Im racking my brain for a term to describe Shimmura, that completely emotional detachment but not in a way that’s sociopathic, just melancholy, is it depression? Is she just very guarded and can’t show her emotions and would rather just “sync” her mood with whoever she happens to be with because that’s just a lot easier than being her own person with agency? I’m just very fascinated by this character. She’s human, she gets sad and can cry, but she doesn’t want to so she doesn’t.
Adachi is not a healthy person and is extremely codependent as a girlfriend but Shimura doesn’t even care and just goes with the flow because….well why not? So intriguing
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