Obscure Sorrows
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n. the moment of realization that your quintessential future self isn’t ever going to show up, which forces the role to fall upon the understudy, the gawky kid who spent years mouthing their lines in the wings before being shoved into the glare of your life, which is already well into its second act.
Sanji has a secret.
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- Part 1 of Obscure Sorrows
- Part 1 of immerensis
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n. the unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you—that no matter how carefully you shape your life into what you want it to be, the whole thing could be overturned in an instant, with little more than a single word, a single step, a phone call out of the blue, and by the end of next week you might already be looking back on this morning as if it were a million years ago, a poignant last hurrah of normal life.
The last time Zoro saw him, Sanji was leaving the bar with a woman, tripping over his own feet.
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- Part 2 of Obscure Sorrows
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n. the longing to be free of responsibility.
Sanji’s ultimate desire is to please. Zoro is happy to oblige him.
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- Part 3 of Obscure Sorrows
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n. the art of dwelling on the past.
“How will you think of me when I’m gone?”
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- Part 4 of Obscure Sorrows
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n. a moment you instantly wish you could take back, feeling a pulse of dread right after crossing the point of no return—a blurted confession, a hurled insult, a final decision you’d been waffling over for months—wanting to take just one step backward in time, reverting to the way things used to be, in the halcyon days of just a minute ago.
Sanji confesses his feelings.
Sanji confesses his feelings.
Sanji confesses his feelings.
Sanji—
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- Part 5 of Obscure Sorrows
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n. the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future, finally learning the answers to how things turned out but being unable to tell your past self.
A divorced couple plays a game and shares a drink for the last time.
Or not.
That’s up to you.
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- Part 6 of Obscure Sorrows
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n. feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have.
Sanji gets the life he dreamed of. Zoro hates it.
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- Part 7 of Obscure Sorrows