Tears In My Satosugu Eyes

In the very distant future, ayy

Even if we look different in a different world

We met then too, ah

Promise to continue the story that couldn't be told on this star

Do we ever think about how gen gifted senku the most personal thing he could possibly have. An observatory. A telescope. Something that always tied senku and byakuya together. Does he feel connected to byakuya when he's in there looking up even though the sky is ever so slightly different than the one he used to ask him questions about? And I wonder if he ever realizes how unintentional but fully intentional it was that gen gave him two gifts that day, and how happy he is to be loved that deeply, and to be reminded of a love that lasted millennia. I wonder if he wants byakuya to know that too

an accomplice turned victim his apology, long overdue

I feel like my girl Minami doesn't get enough love

I just have a soft spot for reporters because she's like the only one documenting the shit happening, she's knows how important documenting the stuff happening is, she knows that if she doesn't do it noone else will, she understands that people need to know what happened, the truth behind everything because without evidence people refuse to believe.

She understands the importance of her job and carries it with such pride. And I would argue she has one of the hardest jobs beside Senku, whilst Senku is trying to revive humanity she's making sure history isn't erased that people are informed and for that she will ALWAYS have a very special place in my heart.

DONE MY FEM SENGEN REFS 🫶🫶 I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

that one line from the sonic 3 movie …… u know the one.

“ some of those stars have died but their light still shines ”

Throws this at you and runs away

Please give me some of your braincells, Senku. For my Physics, Calculus, and Mathematics exams 🥺🤲

⚠️Spoilers for Look Back but I was initially confused about what Fujino and Kyomoto's relationship had to do with pursuing a career as a mangaka. After thinking about it, I interpret it as a narrative device to represent what will come when choosing to pursue art (of any form, whether it's comics, painting, animation, music, etc.).

Think about it, what's Kyomoto's role in the story? She is what got Fujino to take art seriously in middle school, and what motivated her to continue after she initially gave up. However, she's also the only thing in the story that makes Fujino wish she quit art. First, halfway through 6th grade and then later after her death. She serves as Fujino's motivator and de-motivator.

I think the scene of Fujino wishing that she never told Kyomoto to come out (that pursuing art only led to suffering) represents artists' regrets. We literally look back and see an alternate universe where Fujino never pursued art and it has a happier ending. Anyone that pursues artistic dreams will end up regretting it at some point. It's not easy, any artist will tell you that. The story is saying yes, you probably will end up healthier and more stable by giving up your dreams. Because art is suffering.

But then Fujino enters Kyomoto's room after reading the comic from the alternate reality and all of a sudden we get a montage of the happy memories and accomplishments they had pursuing their dreams together. And we realize that, everything we saw of them in the alternate 'happier' reality pales in comparison to this:

The happiest both of them look in that alternate world is when they finally meet and promise to work together someday. They loved art. They loved each other. Giving up on your dreams means missing out on all of that, and nothing in the world can replace it. Because yes art is suffering, but art is also joy and love.

And so the end of the story where Fujino goes back to work isn't her moving on. She tapes the comic strip in front of her to remind her of Kyomoto, to remind her of why she got into comics in the first place. Basically, Kyomoto IS art to Fujino. A life with her means experiencing both suffering and joy, while the life without her means having none of that.

I might be wrong about this, like maybe Fujimoto just wanted to tell a mangaka story with doomed yuri (valid) HOWEVER i like my interpretation so im sticking with it.