The Ideal-ist: Episode 12 (Hikari)
Welcome back to The Ideal-ist, the YouTube Shorts companion series to The Autistic Mile.
In this series, Shane Gaffney explores the characters, games, shows, and stories that resonate with him on a personal level—not simply because they’re entertaining, but because they can reflect difficult emotional struggles, social realities, and ways of navigating the world that may feel especially familiar to autistic individuals.
In this episode, Shane turns his attention to Hikari from Octopath Traveler II. Hikari’s struggle with the bloodline curse of Clan Ku can be read as a powerful metaphor for…
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