User blog:Luxartisan/Yasuhiro Takemoto's passing

I only just learned that Takemoto-sama was also a victim of the arson attack. He was the director of Starting Days, which happens to be my very favorite film of the franchise because of its sweet simplicity of story and character, as well as the enormous amount of backstory and insight it provided into the dynamic between Makoto, Haru, Asahi and Ikuya.

And now a wound I thought closed is re-opened just a little. Y'know, I used to work with families who would share with me such deeply moving stories about their lives and, as a professional, I had to maintain a certain caring detachment in order to help them make rational decisions and assist with their healing. Yet, as I sit here typing this, I know that I carry within me all of those stories realizing that my hurt for them is nothing compared to the hurt they have dealt with in a direct way. So...when I think of the arson attack, it reminds me of all the pain the affected family and friends of the victims of the attack must still suffer, or the suffering of anyone who has experienced loss through violence.

We move on.

How do they?

Angelle 02:35, November 1, 2019 (UTC)