(Who will move the swing)









This comic by Tum Ulit is a classic bittersweet metaphor for one-sided love / unrequited crush, told through a playground swing:
First panel: A shy boy is happily swinging while the girl he likes gently pushes him from behind. He’s in his own little world, blissfully unaware.
Second panel: He turns around with a big smile to talk to her… and realizes she’s actually looking past him at all the other (taller/cooler) kids in the distance.
Third panel: Heartbroken, he walks away while she keeps staring at the others, completely oblivious.
Fourth panel: Now he’s alone on the swing, sadly swinging by himself, accompanied only by a little cat for comfort.
Fifth panel: Trying to win her back, he dramatically falls off the swing on purpose, hoping she’ll notice and care.
Sixth panel: He even rips the round swing seat off and replaces it with a big heart-shaped one, then offers it to her with a hopeful smile.
Seventh panel: (Repeated for emphasis) She’s still looking away at the other kids, not even noticing his grand romantic gesture.
Final panel: She finally looks at him… but only with a confused/annoyed “?” because he’s now awkwardly holding the broken swing pole and the heart seat is just sitting on the ground, useless.
The joke/pain: No matter what he does — normal effort, dramatic self-sacrifice, or over-the-top romantic symbolism — she never actually sees him. The heart-shaped swing seat literally right in front of her is ignored, just like his feelings.
It’s a cute but brutal visual representation of “he fell first, but she never fell at all.”2.8sFast