EXPLAINING The Leaf Gif
I would absolutely love to give you a full explanation of this infamous gif, however… there is none. This gif is the entire scene before it cuts to a different scene.
BUT I HAVE A THEORY. A deep, thoughtful theory which is… that Basara went on his soul-searching journey without packing any god damned food, or he didn’t pack enough. We never once see him eat any food during that arc. We see him replace his guitar strings once, meaning he packed strings, but he is never shown with food. See, I always take notice when anime characters eat because I think it’s adorable and they always look so happy when they eat. There’s quite a few times we see Basara eat. He loves sandwiches and hot dogs. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, this show has often shown Basara just casually eat something in the background, but during this arc, even tho there were moments where he could easy be shown eating, he doesn’t do it - except for that leaf. It wouldn’t surprise me because he’s not the most responsible guy and is often a bit spaced out. He was also not in the best emotional state when he left. At one point when it’s night we see him sit at the fire and just kinda stare at it like “fuck i forgot to pack food” (ok this is a joke he’s not actually thinking that but like, i brought it up because this could easily be a scene with him preparing food) BASICALLY. MY BOY LIVES OFF NATURE LIKE A PRO SO STOP MOCKING HIM.
EVERYONE FORGETS THINGS SOMETIMES OK??? |
THEORY TWO:This is actually a pretty ~deep~ one;
He purposely didn’t pack any food to try and take himself back into the feeling of his childhood, to try to relive what drove him then. Basara grew up homeless in a very harsh mountain environment. It’s very likely that he didn’t have much food growing up and had to scavenge nature for it. An episode or two after this he has a dream of his younger self doing something that meant a lot to him then, and it turns into grown up him doing something that means a lot to him now. I’m not mentioning details because finding out in the last episode what he was doing as a kid was a beautiful moment. As I mentioned before, he left on a journey in search of epiphany, and his dream might imply that he tried to get back into the shoes of his younger self to once again catch that feeling that seemed to have slipped away from him. TL;DR - They most likely show him eating a leaf to point our attention to the fact that he didn’t pack any food - either accidentally because he was too distressed to think, or intentionally to evoke his homeless childhood.
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