Yuichi to Hana - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[thehypesreal]

Huh? ...

 

[AxelFaiz]

Did she hire an assassin to kill her ex-boyfriend?

 

[jonnywarlock]

Manga break ups, man. So artistic and metaphorical. All the break ups I've ever had just had tons of screaming and throwing stuff around.

 

[Khan97]

Ayo what just happened? Where is that genius who could explain this.

 

[shawarmama]

oh my days

 

[biologist]

I don't get it.

 

[Gojo_Sensei]

I feel dumb, and I don't like it.

 

[Hicleric]

Gorgeous art and paneling, but spoiled by that single page at the end. I can see tying the bang motion with resolving his inner turmoil, but the actual(?) violence coming out of left field only produces complete tonal and consequently cognitive dissonance. I will need to stew on that specific page for a long while if I'm going to make any sense of it.

I mean, this ain't The Departed

 

[Admmi]

I don't get what the mangaka was trying to show with this, it feels kinda meaningless

 

[Rafalga]

This week on "Pretentious one-shots";

 

[Akane02]

Well that fuck up hana don't deserve to die like that...

 

[Akane02]

I don't get what the mangaka was trying to show with this, it feels kinda meaningless

Oh the guy kill hana while they diving and hana's mom kill him

 

[abdullah17]

Don't ever let this mangaka cook again

 

[Schernobyl]

Well that was erm interesting. So Hana died in the dive or was she dead from the beginning and the rest is a delusion until Yuichi is killed?

 

[Momoehab]

Just to clarify neither of them died, the only thing that did was their relationship

 

[EarlofMillenium]

The shooting is a striking image...but maybe a bit too striking because it completely derailed my train of thought.

 

[Cynn]

I think it’s about the guy being unable to speak his mind, which hinders him from growing. On the verge of a faultless breakup, it’s all bubbling up to the surface.

He’s passive and stuck (like the reptile that stands still or crab that only moved when disturbed). when they’re together, she pulls him forward, but that’s ending with the breakup. During their breakup talk, she tries to get him to express himself more, poking him. She knows it’s painful for both of them, but she’s worried he won’t move forward when they’re apart.

During their last hurrah, he can see how she’s moving forward with her life (fish swimming) and admires her, but also how helpless he feels struggling to keep up.

She tries to encourage him to speak his thoughts just like he did after he was caught up the movie, and Bang Bang is the gesture/sound of him needing to speak up, for himself.

He finally shares his thoughts because he can’t take it anymore, and with his confession his pain comes out. He continues to be overwhelmed by the thought of him trying it (flying fish engulfing him) and she (and the concept of moving forward) feels unreachable.

She’s thankful he could tell her but continues to worry because he doesn’t come to terms with his feelings, trying to avoid pain.

At the airport he suddenly feels alone, and bang bang, the hostess asks him something and he has no choice but to speak for himself which shocks him.

A lone fish jumps…he’s done it.

She decides it’s best for him if he doesn’t have a lifeline and deletes his contact info, so she won’t be tempted to check on him. It’s all up to him to keep swimming, for his own sake. She points up to him to encourage him one last time, Bang!

 

[Hicleric]

At the airport he suddenly feels alone, and bang bang, the hostess asks him something and he has no choice but to speak for himself which shocks him.

Interesting and compelling arguments you put together that I generally agree with. I feel like if there hadn't been blood in that shooting scene this interpretation would feel more correct, though, since the bloody version implies some form of death. Perhaps that is meant to be the death of the blond version of himself, which is...something like the fake pretense of self he put together to salvage the relationship?

 

[Cynn]

Interesting and compelling arguments you put together that I generally agree with. I feel like if there hadn't been blood in that shooting scene this interpretation would feel more correct, though, since the bloody version implies some form of death. Perhaps that is meant to be the death of the blond version of himself, which is...something like the fake pretense of self he put together to salvage the relationship?

Instead of blood and death, we see him getting struck. We don’t see splatter or drips, or eyes closing, we see him being struck and taking on the force of what we are shown and his expression.

I think the impact (realization), not the outcome (what happens right after, metaphorically or in reality) is the point of the panels.

The other times we were shown the words bang bang, the message was to speak up, not to reveal his true self or throwaway a facade.

On the plane, he’s in a situation where no one is going to speak for him and he needs to speak up for himself and at the moment that realization really “hits” him.

Final panel, girl encourages him one last time because she believes he can do it, even without her. Bang.

Yes, their relationship is over, but both are focused on his ability to speak up and move forward, even in their last days together.