One of my pieces for the @jshkflowerszine! This piece is centered around red carnations to symbolize both deep love and loss Kou experiences with Mitsuba.
The latest chapters got me thinking… I love HanaNene with all my heart but how will they ever be together?
I wish Hanako could come back to life but not only that sounds absurd but it also sounds unfair to Mitsuba. They are both supernaturals who died at young age, they both didn’t deserve it. If Hanako came back Mitsuba should too, and that sounds even more impossible. The only thing possible for what we have already read would be a life exchange but we saw how it went with Nene and Aoi. It’s not something acceptable.
On the other hand, having Nene die and become a supernatural, as much as I would love to see them together, doesn’t sound right too.
“Die and become a supernatural with me” that’s exactly what the fake Mitsuba said to Kou in ch.77 but it doesn’t feel like the right choice at all. The whole point that Kou makes in that chapter is that when people die (like his mother) you can only accept it and go on.
You can’t go back, it wouldn’t be right. Death is unfair but having one person die for another that you love is even worse.
But if these two options are the only one we have to see Hanako and Nene together as a couple… Is there no other ending than Nene going on with her life with living people?
I really like the topics of this manga. It’s not just supernatural being/human, it’s literally ghost/human. It talks a lot about the unfairness of death and the regrets of those who died and those who live. I really hope the mangaka can find a satysfing solution.
The difference between Mitsuba and Hanako is that Amane had a WHOLE life ahead. He wasn’t supposed to die. He somehow changed his destiny in a way we don’t even understand yet (my guess is that he changed his destiny by wishing to see Yashiro again, and the inly way for him to do that was by him dying because that’s the whole reason why they met in the first place). That means there are still years to his life span that were wasted. We don’t know if they were just destroyed or transfered to someone else. Assuming the years of a lifespan cannot be destroyed, that means they are somewhere and could be given back to Hanako. Remember that Hanako and Yashiro have their destinies tied, so the most likely thing is that either them both live, or they both die.
Mitsuba, on the other hand, as far as we know, he was simply destined to die young, just like Yashiro is. It’s sad and unfair, but the most likely ending for Mitsuba will be to simply move on…
Thank you for the addition @littledaikonlegs, I didn’t think it that way at first but I can see your point. Especially at the start of the manga Hanako’s destiny being altered was writed as a very important issue of the story. For a while it’s not been brought up again in the manga, but in the next chapter with *spoiler* little Tsukasa *spoiler*, the problem may be confronted again.
The fact that their destinies are still connected is a good point too, but you talking about Hanako not being supposedto die just reminded me that Nene on the other hand was supposed to diesoon. If how you theorize those Hanako’s years are somewhere unspent maybe they could share them? Like, living less but together?
To be honest I would still feel like it isn’t fair to Mistuba. I hope something else is waiting for him too. Maybe not coming back to life, but at least something to give Kou peace. He still looks a lot troubled by him in the last chapters.
Kou and Mitsuba!! Two of my favorite charas in Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun ^.^ Actually this is a pretty old drawing I’ve made since December, and it was originally a drawing with both of them together. However, I think the drawing ended up kinda badly and decided to separate the drawing into two instead XD
I really like their dynamic! I like how Mitsuba’s kinda sly and often make fun of Kou, but Kou still cares about him and is deeply concerned about Mitsuba whenever he’s in terrible situations ; v ; I love them so much like Hananene,,
