more thoughts about this alternate timeline
breakdancing cat meme but it’s itadori
jujutsu kaisen + the onion headlines
I can't stop thinking about a fifteen-year-old abandoned teenager who spends half the day at school and then regularly visits his grandfather, from whom you can't get a word of affection.
I think about a very independent boy who has to do all the housework, washing, cleaning, cooking, doing homework, because there is no one else to take care of him. I think about how lonely he is, even though he looks so bright and funny outwardly. I think about how attentive and kind he is to others, and loneliness has not hardened him.
I think about how he, in turn, simply and naturally treats his loneliness without dramatizing, although there is no one nearby, and it can be too quiet sometimes.
I think that he got used to pretend, to wear a mask and smile. I think about a strong, persistent boy, who has no time to concern about himself with his heart full of sympathy and compassion to others.
I think about a mature child who easily takes responsibilities and admits his blunders (even if he is in no way to blame).
And you literally learn all this from the first pages of the manga.
I started breaking down crying reading this. Thank you for writing this. It’s really very heartbreaking.
