Now and Forever...Itsumademo... - Chapter 17A

[unare_haineko]

Title: Now and Forever…いつまでも…

Author: Mayonaka no Taiyou/Unare Haineko

Pairing: [Juntoshi] Matsumoto Jun x Ohno Satoshi

Rating:  R-ish

Summary: This story follows Ayumu, a more or less normal child born in 2012, three years after the ending of ‘Kodoku kara Umareta Ai’ (which you can read here).  His parents, Jun and Ohno, are everything but

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Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 1

[mmestrange]

The shit begins for the sanctimonious, insincere shit known as Sakurai Sho with the very opening of chapter 17. From the get-go of the chapter, we are reminded that the flux and flow between dreaming and reality is meant to be confusing because

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[mmestrange]

All of which throws up the following questions:

(01) When is the painful truth going to run full force into Sho?

(02) How far will Sho’s inability to tell the difference from dreaming/illusion and reality colour his perception of things to come and that which Aiba will tell him?

(03) What really happened that the memories of his activities the previous night were a blur to him?

(04) Is he really suffering from a hangover or is it just a tension headache?

(05) If it is a hangover, how much did he have to drink (other than the Yebisu Black) that brought him to this state?
- Or is his grogginess and current state of wooziness due to something else that had been slipped into his drink or something?

(06) Why are there two bottle caps and a napkin on the coffee table?

(07) Two bottle caps means there were two bottles, which means one bottle for Sho and one bottle for someone else. Who else was in the flat to consume the contents of one of the bottles

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[unare_haineko]

Ahhh!!! Nothing escapes Lady Strange!! But, Alas! The first section with Sho and the brief appearance of Aiba at the end seems to have been forgotten by the readers!! I think I overloaded everyone with the whole 2009 contract bit and they may have either been scared away or scared into submission for the time being. I guess everyone was so into the whole Miyazono and Jun interaction that they forgot about dear Sho-chan and NaSA!Ohno.

The section involving Sho was long overdue and I crammed so much into it, yet there remain so many unanswered questions...I LOVE IT!!! MWA HA HA HA HA!!! Illusion (Dreaming) vs. Reality becomes more heavily entrenched in the Sakuraiba subplot and I'm glad that you picked up on the actual state of the flat. Something is amiss and people should be questioning why one part of the flat is clean and another isn't (since we know from the first chapter of KodoAi that Sho's biggest problem [according to Jun] is that despite his intelligence, he's a slob). *smirks*

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[mmestrange]

When I was an MA student, I was called the Queen of 'slow reading' which in political philosophy means reading for all the things 'said and unsaid' in the text. Ha! I try to inculcate this in my students when I got my MA and went for the PhD but it didn't work. Only in my own writing, reading and in your writing can I use this skill. Ergo, je vous amie.

There's a lot in the Sakuraiba section. This commentary is going to be one hell of a session with deep analysis.

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[unare_haineko]

'Slow reading'....yes, very useful skill in text analysis intensive majors. But people are lazy. No one wants to look past the surface, much like our Arashi boys XDDDD

I spoke to a friend some time ago of our 'relationship' and that person asked me if I like that there is a reader who reads, analyzes, and comments on every little thing in my story. I told that friend of course I do. Who wouldn't want the little buried treasures excavated, cleaned, and placed on display with a nice interpretation? I was smirking.

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[mmestrange]

I wish I had such a reader myself, alas... you can practically hear the crickets chirping at my writing community. I know one your readers reads my stuff (one Mlle Madisonfink) but she doesn't say much. She seems like an amiable lass.

Ah, years of studying ancient history and reading very old books... I'm more a philosopher than a person (that's what my cousins say) because all I do is think. If I squat on my chair and drink tea with my pinky, does that make me L? Of course the sarcastic joke is lost on my cousins. Academia is the only path open to me...

We are friends of a sort, so that's nice. We get along and we have meaningful discussions. That's good too. Oh, I wrote and posted a letter to you (to your Hawaii address). It should be there for you when you get 'home'.

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[unare_haineko]

Are philosophers not people? Or is someone who thinks not considered to be a person since most people waste their mind, so in order to be considered a person one should not use their brain to think.

Wonderful. I hope my sister keeps my mail for me. I've been meaning to get to a post office here, but I haven't actually seen one so far and my friend lives in the best area of the city. This is very weird since back home, we have one for every district. In Tokyo, they're everywhere--almost as prevalent as the convenience store. Here in Colombia, I have NEVER seen a post office. My hosts haven't been home in 14 years (they recently relocated back to Colombia after years of living abroad). They don't even know where the post office is. Perhaps we will go looking for the post office today... XDDDD

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[mmestrange]

Possibly they don't think I'm even human. When they say snidely that I can't survive on 'inconsequential' things like knowledge and books, I tell them that like Hamlet I feed on the chameleon's dish and they all go 'what do chameleons eat'. Sheesh. I expect the literary reference to fly across their heads, I even expected the 12-18th C belief about chameleons to fly over their heads, but when even my sarcasm is lost on them - I know stupidity has hit a new low.

We have post offices in every town, but they're not noticeable. You have to consciously find them here. The nearest one from me is a 35 min walk from my flat. But post boxes - those are everywhere.

Re: Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Sho Section: Dreaming/Illusion vs Reality, Part 2

[unare_haineko]

The NCP hates my sarcasm with a passion. He believes that it is 'disrespectful' and undermines his authority (though he doesn't use that exact phrase to describe it). He refers to my scathing commentary of the truth and reality as 'snide remarks'. My sisters have come to appreciate my wit and sarcasm in the recent years--especially since I now use it in their favor. Sarcasm...heh. Those who do not use or understand it always claim I play dirty (presumably that means that I use my brain instead of my fists).

I haven't even seen post boxes here. I think it's fear of the guerrilla here. There was a bombing a few days ago that I saw on the news. Though despite all accounts that claim Colombia is scary and dangerous, it's a rather nice country. People are very warm here, but they drive very recklessly.