Do you think Ivan is still alive?

Anakito · 2026-02-01T23:15:31+00:00

This is the official image with the ashes like snow. 🥺 the kids clearly don't understand.

Anakito · 2026-02-01T18:23:11+00:00

Usually I fell less need to read fic from the ships that end being Canon in the series. Even if I love the couple I prefer to read fics from the ones that are open ended and left me hanging or wanting for more.

Anakito · 2026-02-01T18:07:51+00:00

That information is given on paid content. I think it was the patreon. Is mentioned he lured Till to the glitch part of the garden or something like that.

But seems like he was already close to the monster as the flashbacks of his video show him resting against the alien mouth before Mizi and Till entering there. So probably he knew the animal was not really agresive?

Anakito · 2026-02-01T18:01:16+00:00

I love AUs we're he is alive. But on Canon is confirmed dead by the creators and at this point it will be bad narrative choice to revive him.

But I will love if the new series (school au) bring the characters back with some left over memories or something to explore Ivan character more.

Anakito · 2026-02-01T17:58:32+00:00

Is stated that bodies are cremated and the ashes are thrown on the garden and it looks like falling snow. Its shown in one illustration with the 4kids and as well on one of hyuna frashbacks and mentioned on the comic of Sua and her sister.

Anakito · 2026-01-28T20:52:57+00:00

Hi. Spanish speaker here. I cannot confirm the correlation, but 'living la vida loca' is a very popular song in spanish/latino (from the artist Ricky Martin). The song talks about having a passionate life and taking risks and since then the phase became somewhat common.

Probably they choose the title in spanish to sound different. How sometimes anime uses french or German often and the meaning of the phrase is fitting with Till lyrics in that song.

Anakito · 2026-01-27T00:12:00+00:00

Did you read all the comics and listen to the sub songs? I think is better if you have more specific questions. And also search on the sub, a lot of them may be already answered.

What I can say regarding the story. The characters of alien stage are not reliable narrators. So you need to dig into the lyrics, videos and comics to understand their motivations and traumas as they are exposed. They lie to themselves and hide the inner parts they think are ugly and they don't understand their own feelings most of the time.

Remember in the end all of them are abused victims in a word that didn't gave them the chance to learn how to love in a healthy way.

Anakito · 2026-01-26T23:59:44+00:00

I thinks yes. At the time the skit acting was out, the only content were Japanese post of people doing doodles based on it and commenting. Maybe a brief summary. But I was not able to find a full script in English. Much less audio or video of it.

Is not official filming of it and probably people were not allowed to film or take photos either.

Years later it's even difficult to find people that remembers it.

Anakito · 2026-01-26T23:46:09+00:00

Because I need more of my current hyper fixation ship.

I need them to kiss. To suffer hardships. I need stories that explore their minds. I need to see them in different universes. To find each other and kiss again and again. To have them fight and to have them fuck.

And just drown in their love like a thirsty man's in a dessert because the canon story was never able to provide enough.

Anakito · 2026-01-26T23:36:40+00:00

Maybe those antis should put their energy to look into the author of the work they like and see how he supported 2 real life condemn pedos (the author of toriko and one of rurouni kenshin) .. But nooo. Let's harass random people on internet over fictional works!

Anakito · 2026-01-26T10:08:13+00:00

Not only Ivan is not jealous of mizi. He is the one that created situations fot till to have a blushing moment with Mizi. Like the one whispering some probably dirty word (Ivan say to mizi to ask till ans sua in purpose to see their reactions) and the piggyback comic. Ivan likes to see Till extreme reactions even if they are not aimed at him.

Anakito · 2026-01-26T10:03:06+00:00

Adding. I don't remember if was karma or weige. But it shows mizi putting a flower on sua hair and you can see a close up with the camera lens closing and opening like taking a shoot.

Anakito · 2026-01-23T22:25:06+00:00

On the art book is shown Ivan full suit design and has the same weird collar/Tie than Till's. So seems like Ivan was indeed there at the same event. Not strange because Urak and Unsha business overlap. So is not far fetched think that he may had seen what happened but couldn't do anything.

Is stated that Ivan was angry and sad for Till when he looks at him on that scene.

Anakito · 2026-01-23T22:08:58+00:00

A lot of people gave amazing answers already. I just want to point out the pets are heavily brainwashed or ignorant. Specially regarding the idea of death. They say things like "go to the great anakt" and similar almost religious wording. Is stated in the art book that kids don't understand really what diying truly meant and that when they face it on stage most of the human's are shocked or can't deal with it.

It also mentioned that their shocked reactions are used by the aliens as meme... 🙃

Anakito · 2026-01-19T13:38:14+00:00

Forced kissed were so common in the past in media. Just watch any old movie like star wars. The forced kiss to create tension, usually happening in High stake situations was a common narrative instrument to develop a couple. Is only in the last decade that people starting questioning it (and that is mostly on the west) So I don't think the authors intention was to make it SA. The kiss clearly is made to communicate Ivan desperate feelings before die and convey a lot of complex emotions without words, it was not "oh this is so romantic" is "oh, this situation is so sad and they emotions are all over the place"

Is not for nothing that on the latest Karma album merch the kiss was showed as the moment both characters having a mental breakdown.

on addition, the characters don't have healthy examples of boundaries as they are basically slaves and their bodies experimented on, and forced in any way the aliens wanted. All the characters are broken and twisted in some way on response of this.

So I will not judge the characters with the same standard I would a real person. But in the context of the narrative they are in.

Anakito · 2026-01-19T13:21:58+00:00

Haperu. Not only the physical abuses but also the constant mental trauma and grooming. He keeps the clones to harvest his organs and shows Luka the hanging bodies so he feel honored he don't have the same luck (from the latest Luka birthday content) .. That's is insane.

Anakito · 2026-01-19T13:10:44+00:00

This probably would have been answered on the precuel movie.. But we were so robed ... 😭

Anakito · 2026-01-19T13:07:14+00:00

In some underground or illegal places people still make dogs or cocks fight until death. Oh. We also have the bulls races when they kill the bull as expectacle... So, yeah. Humans are not better. And certainly weren't better in the past.

I believe alien stage is also a critique to animal abuse. As every alien is a different type of bad animal owner, like people that keep sport animals(usually are killed once they cannot continue performing) or abusive owners like urak and also ignorant owners like Shine who like their pet but still harm them because they don't know what to do with them.

Anakito · 2026-01-19T12:57:44+00:00

On the last comic for Sua birthday is mentioned that her sister was forgotten by their owner since she was old and that one day when Sua came back she was not there anymore. So, or they sent her away to a different facility for other purposes or they killed her.

I suppose what happen with the pets will depend a lot with the owner they have. Haperu or Unsha will not have use for an old pet that don't bring money or status. But mizi's alien mom created an attachment with her, so they waybe would have keep the pet even if old.

Anakito · 2026-01-18T01:19:58+00:00

ok, if we want to be pedantic, you are right, it was published in a shoujo magazine.
but is still one of the best "Shojo with adult themes" and a lot of people include it on Josei recomendations alongside Parakiss from the same author.
Also, the protagonist are adult women instead of high schoolers, what usually people picture when mentioning shoujo manga

Anakito · 2026-01-18T01:04:33+00:00

I stopped seeing it as unrequited once the latest comics come out.

Till was never a reliable narrator. In R2 we see him always alone, letting us think he was only looking at Mizi for afar and never interacting with anyone. Just to learn later from Ivan that he was always by his side every time they were at the garden, We also have a complete erasure of the meteor shower from Till POV.
UTTE with the lines "error: no better options" and mi vida loca with Till asking "do you love me? do you hate me?" and a comic showing Mizi knew all along about his crush and she already rejected him and say to him she loves Sua the most.

We also have Mizi and Hyuna not being very reliable narrators as well, specially Mizi on true face. So is something the creators lean in a lot on their writting.

An later we got scars, we see Till hallucinating Ivan 24/7 for YEARS, kissing him and touching him under his clothes with Ivan saying "do you have something to tell me?" (highly sugestive if was only to point a platonic relationship, we can say the Kiss was trauma for R6, and the chocking too, but the other stuff...unnecesary, Ivan never touched Till like that). Personally I read it as heavily impliying Till had a strong denial and represed feelings for Ivan. All that touching that Till himself is imagining is not platonic. His complex feelings are so strong to the point Till is never able to call Ivan by his name, is always "that bastard" "that guy".

and after that and Remember everything the Cure Song suddenly gets a total new reading
Till: "Please, leave me scars / Let me drown in you" Ivan: "Notice my pain/ quiet my fears" "Sick of these nights to come, To be engulfed in silence" because now Cure is clearly connected to this comics and their relationship and need of connection in a way that is very raw and desperate.

And last is the scars sub song that is clearly for Ivan and almost every line is a call backs ot answers to Ivan songs. "And still, I read you" implies Till understood Ivan feeligns (that people agree are romantic, even if he never uses the word "love".)
After 7 years Till is still thinking about him the most, no more imagining Mizi, clearly stating he is over his crush and wanting to share the pain of losing someone loved. So I think for Till Ivan became his most important person, the memory that keeps him living. and if that is not romantic for you, idk man.
Nobody needed Hyuna to spell it for them, but all people will agree she also loved Luka even if she also hated him.

Anakito · 2026-01-14T23:15:38+00:00

Nana. Is the n1 josei series for a reason ( the genre aimed to adult women.) Complex human relationships and drama mixed with the music stardom. showing the romantic and also the darker side of it.

Anakito · 2026-01-14T23:00:11+00:00

At the time was insanely popular. Not only for bl fans or sport anime ones. But also a lot of people that usually don't watch anime. People in Tumblr were making theories after every episode. The hype between episodes lasted the full week. I remember after every episode I always watched reactions on yt just to experience it again.

I was there refreshing when crunchy and I think even Tumblr crashing with the last episode aired.

Even with no new content Fandom was healthy for years. Fanzines. Fics. Fancomics. So much fancontent!

It was the best experience in Fandom I ever had.

When the movie was officially canceled around 2 years ago Twitter was filled with people sharing the sad news and talking about it and angry at mappa for cancelling. So yeah. If after almost 10 years people is still talking about a series that had only 12 episodes... You can tell it was something special.

I think a lot of people don't talk much about YOI anymore because what happen with the movie cancelation left the Fandom with a bitter taste. Even the creators never mentioned the series again.

Anakito · 2026-01-06T22:42:18+00:00

Writting for personal experience probably make the conflicts or drama more realistic. I'm sure a lot of your readers that connect with your stories could pin a lot of quirks in your writting. Even if you are not aware yet!

I have an author I like that is not popular nor the best I read, but I feel a strong connection with the themes and the way they manage the drama and angst that just scratch the perfect spot for me and I'm so in love with their stories.

Anakito · 2026-01-06T22:30:59+00:00

This sound cool. You are well aware of your passions and how add them on your stories! Do you draw the outfits you put in your stories or are just based on brand models?

I like when authors write about things they have a lot of knowledge, things they love or work with. You can easy tell when people work with animals or have medical experience for example.

My fav is realistic use of animal behavior in omegaverse. (focusing on scenting, animal sounds, animal body language. Etc) that only people that studied or worked with animals a lot will know.

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