, and powers become precise. Whether you call it ‘mental health’ or not doesn’t matter here — in guideverse world, guiding is the difference between an Esper losing control and an Esper winning the fight.
But also like what shitty friends would have that reaction they know he probably needed a new guide a long time ago ?
Girl are u fucking dumb ? Seems like ur just tone fucking deaf u think 1 fucking year is long enough for someone to get over grief of a WIFE ? You need to touch grass.
My dog died a long time ago and i'm still pissy about it
Your words "He should be healing by now & he should be trying " makes no sense people don't get over death even after 10 or 50 years his wife was murdered it's not someone he can heal from in just a year I'm sure he knows it's not healthy too but sometimes u just can't move on it's not even about therapy sometimes u dont want to seek help like the mc here
trying to push something insane as "bro should've started healing by now...it's been a year..." and covering it up by saying "everyone heals at a diff pace" bro ur contradicting yourself
real as fuck
my grandpa died when I was 10 years old, now that I'm a fully grown 26 year old adult, I still feel mourn his death, I still want to end my life because I feel pretty empty inside, like man, good for you to be able to move on fast from a loved one's death
It took my mom over 5 years to heal from my grandma dying to lung cancer. I didn't have time to properly feel grief about it, until 7 years after the fact, because I was dealing with continual abuse.
So trying to say that anyone should have a timeline for when they could or should process grief, says a lot about you, and your inability to empathize with others.
When we should try to help people with their grief, is when it is actively hurting them or others, in a literal sense. Caden is actively putting others in harms way, by not receiving guiding, but he shouldn't be blamed for not wanting someone to, in his mind, replace his wife.
Mister guide on the other hand, is purposefully trying to use Cadens grief for his own pleasure. They gonna really need to convince me he deserves any kind of leeway when it comes to his gross behavior.
Everyone grieves different some people don't start healing for years
I agree with this person its not healthy . It takes a lot of people more than a year to grieve, thats true. But his grief is self harming. He has been actively trying to die, not getting the help he needs, letting his life go to mess. He’s still lashing out at people and centering his life around it. You can and would probably still be upset, but when people still want to die after a year its dangerous.
No one here is saying that the self harming is healthy, but that the length of time for him to feel that way isn't unusual. Especially when you stop to think about the fact that the whole rest of his life, was planned around his wife being there.
Like, maybe the only reason he has that home, is because he wanted a better space for them both. Maybe he has certain clothes because of her input. Maybe he colored his walls, or picked out dishes, or other small little things, because of her input. She was his world, and now in the space where she used to be, there is a her shaped void.
It is also even more impactful, that something she did for him, out of necessity and love, now has to have a replacement. Like he doesn't have a choice. Like he was imprisoned for not taking guiding from another person. He literally has not been allowed to properly process his grief at all.
Also, many people who lose their whole worlds, either partners, parents or children, will tell you that the sporadic instances of wanting to give up on ever living your life without that loved one, can last years. Like, the instances of feeling your world bottoming out from under you will eventually don't really go away, the time in between episodes simply gets longer and the pain itself dulls.
But a year while imprisoned with people trying to force you to replace your wife, and with you having hurt people for not replacing one of her roles, would make anyone continue to have feelings for a long ass time. Also, losing loved ones, especially to murder, can and does cause PTSD, which can make the healing process that much harder.
Grieving someone u loved for ur whole life is a crime or sumn
This is not a healthy way to process grief. Didn't say it had been a year?
He should have started healing by now... He shouldn't still be clinging to the pain of loss after an entire year, he should have started trying to heal. Everyone heals at a different pace but you should start trying before a year. This man needs heavy duty therapy way more than he needs guiding.