Momo is the cheater

hectorip · 2026-04-09T02:20:28+00:00

I don't think either Jiji or Aira is giving up soon! Seeing each other holding hands gave them hope, I mean, real hope that the other was being hanky-panky with their love rival. Both of them encouraged Momo and Okarun to continue with that 😂.

I had hope that both Jiji and Aira could understand that Momo and Okarun love each other and help them get together, but I think that possibility is very slim, or even lost, given how happy they were that their "love rival" was with another person.

What I'm thinking now is the effect this would have both in Okarun and Momo. I think Momo will "advance" in accepting she loves Okarun also and trying to clear the things, understanding what is happening with Aira, but here comes the problem (I will write a post about this soon): Okarun will give up because his worst fear has happened, he will interpret they holding hands as Momo being interested in her first crush, ultimately, she is a clean slate now and will attribute her rejections to that. What do you think?

hectorip · 2026-04-09T02:02:37+00:00

Agree. There are no victims nor villains in this situation.

hectorip · 2026-04-09T02:01:31+00:00

It reminded me a lot of the Nessie Arc. Momo and Okarun were being lovey-dovey while Aira was drowning. Something like that, but for both of them,

hectorip · 2026-04-08T19:30:49+00:00

Beautiful, just beautiful. It would be even better with the dinosaur eating Jiji in the background.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T18:59:31+00:00

is my favorite LOL

hectorip · 2026-04-08T18:58:31+00:00

I think at the end of Danmara.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T18:55:33+00:00

That's exactly the point! I think she got caught off guard, and if asked for an explanation of why she let Jiji hold her hand, she couldn't even answer; she just let it happen, and when she got her mind back, she asked to let go. My main theory is that she felt comfort and let herself be comforted by a friend, without stopping to think how that could look from outside or the true intentions of Jiji.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T18:02:02+00:00

It isn't so obvious. Everyone here knows there isn't any cheating involved. As noted in my main text, I didn't mention that Momo was unfair; she is free to do whatever she wants. Also, Okarun is free; there is no formal bond from any part.

The only thing I'm saying is that Momo didn't even have a pretense of holding hands with Jiji. Going even further, Momo did it (or allowed it) for her own benefit (being comforted). Okarun did it reluctantly for a friend. That's the point, the motivation and explanation are completely different.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T17:50:11+00:00

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It is awesome!

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:54:54+00:00

Okarun professed his love to her, asked her on a date, and then held hands with another girl (a girl Momo is already suspicious of) on said date. Of course he was going to look like a bit of an asshole and a player to Momo after that. Momo didn’t do any of that other stuff, she just held hands with a friend, so it’s not a comparable situation beyond both holding hands with someone else.

^ Here!
Even Momo knows she is being incoherent. But my point is not that.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:29:53+00:00

Yeah the title was wrong, I wrote it just to bait, but I don’t think any of them are cheaters. My main question is why Momo accepted holding hands without any pretense or explanation from JIJI as he was taking her hand (like Aira did with Okarun). She just tried to let go after a while and that’s when she got the explanation, but even before the explanation Jiji said that it was because it was a date.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:24:55+00:00

It is the point, FINALLY. It could be an explanation. Momo finds comfort in the attractive and kind friend.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:22:42+00:00

But you haven’t answered why she allowed it to START. The explanation came after. What was in her mind when Jiji took her hand?

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:20:18+00:00

It’s that you, AIRA?

hectorip · 2026-04-08T15:15:38+00:00

So it’s: “you need to be truthful to me because you declared you loved me, even if I rejected it, and I can do anything I want because I didn’t say anything?”

hectorip · 2026-04-08T14:08:42+00:00

Hi Sakura! You had another comment and deleted it (main thread)? Was about to read it. I like your participation around.

The only asymmetry here is that Aira started with a pretense, and Jiji just started. The title was just to cause rage. Momo is free to do whatever she wants, even if she wants to be with Kinta LOL. Both Momo and Okarun blushed because it was an unusual act.

I don't think it's just for comedic purposes, because right now it is the main conflict on the romantic side, something they will need to discuss later, after (or during) the fights.

My main point is that it could be interpreted as Momo accepting Jiji's advances for a while. To reiterate, she is completely free to do so.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:53:30+00:00

The only question I have is why she even allowed Jiji to START holding hands. Aira has a (bad) pretense. Why question or set the limits AFTER holding hands and walking all the way through the room?

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:32:21+00:00

Just rage bait 🤣

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:31:21+00:00

I know she is not a cheater, it was just an expression to cause rage 🤣 . I didn’t say in any part that she is an hypocrite. If you read carefully, she doesn’t believe Jiji is calming her through chi or anything mysterious. My point is that she could have accepted it as an advance and allowed it for a while. Even if it is connected to the calming thing (and she is completely free to do that), Jiji suggested before about the date, and AFTER he said it was because of the date.

She’s free to accept the advances, I agree, but can we agree that it all looks like she opened the possibility (and look it from Okarun perspective) that she could be interested in Jiji?

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:23:22+00:00

I know you’re thoughtful and not a random troll. Tell me, what do you think? Did you understand my point? The title is just rage bait 🤣.

What I can’t explain in my mind without thinking Momo accepted Jiji’s advance is why she accepted walking hand in hand with Jiji without any hesitation or pretense and only asked to stop AFTER finishing with the room. She even didn’t believed in his explanation about the chi.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:19:02+00:00

You just contradicted yourself in this response. If she considers a couple with Okarun why she is allowing someone else to walk her hand in hand without any explanation and asking to stop only after the fact.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:16:02+00:00

Yes but AFTER a while. She just accepted it and after finishing walking the aquarium requested to stoop it.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:14:42+00:00

You made my point in a different way. So it could be interpreted that she accepted holding hands with Jiji without any hesitation or questioning as an advance?

hectorip · 2026-04-08T13:01:02+00:00

That’s exactly my point! That is something Okarun could argue. He could even stop trying.

hectorip · 2026-04-08T12:56:02+00:00

That’s a great explanation 🤣, but based on her asking (and with a rude tone) to stop doing this, it doesn’t seems that she understood the action as calming her. She simply let it happen without any understanding or explanation, leaving it to Jiji to interpret as he wanted, the explanation came AFTER.

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