I want to add, that if you read the original text, at the end Mamiya uses suki, daisuki, and then aishiteru to say he loves Sada. To me that’s such an important detail. Suki is often used between lovers or crushes and daisuki is the more common word for partners to use or family members. Aishiteru is not commonly used between lovers or family members in japan because they feel it is so intense and embarrassing and take the word seriously. Of course, this depends on the people. But that’s the general sentiment. There’s an interview where old couples are asked and they haven’t said it in the decades they’ve been together. Mamiya escalating to get his feelings across and because he’s feeling so deeply for Sada makes it even more devastating. He really loved him with his whole heart. Our pitiful precious Mamiya deserved the best the world had to offer but was constantly hurt. I’m glad he got to feel this once in his life even if it undid him.
I want to add, that if you read the original text, at the end Mamiya uses suki, daisuki, and then aishiteru to say he loves Sada. To me that’s such an important detail. Suki is often used between lovers or crushes and daisuki is the more common word for partners to use or family members. Aishiteru is not commonly used between lovers or family members in japan because they feel it is so intense and embarrassing and take the word seriously. Of course, this depends on the people. But that’s the general sentiment. There’s an interview where old couples are asked and they haven’t said it in the decades they’ve been together. Mamiya escalating to get his feelings across and because he’s feeling so deeply for Sada makes it even more devastating. He really loved him with his whole heart. Our pitiful precious Mamiya deserved the best the world had to offer but was constantly hurt. I’m glad he got to feel this once in his life even if it undid him.