Remember When Eiji Told Ash He Has A Little Sister? Ash Immediately Thought She Must Be Adorable. Somehow,

"Take me to I-zu-mo."

Eiji after Ash's death being told over and over by everyone that Ash died to protect him, but Eiji hoping to god that it isn't true, hoping that Ash finally finally understood that Eiji did love him, that Ash's death would hurt Eiji, and hoping that Ash decided, for once, to be selfish. That he knew it would hurt Eiji, but still decided to die because it was what he wanted. Eiji hoping -- praying -- that Ash didn't die for Eiji, but died for himself.

Eiji telling himself (because he has to believe it, for his own sake) that maybe, just maybe, Ash's last act was his most selfish.

Because God knows Ash deserved to be selfish for once.

the banana fish fandom NEEDS to pay attention to this man more LORD i love u cain

gonna draw peter as a little cowboy cause i can

“my soul will always be with you” is such a beautiful line; it describes how deep eiji’s love for ash is

eiji’s love trandscends the norm, to the point it affects his non-physical form which will remain with ash — even in death — until the end of time.

🍌🐟 from 2023

"The title of the movie poses an interesting question that is asked time and again throughout: what does it mean to be human? When someone hears the word “monster,” they likely picture an otherworldly, grotesque creature that bears no resemblance to a human. In the beginning of the film, Minato asks his mother if a person would still be themselves if their brain was replaced with a pig’s brain. Saori begs the elementary school administration to respect her as a person as she confronts them about Mr. Hori. More than an attempt to get to the truth of the situation with Minato and Mr. Hori, Monster is a delicate exploration of humanity. It’s easy to call something or someone a monster, because that strips the soul out of the situation. It allows us to separate the darkness that people are capable of from humanity itself, but that’s not the truth. We all have the ability to be awful and good and cruel, but that doesn’t make us monsters, it makes us human." (x)

MONSTER 怪物 (2023) dir. Hirokazu Koreeda @pscentral event 31: faceless

Eiji asking to hold Ashs gun when they first met was a metaphor for consent.

Monster ‘怪物’ · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023)