But what Kaede hears, instead, is ‘ you must be like me or I’ll be disappointed‘. What he means by that is ‘ success has made me happy, and I want you to be happy, so I’m encouraging you down this path‘. What Kaede’s father says, on the phone, is ‘ you should do your best to be successful‘. But while they want to help, and their intent is good, the outcome very clearly falls short. They’re successful people, driven and goal-oriented, and they want nothing more than for Kaede to follow in their footsteps. Kaede’s parents are a constant presence in his life. Sakura Swim Club nails the influence of outside factors too. I actually had some shivers down my spine while playing. The drive is just… not there.Īnd Sakura Swim Club‘s Kaede absolutely suffers from this.ĭoes any of this sound familiar to you? Because it sounds familiar to me. Even when it comes to things you really care about. Depression expresses itself as a listlessness, a lack of energy, and a lack of motivation to act. They’re an illness of ‘not really feeling at all‘. The depressions I’ve heard about or seen up-close aren’t much more an illness of ‘feeling sad all the time’. But one of the more insidious things about depression is that that idea just isn’t true. Popular media portrays characters with depression as crying all the time, and getting upset and sad about everything. In wider common understanding, ‘having depression’ is equated with ‘always being sad’. The biggest thing I had to (un)learn at the start is that I didn’t really know what depression was. So while I don’t have first-hand experience with the topic, I’ve learned a lot about depression just from being around them. If you frequent Ninja Blues, you might even know some yourself. Little background about me: I don’t struggle with depression myself, but I have a few close friends who do. The long and the short of my praise here is that Sakura Swim Club is a really good story about depression. Because it’s *also* a game that drops lines like this.
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