hot take, but I didn’t like the ending. I know their relationship was toxic and Airi was probably heavily shaped by trauma/Stockholm syndrome, but the ending still didn’t work for me emotionally. Her moving on into this almost performative normal life while literally keeping her past lover hidden away made the whole fiancé/husband relationship feel hollow and unsettling. It felt like neither of them was actually free of the obsession, which is why I honestly thought a tragic ‘die together’ ending would’ve fit the story’s tone and themes better. The fact that she was literally keeping her former lover hidden away in the house made the whole marriage feel hollow and performative rather than real or healthy. It created this weird disconnect where the story acts like she moved on, but emotionally she clearly hadn’t. That’s why I honestly felt like them dying together would’ve fit the story’s tone more it would’ve felt more consistent with the destructive attachment both of them had instead of this awkward half-normal ending.
hot take, but I didn’t like the ending. I know their relationship was toxic and Airi was probably heavily shaped by trauma/Stockholm syndrome, but the ending still didn’t work for me emotionally. Her moving on into this almost performative normal life while literally keeping her past lover hidden away made the whole fiancé/husband relationship feel hollow and unsettling. It felt like neither of them was actually free of the obsession, which is why I honestly thought a tragic ‘die together’ ending would’ve fit the story’s tone and themes better. The fact that she was literally keeping her former lover hidden away in the house made the whole marriage feel hollow and performative rather than real or healthy. It created this weird disconnect where the story acts like she moved on, but emotionally she clearly hadn’t. That’s why I honestly felt like them dying together would’ve fit the story’s tone more it would’ve felt more consistent with the destructive attachment both of them had instead of this awkward half-normal ending.