The narrative chapter of someone's life defined by a pivotal friendship — a period where a particular manito (or a whole crew) shapes who you're becoming. Your manito arc might be the college years with a best friend who pushed you to grow, or the tough stretch where someone showed up in ways you never expected. Borrowed from storytelling language, the term treats real friendships as character-defining plot lines: the kind you look back on and know changed the trajectory of your whole story.
Meeting Dre junior year was the start of my entire manito arc — everything shifted after that.
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