Olympia Soiree Part 6 - Himuka Route

Time for the guy I'm least excited for!! Mainly because Himuka looks like a kid and I can't get over it lol, but I am interested in his story itself since it seems like it should be interesting. Lmao at Himuka staring at her and then running away when she asked if he wanted to walk to the bathhouse with her lol, he's so cute. Awww it's cute how Byakuya is trying to be friends with Himuka. I guess now that you think about it, Byakuya and Himuka are similar in that they both fulfilled their roles impeccably by doing what was required and not engaging in human interaction, and both their jobs are crucial to Tenguu Island, where Byakuya's saves people and Himuka's "kills" people but saves them in another way I guess haha. Lmao, Hairi is such a brat. Nice to know why he doesn't want Byakuya to talk to Asuha though. It's because he knows that the more they talk, the more Asuha will want to go to the surface, but it'll be "impossible", so he doesn't want Asuha to get hurt by that reality and longing. It's sweet, and I'm glad Byakuya said it would hurt Asuha more if she stopped talking to him now since he'll think that she's the same as the others. Hairi saying "die" to Byakuya as he ran away was such a hilarious image🤣🤣 Byakuya's like his mother telling him to not say stuff like that lolll. Ooh I knew Jigen saved the Red from their "curse", but I didn't realise that the Red didn't actually prosper as a primary colour until Jigen came and used the toxic cinnabar to create dyes and other things that helped them become the respected colour clan they are today. I wonder why Himuka seems so scared and traumatised or something, especially when he asked Byakuya to not hate him and stuff, it actually felt really heartbreaking.

Every time I read about the side characters dying for love, I can't help but tear up and cry for them. It's so hard to find someone you love that loves you back, and yet something like that is condemned and seen as something you should be executed for, and that just breaks my heart all the time. Honestly, what broke my heart the most wasn't finding out that Mio and Okijiku poisoned themselves as their way to be together, but when Kaina realised that they were the same as him, and then was happy for them that they got to die together. Honestly, considering how it's basically impossible for them to escape execution, I too think this path is the "best choice". At least they'll be together forever this way, instead of having their Shou extracted through Tamasogi in such a cruel way, and then used even in death to help an island that refuses to accept them and killed them like that. Don't tell me..Himuka is Lord Hiruko? Anyway, I've always felt it was disturbing that the dead are turned into crystals to sustain the island, so knowing that those who commit suicide are cremated and scattered into the ocean is actually nice in its own way. It's probably seen as disgraceful, but at least they have freedom in death and choosing how they want to die is something I can be happy for them for. Oh wow, Himuka looks so mature in the CG where he scatters the ashes, I'm quite shocked. It's sad to think about how lonely of a life Himuka must have led because he's "unclean" and always so close to the "smell of death" that everyone fears him. I'm glad Byakuya could tell him her thoughts about "hideous" things being a perception, and that just because people are different doesn't mean that they're hideous. It's cute how smitten Himuka was when he touched Byakuya, it was also really cute how much she blushed haha.

I get so mad on Byakuya's behalf when Hairi calls her a monster girl because of how white she is blah blah, like I'm glad it's not affecting her as much as it did before, but it's still really hurtful and I feel bad for her that she has to hear that. Anyway, I agree with Akaza's words about Asuha and her relationship, Asuha has the freedom to dream, and I think it's that kind of "freedom" that will allow them to break free of the chains of this island and fight for change, instead of just accepting that things are how it is because that's what they are. I understand that Hairi is just worried about Asuha and knows firsthand how terrible the treatment can be from the surface people, but he really has no right to take it out on Byakuya just because she's the one who makes the sun that they will never see shine. I felt so bad for her when she cried, because no matter how good Hairi's intentions are, he has no right to control who Asuha can be friends with and forcefully driving people he doesn't like away from him. He's not protecting him, he's isolating him into a bubble. Anyway, I'm glad Byakuya realised that she was acting like a child when she "blamed" Douma for creating the solar link where you offer Shou to the sun, when I'm sure just finding one way to preserve the sun and keeping this island alive is already difficult enough after the Red Calamity. Ohh, so the thing with Byakuya's hair colour taking on the colour of her lover is not only something romantic, but also because the women of the White do this to offer these "colours" to the sun and that's how the women of the White sustained the sun all these years, and I guess that's why it was so important for the lunar ferry to exist so that the women could kinda absorb those colours as offerings to the sun. I guess that's why they're white? Because then they'll be like "blank palettes" that can take on any colour and give that to the sun?

Riku is so pure and kind. Seeing him teary and sad at the Corpse Beach because of Okijiku made me sad too. Tokisada hoping Himuka is an Outsider because he wants an Outsider friend the same age as him is the most adorable thing ever!! I'm glad Byakuya stopped Yuusuge from trying to die, because I don't think she'll be able to take another death close to her. It's saddening to see Yuusuge in so much pain, but I also kinda wished that she would cherish life more after Okijiku and Mio's deaths, especially since her parents really want to see her, and I'm sure they would be devastated to see her corpse instead. Himuka's story of the birth of the Red being the blood of the guy who killed the goddess Amaterasu and then himself is quite morbid but interesting🤔 Himuka actually answering Byakuya's question of what he likes about her, and just listing all the things he likes about her is so cute. He's still not my type, and I honestly don't feel Byakuya's feelings for him, but I do feel like I want to protect him, even though he's apparently much older than Byakuya. Anyway, sometimes I wonder why Himuka is so free since he always seems so busy in other routes, but then again people can't die every single day, otherwise the island would be screwed, so it's understandable that he actually has a schedule haha😅 I'm so glad Nagusa and Kanan couldn't do anything to Byakuya, I was so scared for her when they wouldn't let her leave. Lmao at Byakuya asking Kuroba if intercourse is fun🤣🤣 The goddess of darkness Izanami that sleeps beneath the spring with water that gives you haku is Himuka's mother? I wonder if she comes out to possess people with strong negative emotions or something, since Himuka saw his mother in Hairi. Why is Himuka suddenly being accused for murder? Is it Nagusa or something bigger? Omg, if Izanami wakes up from under the Shinimizu Spring, the water will overflow and everyone on Tenguu Island will die from haku?! No wonder why everyone was so worried after the "earthquake".

Yep, Himuka really is Hiruko, huh? Imagine everyone who worships him like a god actually treating the real thing like trash😶 Now it's kinda funny thinking that Hiruko is obsessed with Olympia😅 Byakuya and Himuka feeding each other passionfruit was so cute haha. Byakuya's underwear really does look like a swimsuit haha, interestingly, it's a black colour. I'm still in disbelief over Hairi being the executioner. I still remember that bad ending with Riku becoming the executioner, and I felt sorry for whoever has that job...but to think it was Hairi all along. No wonder why he harbours so much hatred towards the people on the surface, and no wonder why he thinks there's no hope for any change in the future. His life has been "destroyed" already. I can't even imagine how many people he must have had to "kill" with Tamasogi, and it must have been even worse that there's a high possibility he would know them. Anyway, I felt bad when Himuka shouted at Akaza and called him cursed and the last person fit to be with Byakuya. Isn't that ironic? The one we thought was the most fit for Byakuya and that everyone encourages her to pick might actually be the guy who is most problematic when it comes to being her potential husband in the end.. I'm looking forward to Akaza's route now, well I already was because he's been my favourite since I first saw him, but I'm even more curious now lol.

I guess we should be glad that Hairi seems to have been mainly targeting the people who are suicidal instead of killing random people, but it's still sad because if they were like Yuusuge who thought about it but can't bring themselves to really go through with it, and Hairi just "kills" them, then that's pretty terrible. Or who knows if he actually manipulates them into thinking they want to die, since it seems like he got rid of the soldiers who tailed him. I wonder if he would have gone so far if he didn't fall into Shinimizu Spring and heard Izanami's voice that she would grant him his wish if he gave her pure and beautiful Shou. Glad to know Kanan's priorities are always the same, always trying to defile Byakuya, like geez dude. Anyway, it's sad to see Hairi so broken and manipulated by people like Kanan and tormented by all the people he had to execute. I always thought Himuka never really looked at Byakuya for who she was, and it's nice to know that it was true, because in the beginning, he only really saw her as the vessel and soul that will receive Amaterasu when Byakuya turns 18 and gets a husband. Now I'm curious about whether Amaterasu will really come. On the other hand, it's sad that the reason why colours are so important in this world is because Amaterasu really loved looking at rainbows, so Hiruko decided to create a world filled with every colour, but people twisted it into only "loving" beautiful colours and decided that the rest should be thrown away. 

It's nice that Himuka was able to get rid of Izanami (although I wonder how it feels to be shunned and left at the bottom of a lake never able to leave because she's a goddess of the "dark" and no one wants to essentially save her) but he has to sacrifice himself? Well, it's nice to finally have an explanation for the corniness of everyone looking for their missing half, their soulmate. Hiruko made it like that because he didn't want people to be like him and be lonely, so he wanted people to be fated to search for their soulmate and never have to experience that solitude he had to endure. What? The Yellow were created from Tsukuyomi's blood, and the Blue were created from Hiruko's blood after Amaterasu died and there was no more light in the world so they needed to create humans again?? Honestly, Tsukuyomi always looked and felt like a god so I'm not too surprised that he basically is one haha. Ooh, Amaterasu is Hiruko's sister...I still think his "love" for her is deeper than towards Byakuya though🥲 Anyway, ending was cute, but I honestly don't feel the romance between Himuka and Byakuya, which is understandable since I feel like the route focused on the plot more, but yeah, still disappointing in regards to the romance even if it is so. In regards to the bad ending where the world ends, and Himuka makes another tiny world to house the doll that looks just like Byakuya and transferring her soul to one of those.. butterflies or whatever? It was kinda bittersweet in its' own way. Hiruko's world failed, and he's technically alone forever without her, but he also doesn't need to be condemned by his people either, so I guess even if things are fake, there is still some sort of happiness. Well, um, that sleeping beauty bad ending was really random and weird loll! Like how did the world ending go back on to the plot track of needing another White descendant to cure haku?? And how old is Hairi loll, because that was just weirddddd.

Overall, Himuka's route was all right. I kinda expected more and hoped that I could overcome his "young" appearance with good development on the relationship and romance, but unfortunately not, because I think most of it was really just Himuka thinking he was undeserving of Byakuya whilst wanting to be with her, which is okay, but it really didn't resonate with me even after knowing everything. I was honestly pretty apathetic to it all. I did appreciate more insight into the lore with Hiruko, Izanami and the whole Hairi thing which was sad but also frustrating, because Hairi has always been annoying to me loll. Things also seemed to be resolved rather easily with Amaterasu just reviving Himuka and somehow it solved all the problems with the colour thing etc, so Himuka could be her husband lol. I guess I mostly enjoyed finally understanding Hairi's hatred, but in terms of romance, it was definitely lacking and the weakest in terms of all the routes imo. Otherwise, Himuka really deserves to finally be happy and not be chained to constantly trying to protect this island and Amaterasu. Seeing him so happily spending time with Byakuya is heartwarming since it was something he always wanted but could never have.