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9 months ago

Day 7: Free Space - Undiagnosed Ranpo & Worried Dad Fukuzawa

Comic page featuring season 4 flashback Ranpo Edogawa and Fukuzawa from Fukuzawa's point of view. Fukuzawa thinks, "Ranpo is a strange child...He can take down killers with a single glance...but he cannot take the subway." The image is of an open flip phone with a text bubble reading "Mr. Bodyguard I'm lost again. Come save me." "He can see through people in an instant...but he has zero social awareness." Pictured is Ranpo looking forward with his hand on his chin and a speech bubble saying "Why? This hag doesn't like me anyway." "All he eats is sweets." A pile of snacks. "He is very different to most kids his age." "Ranpo is a strange child... But, now he is mine." Ranpo hugging Fukuzawa like the end of the flashback in season 4.

"I've known Ranpo was odd since that first day and I've begun to accept all his oddities." Ranpo sitting with a phone like when he calls Fukuzawa in season 4. "But sometimes Ranpo worries me..." In front of a full black panel. "When he clenches his eyes so tightly after a long day..." Ranpo clenching his eyes closed. "When he drags his usually energetic feet..." I cannot help but feel, like most things with Ranpo, that I am not seeing everything." Fukuzawa looking forward.

A large panel filled with Ranpo's thoughts. "It's loud. My head hurts... So so tired. It's bright. Does no one else notice how bright and loud it is? everything hurts." Fukuzawa walking towards Ranpo sitting, hugging his knees. They are separated by one of the word boxes. "I can only hope that one day he trusts me enough to tell me about it." "After all..." Fukuzawa sitting next to Ranpo with an arm wrapped around him. "Ranpo's taught me it's not good to do things alone."

For this day I was trying to do something with undiagnosed disability/ chronic illness. I think that most of us have had a time in our lives where we didn't understand what's going on and just wish someone would see what we're going through.

If you yourself are at a point in your disability journey without a diagnosis, please know your experiences are real and valid. Whether you have a diagnosis or not. And I wish all of you luck in your journeys moving forward <3

(Note: This is the first time I've done alt text for something this big, so if you have any revisions or better alt text please feel free to send them my way!!)