u/Lazy_Championship627

Me and this friend have known each other for 3 years but have gotten close only at the start of last year. At first everything was going well, she was funny and me and her had a lot of shared interests, but somewhere around 4 months ago she started being very distant, always ignoring us, leaving without saying goodbye and answering curtly, as if to close quickly a conversation.

I wanted to talk to her about it, so I texted her, saying that I noticed she was distant, that I was wondering if we had hurt her in any way and if we could fix it. This text went unanswered. The next day, when we saw each other in class she acted as if nothing was wrong, and chatted with me normally, so I just assumed that my text had reassured her worries (maybe she felt left out?).

After a while though, she fell back in the same habits. One day me, her and a couple of other friends were all together in class, but since the teacher was absent we had an empty hour in which we could do whatever. Me and the others were chatting, but I noticed she was on her phone. I gave it a glance and noticed she was chatting with ai, roleplaying (on character.ai, I'm sure it rings a bell for some of you). I was annoyed, but chose against bothering her for the time being, knowing that she'd probably snap if I asked her why she wasn't chatting with us.

A few days later, I had a little chat with the group of friends, talking about my worries and venting a little. She wasn't listening at all, and since I was talking about the fact that I felt alone in the group, I asked her if she could listen to me (I did use a pretty harsh tone though, that was on me, I know). She rolled her eyes and said that she had a head-ache and that she was laying her head down because of that but was listening.

Later that day I texted her, hoping to voice my worries with her about her behaviour. My text, which is a bit too long to translate here in full, went something along the lines of "I don't mean to offend you, but I noticed that you've been awfully distant with us lately. It makes me feel hurt and not seen. I'm not trying to blame you, but I think that chatting with us could be better than talking with ai." Safe to say she was really pissed off and answered to me in an annoyed way. I won't translate the texts here, but if you wish for the sake of discussion I can translate them in the replies.

At that time I was SERIOUSLY mad, I mean fuming. I couldn't fathom that she'd prefer chatting with ai over talking with us, and it made me unreasonably angry. I acted out of line, maybe I should't have reprimanded her (especially since she's been obsessed with those ai chatbots for a while now), but her behaviour seemed so wrong to me.

So, what do you think? AITA?

I mean, I absolutely do not condone many of the actions they've taken to reach their goals and disagree with the methods they use, I'm talking about the principle they operate off from.

Now, I haven't finished the manga yet (I'm at chapter 58 rn) but from what I've seen so far, they're not totally wrong. I mean, the laws about magic are awfully strict, no? Many spells are forbidden on principle, but those are spells that could be useful when wielded by people meaning well.

This is without considering that my dislike for the Knights Moralis is definetly worse than the one for the Brimmed Caps at the moment.

Anyways, like, I'm not entirely sure I'm not just spitting out idiocy, so correct me if I'm wrong, but in itself, the principle that all magic should be wielded and none should be forbidden doesn't seem SO bad. Of course, it would require a lot of faith in society not to use that magic to hurt and wound, but even now, the secret of magic in general requires a lot of faith to keep.

I'm not saying that everyone should be able to wield magic, I can understand why witches keep it a secret, but like, at the point in which you already know how to wield magic, and know how to safely handle it, why should some spells be forbidden?

I feel as if sometimes forbidden magic is used for good purpose, and it's shown. When Coustas loses his ability to walk and uses forbidden magic to get back his mobility, should he really be blamed for wanting to escape from his suffering? It's a bit like when people steal because they're dying of hunger, or when they murder somebody in self defence. Is stealing or murdering a good thing? No, but sometimes it's the only way.

Idk, maybe I'm being dumb though. I'm open to other opinions different from mine, just make sure not to be rude and keep in mind I might be missing some puzzle pieces since I haven't finished the manga yet!

Honestly, I've been really on edge for any possible death. I really like the characters so far (started reading the manga after the 1 episode of the anime came out, and got around chapter 40)

Up until where I got, I've been seeing pretty big death flags for a few characters, so I was wondering if you felt the same way. I'm a paranoid reader, I like to have an outline of the plot before getting into a media because losing a character scares me a little. Like, pretty much any character death shakes me, so I was wondering if you hae any theories.

As weird as it may sound, I don't mind spoilers at all. I actually like having somewhat of an idea of what will happen, so even though I still have many chapters to read, I don't mind getting spoiled. Not to mention I've been binge reading the manga, chances are that when you'll see this post I'll be done reading!

So, what do you all think? I'm honestly kinda scared after seeing the tone of the story shift. At the beginning it seemed like a slice of life. Now it's darker than I expected. So yeah, that's all!