Healthy Friendship In Misa Sugiura's This Time Will Be Different

Healthy friendships play an essential role in our lives. Having a healthy friendship cannot work without support and trust between each other. Trust means being honest with each other and supporting one another. Support means being there for your friend when they need you and having an open mind. Without support and trust a friend cannot share their thoughts and be comfortable without being judged. Throughout the course of Misa Sugiura, This Time Will Be Different, Cj and Emily’s relationship proves not to be healthy; not only do they not support one another but they are not honest with each other.

Part of the reason why CJ and Emily’s friendship is not healthy has to do with the fact that CJ dislikes the idea of Emily interacting with Brynn.

Through these words, it is evident that Emily had purposefully not told CJ about being lab partners with Brynn because she knew that CJ would overreact. When Emily says “.. I knew you'd give me shit about it” it shows that Emily cannot talk to CJ about her feelings without being judged and told what to do. When

For example, it cannot be denied that CJ protects Emily from Brynn because she doesn't want Emily to get hurt. In the coffee shop when Emily starts talking about Brynn and how she has changed, CJ says “I'm sorry. I just… you know how I feel about her. You know how she treated you in eighth grade. I don't think she's changed. You deserve so much better” (24). CJ is being a caring friend and wants to protect Emily from being hurt. Nevertheless, looking out for a friend's best interests is but a small part of a healthy relationship. In addition, it may be that CJ’s motivation for warning Emily away from Brynn is because CJ is feeling jealous. Because there is little proof that Emily and CJ’s relationship is healthy one can conclude that their relationship is not