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*DISCARDED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*

Makio and Asa return to Asa's home to sort through what will be kept and what will be discarded. A quiet ceremonial moment in the process of grief that has some insane layers to it...but it's NOTHING compared to the "reality" that awaits Asa -- and how her journey through grief is about to get even more complicated.

Grab the tissues, y'all -- you'll need them!

LINK TO REACTION: https://pixeldrain.com/l/wrY9uR9J

Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!

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Romania Black - Journal With Witch: Episode 3 Reaction! DISCARD?!

LINK TO REACTION: https://pixeldrain.com/l/wrY9uR9J **DISCARDED HEADPHONE WARNINGS** Makio and Asa return to Asa's home to sort through what will be kept and what will be discarded. A quiet ceremonial moment in the process of grief that has some insane layers to it...but it's NOTHING compared to the "reality" that awaits Asa -- and how her journey through grief is about to get even more complicated. Grab the tissues, y'all -- you'll need them! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #journalwithwitch Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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domdodom

no matter how many times i watch this episode i'm always crying by the end

Sunspots

Loved the reaction and discussion! 🥰 Critical Hit successful. 😆 In this episode, I most of all loved the performance of Emiri’s VA, just the way she beautifully portrayed Emiri’s despair, the kind of hoarseness to her voice as she called out Asa’s name, Emiri picking up the phone straight away and what she sounded like there. Just so naturalistic and gets me emotional every time I hear her. 🥹 Completely agree about the insensitivity of that whole school situation, that whole sequence is so painful to watch and makes me so angry. I really resent the approach of: ‘we wanted to protect you from being hurt by doing a thing that would obviously hurt you; you should be grateful, too.’ Just paternalism being disguised as care of some kind. And I always find it so insufferable when someone tries to push the idea that the ‘benevolence’ of their intentions means anything at all. Ugh, I will stop my rant here. 😅 I really love the way Makio approaches the situation and communicates here, as well! 🥰 Even with something so small as not waiting until they were both home, on top of each other, Asa probably feeling like she couldn’t get away from what happened, feeling embarrassed (unnecessarily) about getting lost, etc. - to say that there ‘isn’t anywhere to hide’ there. Saying it on the way there was really important, I feel. It deescalated slightly beforehand, which was really needed, and sets them both up to have at least some form of conversation rather than just intensifying Asa’s spiralling. Looking forward to the next episode! 💙

romaniablack

I don't blame you for crying - I usually think I'm a hard nut to crack for tears, but not this week! This got me right in the feelings! Thank you for the comment!

romaniablack

Critical Hit ratio with this series ACHIEVED. My heart! Emiri’s VA gave a POWERFUL performance - you can feel her desperation to help her friend and I think how natural it sounded helped to make me believe this interaction as real even more! “Paternalism disguised as some kind of care” – yes – and yeah, I don’t blame you for stopping the rant; I could be there all day as well! It very much has that air of “WE don’t want to be inconvenienced by the awkwardness of your pain” and it annoys me to no end. Hahaha, anyway, I’ll stop my rant as well! 😛 Makio has such a unique approach in her communication – I really appreciate her trying to do right with what Asa wants, as she’s the “main” person grieving too, though there’s no doubt in my mind that Makio is grieving as well, but ah, we’ll see what the show gives us, there! Thank you for the comment and kind words - I am SO ready for next week’s episode!

Will

I honestly forgot that this happens in episode 3. Somehow I thought it was a few episodes down the series. Basically, I wasn't ready either.

Popy

When Makio asks Asa what she wants for dinner and she answers " PIZZA! " instantly , with no hesitation and out of instinct I cried. It's the first time she forgets she's 'supposed' to be numb and just asks for the most teenage thing a person can ask for : Junk food.

romaniablack

I love that too - that Asa is allowed to be herself and just have PIZZA - it's such a small moment but so sweet and poignant; I love it, too! Thank you for noting this and for the comment!

romaniablack

Right!? The emotion and the power of this episode -- I would have expected it down the road as well, but it's so welcome this early! Thank you for the comment!!