i feel so conflicted abt christoph, he's SO tragic it hurts to think abt it. nothing in his life was ever under his control, even at the end, a whole chapter of his life was just erased without his consent and he'll never know that. there's such a painful emptiness abt him, both before and after the memory erasure and the artist conveyed that well with his demeanor. i know ryan did everything so chris wouldn't be miserable abt his death and blame himself but is that really fair? to make such a big decision for him instead of letting him make his own path? like kyon said, not being able to grieve for a loved one who was there with you for so long is sadder than losing them. but i guess you could sort of count this as his 'punishment' for being involved in the killing of the selviors and ryan. overall i now have existential crisis cause of the morality of this situation. HOWEVER I like this story because it's not a perfect, happily ever after ending. rather it's realistic even while being fantasy, it's not the generic "it's possible to have long life spans in this world so everyone lives and everyone gets a happy ending regardless of the circumstances."
i feel so conflicted abt christoph, he's SO tragic it hurts to think abt it. nothing in his life was ever under his control, even at the end, a whole chapter of his life was just erased without his consent and he'll never know that. there's such a painful emptiness abt him, both before and after the memory erasure and the artist conveyed that well with his demeanor. i know ryan did everything so chris wouldn't be miserable abt his death and blame himself but is that really fair? to make such a big decision for him instead of letting him make his own path? like kyon said, not being able to grieve for a loved one who was there with you for so long is sadder than losing them. but i guess you could sort of count this as his 'punishment' for being involved in the killing of the selviors and ryan. overall i now have existential crisis cause of the morality of this situation. HOWEVER I like this story because it's not a perfect, happily ever after ending. rather it's realistic even while being fantasy, it's not the generic "it's possible to have long life spans in this world so everyone lives and everyone gets a happy ending regardless of the circumstances."