"Hey Tomo! I know you have something you want to say, but let me go first. I know you have someone else you like, but listen, I have a solution. Have you heard of 'Mormonism' and the writings of Brigham Young?"
Dunno if I'm ready for the incoming feelsbad
Poor Akari.... not like this. Not like this. Our fluffy ray of sunshine doesn't deserve to go out like this
I am undoubtedly focusing on the wrong things here, but... holding his breath for 4 minutes and 12 seconds?! I can barely hold my breath for over a minute! Do I just have, like, very little lung capacity? Is this a normal thing most teenage boys can do?
acting like Tomo's not been at this every night in the bath since he was 6 years old
He is ready for his first time at 3rd base with Ibuki. The question is if Ibuki is ready.
Serious post:
There are three main components to breath control, one of them is mental and mental is hardest part. Even without special training the average person can last about 5 minutes without gas exchange at rest, but your brain makes you want to breathe. When you can't you start to panic, your heart rate excelerates and your brain, your #1 energey suck, goes into highgear or (if underwater) you will inhale water an then the whole thing goes sideways.
So the #1 main thing is learning and teaching yourself not to panic when you can't inhale and exhale. This is why pearl & sponge divers can stay down, making physical efforts for 10 minutes or more on a dive.
The other thing to remember, as we get into the physiological side of things, is that what makes you need to breathe is less about bringing in oxygen and more about exhaling carbon dioxide. If you could scrub the CO2, you could last (iirc, i might be off) for over 30 minutes on just the oxygen in the air in your lungs. This part of the concept of scuba rebreathers.
CO2 binds to hemoglobin, the iron in your blood that carries oxygen, degrading its effectiveness until it is expelled. Carbon MONOxide is even more likely to bind to hemoglobin and is very hard for your body to scrub, which is why suicide via carbob monoxide poisoning works even in oxygen rich enviroment.
So what these people who go for long periods of time do is firstly, extended period of times in low-oxygen environments increases the density of hemoglobin. This means your bloodcells are able to pick up more oxygen, and carry more CO2 without the ability to move oxygen degrading to critical levels.
The second part is, remember how I said its not about breathing IN oxygen but OUT CO2? The other trick is to slowly breath out as you
hold your breath don't inhale. this will remove CO2 that your bloodcells are dumping into your lungs, allowing you survive for longer.
Anyway, back to horny posting.