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You can’t hate Hachi. You can be angry with her, disappointed, even frustrated by her choices, but to hate her would be to forget who she is and what she’s going through. Hachi is not a strong, independent, flawless shōjo heroine. She’s a lost, vulnerable girl who has always tried to fill a deep emotional void. She loved too quickly, too intensely, often losing herself in the gaze of others, convinced that being loved by a man would define her, give her purpose, give her worth. And when she finds out she’s pregnant, she doesn’t choose love; she chooses stability, or at least what she believes to be a form of safety. Yes, she stays with Takumi, a cold, distant, unfaithful, manipulative, and even violent man. Yes, she gives up on Nobu, the gentle, sincere boy who loved her unconditionally. And that choice hurts. It hurts Nobu, and it hurts us as viewers, because we wanted to believe that true love would win. But Hachi no longer believes she can be loved as she is. She thinks she doesn’t deserve Nobu, doesn’t deserve happiness. She punishes herself, unconsciously. She accepts a life that erases her, a relationship where she stays silent, because deep down, she already feels condemned. She does what so many real women do: she sacrifices her own happiness to offer her child the illusion of a normal home, even if that home is cold and loveless. Hachi is tenderness slowly fading, hope quietly giving up. She makes mistakes, even terrible choices, but they are always human. And that’s why we can’t hate her, because she is one of the rawest, most painfully real representations of emotional fragility, guilt, and the silent fight to survive.
2025-07-11 22:37:10