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Mei has all the braincells and she is tired

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Sumire and Nene

Edit: I made a smol follow up to this. Still stand by this prediction tho 😀👍

I’m writing this because I’m mildly frustrated with how hard the fandom slept on Sumire’s character, and also because I want to place my bet before 93’s release about where they’re heading with her character in regards to hananene and supernatural-human relationships (if I’m wrong, I will casually brush this under a carpet and deny any allegations).

Okay let’s go back to the Sumire arc, to that tea spilling scene. Before this they were so adorable, like a couple of domestic koalas, and Nene approached him with such a sweet little blush holding that tray with two teacups.

And then this scene induces such a taut pause. I’m impressed with how elegantly Aidairo just slipped this in, it so subtly highlighted their growing communication issues. He only spilled one cup– she could have drank the other alone, but she clearly wanted to drink together with him. And teatime is so important for these two: we see throughout the manga (ch3, donuts, etc) that she always brings some tea to share with him.

Was Hanako within reason for spilling the tea? Absolutely. Sumire threatened to cook them just a minute ago. The issue here is he did it without consulting her first. They were acting like a married couple, yet he threw out their chances without even trying them, or even talking about them, in the first place.

And then arrives baby girl (I love her sm). She senses their tension and gets a pretty good quick read on Gon (probably reminded her of 6 if 6 was dum lovestruck boy) and just deftly girlbosses her way through the situation and talks to the overly-trusting tanuki alone. And for the first time, Nene has a sort of mentor figure regarding her relationship with Hanako.

And Lord, Sumire is just such a compelling character.

We know now that she collects animals to establish a bond with them, so that she is cherished in some way and grieved when she dies this shitty death. And the “now it’s your turn”-- she clearly sees No.6 in a somewhat similar way. She and Nene are similar in that sense. Nene wanted to be desired and cherished, and anyone would do. And this truly isn’t a bad thing, to enter a relationship because you want that bond, and I adore that Aidairo communicates this. Female leads don’t need to have this traumatic backstory and selfless love to be appealing. Nene’s character is simple and real and fresh. She seems well-loved enough by friends and family, but ultimately feels unloved due to her fruitless efforts to just truly be a pair with someone else.

Sumire is like that, but heightened to the extreme because she has no friends or family. Sumire has known that she is going to die from day one. Nobody gives a crap about her. She picks out No. 6 because he happens to be there, and declares that he would partake in a de facto relationship with her. She was fine with this. Because even if it didn’t come about in the most romantic of ways, even if it was just by chance, even if they were different ‘species’, she ultimately formed a bond with that random anyone and they found each other in that loneliness. This is literally also hananene and I don’t need to elaborate.

But inter-something relationships of this nature will always be hard. And No. 6 is so difficult. Even more difficult than Hanako. Than fucking Hanako. But Sumire gained a lot of hope that their bond really did matter when she did, in fact, become his yorishiro. And Sumire is the first person to really encourage Nene to pursue this relationship. Bc at this point, she was hopeful about both their relationships.

And we see Nene really worried about Hanako’s actions. But then he tucks her to bed in the sweetest scene in existence. It’s so, so sweet. A lesser manga would go on and on about the sexual tension. Don’t get me wrong, I do like that stuff. But here they just emit a soft, pure fondness for each other– they’re just so at home in each other's presence. And in her fondness, she decides to leave talking to Hanako until tomorrow. And this proves to be detrimental. Because Nene does ultimately trust and adore Hanako, and she thinks they have all the time in the world to sort out their issues, when in reality they have never had time. If they don’t address their communication issues at the first opportunity, they may very well never have that opportunity again.

And tomorrow comes and Sumire sends Nene out to see if No. 6 would come if something changed, if (once again) their bond really did mean something. But the difference between Hanako and Nene and Sumire and No. 6 is that, at that cliff, Nene just straightforwardly screamed for Hanako and he responded. Whereas Sumire, quiet for her whole life, just expected No. 6 to understand that she wanted him to cry or save her or do something. And No. 6 wanted her to say something and wouldn’t act on his own. And here she watches Hanako save Nene oh so romantically, proving that supernaturals can care and love, just not her supernatural, towards her (as far as she’s aware). She literally watches as a spectator to her own dream. She affects me so greatly.

Okay so all this for what? I have so much more to say about this supernatural-human dichotomy, with Hanako and Nene, the Meis, the little mermaid arc and the earlier chapters, but I wanna submit this b4 this chapter (sorry if this is a bit rushed bc of that).

But I basically think Nene and Sumire are going to have another conversation. Sumire has certainly built her own fondness towards Hanako, along with a certain envy towards Hananene I’m sure. But then Hanako did the biggest fuck-up of the century. And I feel like Sumire’s going to talk about her relationship with No. 6 and their misunderstandings, and Nene and Hanako’s promised discussion is going to come up soon. I have so many reasons for this, I swear, I really want to analyze the little mermaid and picture perfect but this is getting long. Idk if someone else said this but I didn't see it. So I’m just gonna say I’m right. I’m also going back to sleep wtf why did I wake up to write this

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Wtf this explains so much and also brings me so many questions?????

Does this mean Sakura is God? Because it sounds like from this chapter that she’s the one who has decided to form the 7 mysteries, and is also the one who has decided they aren’t needed anymore? Or is she acting on the orders of god perhaps? 

This does start to connect a few dots tho…

Sakura was the one who told Nene to go see Tsuchigomori, using her curiosity about Hanako to lead her to the next school mystery– knowing it would ultimately lead to the yorishiro being destroyed. And this isn’t the only example! Both the Mokke and Yako lost control because their rumors were changed, which we know was caused by Sakura and Tsukasa, which gave Hanako ample reason to deal with the situation without rising any suspicions.

So perhaps she truly has been in the one pulling the strings all along??

However…

Sakura claims she’s bound to a supernatural as the price of her wish, just like Nene. We don’t know how much of that is true tho, because we know Sakura definitely isn’t human considering she’s allegedly been around for 100 years. BUT she’s also made it very clear time and time again she can’t control Tsukasa for his actions and kinda lets him do whatever. 

She could’ve said this simply to gain Nene’s trust, or perhaps her and Tsukasa are more equal in their partnership then what Sakura wants Nene to believe. 

BUT THIS LEADS ME TO MY NEXT REALIZATION!

Hanako has had his heart set on destroying the yorishiros since the very beginning, under the guise that its to get rid of an alleged “traitor.” However its become pretty clear to me that there isn’t a traitor among the 7 except for Hanako himself, all the other mysteries don’t agree with the yorishiros being destroyed and don’t understand the reasoning. But when asked about it, all Hanako says is: 

God will forgive him… He’s so sure of it, even though he must know he’s going to cause many bad things to happen to the humans in the near shore. It made me wonder:

Did Sakura tell Hanako to destroy the yorishiros? 

After chapter 91 I was so sure that Hanako wanted the yorishiros gone so he could make a wish to god, and perhaps that is part of the reason on why he’s been doing this, but maybe he never would’ve done anything in the first place without Sakura’s prompting? Perhaps Sakura was the one who told him about making a wish to god, which was what motivated him in the first place. 

I mean as far as I’m aware, Hanako and Sakura have not been in the same scene together, so we don’t know what their relationship is like. Which honestly could’ve been intentional? We can’t know they are or are not working together if we haven’t even seen them in the same room 

I know it seems like a bit of a stretch, but it all makes sense in my honest opinion! We know Hanako has been dead for 50 years, yet it’s only during chapter 1 we learn that Hanako has only just started thinking of wanting a human assistant (which we now know was to destroy the yorishiros). Why would he wait all those decades before finally taking action? What could’ve possibly have changed? I very much doubt Nene was the first and only human Hanako has encountered who could summon him in those 50 years 

I think what’s changed is that Sakura (or maybe shes just working on gods behalf) has decided the 7 mysteries have to go. She entices Hanako by the rumors of a wish being granted, and even helps his yorishiro Tsukasa out of wherever he was trapped (I’m assuming Hanako’s boundary like Sumire) so they can work together for their own reasons. Otherwise isn’t it just a little too convenient that Tsukasa and Hanako reunite after so long, right when this conspiracy to bring down the 7 mysteries is going underway? 

Idk I’ve digressed too much I think, but these are all my thoughts after seeing the new chapter. Sakura is far more important than we have given her credit for 

[nanakin]

FINALLY LEARNING MORE ABOUT SAKURA THIS CHAPTER AAHH IVE WAITED FOR THISSS

Chapter 92 Color Page

Cleaned

~DBS

[nanakin]

Thinking about how the new tbhk chapter implies that Hanako is an amalgamation of the Amane Yugi that once existed, explaining that supernaturals are jumbled-up spirits.

Thinking about the fact that Nene being okay with dying parallels Amane being okay with dying, the difference being that he actually acted upon those feelings and doesn't want her to live through the same fate.

Thinking about how, because of his desire for Yashiro to live, he says "I won't tell you that it's okay for you to die", implying that he regrets what he did and knows firsthand that, when someone dies, that's it.

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The volume covers of Spy x Family featuring its characters and the modernist chairs they’re sitting on - Part Two

Bonus Illustration:

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Let's dress-up with Hananene!!

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Oh my god the Tsukasa/Hanako parallels! You're so right! Hanako talking about wanting to give Nene life with his own hands vs Tsukasa saying hes always wanted to make an artifical human

TBHK: Ch. 86 analysis/thoughts

Okay, so, obvious things out of the way first: Yay, hananene confirmed! Yay, confessions! Yay, smoochies! And yes, I do ship hananene, so yes, I am happy to see those things.

Now on to the other stuff.

Wait, you say. There’s other stuff?

Well. Yeah.

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Nene for the 100th time since Picture Perfect arc: You’re the person I like Hanako

Hanako: ……..wait, what the fuck?

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took us 86 chapters huh..

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Forreal like, CAN WE GET A CLOSE UP SHOT?? WITH SOME FACE DETAILS??

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if I wasn't at work right now, I would have let out the most ear shattering, sound barrier breaking screech from deep inside my soul as it ascended from this mortal plane. I' M LITERALLY SO HAPPY DNXBXBXSB

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Hanako saying he loves everything about Nene:

Me:

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Screaming & crying & throwing up bc of how cute Hanako is in spin off ch 25

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I also think this!! I think Teru has some sort of plan in mind for Aoi- not the picture perfect husband and wife scenario that Akane thought of (I think hes just projecting lmao)

I really think teru has alternative motives with aoi, I wouldn't go so far as to be convinced that he likes her? His wording was sus, and the boy himself is an enigma. I truly think there's something more going on than a simple crush.

Honestly you could be right—like it is hella sus this mention of his dream.....

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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Chapter 79

Hello all, thank you for your patience! This month’s chapter is a long one, with some very interesting new plot directions. We hope you enjoy!

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he’s too pure for this world.