Chapter 6 makes the story even better and more emotional. I seriously found myself tearing up at certain places, and that's no small feat to achieve in fiction, let alone in a psychological horror genre. This one had so many realistic themes and there were many situations that I related on a deeper level because I had gone through some stuff like this in real life as well. I don't think every good or even great piece of fiction can change your life, but when you find a fiction that appeals directly to your circumstances then it can become something really, really, special for you. Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi is one of those fictions for me that speaks rather deeply to me, and ending this right now, I genuinely feel like I have been given some words of wisdom that I wish someone had given me before. These are very obvious words yes, but sometimes the world don't tell you the obvious thing enough and sometimes you forget the obvious thing quite quickly.
"Common sense is not common anymore."
Is the saying, and that is true. We sometimes think to ourselves that because its common sense, we would automatically act on it in times of stress and tension, but when those things happen, we tend to forget really obvious solutions that could be lying around the place and take drastic measures that not only become tragedy for ourselves but for others as well.
The truth of getting out of the situation is always there for you, and it is often obvious enough to notice but we overlook because our eyes dart in all directions but towards it. Sometimes we just need someone to grab our head and turn it in the direction of the obvious solution and scold us, "Look, there is the solution you idiot. It is right there in front of you and you were looking in all the directions but this one." Sometimes we need someone like that to save ourselves from ourselves.
So if you are feeling alone or if you sometimes feel like all you can get is hurt or all you can give is hurt, then find that someone who will turn your head in the direction of the obvious solution and make you realize that it was always there, you just didn't see it between the blurry teary eyes. I am not saying that someone needs to be a friend, family, or anyone specific. Whatever help you can find through whatever sources, if it truly helps you at the end of the day and not just manipulate you into doing further harm, then that source is worth grabbing to.
If all this feels confusing, there are always hotlines that will help you, and I get sometimes it is scary to be vulnerable and ask for help, but know that bravery lies not in sucking it up through the pain but being brave enough to ask for help when you need it. Our human societies were not built by loners who went on by themselves and did everything on their own. Everything from your houses to your computers and to your city were built by thousand hands, and if they were to break then they too will be bandaged by a thousand hands. You are a structure yourself, it took two people to come together and give you birth, so what makes you think that you can take it all on your own when you start falling apart. You need support when you are sliding down and you need repair when you have broken down.
So don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it before its all too late. You may think making your life colder will just prevent you from harming others and others harming yourself, but it will do the exact opposite. You will fall with no one to support you and somtimes you might accidentally take another structure with you, an unsuspecting structure that just happened to be right below you.
So yeah, grab some help if you are feeling down, and stay hydrated folks! You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. So don't lose belief in yourself, because this world is large enough that if you search even a little bit, you will find someone who believe in you more than you believe in yourself. And ain't that a hope worth living for.
