8D -- I guess first I have to work on my patience first. Now and then I'll go back and reread some chapters of Shiki and often be surprised: 'Wow, I didn't know that happened!' Little details like that, which help me getting the big picture. It's nice. Perhaps there's also a factor of my being incredibly picky, and I have weird tastes. Not exactly easy to be met, so I don't really bother looking. It's like that with manga and anime too.
I have faith that once you have the time, you'll be able to be fluent in Japanese quickly. You seem to have the discipline, and that's important. Talents are one thing but discipline is what ultimately leads to success.
It's okay if now the anime/manga will never sit well with us. I think we're not the only one, and people have their own style. We'll just revel in the beauty of the novel then. 8D
Everything is a mix of nature and nurture, in my opinion. They were born in certain way but ultimately shaped by environment, so I think there are parts of their nature that lay dormant because it's not really developed thanks to that environment, and there are parts that are more developed and have perhaps undergone modification several times. Seishin and Toshio kind of resemble their own parents, so I kind of agree with what you said. Seishin's parents indeed look extremely private themselves, even they don't show much emotion like Seishin does. I bet they actually rarely talk to Seishin, so Seishin perhaps kind of learned to not talk to anyone from them. Toshio's parents are outwardly demanding and opinionated, so in turn it also helps shaping Toshio. But in the end, these 'development' or 'modification' will not stray very far from their nature. People have their own limits too. I kind of want to see this too. Seishin is arguably just as rebellious as Toshio, even if he does it more silently.
Uhm, when Seishin slit his wrist, he was currently not in Sotoba. It was in his dorm when he's around 20 (I think it also said about sophomore year at uni?) so he was taken to the nearest clinic. And when he tried to return to his dorm, his parents were already there and caught him (having been contacted by his friends I think), and he was taken to Sotoba, where he was then interrogated by the temple people and the Yasumoris. I think perhaps at this time Toshio hadn't been notified, med students are busy and all and since this is a sensitive matter, only those who are directly related to the temple are notified first. Or I could be wrong and Toshio was also notified at the same time, since he's Seishin's best friend, but as far as I'm aware he wasn't among those who interrogated Seishin. The probability is he was also there at Sotoba but we've been shown about how he didn't understand Seishin's attempt himself so he didn't try to interrogate Seishin about it, or he had also been notified but was currently outside Sotoba. I think the latter is more likely/closer to canon since in that reminiscing chapter, as far as I'm aware he doesn't mention Toshio at all.
Toshio's very confrontational but regarding Seishin I think he investigates more than confronts? He confronts, yes, but from what I've seen in the novels it's when it relates to other stuffs they need to get done. When it's about Seishin himself, Toshio observes and analyzes more. He perhaps kind of thinks of Seishin like some sort of complicated and weird puzzle. But perhaps this is also the problem -- unlike Sunako who's much more upfront about it, Toshio doesn't. He perhaps notices a lot about Seishin, but for some reasons, he doesn't talk about it. Perhaps because he thinks that he doesn't qualify for therapy sessions. Perhaps, he thinks he doesn't have any right to bring sensitive topics up because he's aware of how private Seishin is.
Sunako is... a stranger, so she wasn't exactly aware of what kind of person Seishin really is, but it all turns out good for both of them because Seishin apparently needs the discussion. I'm kinda like him, in a sense that I'm a hella secretive person and all but when I'm already in conversations, it suddenly spills... it happens a few times with my friends. I didn't find for solutions, but it spilled because I just wanted to talk/already in a suitable mood for it. To unburden myself a little. The whole time it rather felt like I was making a statement tho, not exactly pouring out my heart. Sunako perhaps senses that that's what Seishin needs, she's strangely perceptive. At first Seishin also doesn't mean to talk about private matters with Sunako, but Sunako cleverly goads him little by little. Seishin also perhaps doesn't mean to talk about stuffs with Toshio, and Toshio perhaps knows.. more at a loss he is, the more he situates himself to just investigate. Both Toshio and Sunako mean well.
But they erased all the bedroom scenes, I'm so displeased >:(
Re: 8D
I have faith that once you have the time, you'll be able to be fluent in Japanese quickly. You seem to have the discipline, and that's important. Talents are one thing but discipline is what ultimately leads to success.
It's okay if now the anime/manga will never sit well with us. I think we're not the only one, and people have their own style. We'll just revel in the beauty of the novel then. 8D
Everything is a mix of nature and nurture, in my opinion. They were born in certain way but ultimately shaped by environment, so I think there are parts of their nature that lay dormant because it's not really developed thanks to that environment, and there are parts that are more developed and have perhaps undergone modification several times. Seishin and Toshio kind of resemble their own parents, so I kind of agree with what you said. Seishin's parents indeed look extremely private themselves, even they don't show much emotion like Seishin does. I bet they actually rarely talk to Seishin, so Seishin perhaps kind of learned to not talk to anyone from them. Toshio's parents are outwardly demanding and opinionated, so in turn it also helps shaping Toshio. But in the end, these 'development' or 'modification' will not stray very far from their nature. People have their own limits too. I kind of want to see this too. Seishin is arguably just as rebellious as Toshio, even if he does it more silently.
Uhm, when Seishin slit his wrist, he was currently not in Sotoba. It was in his dorm when he's around 20 (I think it also said about sophomore year at uni?) so he was taken to the nearest clinic. And when he tried to return to his dorm, his parents were already there and caught him (having been contacted by his friends I think), and he was taken to Sotoba, where he was then interrogated by the temple people and the Yasumoris. I think perhaps at this time Toshio hadn't been notified, med students are busy and all and since this is a sensitive matter, only those who are directly related to the temple are notified first. Or I could be wrong and Toshio was also notified at the same time, since he's Seishin's best friend, but as far as I'm aware he wasn't among those who interrogated Seishin. The probability is he was also there at Sotoba but we've been shown about how he didn't understand Seishin's attempt himself so he didn't try to interrogate Seishin about it, or he had also been notified but was currently outside Sotoba. I think the latter is more likely/closer to canon since in that reminiscing chapter, as far as I'm aware he doesn't mention Toshio at all.
Toshio's very confrontational but regarding Seishin I think he investigates more than confronts? He confronts, yes, but from what I've seen in the novels it's when it relates to other stuffs they need to get done. When it's about Seishin himself, Toshio observes and analyzes more. He perhaps kind of thinks of Seishin like some sort of complicated and weird puzzle. But perhaps this is also the problem -- unlike Sunako who's much more upfront about it, Toshio doesn't. He perhaps notices a lot about Seishin, but for some reasons, he doesn't talk about it. Perhaps because he thinks that he doesn't qualify for therapy sessions. Perhaps, he thinks he doesn't have any right to bring sensitive topics up because he's aware of how private Seishin is.
Sunako is... a stranger, so she wasn't exactly aware of what kind of person Seishin really is, but it all turns out good for both of them because Seishin apparently needs the discussion. I'm kinda like him, in a sense that I'm a hella secretive person and all but when I'm already in conversations, it suddenly spills... it happens a few times with my friends. I didn't find for solutions, but it spilled because I just wanted to talk/already in a suitable mood for it. To unburden myself a little. The whole time it rather felt like I was making a statement tho, not exactly pouring out my heart. Sunako perhaps senses that that's what Seishin needs, she's strangely perceptive. At first Seishin also doesn't mean to talk about private matters with Sunako, but Sunako cleverly goads him little by little. Seishin also perhaps doesn't mean to talk about stuffs with Toshio, and Toshio perhaps knows.. more at a loss he is, the more he situates himself to just investigate. Both Toshio and Sunako mean well.
But they erased all the bedroom scenes, I'm so displeased >:(