i just finished hnk a few days ago finally, this soundtrack was on loop for the last like, 15 chapters... to say that I cried so hard I could barely keep up with the end, was an understanding. i loved this story so much and it broke me so hard, i want to change for the better, thank you ichikawa for this.
Thank you for this beautiful anime and manga Haruko Ichikawa, years of work and passion behind this, may phos be happy with her friends forever. Yup you brightened some moments in my life thank you to have existed. I hope one day to have a new season 🙏
I love this piece so much because of how at first it presents itself as a meeting of chance between two characters. Both their pain is realized in this moment as both Phos and Cinnabar start to open up and suddenly we see a glimpse of hope. But then a harsh reality hits us, phos grows and cinnabar can’t understand phos’s way of thinking anymore and creates a rift between the two They desperately fight the pull of their souls intertwining seeing how… different the other is. Two gems that felt so out of place, one out of necessity, the other out of the feeling of worthlessness. Both walk in different paths with their it intertwining only once in this scene wondering if both successfully connected with one another they could’ve filled the gap between them and walked that path instead. But no, one walks the path to oblivion and the other a path towards torturous “redemption” Phos and cinnabar, so similar yet too different to ever connect. Doomed Yuri at its finest.
All because they were all jealous of how fast Phos completed progress and afraid of change, then when they were living a new life of peacefulness while Phos, who was the cause of said peace, was buried and denied that life.
Thank you, Applentee, for completely spoiling three huge things about the manga for me in one comment. I just wanted to listen to my favourite character's theme in peace. Well, I guess I should've given up hope of a Season 2 anytime soon, so it is what it is.
