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I love this page about karako because like

Karako is canonically

-popular with women

-admired by the same sex

-a hard worker

And in the show she’s shown to be assertive and domineering….

Karako is literally the exact person that karamatsu WANTS to be, but as a girl.

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honestly, i think realistically a relationship with karamatsu would involve him doing way too much to either impress you or express his love and then ending up making things worse for himself and you. like, he would bend over backwards to perform these grandiose gestures for you, but really he's doing it for himself.

but yknow what? i really think we don't give kara enough credit. he's generally a pretty reasonable guy! i honestly think if you make it clear that what he's doing upsets you or embarrasses you, he would stop for the most part. like, i think he's able to give up his karamatsuisms for the sake of a situation or to actually really think about what the other person wants

so like, as long as you let him have SOME of his karamatsusisms, aka letting him give you things that are covered in his face and blindingly glittery... i think things will work out.

besides, karamatsu gives me the vibe of being one of those guys that has a post-relationship glow up both inside and out. whoever he's with will probably change him for the better.

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todomatsu and choromatsu stans are so so strong and need to be recognized nationally. Bc like, whenever I see criticism or hate of karamatsu from someone who doesn’t like him, I take spiritual damage bc I know they’re kinda right😭😭

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Ok so maybe this is just my love for karamatsu making me biased… but if I saw someone wear a tank top with their own face on it in public I would start laughing so hard that people would think I’m convulsing.

Like please tell me I’m not crazy, is this not hysterical to you guys?? I understand why girls find him creepy in-universe (at least in seasons 1 and 2) and why this is considered cringey to them bc he’s doing it unironically… but like there has to be at least one person in-universe that sees karamatsu in public and is like “wth… i want a shirt with my own face on it”

it’s such a shame we lost the karamatsu tank top in season 3. I hope it returns in the new season…

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I feel like karamatsu deserves an enemies to lovers kinda romance with an actually cool biker girl. Like, she actually does wear leather jackets with cool belts and sunglasses, but the difference is that she actually has that lone-wolf attitude that karamatsu tries his hardest to put on. She sees his “free hugs” sign and tells him that he looks like the only free hugs he’s getting are from his mom. They bump into each other repeatedly while he’s posing in different locations and she tells him in various ways that she thinks he’s really lame and is trying too hard. Kara ofc has a suave exterior (this is a beautiful woman who is choosing to speak with him repeatedly, she must be one of his karamatsu girls!), but is secretly annoyed that she doesn’t see his charm and makes fun of him relentlessly. It gets to a point where he’s basically seething internally, but bit by bit he accidentally slips and reveals his true feelings (imagine the gross cocktails he made when he was a bartender).

He says something kind of rude to her after she calls him painful/lame for the 1000th time, and worries that she won’t find him cool anymore (she never did). He’s genuinely surprised when she laughs and is kind of into it. Eventually, they actually start having full conversations and walking around together occasionally. He openly (though still within karamatsus rudeness limits) vents about his brothers and she talks about how obnoxious biker culture is sometimes and the jerks at her job (I can see her being a mechanic or some kind of freelancer). She opens up to him about how most male bikers try to play up their “coolness and machismo” by owning a flashy bike and don’t actually care about the roots of biker and punk culture. What she hates the most is how they treat her like she’s some kind of princess who couldn’t possibly understand what they’re talking about. They actually enjoy each others presence, each of them providing a breath of fresh air compared to their usually crowd.

so anyways this all culminates to a night where she gets in trouble with a biker gang and is in actual danger. Maybe she gets hit in the head or stabbed in some way and karamatsu (with tears and snot dribbling down his face in fear) rushes in to save her in the lamest way imaginable. I can see him punching them in a momentary feat of coolness, but then poking them in the eyes and kicking them in the crotch like a 10 year old. He picks her up and sprints home while screaming like an idiot, probably accidentally making her injuries worse.

They get to his house and karamatsu kicks his brothers off the futon and lays her down. He yells at his brothers (who are all groggy and pissy because they were forcefully awakened) to get BANDAGES COLD WATER AND DISINFECTANT NOW NOW NOW- They’re all super confused because WHO is this random girl who is suddenly laying on their futon??? Next day, she wakes up wondering where she is and what happened to the guys she was fighting. Misunderstanding the situation, she immediately starts yelling at karamatsu. “So what, you decide to use me as your damsel in distress so you could fuel your cool guy fantasy?! Newsflash, I don’t need your help and I’m perfectly capable of defending myself! This is why your brothers think you’re painful!!” Karamatsu tries explaining the situation, but becomes increasingly frustrated and eventually starts raising his voice. “You think I went to search for you in the middle of the night and put myself in danger so I could look COOL?! I was WORRIED about you, but of course I’m the bad guy here because you just can’t bring yourself to ask for help!! Maybe you’re the one with a coolness fantasy-” SLAP

at this point everyone is awake and just staring at the scene unfolding in front of them. The room is dead silent, you could hear a pin drop. no one is breathing besides the girl, who is almost panting in frustration. Karamatsu touches his cheek and gives her a cold, almost unimpressed look. She looks infuriated. The tension between them is palpable, the other sextuplets are watching in horror.

and that’s it for now, I’ll finish this when I’m in the mood.

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karamatsu would DEFINITELY be the type of dad to climb on stage if his daughter is nervous or crying during a ballet recital

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i once saw someone describe karamatsu's fashion as "avant-garde camp" and I couldn't agree more. see, as viewers, we're supposed to view karamatsu's clothes as cringey or painful...

but i say: let him cook.

karamatsu understands that fashion is meant to tell a story, it's meant to express your personality and lived experience. while some of his outfits have 0 coordination, others are so undeniably camp that you have to admit he's cooking just a little.

So without further ado... here are some of his experimental outfits that i think are onto something. (suits, aus/games casual clothes, and group outfits where they all wear the same thing will not be covered today.)

we'll start with an easy one. so if you haven't seen the whole pic, kara is the only one wearing ripped jeans. not only is he wearing pants, but he's also wearing his signature skull belt. but like, i look at this and all i can feel is a distinct sense of nostalgia. because guess who also wore pants and a belt in a beach setting?

exactly: heart throb, troy bolton from the hit movie High School Musical 2. let karamatsu cook.

here's another easy one. karamatsu is now conversely the only one wearing shorts with boots in this art. boots and shorts have always been a daring fashion choice and notoriously difficult to style, but karamatsu does it effortlessly in multiple different instances. This is because kara intrinsically understands the true essence of being a cowboy: lawlessness. let him cook.

now...now hear me out here. are you saying that if you saw someone at Coachella wearing this you wouldn't be gagged? karamatsu is making moves here, he's not playing around, and you know who wore almost this exact same fit????

exactly. Honestly, with the boots and the stars, she wore it more like karamatsu than karamatsu did. kara is probably the most masculine matsu, and yet here he is, unafraid to wear sequined, bedazzled skims. let him cook.

this is getting harder to defend...NOT!!! because this outfit is clearly making an homage to freddy mercury while also staying true to karamatsu's narcissistic, self serving fashion. having a necklace of YOUR OWN FACE goes unbelievably hard and you can't tell me otherwise. also this outfit is just extremely well coordinated in general.

LET

HIM

COOK

i have many many more, but this is all i can give for now. please let me know if there are any other fits i should defend

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my absolute favorite thing is when an osomatsu-san artist draws the matsunos in an ikemen pretty boy art style and erases their bowl cuts. It’s like an admission of defeat…a raising of the white flag, if you will, that essentially says “sorry, I can’t draw them with bowl cuts while also making them conventionally attractive” (incorrect). This is especially prevalent in the anthology

These are not bowl cuts

Not a bowl in sight

Very very close….but no dice

And this is just what I could find on a Google search. there are wayyyy more examples in fan art, but I don’t wanna put anyone on blast.

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karamatsu and choromatsu, if you look closely enough, have very strong "eldest daughter" energy. no, i will not elaborate.

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Idk why my love for ramuda is somehow translating into a love for karamatsu bc logically i feel like that love should have converted into a love for todomatsu

i mean... LOOK AT THEM!! pink? check. fashionable? (questionably) check. cute? check. intentionally portrays themselves as cute to mask the horrors? check. not actually as evil and selfish as they portray themselves as but instead is a layered character that's a product of their environment and traumas? check check check check

really i should've joined the ranks as a grandmaster level 10000 totty stan, but somehow karamatsu got to me first.

...that being said, todo and kara are very much two sides of the same coin. They’re both very self obsessed and insecure at the same time, they both crave attention, they're both utter boyfails, and they both have moments of genuine goodness hidden under layers of posturing. and i mean many. many layers.

i mean...LOOK AT THEM they both have their own iconic cute/cool poses that they just HAVE to do in official arts. The thing is, Totty is waaaaay better at pulling off cute than Karamatsu is at pulling off cool, which is part of why they feel so different. Season 1 karamatsu was punished for his failed attempts at being cool while season 2 todomatsu was punished for his success at being cute. Todomatsu is also less concerned with keeping up the cute act in front of his brothers. He's more concerned with appearing cute and stylish to the public (women) and appearing normal/trendy. On the other hand, karamatsu is entirely concerned with being the cool, kind older bother for his brothers (and himself) while ALSO being this cool, handsome lone wolf for the public (women).

I think part of the reason why todomatsu is hated and karamatsu is loved is because kara's definition of cool involves being kind, so he’ll play up being the kind older brother even when he doesn't have the best intentions. But totty's definition of cute involves being spoiled, so he’ll really play up the selfishness (and brattiness), even when he has purer intentions than he lets up on. Ultimately though, their dedication to keeping up their outward appearance almost always masks their true intentions or desires (though imo karamatsu is a little more closed off than todomatsu is).

idk, maybe i became a todomatsu girl along the way, he really grows on you.

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sometimes i forget that karamatsu is actually pretty decent at playing the guitar. like, besides jyushi, karamatsu is the only other character that has an actual hobby/skill that he consistently does on screen

it makes me kinda wish they did more with it, like have his guitar playing or singing as a main part of an episode segment. BUT i also kind of like it as a prop for comedic effect because WHY does he take it everywhere he goes?? why does he just start randomly strumming mid sentence????

like imagine going hiking with your friend and he just has a huge black case on his back. you think it might be a weirdly shaped backpack, so you brush it off. but midway through the hike you ask him why he's carrying that bag around. he looks at you dead in the eyes, smirks, and goes

"...an artist must play for all who can hear. even if the trees cannot applaud, i hear them call my name in the wind" and just starts-

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dude osomatsu san angst is actually harrowing what was wrong with people in 2016???

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karamatsu is actually so real for this because every time I have to crochet a plushie that I hate crocheting this exactly how I look 😕😕

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i just wasted my very first like on choromatsu...i'm sorry kara i've betrayed you