Throughout the years, our society has grown quite distrustful. People are raised to not trust others, always question reasoning, and never take others' words seriously before knowing on their own that is alright to do so.
However, in The Story of the Buffalo Boy's Friend, the buffalo boy has full trust in his best friend, without knowing anything about her at all, except for the fact that she "knows a lot of things". When Minli questions him, asking why he did not ask who the girl was or how she knew what she knew, he responded by saying, "She's my friend. That's who she is and that's enough for me." This is a rare sight.
Many people have different criteria for what makes a real friendship, yet, none of those definitions seem as simple as this one. There's always a form of judgment, whether it's the amount of time two friends have known each other, or someone who matches a certain class or appearance. The buffalo boy did not have any form of judgment, however. He only cared that she was kind to him.
On the other hand...I'm slightly confused about the buffalo boy's role in the story... See, I'm the type who's quick to ship characters (or celebrities in certain cases), and as soon as the buffalo boy made an appearance in the story, I thought, "And so it begins...". Naturally, I began to see the story in a different way. For once, it was not centered around Minli finding the Old Man on the Moon, it was about how the buffalo boy would accompany and aid her in her journey. So...I started shipping Minli with the buffalo boy. BUT. All of the sudden, he starts talking about his friend and mentions how pretty she was and how nice and friendly she seemed. I felt as if he were a little too fond of her to only be thinking of her in that way. But I read on, nonetheless. Though, I have to admit I felt some slight vicarious jealousy through Minli, since I shipped him with HER, and not with his best friend.
Apart from all of that, I'm quite interested in seeing how the story ends....Minli with her hope for wealth to help her family, the fate of the dragon who helps her with that journey and this friendship currently going on between Minli and the buffalo boy.
Thanks for reading ^~^
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