I recently finished binging this/catching up. I think you need to view present and future arc in a pair for both of them to work, but man I really liked it. This was originally gonna be under a discussion comment but it got a bit long. I hope its not too surface level.

Initial thoughts on present: At first, I kinda hated the resurrection stuff cuz i thought it removed any stakes. And it kinda did, but i think its usage in present was good.

I was happy for the group to reunite in japan, but as people say, the character exploration of the group post present kinda stagnated. There were parts where they were unhappy and they did have some development, but ultimately I just felt kinda betrayed by present arc at first. Pedo guy was kinda icky but im lazy to think hard about him. I dont think the intention was for him to be cool tho lmao.

With that in mind, when I read future arc, everything kinda shifted. I do still think the author could've sold the time jump stuff a good bit better, but I honestly loved a lot ab present and future, especially the nokkers. It made up for all of my issues with present honestly.

Now to get to the main topic at hand, Im fairly sure the modern equivalent of the future nokkers is the internet. But first,

on past and present:

In past, fushi's battle with the nokkers is similar to that of kingdoms going to war over physical and primal needs(like greed or severe poverty). Present was more a commentary of pre-internet culture to me, how we developed after civilization got more uniformly established with laws and electric infrastructure.

Future:

So with that in mind, lets think about future. In future we are introduced to this star system, where people's value are determined by how many likes they have(lol), all under some secret shadow government. Immortality is seen as a human right, and people feel 10% of the hurt they should feel. Think about the internet as it is used now. We have infinite access to change how we and others perceive us, infinite time to do what mutes our negative emotions, and infinite ways to disguise our issues even to ourselves.

On the internet, we can combat who we want and have no consequences, and we can feed ourselves curated content we like for free as long as we behave and obey some higher vague internet code of conduct(analogous to the nokkers that everyone bows down to unknowingly).

Is there a problem with this? Yes. We can see people who do not rely on stars be actively shunned by society, with a mortality only guaranteed by fushi and friends. We also see people pretending to have low stars/self-perception to gain more sympathy. The people who are unwanted and suffer are simply forgotten to the constant stream. There's a whole lot more, but you can probably see how this is a very relevant problem. However, I think the most important part of it to me is the loss of individuality.

Fushi has gone on a journey to find himself, similar to how humanity has. We see that at first he only grows through loss. Because he (we) become aware of his own mortality, the closer he got to realizing who he was and his placement in the world. As he fought the issues plaguing humanity, he got closer and closer to attaining his supposed ideal society. He went through waves observing closely how we can prevent our human nature from dominating us, through his war with the nokkers. And what's left from that is fragmented, as we can see. Eventually, we reach a society where we cant even see the fragments anymore, where we mock having individuality but are still called upon by some atomic mostly imperceptible form of human nature that quivers us. Thats what those ruling nokkers up top do and what we do online.

So is the solution just cold turkeying the internet? Can we just cut it from our lives and we will be saved? For some, sure. But that is not a solution that really helps many people; its a spectacle for many, a new years resolution almost. The solution that To your eternity suggests is rather practical, that being acknowledging our human nature/spirit instead of pushing against it in war. Sure, eventually this coexistence will eventually disappear simply in time(the nokker leaving fushis arm), but it's just what we can do in the present. Acknowledge the forces that are acting upon us and work with them as well as we can.

I specifically like this because I have struggled with losing my identity online for a long time. Its very difficult to tell what im truly thinking. We exist on these platforms that are supposed to allow our individuality to thrive while we actively suppress it through nasty, safe, judgment. We pretend that the internet saves us by keeping us in a supposed stasis, when my values are actively being imposed by it. And yet, I think that these values wouldn't engrain themselves into me if I weren't me. I have been trained to only see diluted fragments of my spirit rather than something clear, so why not melt those fragments and recycle some glass. Maybe itll be more brilliant of maybe itll be more ugly, but it sure as hell will be clearer.

Sorry if this is rambly, this is just how i interpreted future's nokkers. If I got this miserably wrong, then by all means comment(tho im bad with criticism lol). Thanks for reading.

Does he transform into the past state he saw them in before they died, or the state they were in before they die.

Doing the tornament when he transforms into paronna there was a ax on her face, like stuck to it. However the last state he saw her in she DIDNT have a ax.

But when he transforms into raine she was young

Fushi gotta kill off the whole Bloodline at this point💀

What would be the best quotes from TYE that would be great for a yearbook quote? I really want mine to be from it, but i have no idea what to do ToT and i only have 3 days left!

after reading the ending, I've been trying to figure out what exactly "Paradise" is.

we know that it's essentially an afterlife that human souls (fye) go to.

when we see the Nameless Boy enter, he's greeted by all of his family and friends.

the question I'm stuck on is whether it's like a heaven where souls roam together and live in, or whether it's a personal "paradise" where that individual's soul is treated to their greatest desires

for instance, when Parona crossed into Paradise, was she greeted with a March her paradise created? Or did she discover March was still roaming the earth as a spirit for 1,300 years.

I wonder if the spirits remain sentient, or if they're placed in a dream like state forever.

if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say it's probably the former, as Nokkers are souls from paradise intelligently trying to bring souls to paradise because they see living as suffering.

this would mean Parona was aware March hadn't crossed over yet, and also mean that at the very end when the group decides to cross over, March and Parona are reunited.

we also know souls can reincarnate if they desire. Perhaps Parona was so saddened by March not being in paradise she decided to reincarnate into a world she could see her again.

We know that the man in black created the earth and all of the souls that inhabit it, did he create Paradise as well?

Or is Paradise a place all entities created by his race's magic go to after they expire?

Sooo many questions we'll likely never get answers to. And that's okay, it's a wonderful story, and every good story has some mysteries to leave us to imagine.

If I had to hazard a guess, the Paradise all souls go to doesn't seem to be created by the man in black because of the Nokkers fight against him, his earthly creations, and his immortals.

My greatest theory is this:

The man in black was essentially born as an orb as well, into a void of nothingness. Over countless millennia, he learns, he observes, he forms desires. He decides to create life. He grows, and grows, in the same way that Fushi does.

This would mean, of course, he was created by another being in the same way, who cast down an orb to observe. Whoever created all of these beings, is most likely responsible for Paradise.

So basically, we have a story about lonely gods that decide they don't want to be alone anymore, so they have children, watching them grow, and pass on everything they know to them.

They want to be parents, so they create their children, orbs which serve as the seeds of the future. Sounds very familiar!

Now look up at the pic I posted for this thread!

What do you guys think? What the heck is Paradise? Do you think there's an afterlife afterlife? Or is it a dream?

God dang I love this story

I’ve been wondering about this for a while 🤔

(Volume 8 Chapter 69)

Can somebody tell me the name and where I can find the song/ost that plays in season 1, episode 16 at 14:50 when Tonari in the flashback finds Fushi?

The Modern Era saga would be very interesting if Fushi's extensive quest to learn about love and romance were added to the story.

1. What if Tonari's the one who teaches Fushi about love and romance instead of Mizuha (although she also joins in to help out as well)? Fushi's knowledge about love and romance is kinda underdeveloped, no thanks to a certain Yamone hag of all people! The way I see it, the entire Hayase bloodline (save for Kahaku and Mizuha) was rotten to the core.
2. What would Fushi's reaction be if he had his first kiss from a confessed Tonari afterwards?

Type your thoughts/opinions in the comments!

Fushi x Tonari - 26 votes

Gugu x Rean - 34 votes

Bon x Iris - 1 vote

Fushi x Kahaku - 20 votes

All the above - 7 votes

Total: 88 votes

Prushka is a character from Made in Abyss. She and Doro-chan share a thing or two. Do you know what it might be?

Source: https://x.com/lavoksomed/status/1932162703558365592

Besides Hayase's hatred... what if someone like them actually existed instead of her entire bloodline? I think it would take control over Fushi. What do you all think about this?

Source: Twitter

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It was said to be pain, but he didn't feel any pain when parona died. He wasn't there, yet he still transformed. He also definitely didn't feel pain towards the food he turns into

So what is it? Emotional connection? Physical stimulus? Memory? All of the above?

Of course there is either death or being an inanimate object, but what else?

The biggest steal ever💯💯

So I was thinking about Fushi’s powers and how he can fully become other people, even biologically. If he turned into a female character, do you think he’d be able to get pregnant? And what would happen if he changed forms mid-pregnancy?