@MisterSteak
I suppose it might be the case of faulty statistics. Souboutei does not lure into the paintings everyone who enters. It might be choosing among its victims trying to attack the most susceptible first. But Takoha successfully overcoming it is a narratively unique event and it turns...
@fennec
I see what you mean. Mostly I just find it strange that nearly every person who comes into Souboutei - not just the paranormal squad, I mean every soldier or civilian throughout the years - falls victim to it. It just seems statistically impossible for everyone around to have...
@fennec
But... Takoha IS sprouting inspirational lines, and he is miraculously more adept at being at peace with his trauma than literally everyone else in all the history of Souboutei. If this is the power of normality, then normality is a superpower which he is a master of.
He would be a...
But why whould you even stay at school if you don't study and have no money and no parents to nag you about education? You already are preparing to die! Just go work as a frigging prostitute, die from STDs or something, but you'll get to get food for a while!