#+ I need to watch the full akito event instead of relying on clips why was this fucker walking his robot dog. he’s so funny.

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From @sakitenmaenjoyer

LITERALLYYY I was thinking abt him in the new event where he’s polite and caring and takes akito very seriously which like. He does take things seriously wrt tsukasa when the situation calls for it. But he turned on the Mature and Responsible personality which he very rarely pulls out with tsukasa.

Also I was struggling with articulating it but so true wrt the tsukasa dropping the big brother thing when he’s with rui. I think it goes understated that rui is like. Tsukasa’s only friend his age. tsukasa has his whole dependable older brother is the cornerstone of my personality/I am a responsible and reliable senior for younger students thing (even when the ppl he’s talking to are not much younger than him. Bc they’re saki’s age. so he’s still gonna feel responsible) so I feel like it’s rlly notable that he drops that (for the most part. Getting rid of it completely is impossible) with rui. It’s not a close friend thing either bc he still does the big brother thing with nene and emu. & I feel like this is also shown in pandemonium. he doesn’t really put on the responsible senior act with classmates/ppl in his grade however notably rui gets under his skin in a way that makes him act immature & get in trouble. again shown in pandemonium @ the pillow fight. which is entirely why I do not buy his “it’s all rui’s fault I’m known as a trouble maker he’s ruined my spotless reputation” spiel btw. like no tsukasa i think you escalate whatever rui is doing at least half of the time. “I’m taking responsibility for him” as if tsukasa is completely blameless here and is simply dragged against his will into rui’s evil machinations. Also as I have said. tsukasa. *you* choose to act like you’re attached to rui at the hip. nobody is making you hang out with him constantly at school tsukasa.

Tsukasa: I don’t know why people call *me* a trouble maker! I’m responsible! *Rui* is the one getting me in trouble with his crazy ideas!

Toya (believes this): I see…

Akito (dragged into talking with tsukasa by toya): stop hanging out with him then

Tsukasa (genuinely confused by this very reasonable suggestion): why would I do that? Also have you guys seen him recently. we’re supposed to eat lunch together.

+ side note I think like at least 80 of his 😑 expressions are aimed at rui although I’m sure emu has gotten that look a few times. The “rui is up to some shit again” expression. Every time rui says some dumb shit while going :3 and it cuts to tsukasa making that face I laugh. it is never not funny.

I feel like they’re very comfortable showing all sides of their personalities in full force with each other… They bring out sides of each other that don’t really come out around anyone else (at least not constantly. Nene/emu still get under tsukasa’s skin and rui will fuck with nene and scheme with emu). It just so happens that these sides/personality traits combine into a storm of stupidity that causes psychic damage on everyone nearby who hasn’t built up a tolerance through repeated exposure. Nene & Mizuki have already commented on how different rui is after meeting tsukasa but I desperately want to see saki & toya’s reactions to peak ruikasa stupidity. (Saki and toya watching the guy who prides himself on being their responsible older brother figure get so irritated with rui that his maturity has completely vanished while rui is just sitting there like :3c): I Know What You Are.

Absolutely wild to me every time I remember Rui is literally only Like That with Tsukasa. Nene who has known Rui forever going I made his candle this scent because he’s mature and Tsukasa going what the fuck are you talking about no he is not. With every other character he’s behaving within the range of nice kind polite boy & somewhat mischievous but wrt tsukasa he’s like I’m going to be as insane as possible. Full throttle on silly goose mode. Something something Tsukasa being the first person to tell rui “not only do I appreciate your crazy ideas and think they’re so cool but I actively encourage them and will not accept you holding back” and also be the first person rui has met who is just as much of an insane show freak as him. Esp after Rui having everyone avoid him because of his ideas/passion for shows. Tsukasa told Rui he was going to stick by him no matter what & will be matching his efforts -> he proves this in the Halloween event by getting hurt by one of rui’s inventions and then being like how dare you hold back on my account -> rui is like oh I can be as weird & insane as I want with this guy. & obv this is just as important to tsukasa who now has someone who is able to help him improve and go further with his passions in a way no one else can. Always thinking abt that scene where tsukasa was like I cannot grasp this android character and asahi was like that’s ok you’re fine as is dont worry and rui was like no actually you can do better. Worlds most intense director meets the world’s most intense actor and together they create a feed back loop of Stupid.