#Like how can Tsubasa looked so damn beaten up when he looked perfectly “fine” when last seen with Julian

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Rewatching dark power again because I only have one (1) braincell and very, very normal about Tsubasa. But like, Tsubasa at that episode had hit rock bottom, he had gone missing for 5-6 days, he’s starved and dehydrated and powerless and hopeless because in his mind eye he no longer has anymore worth to his friends and not even to himself after the spectacle that is team battle. Heck there’s even hint that he wasn’t fully unconscious when Ryo announced that he will be booted from the team and that he heard everything single thing, including how his teammate tried to fight by and keep someone as “worthless” as him. The only matter left was to find strength and enjoyment/drive to keep moving, which the Dark Power completely took advantage of. Yet somehow, in some way, Ryuuga was still able to ferry him back all the way across Italy and back to the team anyway

My headcanon is that Ryuuga gave him a full on physical therapy session including beating the dark!Tsubasa to calm down, feeding and giving him water, in no particular order. Because there’s no way Tsubasa, with how Dark Power - something that feed on negative energy and was planning to make a meal out of Julian only to got interrupted and now has to feed on Tsubasa himself AGAIN - can have any more strength to even walk after that night. Like I know human in that verse is strong but not that strong. Even Ryuuga got knocked out when Dark Power/L-Drago feasted on him