#2) theres already a chapter centered around that anyway and he mocked the trope his character archetype is associated w in it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

spatio-rift · 1 year ago

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a weird irrelevant issue i have w people talking about saiko is like. the attitude towards reawakened and the anime only line of saiko asking his bodyguards to "save his friends" (emphasis on "friends") because like... he did not say that. im sorry to say this but it was more of a "what about them" or "take them too" (emphasis on "them").

like its a weird issue to have cuz ultimately thats the same thing being expressed it just shows that he cares about them but like. "friends" is a VERY loaded word w him. thats literally like half of what his character is about. even when theres entire chapters focused on him experiencing his first real friendships he still adamantly refuses to call it that... like its a major thing about him.

personally i think theres no point to it since we already have that chapter w nendou so it would just be redundant and not even funny (unforgivable crimes for a gag manga)* but him actually admitting that he has friends now, if it ever happened, should have been the focus of an entire chapter (if not several) cuz it requires major growth. like hes not dropping the F bomb in a throwaway line in anime-only content. come on

#*also since the comedy relies on every character being a particular archetype it just would not work #it would change him too much. specifically for saiko too like half of his jokes relies on that particular way he treats people #but also like. kusuo as the main character who similarly continuously refuses to call the others his friends #never says it directly even at the very end. so why would SAIKO lol #saipsi #well this is a mess but basically 1) its part of his character that he wouldnt say that #2) theres already a chapter centered around that anyway and he mocked the trope his character archetype is associated w in it #(rich guy with everything except genuine connection w people finally finds something he cant buy - friendship)#3) if the main character who actually gets serious chara development never explicitly says it no way a side chara is gonna do it

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