i am hungry - makoto mita

Content note: contains self-harm imagery, also maaaybe disordered eating (it's sweet pool so kind of. unavoidable in implication).
oh god oh no oh fuck I am head over heels for this boy. To be clear, I'm not sure I've fallen for a character this fast since UDH did its retcon magic on Leon. I adore this game, and he is hands down my favorite character of the cast, and it is daylight robbery we only got one ending for him. He is everything.

[@doriangray1957]

Even though I've watched this dozens of times it never stops making me emotional af. I absolutely love the way you used lighting in this and just, the story being told through it ugh oh my god... The transitions are so smooth and just. The typography matches the vibe of both the pics and song so well idk how to describe it but it's so good. I love the way you traded his normal sprites for his dead inside sprites near the end and just. the cropping of the boxcutter pic oh my god it's so good... and the ending, just, my heart is broken. 10/10 edit evokes the same intense pain sweet pool gives me every single day (positive)

[@xsnowblaze]

LISTEN I KNOW I AM LATE TO REPLY BUT. AHHHHH God thank you, I am never not thinking about Makoto and how special he is and I am SO glad to have edited him. I'm so so happy you liked this edit so much... Makoto is the Boy and I'm so glad you understand that ;;A;;

[@endowl]

I'm not sure who this man is but this edit got me interested. Great work as always! This is lovely.

[@xsnowblaze]

Thank you! The character is Makoto Mita from sweet pool, which is an incredible VN about being sad at Catholic school and the body horror of being (allegorically) transmasculine. Makoto is the best friend archetype who is the closest thing the game has to a healthy love interest, but unfortunately for him, this is sweet pool and nice things are not allowed to happen to him or anyone. I would highly recommend the game, though with the note that it is deeply depressing and covers content related to most common triggers I can think of.

[@Rosabella_Swan]

Amazing!

[@xsnowblaze]

Thank you!

[@NANA-me9tj]

He deserved so much better, even in the endings where he made up with Youji.

[@xsnowblaze]

Do you ever think about how in all three Tetsuo endings, where they managed to make up some, Youji either is shot to death or disappears under mysterious circumstances, so Youji's promise to spend more time with him and better their friendship goes is immediately broken? Or that fact that, in choosing those endings, Youji doesn't even think about Makoto for a single line (he does consider Erika, but not Makoto)? Because oh god I think about it a lot, just... every single character in this game deserves better than the world gives them, but most of them are ultimately struggling against the aftermath of God's curse against queer peopl-- uh, sorry, the People of Sodom. Makoto's struggles are influenced by that too, but they're ultimately smaller and interpersonal in nature... he had a chance to have these issues resolved, and yet they're still never fully repaired. One of the most painful storylines in this tragedy, 10/10 I love this game. ANYWAYS, thank you for the comment, I hope you enjoyed this! I am editing a bunch more sweet pool currently because I adore this game so much.