#also i love that seiji has the same open aversion to kyoichiro as his siblings

[sage-reads-things]

It fascinates me that Seiji and Kyoichiro are friends. Seiji has proven to be extremely driven by justice, bypassing red tape and delivering his own "punishments" to criminals who commit horrific crimes. Kyoichiro, meanwhile, is pointedly amoral, and his whole job is doing whatever the client wants and not getting caught up in what's "right" or "wrong." So the fact that they're able to be friends despite such a huge schism in morality is so interesting. Maybe it's because they're both relentlessly and unabashedly unforgiving toward their enemies, whoever that may prove to be. Despite the difference in worldview, they resonate over a similar mindset: whoever crosses me and my sensibilities deserves what's coming to them.

Makes me wonder about their childhood together—Kyoichiro was always destined to be a spy, but Seiji presumably chose to become a detective at some point. Did they influence each other? When did Seiji learn about Kyoichiro's spy family? Were they friends-friends or just the high school equivalent of drinking buddies?