She acts like some groomer right now, even tho some higher power stole her doesnt mean its alright to keep that relationship, she can't just push herself onto her and think everything will be fine just because they both love each other, gotta help her get on her feet first and wait for her to be mature enough to make her own decision (she acts more mature than the adult in the room rn with the break up tbh)
I bet she doesnt want to talk about the past because she had multiple relationships to try to fill the hole and they all fell apart.
(Unless they already mentioned that in some older chapter and i forgot)
Still.. talking about her past is very important, especially in this context, you can't just sweep it under the rug because its uncomfortable.
The scene we didnt see (for now?) is most likely her getting pushed away or slapped in the face.
if next chapter Aya just go out with that guy. i hate it u brought back my depression. i suppose to be healed to be normal. i hate u for ruining my only joy in my life for ruining yuri
I bet she doesnt want to talk about the past because she had multiple relationships to try to fill the hole and they all fell apart.
(Unless they already mentioned that in some older chapter and i forgot)
I don’t think Koto not talking about the empty seven years because of her past relationships. It’s more like she considers them as non-significant part of her that Aya doesn’t need to know and only focus on what they have now together.
Aya, on the other hand, is just trying to level set. Apparently, she loves the Koto from her memories of their past self (the middle school Aya-Koto). At the same time, she understands that it’s not possible to maintain the status quo where she barely knows the current Koto to move forward. The present Koto is like unknown to her and it makes her feel like this love is not grounded.
Erika could have filled Aya in on what Koto was like in the past seven years, but she didn’t and want to have the two sort it out. I do think Erika understand that the breakup is inevitable with the imbalance in age these two have. However, she is not playing the role that the story is assuming to us from the Tanabata theme.
Circling to some reference of the Tanabata theme. (Asian countries with this theme are China (Qixi), Japan (Tanabata), Korea (Chilseok) and Vietnam (Lễ Thất Tịch))
Tanabata is extremely about long-lasting love that can go pass any obstacles from external actors.
In the Tanabata story, Hiroboshi is a cow herder (Aya’s last name is Ushio - Ushi (牛) means cow, O (尾) means tail)
The cow herder is in love with a fairy weaver girl (Koto’s name is Koto (琴) refers to the Japanese zither - the way you play the zither is like you’re weaving silk).
In some variations of the Tanabata festival in Chinese and Vietnamese folktale specifically: Milky Way is made from the crows (Erika’s last name is Karasuno with Karasu (烏) means crow/raven, no (野) means plain/field).
In the astronomy summer triangle,
Vega = Orihime = Koto
Altair = Hiroboshi = Aya
Deneb (the third star in the Summer Triangle on the Milky Way in between Vega and Altair)
Erika and her role towards Aya and Koto because Deneb is the closest star to Vega compared to Altair
Milky Way = Amanogawa (the heavenly river) - the separation between Orihime and Hiroboshi (the past/present and the conflicting relationship they are maintaining). This can also be Erika’s role towards Aya and Koto.
I just think it is very fascinating that Erika is trying to claim Aya’s place in contrast to the supposedly role she should play with their relationship from the Tanabata theme and the astronomy summer triangle
In Tanabata, there is no love triangle, it’s mutually requited and the only separation the two are the external actors like the father of the weaver fairy.
I like the series overall so far. The fact that everything is also 7 years is very nice written because Hiroboshi and Orihime can only meet on the 7th of the 7th month each year. For Aya and Koto context, they haven’t met for 7 years, so they missed 7 encounters that are very significant from Hiroboshi and Orihime perspective because they love one another and only able to meet once a year.
Aya being 14 years old may play some role later on because she said that Koto has loved her for half of her life - but is it true? Who is the person that Koto actually loves.
Additonal note:
the kiss is a bit overstepping the line in some ways. I don’t like that Koto is forcing her way, but I am also curious what happened after she pushed her down leading to Aya’s call on their breakup. It’ll be a fascinating perspective to see
I don’t think Koto not talking about the empty seven years because of her past relationships. It’s more like she considers them as non-significant part of her that Aya doesn’t need to know and only focus on what they have now together.
LoL yes, it is. You don't love Koto and understand her character as much as l am, apparently. If she hadn't dated anyone in that seven years, she would be happily telling Aya like "Look, l have been waiting you to come back for that fucking past seven years. There's no way in hell l will let you break up with me".
Or what else you think she tried so goddamn hard to avoid the subject😂
I’m looking forward to the next chapter. I’m still not sure why Aya had to break up with Koto, especially since it’s clear she loves her. But I agree—they definitely need to reassess their relationship. As for Erika, she really needs to let things go; holding on like this isn’t healthy for her at all.
Koto isn't really seeing Aya it's why she was so freaked out when Aya started moving forward for her she's still stuck to the Aya that she new in that year of middle school and she can't accept that time moved forward for Aya and for her it's why she spent so many years trying to find a replacement she's still stuck there and the only way to get her unstuck is to make her confront the fact that she can't stay there
