Inspired by the anime Maison Ikkoku, love is bittersweet.

Mono no aware (物の哀れ) (n) lit. 'the pathos of things' a melancholic appreciation of the transience of things.

There is still sadness present in mono no aware, a sorrow at this transiency, of the loss of people and things that are precious to us. However, this melancholy is suffused with a quiet rejoicing in the fact that we had the chance to witness the beauty of life at all, however fleetingly.

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