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i love tsubaki arc, the build up was amazing; from him talking with anonymous, to him being in denial and anger, and finally to him losing his mind and him and tasuku both snapped. the emotions were intense, and i love the way the author provoked our emotions through the illustrations. when tsubaki started to trash talk the cat's clowder members we saw him in the ufo. ofc that's bcs he started to become a stranger to tasuku, become the tsubaki that tasuku didn't recognize. but for me, the ufo and the ship that appeared afterward were a representation of their feelings. ufo as something tasuku likes seems to depict his acceptance of his sexual identity. then it's invaded by tsubaki. then when tasuku finally confronts tsubaki and makes him realize, the ufo disappears and turns into a ship, signifying tsubaki finally accepting his sexuality. tasuku's ufo is tsubaki's ship.
i also like how the author illustrates the whirlwind of emotions that tsubaki feels when he finally comes to terms with his sexuality as a series of memories that comes flooding back to him. i feel like he realized things that matter to him, including the cat's clowder, and his time there. and one more thing, the toy organs falling off the table when tsubaki started talking about cat's clowder was also a top notch illustration, it exactly describes what tasuku (and i as the reader) felt when he said "don't you go there bcs you're one of them too?" it felt like my heart dropped and all the organs in my body were scattered.