>>811654More broadly, it's death. Japan uses sakura frequently as symbols of mortality because they bloom so brightly and don't last very long.
>>810068>I realised that everything was so dear to me when I parted from it.>And I lost myself in them again, those SAKURA days.The days are sakura because they're beautiful, but also because they didn't last forever. That's exactly what made them beautiful. Kinda like how Mori describes hanging out with the Dead Beats when she sees us off:
>Close your eyes for a minute, and envision a place>Where everybody's cherishing life in one same space>And it's embarrassing to say, 'cause you're the one that I chase>But see, mortality's what makes a life sweeter to taste, right?That's not what she's offering in this most recent rap, though, we got the sweet Sakura. The "Sadistic Sakura" is a very different kind of mortality. The lines that follow it
>Kinda wished to talk with ya>Bore me, and it's off with your heads!>You can't be strong if you give up from just a miss in your streak>I'll say so long with a slight of the scythe and a light kiss on thy cheekIt's the fact that if you try to walk BESIDE her as a swinger and not just a lurker, that dream isn't guaranteed to survive. The only way to keep it alive is to do your fucking reps.
Sadism is itself a form of "tough love" after all
