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So much, so much of what Urie wants to say is trapped within parenthesis.
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10 Sep 2024
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This is a simple, short, and sweet Urie introspection that left me heartbroken. It's one of those pieces of writing that feels less like a fan work and more of something that could fit directly into canon, written by Sui Ishida himself. It is wonderfully bittersweet. You can feel every single emotion that Urie is feeling through this, dripping from the words. The grief, the regret, the yearning. It's all there.
Some introspections that I've seen create their writings through the form of a letter to someone. This doesn't do that. Instead, it's an internal monologue directed towards Mutsuki, perfectly in canon with Urie's habit of leaving the things he wants to say in parentheses. The writing is very beautiful and poetic, and so many of these lines hit hard like a goddamn sucker punch. "I've been thinking more of how to be a better person for other people, the one that saves instead of being the one that's being saved." That one personally hits the hardest.
It had always been personally wonderful to me seeing Urie's change throughout the manga, and hearing his own personal views on his change through this fic is truly beautiful. If you enjoy seeing Urie's hopeless yearning towards Mutsuki, or just wish to get to know Urie's thought process a bit better (as I said, this really would fit perfectly into canon like a puzzle piece), then this fic is for you.
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It’s in the middle of scanning the last bottle of green tea that Itadori properly looks up. Eye contact with him is a physical, unexpected shock, a crunch of imaginary static snapping through Megumi and leaving his hands twitching at his sides.
"Hey." Itadori blinks, wide and earnest. "Do I know you from somewhere?"
The tea sloshes backwards in the bottle he’s holding. Megumi focuses on this until his vision steadies.
"No," he says. "I don’t think so."
In the aftermath, Itadori loses his memories instead of his life. Megumi grieves nonetheless.
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Bookmarked by urseraphim
03 Jul 2024
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In my entire life of fanfic reading, this is the only fic to have actively made me cry. Not just a tear or two, but full on sobbing. This is very much the definition of "hurt no comfort," and I love it dearly. Reading this was very bittersweet to me. On one hand, Yuuji is able to go back to being a normal, happy teenager. What more could Megumi and Nobara want, for him to just be content? But on the other hand, humans are naturally selfish. It's not a surprise for either of them to grieve, or maybe even wish that Yuuji would've died instead. For meeting someone who you love but they don't even remember who you are, it has to be one of the worst pains imaginable.
The build-up in this fic is beautiful. The way there are many times where you expect or hope Yuuji to suddenly remember Megumi, only for that to quickly fall apart, is heartbreaking. It truly encapsulates the misery Megumi felt during those times, and the hope that he surely had that maybe, just maybe, Yuuji would remember something from their past. I also think of the grocery list written in this fic a lot. It is solid evidence that Yuuji was grieving for his inevitable death. I wonder, if that Yuuji saw his present self, if he would've preferred death over losing all memories and recognition of the only people he held close? The last scene between Megumi and Yuuji is also very heartbreaking. It's the fact that, through it all, Yuuji is still Yuuji. Always willing to go out of his way, above and beyond, for someone else. Even if that someone happens to be a "stranger."
If you enjoy sobbing your eyes out, or you just want to read a truly beautifully written work, this fic is for you.
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maybe in another life by thorerre
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)
30 Dec 2023
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What Junpei doesn't tell Itadori that day is that being with him feels strange—meaning that it feels comfortable. Being with Itadori, walking with him, talking to him and making jokes, feels too easy, too right, in a way that Junpei has never felt around any stranger that came before him. It feels like Itadori is not someone new he met, but an old friend who has been long lost, and who now is coming back to him, piece by piece.
They meet by accident on a summer evening, and everything suddenly feels right.
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03 Jul 2024
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I am someone who struggles a lot with mental health, but more importantly, self-worth. I have pretty bad self-esteem issues, and I'm always grasping at straws, trying to figure out what's good about me, what makes me worthy to live. I relate to Junpei in this fic because of that. I've always had people come and go, leave tons of bad impressions that heavily outweigh the good ones. And, to be honest, I am yet to really find My person. But reading about Junpei, a character who I hold dear to me, being able to find his person, someone who will love him unconditionally no matter the flaws, who will love him no matter if he's "worthy," who will love him because he Wants to love Junpei, and truly, wanting is all that matters — it made me feel hopeful for my own future.
Personal feelings aside, this fic is written beautifully. Its narrative is dramatic, but in a soft way, being able to express Junpei's anxiety and struggles of figuring out his emotions in a way that feels realistic and not belittling. If you enjoy the small dramas of life, as well as fluffy Itajun moments that will make you giggle and kick your feet, this fic is for you.