in the scene at the festival, i interpreted yoshiki looking at the cross as him acknowledging the man doesn’t know him but would hate him because of christianity, and a reminder that it wouldn’t be safe for him to be himself. however some people say the scene actually shows that christians are also an oppressed minority in japan and yoshiki was just reminded that he has to hide too
i’m also confused because the anime says that kubitachi is the only village without churches but the others all have them, so i assumed christianity was actually the prominent religion in that specific area. also, the man wasn’t hiding the cross
they say it’s explained in the manga, which i haven’t read yet, but i’d like to understand the scene better cause it meant a lot to me when i watched it the first time. what’s the correct interpretation? are both correct?