fictional specimens in which i have unfortunately recognised myself.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝔦. — i see a lot of myself in them — the overall internal experience feels painfully familiar.

• sumio kodai — the silver case
• rei kiriyama — march comes in like a lion
• yuu arima — boy meets maria
• shigeo “mob” kageyama — mob psycho 100

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝔦𝔦. — the ugly little pieces — the bits i recognise despite wishing i didn't.

• holden caulfield — the catcher in the rye
• sunny / omori — omori
• kaho yamasaki — welcome to the n.h.k.
• gregor — limbus company
• diane nguyen — bojack horseman
• fleabag — fleabag

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝔦𝔦𝔦. — they remind me of me a little — one or two suspiciously specific traits.

• hange zoë — attack on titan
• harry du bois — disco elysium
• makoto niijima — persona 5
• yu narukami — persona 4
• bea santello — night in the woods

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝔦𝔳. — unfortunately, i understand them — characters where the reaction is mostly “oh. i see why you did that.”

• mae borowski — night in the woods
• kaneki ken — tokyo ghoul
• roland — library of ruina
• abigail — stardew valley
• catra — she-ra and the princesses of power
• tokio morishima — the silver case