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

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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, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 1

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In previous section, I discussed the significance of why the contract was conjured and signed in 2009. I also spent some time analysing pages 01-17 of the contract. This section of the commentary covers the remaining pages of the contract in detail. Pages 18-25 are a headache to dissect, so bear with me and don’t blink. Haineko has a lot of blink-and-miss and very sly insertions all over the place, and it would behove [Br. Eng spelling, don’t quibble] you to read whatever she writes slowly and carefully. There is no wasted word in her writing. She is a kind writer because she leaves you clues and Chekov’s guns all over place and it is up to you to join the dots. Those of you (if any) who do manage to go through my commentaries without thinking that I’m a lunatic show off and without thinking ‘tl;dr’ would have realised I cover things you should be looking at when reading Haineko’s work.

Now that that’s done, let us move on to the second half of the terms of the contract.

Pages 08-17 - Recapitulation & Numerological Significance

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 2

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That is how the mysterious person dispatched the prophecy to Jun. Coincidence, you say? Well, 7 is the number of consciousness and of thought. The person who sent Jun the prophecy consciously did so and was thinking a great deal when he/she/it sent the prophecy in such a way that there was minimal contact between Jun and him/her/it. Yet, Jun consciously put aside the prophecy and anything to do with the 2009 Contract refusing to countenance it.

Clause Nine states ‘to protect the interests of the jimusho, any suspicious activity involving current members of the jimusho or staff may result in legal action’. 9 is the number representing the highest degree of change. The fact that the jimusho will sue if it regards something the former Arashi members do as ‘suspicious behaviour’ paints the place as an institution resistant to change. But if the former members of Arashi play their cards right, they can be like the number 9 and bring about the highest degree of change. This links up to the rhetorical question Miyazono posed as to where

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 3

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Permit me to interrupt my commentary at this point with a few questions germane to the issue:

(27) Does Jun know that Nino disappeared for 2 years after the 2009 contract came into effect? Has Jun even noticed?
- Yes, the deal is Jun+Ohno will disappear for 13 years and the careers of Nino, Aiba and Sho will go on. But Nino’s went under for two years while Aiba and Sho suffered no such setback. Surely, Jun would have noticed that there was NOTHING on telly, radio, film, or printed media about Nino for two years AFTER the 2009 contract was signed. Suddenly after two years, Nino came back. Isn’t that dodgy? Didn’t Jun think that was dodgy?
- Or didn’t Jun notice?
- If Nino disappeared for 2 years after the 2009 contract was signed even though the terms were that Nino ALONG WITH Sho and Aiba could have their careers so long as Jun+Ohno went under, isn’t that a breach of the contract Jun and Ohno signed?

13 year silenceCareful readers will know that it is no coincidence 13 years silence is extracted from Jun + Ohno. Iago says it’s

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 4

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With this then, the significance of the number 13 between Iago and Arashi becomes clear. Having discussed the bulk of the contract let us move on the last five pages of the contract.

LAST FIVE PAGES OF THE 2009 CONTRACTHaineko deliberately let us know that we are the last five pages of the contract. She specifically draws our attention by having both Jun and Miyazono refer to pages 26-30 as “the last five pages

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 2

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On MiyazonoMiyazono’s method of thinking is to look ahead after seeing all sides of any given situation (that is seeing both the faces and the vase in the Rubin’s picture). This is why, Miyazono can see far ahead and use the “What if Ayu were____” example. That in turn jolted Jun into a small epiphany. In so doing, Miyazono made Jun realise that he didn’t plan far ahead where Ayumu’s concerned. More than that, Miyazono has demonstrated that Jun is an emotional creation full of impulses which could put him at a disadvantage. While such a trait renders Jun an amiable human being, it is something that leaves him open to manipulation and exploitation by others. This is something Miyazono is keen to avoid. That’s why he drew Jun’s attention to the rubik’s cube and the red side Jun thought he solved. Miyazono showed Jun that he didn’t consider all sides to the problem nor did he factor in all the variables at play, which is why Jun’s red side of the rubik’s cube is only a haphazard and incorrect solution. It demonstrates also (to use

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 3

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Pages 26-28Pages 26 to 28 cover that which would befall Jun + Ohno should they fail to comply with the ten clauses outlined on pp.08-17 as well as the nitty-gritty surrounding the 13 year silence on pp. 18-25. As Miyazono put it, failure to comply with the clauses and terms would mean

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 4

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Page 29
We are told, Page twenty-nine contains Jun’s signature, Ohno’s signature, Iago’s signature, and a public notary seal.

Page 29 where the contract was signed with the stamps and seals. I find that amusing. In 29BC, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, better known as Octavius was elected Roman consul for the 5th time. In case you don’t know who this guy is. This is the same Octavius
in Antony and Cleopatra who played everyone in the senate against everyone else, got Antony killed, manipulated Cleopatra to suicide and declared became dictator of Rome. That same year (29BC), Octavius declared that all the temples of Janus were to be closed ‘ostensibly’ to mark peace

Commentary & Analysis CH 17, Jun Section: The Contract – PAGES 18-30 ONLY, Part 5

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(29)What will bring to light that the wedge between them is Iago and his prophecy?

(30) How will Jun get in touch with the rest of them? Newspaper advertisements? Hand delivered notes?

(31) Who is responsible for the prophecy?

(32) What will the rest of the Arashi men think of it?

(33) What will Miyazono and Sawaguchi uncover when they dig subtly into Iago’s affairs? What will Miyazono do when he sees for himself the state of Iago!Claudius!Kitagawa’s Denmark?

(34) What of Aiba? What’s his role when Sho casts him aside after the fig quarrel? Will information about Sho and Iris surface then?

(35) What is Nino’s current stance towards Jun now that he knows Jun didn’t screw him over?

(36) What is Nino’s current stance towards Satoshi now that he has some inkling that NaSA!Ohno was the bugger that sparked off the whole dissolution of Arashi problem as well as my truffle’s mental depression?

(37)What will start the balling to get Ohno off his Min-worshipping penis and Sho’s vexing infatuation for ‘lager’ and fridges? Arashi can’t