#Oro gets shippy 🪼

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who are kouji and kouichi and what is their deal?? they look really fruity 👀

- @chizukao 💕

They’re from Digimon Frontier!! Kouji is the one with the bandana in the blue getup and Kouichi’s the one with the green jacket, Kouji is on the more abrasive and typical antihero “I don’t need anybody screw you” side while Kouichi is very soft spoken and gentle in comparison despite technically being the stronger of the two.

ALRIGHTY BUCKLE UP CUZ IM GONNA DO SOME INTENSE EXPLAINING. LIKE A LOT OF IT. MILD DIGIMON FRONTIER SPOILERS BELOW I GUESS? I HAVENT REWATCHED THE SHOW IN A WHILE SO I MAY HAVE A FEW THINGS WRONG BUT IVE FACT CHECKED MOST OF IT!

They’re twins, ofc. They were separated when they were really little due to their parents splitting, Kouji went with their father who later remarried and Kouichi went with their mother. Kouji grew up resenting their father and was never told he had a twin because he was just generally less acknowledged by their family, but he ended up in a more well-off situation financially. On the flipside, Kouichi and their mom are living out of a cheap apartment, but are incredibly close.

Their grandma eventually told Kouichi he had a twin before she passed away, to which Kouichi IMMEDIATELY began searching for him and started lowkey stalking Kouji but shhhhhhhhhhhh. He wanted to say hi really badly but didn’t know how so he pretty much just followed Kouji around in secret as he worked up the nerve.

In the digital world, I’m gonna skip over stuff here to avoid spoiling anything major plot wise in case you potentially wanna watch it, their meeting is kinda awkward as you’d expect. Kouichi drops the “hey I’m actually your brother” bomb and Kouji is like “AH OK COOL GET AWAY FROM ME”. Kouichi keeps pushing to try and get closer though and prove himself as trustworthy to Kouji and eventually they do end up bonding and it’s the most affectionate Kouji has been with anyone in the entire series.

By the final arc of the show they’re together in pretty much every scene, a lot of emphasis is put on their interactions and how inseparable they are, and if I remember right they quite literally develop a sort of soul-linked connection, in the sense that they can directly affect each other’s powers in the digital world and end up needing each other to be at full power.

Also, their whole dynamic revolves around darkness and light. Kouji is the warrior of light and Kouichi is the warrior of darkness, and in Kouji’s words, ��darkness only exists because there’s light”, which is basically his way of acknowledging that they need each other and can’t live without each other. They complete each other. Kouichi has been motivated by Kouji to not give up on life, and Kouji has been motivated to become a better and more caring person.

THERES SO MUCH TO THEM AND AGH. AGHHHHHH. I ADORE THEM