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Calt Being

One of my mother’s habits was constantly comparing me to other kids, whether they were my friends or cousins. She would ask, “Why can’t you be like him? Why can’t you get good grades? Why can’t you behave well? His mother must be so lucky.” Her favorite phrase was always, “I wish i had a son like him.” Her intention was to push me into being competitive and to make me want to prove I was worthy. And back then, it actually worked. But looking back now, I realize how manipulative it was. She still does it, even though I’ve been more vocal about asking her not to. Thankfully, I live on my own now, so it doesn’t affect me as much. But when I think about having my own child, I can’t imagine letting her talk to them. She would probably treat them the same way, which is scary to me. Honestly, I’m a bit jealous of your kids, because they’re lucky enough to be raised by you. Steph, you and Wes are very self aware and willing to improve as a parent. I wish more parents had that trait.

Chels

I wonder if this show is a PSA on school violence in that it's saying you can't just blame a kid as a bad seed, but get to the source of what's causing the kids to spiral and try to help them from the source. Like if Junya had just approached Azuma-kun sooner, he might not have felt so desperate to appeal to Shizuka, if someone had helped Shizuka sooner, she might not have become so dissociated and apathetic or suicidal, and if someone had stepped in to help Marina, she wouldn't have tortured Shizuka. Which, I mean.. easier said than done, of course, but that's kinda the idea I feel the show may be getting at. All in all, I'm really liking how they're demonstrating each story and how they use the animation to get us into the headspace of these kids, it's hard but so good and I feel this is about as accurate as you can get through media. I always have to take a anxiety med before watching this and Peaky Blinders cuz they both trigger my CPTSD in different ways lol so that's how accurate I see this show being from personal experience. Kinda makes me wonder if the author was either a) a kid who went through this kinda thing, b) a kid who saw it happening, c) A teacher who saw it happening, or d) A therapist who sees these stories often, because there's no way all these micro psychological details are purely imagination because I feel like people who haven't gone through trauma like this first hand have a hard time imagining what it really feels like, and this show does such an amazing job at getting across the feeling of trauma with the music, the eerie angles and warped imagery, then all of a sudden things are rainbow and bright and hopeful for a split second because that's how trauma works. It warps everything, so you either feel you're in danger or choked and struggling but then one good thing comes up that breaks through and it feels almost surreal, then all at once, you're back to bleakness (during trauma btw. After escaping the circumstances, it changes a little bit, and ideally, a lot a bit) but ya as much as I hate how much it hurts, I'm really liking this show 🥲 I'm just a masochist

ElijahLew

Damn the way Azuma's mum acted saying she wont care about about his studies anymore and he can do whatever he wants honestly reminded me of stuff my mum used to say when I had bad scores. (0.0') Must be an Asian mum thing. But yea its so soul crushing.

Lynn

A detail i haven't seen mentioned anywhere yet, is how his mom gets him a 3000 Yen pair of glasses of the shelf. That's like 20 Dollar. Imagine being a kid, having a visual impairment and your mom, who is obviously not living in poverty, gets you the cheapest option possible to fix that impairment. It's another way of her showing, that she sees no value in Azuma, besides what his score on a test is.

Kindyh Bordat

SIGMUND FREUD WAS ALWAYS RIGHT. "I found in myself a constant love for my mother, and jealousy of my father. I now consider this to be a universal event in early childhood." 1897 Sigmund Azuma.

RCG

I really don’t get how parents can be like Azuma’s mother and I’m sure there are parents like that. He’s obviously trying really hard, studying a lot and even getting really good grades but it’s still not enough; anything below a perfect score isn’t good enough. Defining the love and affection you’re willing to give your child by the grades they bring home is just so heartless and cold, especially when the grades aren’t even bad to begin with. With the type of show this is and with Shizuka being so fixated on getting to Chappy, I can already picture her finally reaching Tokyo only to find out that he isn’t there and probably isn’t even alive anymore.

CONDORIANO

I don't know if Shizuka qualifies as a psychopath or sociopath, but I will consider her as such for this comment. I don't think this anime can be classified as "horror", but it does really disturb me how they portray a child psychopath. I don't know if I have just not consumed enough media, but it's the first time that I see piece of media fully committing to portraying a child psychopath without immediately skipping to when they are adult. It is very uncomfortable to see such a ""'monster""" in the body of a child and be so realistic at the same time

JD

My parents were similar to Azuma's mom when it came to academic achievement and I just have to say it really messes with a kids head and carries on with you into adulthood. Essentially nothing is good enough for praise. You get straight A's? Cool, that's what is expected of you. No good job, no reward, no praise. This leads to downplaying any achievement you might gain in the future. It took me a very long time to break this way of thinking and to be able to be proud of myself for my achievements. It took me a little over 10 years just to display and hang my college degree in Biology in my house and be proud of it because it was something that was expected of me to attain by my parents. Take away message, don't be like Azuma's mom. Celebrate even the smallest achievements of your child as they grow, it will go a very long way, in my opinion.

Tanmay

As someone with Asian parents this episode really connected with me tbh. I also love your guys’s reactions because I hated Shizuka after this but that might be because I don’t have kids and I’m still fairly young

Whammadoodoo

Those of us with Asian parents can relate. The reality for many of us is that we've never run crying to our parents. But we've often run -away- from our parents, crying.

Brooklyn

Marina’s mom and dad taught her how to hate and blame. Shizuka’s mom taught her how to manipulate people to get what she needed. Azuma’s mom taught him that love is conditional. A parent can so easily shape their child at this age

Dd

yeah, I can believe Azuma's mom exists in the world- but damn she is like extreme asian parent. At least I think so.

Wes And Steph

I think you’re right on the author. They have too good of an understanding.

Wes And Steph

I’m sorry that happened to you Calt :( and I appreciate very much that you think we’re headed in the right direction

V

Unfortunately Shizuku doesn't care if marina dies because she was making her life hell. Im pretty sure if Marina kill shizuku she also wouldn't feel back, because by her perfective she was the villain.

Cat Huang

yeah i feel shizuka, you dont have much time or energy or headspace to be learning moral lessons when you're too busy getting ur face smashed in and living life as not ur own, girl is probably dissociated to the 10 realms and beyond and the only thing her brain can grasp as any sort of life goal is to find chappy like, empathy probably comes second to her brain's goal of surviving insane abuse. normally in these cases (from what ive experienced), the empathizing feelings and capabilities almost get 'unlocked' with healing and lots of emotional and mental work. empathy is such an important social skill that i feel like people forget is a skill, and needs to be practiced, which shizuka has had no time to do

Cat Huang

omg wait yay u guys came to the same thoughts as me