April 27, 2021

Free Talk: Kono Oto Tomare 101

 Thanks to the flashback, I now have a clearer picture of the dynamics between the three characters on the cover. I guess it is really ‘too bad’ for the two-timing parent/s. I do wonder though what are the chances in real life for kids to be so smart that they’ll investigate a family member because of this feeling they have.


It is one thing to feel something is different/wrong with the interactions but to the point of following the parent to know what’s up...at elementary age? And, even if they are just a 1-2 years old difference, Uzuki have also investigated his father. Wow.

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Uzuki is also different. I guess he doesn’t have friends either. It is strange that he openly wanted to keep in touch with the ‘illegitimate child’. Connecting this to Chika, I’m guessing that Uzuki has this strong affinity with people who have problematic fathers. I wonder if Abiko has the same issue.

Natsu tends to go with the flow and doesn’t really have a strong sense of ‘self’. Uzuki seems to have a harder time doing that since he confessed to Natsu about wanting to ‘breaking it all’ but ‘the aftermath is too bothersome’ and ‘living a lie makes one doubt even oneself’.

I wonder about this ‘breaking it all’ and ‘aftermath being bothersome’. Does that refer to revealing to his mother about the affair? Ah, she doesn’t know, right? If not, I guess it is about venting his anger and feelings on to something. So, I would assume that Chika gave Uzuki that outlet on how to deal with it.

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From Uzuki’s stories, he is rather fond of Chika and knows the real Chika contrary to the rumors. And, from the brothers’ last talk before, I would presume that the reason why Uzuki framed Chika is because he needs him. Chika has already found a way out of the darkness and that delinquent life. Uzuki couldn’t bear to lose him and be stuck there alone.

I guess things didn’t work out as planned because Chika didn’t go back to him. But then, who in their right mind would when you would say that you’re the reason for what happened at gramps’ place. Uzuki didn’t expect that Chika can still find some way out...that is the koto club and got new friends, too. So, for now, I would assume that he wants Chika to go to a dead end so that he’ll go back to him.

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Tetsuki is giving good advice to Natsu. Actually, in these kinds of situation, it is always a big thing to know the truth from the person himself rather than knowing it from others. He even mentioned to Natsu about Chika liking his sound so that is a big push for him to do the right thing.

But for Natsu, this is a difficult thing because he is the ‘going with the flow’ type of guy. He doesn’t like making decisions for himself and prefer others doing it for him. In a way, it is less hassle. And, I guess, it is also a way to keep distant for others. As he mentioned, easy to cut ties. I would think that this is partly because of his father.

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Atsumu has become strong. Even if he is being annoying and he can get hurt when the other lashes back, he clings on to Natsu especially since he knows that something is wrong. That’s a real friend. Well, Atsumu isn’t going to easily let go of this person whom he considers a friend. Ah, kind of like how Uzuki is with Chika?

So, Chika and Natsu cannot play well because of their issues/worries. Takezou and Satowa already notice it. The trio thinks that it is because of the exams. And well, before Natsu can tell Chika about it, Uzuki has made his appearance/move. Ah, strike while the iron is hot? I wonder if he is anticipating Natsu not to tell Chika about their relation.

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Well, that kind of greeting can really throw off one’s guard. After all that has happened in the past, the culprit hugs you and says he misses you. Hm...I guess Uzuki doesn’t think he did something really wrong and for him, this is like a reunion...I finally found you again.

Somewhat reminds me of stories that has crazed stalker-type lovers who just won’t let go and will do everything they can so that you’ll be together forever. I wonder how Chika would react afterwards. If he acts negatively, it will puzzle others and he would have to tell them everything.

I wonder if Natsu would still have a chance to tell Chika about it or Uzuki would beat him to it. I’m not too sure how Chika would react. If Natsu told him earlier, there is no reason to doubt but if it is later, Chika might start wondering if the brothers are in it together since Uzuki is already moving starting with that note on the door. Oh ya, wasn’t that a ‘love letter’. Hehe.

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  1. the thing with the kids is that i've noticed kids nowadays are much attentive i guess due to seeing much of the world from the internet on a younger age so i don't think it is 100% impossible for natsu to decide one day to follow his dad just for him to know what he does once he leaves their home since he only comes over once or twice a month (i think kids in japan are more accustomed to leaving home alone and commuting to school alone so the mom wouldn't panic if the kid left on his own) about him having a hunch i guess maybe he just compared how his family was with other families (kids in his school) and he thought it was strange i guess maybe he thought that the family had problems and they might divorce or something i doubt he thought the dad had 2 families

    as for uzuki (he is 1 year older than natsu) he spends the other 28 days days of the month with his dad so i'm sure he noticed that his dad have a strange regular schedule and i think with uzuki's personality it's easy for him to figure out his dad was involved in something immoral (and i'm assuming the dad is that type who brings gifts to cover up his bad acts) kids can sense insincerity and fake gestures
    interesting observation on how uzuki is interested in people with dad issues and indeed i guess he is just not so bothered to dirty his hand
    that is a perfect analysis of uzuki's motives regarding chika and people like him really scare me , i don't mind someone being in a bad place and needing help but in uzukis' case he is trying to drag people to that place with him and that is just awful

    no i would never compare atsumu natsu with chika uzuki because atsumu really have natsu's best interest in mind and he knows how natsu can easily detach himself from the club and from people and he thinks (justifiably ) that the current natsu is finally opening up and it's better to support this change/growth, for uzuki's case the whole friendship(?) is messed up

    honestly i think uzuki in the next chapter will say that natsu is his brother so that he would make chika doubt natsu and things will be bad for natsu <<it;s just a feeling i have that uzuki only kept natsu around to use him one day against his father but now that he saw natsu in chika's club he could use him for something else too!

    lol yeah uzuki is stalker style honestly if i was chika i don't care if i have to explain myself to people i would throw uzuki away and i hope tetsuki would talk with chika /someone from the club because at this point keeping things hush hush isn't working anymore with uzuki making appearances

    few days for the next chapter let's see how it goes
    emmahoshi

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    1. True, emmahoshi. And, I guess, the father commutes. If not, he would have like gotten a taxi and say, follow that car-type of scenario. Hehe. Hm...I guess it can be done there in Japan. I'll say I'm amazed that he is curious enough to do that. Ah, perhaps, that is one reason he became 'go with the flow'. He took the initiative on something and ended up not liking the outcome. So, he kind of unconsciously avoids taking initiatives/becoming curious of others beyond what was seen on the surface.

      True. I'm actually curious how did he investigate about his father's affair to even know that Natsu's mother initially didn't know about it. Did he check cellphone messages or love letters? Too smart. I wonder though if his mother knew the truth after learning she's pregnant. Perhaps, she was so in love that she didn't notice? Hehe, just kind of wonder over the kids being smart enough to find out/investigate about it compared to adult/s.

      Hehe, true. I'm actually just referring to the 'attachment' = 'won't easily give up when brushed off'. Of course, Uzuki is over the top and their motives are different.

      Highly possible. It can cause a rift in the group...if that is what he is aiming for. Though, given his style and what he can do, Uzuki would most likely do more than that. Ah, that's possible. If so, I wonder what changed his mind. I mean, he suddenly went out of the radar after that incident. Did something else happened in regards to the father? After all, he was asking Natsu about him.

      Indeed.

      Yup ^^

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    2. somehow i think the parents (uzuki's dad, natsu's mom ) were being slightly careless since you know there are only children around (not immediate adults) so i guess they weren't discrete 24/7 and that is in part what exposed them, to be honest natsu seems smart and uzukis is mart enough if he went to a smart people school like meriyo (yet manage to keep a hidden life as a gang leader) so i guess it was time for both of them to figure things out , i thin kthe reason natsu is a bit disappointed with his mom is that even if she found out later why did she keep contact all the way till he was in middle school and also nowadays it seems that she is using natsu to keep in contact with the father so yeah i would be disappointed too. i doubt as kids they did any deep investigation i guess simple things like following and maybe looking at phone text (if the dad have another phone) things like that as for natsus mom not knowing maybe he just said that for natsu's sake and he doesn't really know and is making guesses

      indeed rift is just part 1 of his plan of course that also depends on if he wants to make natsu's life miserable too or not, the thing is i think he thought that after what happend with chika's grandpa chika would be moping around somewhere or not even attending school so he got bored with him also meryio is in tokyo and tokoise is in kanagwa so lesser chances to run into him, so imagine his surprise with the online special when not only chika is happy but he is also doing the thing his grandpa liked of course uzuki would be excited to ruin such chika once again because it is defiantly more exciting than ruining a gloomy chika, it's like tetsuki said to abiko there is no reason for chika to hide and not appear on tv but as far as i see it as long as the thing with uzuki is hidden he will always make a comeback every time chika recovers from his last attack so it;s better to be done with uzuki once and for all so that he never makes a comeback!
      I do hope for some large scale scandal for uzuki and his family to know about his bad deeds and his school that's the least i'm anticipating from this arc!
      emmahoshi

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    3. Hehe, is that so. And, here I was assuming that they got their brains from the father. ^^;
      Speaking of that, in a way, it seems that both brothers got the 'acting' from the father/learned it from him/because of the situation/all of the above. He acts like a good person. Uzuki pretends to be a good one in school. Natsu at most, pretends everything is alright with a smile.

      Hm...don't you think that Uzuki is unnaturally nice/have a good impression of Natsu's mother? I think it is more common to hate the mistress or both - mistress and the parent who is in an affair. He seems forgiving of Natsu's mother...unless he said that in order to keep in contact with Natsu.

      Hm...that's possible. From what you mentioned, is it possible to assume that he is living in Tokyo? I would think that he lived there so didn't get a chance to look for Chika. Well, aside from what you mentioned, he is probably bored with gloomy Chika. If that is so, what happened to gramps isn't like 'come back to me' rather, 'teach you a lesson for leaving me'.

      I guess, we might also have some sort of flashback about him to know him better. Ah, based on that...you don't think Uzuki would 'become good' in some way? Based on the characters here, most if not all previous 'bad characters' in the story turned out to be good and became that way due to some trauma/past issues. But then, yes, the things he did cannot even be compared to anyone else in the series.

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    4. well to a certain point the father needs to be smart if he kept 2 families separate for several years but indeed good observation the whole acting thing is totally the dad and that's why obviously natsu has some trust issues.

      that's what i don't understand about uzuki so i thought maybe he just wanted to keep natsu close for him to use him one day for example to reveal natsu to his mom and that way he can both hurt his mom and dad (i'm assuming he doesn't care much about his family)also it worked out perfectly now that natsu happened to be in chika's school it could also be him just wanting to rant to someone about his family situation and there is only natsu so it's better to keep him close than make him run away by saying he hates his mother

      i think it is both i'm teaching a lesson for leaving me and now that you are broken you realize that there is nothing better for you than our gang except chika didn't comeback and the new chika is a bright interesting chika so why not destroy this version too!

      to be honest that is what i'm worried about i really don't want things to be justified in uzuki's case because he crossed a lot of lines i mean both hotsuki's mom and akira were just some verbal resentment and it never escalated to an assault so i would be honestly disappointed if by the end of the arc uzuki's action will be justified because they aren't and a person was harmed, a big no from me to the uzuki becomes a good person route i don't want to see it

      emmahoshi

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    5. True. About that 'hurt his mom', do you think he also hates his mother? I would think it is the contrary since he didn't reveal the secret even if he seems to be at the tipping point over it. He did say the aftermath is bothersome which could refer to this.

      Ah, I'm not sure but is there some sort of stigma for kids with single parents? Perhaps, he also want to avoid that. If it is the father who is rich and the mother is not, is it possible that he wants to keep that kind of lifestyle? I'm not really sure about children in this kind of situation but there are wives who'll close their eyes just to continue the lifestyle their spouse provides them. I do wonder if he is a popular kid in school. If so, he might want to keep that reputation = 'clean image'.

      Haha, true. Two birds in one stone-type.

      I see. Well, let's just hope the author goes for the realistic route. Well, at least, he gets punished for it.

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    6. I'm not sure about his mom but i guess at this point just like natsu both his parents seem to be hypocrites and i do thing the mom maybe knows the husband is womanizer i just don't think that she knows his outside adventures also produced a child

      indeed there is a stigma for both divorced women and single parent kids so the mom would want to keep the married life style for her sake and the child which makes me think that again she knows or suspects half the story (dad having affairs) but not natsu , well i understand uzuki not liking the hassle but he could always threaten his dad one day that he will tell the mom about natsu (specially if the mom is the rich one and the dad just married the rich lady that would be interesting!) but also if that is not the case i'm sure uzuki can use natsu one day to damage the dad's reputation when he is bored of playing this nice/smart kid image which i think will be soon

      yes lets hope for realistic

      emmahoshi

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    7. Hehe, so you think that there are other women? I tend to think that it is a case of a guy who loves two women at the same time. Cannot give up either the wife or the lover. He still meets up with Natsu's mother, right? Unless, he actually cared for Natsu.

      I see.

      Yup ^^

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  2. i'm not sure but he could've been a bit flirtatious not necessary had multiple affairs besides this one but i doubt he just suddenly decided to meet up with another women when clearly the timeline is a little bit off since uzuki is older meaning he was with uzuki's mom first for a while, also i think the only reason he stayed with natsu's mom is that she had natsu (is what i think ) i doubt he loves natsu or else he wouldn't have done this to him (child of an affair) nor done this to uzuki in the end rather than a guy who loved two women he is just a selfish man , the new chapter raws are here and it is an interesting development but things still need time

    emmahoshi

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    1. Good point. Since he'll have a child one year apart...does it mean that like, he doesn't love the current wife that he have an affair so soon? Haha, that is assuming they had Uzuki on the first year of marriage. ^^; Or, it is a case of, ah, wife cannot give birth after so many tries...had an affair and opps, wife turned out to be preggy, too? Assuming even if they differ by a year...it is just a few months apart. ^^;

      Hm...do you think we'll also have an Uzuki flashback/backgrounder in more detail? That is usually for redemption type of arc.

      I see...let's wait for the English then and discuss more. ^^


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