Before we get to anything, please know that I am not reading anyone for filth here. Everything I wrote for this meta is based on what the visual novel showed us and what I have observed from the visual novel, but it’s still difficult to talk about anything involving a certain character without it sounding like I’m bashing them.
Now, to start, I want to show you all this fanart (source here), which I find fascinating.
(Note: I highly recommend that you check out the rest of this artist’s work. Plenty of great TakuTowa fanart for all lovers of the pairing.)
I am promoting the fanart above because it effectively shows how Taku and Madarame are effective foils of each other. I already made a similar post before about Taku also serving as a good foil to another character (Sakaki). This post is going to be like that one, but this one is explained in greater detail; though both posts have the same goal: to compare and contrast.
Of course, be warned of the following:
Before you read any further, there will be spoilers, and I mean plenty of them, so I advise you not to read this if you haven’t completed the visual novel and want to complete it whilst blind.
What you will see under the “Read More” will be long, and I mean really long and possibly incomprehensible with all my rambling, so brace yourselves.
Every narration from the game is rephrased so that it reads in third-person, which is how it’s supposed to read in the original version. This is done to help with maintaining objectivity as I explain and point out things.
If you want to read this in a different platform, the meta is also available for reading on Google docs.
yo you ship mirio/eri? you realize that's child grooming / pedophelia, right? even if she "waits til she's older" its still mega fucked up
OH MY GOD, I can't believe you took the time to send me an anonymous message <3 how cute.
Regarding what you said to me, I'll give you an example: There are people who enjoy watching gore anime and that doesn't make them killers or people who would like to see that kind of scenes in real life.
There are people who like furry and that kind of stuff and that doesn't mean they would abuse an animal. And a long etcetera.
Besides, they are pixels, they don't exist, they don't feel, they don't have human rights.
And another thing more, what I ship is my business. I am not interested in the life of someone who hides behind anonymity, therefore my life should be none of your business.