Sofie’s Reviews > Wind Breaker 4 > Status Update

giggling and kicking my damn feet i love the furin trio so fucking much
suo is a professional rage baiter and sakura is an emotional wreck so it works every time. and poor nirei is in the middle trying to keep everything together

what a stunning button on this arc holy shit???????????? togame missed choji so fucking much my heart has grown three sizes

“it’s because what makes you so happy has always been by your side, like it’s natural” and then not only do we cut to togame sitting next to choji but CHOJI HIMSELF TURNS TO LOOK AT TOGAME
like just in case we missed the Subtext the last 17 times

i am side-eyeing suo so fucking hard bc i noticed in the anime that he rarely eats………wtf is that all about

okay and here come the tears WOW
so it got even gayer yeah lemme caress your face bc i’m finally looking at you and your pain for the first time in years and let’s both apologize and cry bc we were both suffering for the sake of the other but couldn’t bring ourselves to actually See how much damage that was really doing bc that would’ve destroyed us to realize……….platonically

if anyone dares to tell me that choji and togame aren’t deeply in love i will fight
like this is satosugu levels of canon and actually the arc is kind of similar at a base level…..if only someone could’ve headbutted suguru out of being a cult leader yknow

(cont.)
and bc he was now “the top” and felt like he didn’t have the right to show any weakness, he stamped all that loneliness and sadness and fear down and built a cage around himself. he became his worst nightmare, the exact opposite of the freedom he desired so fiercely. and he just kept pushing everyone away and stagnating in excitement that was now hollow

experiencing this story for the second time in manga format is really making me think more deeply about what exactly choji has been feeling. i think maybe when he got to the top he became disillusioned with it almost immediately bc he had nothing else to strive for. he suddenly had the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and it made him feel so separate from the friends he’d made by originally joining (cont.)

the bite is SO GOOD he’s desperate and rabid and terrified and that action is the perfect symbol for him hitting rock bottom and truly becoming the caged animal that all the shishitoren imagery has been evoking throughout this arc

choji’s absolutely heartbreaking internal struggle is such a great introductory antagonist arc for the series. if you get to the top and gain power but lose sight of the community around you, you’ll end up all alone. but lonely and powerful is a dangerous combo, as evidenced by choji’s apathetic, volatile, unstable actions and fighting style. so well done