#also would like to note that i'd like to see jou's feelings on helping planets that have been taken over as i feel it would be relevant

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i think that every relationship with the boonboomgers holds value, no matter how little time they may have spent together or what grand developments they have had. i think that genba and jou having small moments of joy and goofing around are just as valuable as ishiro and jou confiding their belief in one another or ishiro stating that he trusts taiya. i don't think the mundane parts of life, or relationships that are still fresh or simple have no value in comparison those that may be filled with more highs and lows that occur over arcs.

i think that different relationships can have different impacts and some relationships may mean more to people than others, but i do believe every relationship can have value no matter how brief. that being said, jou's feelings about genba leaving are not worthless bc him and genba haven't had an arc together or bc their relationship has been simple in it's presentation. it's also about the two of them as individuals, not just their relationship. jou's feelings are very much in character for someone whose feelings are strong and someone who has time and time again showed to value loyalty and strength and how that can be utilized to help others. jou's sadness over genba leaving does not only stem from his relationship but his understanding that genba is a strong and kind person that may end up hurting himself in the end, something that is a reasonable concern considering how genba has been shown to be capable of losing control in fits of rage. episode 28 however is one in which we think about the idea of not being able to control other people and knowing when it's our place to step in as adults.

it's something that they discuss in the episode blog and i think it's really interesting. taiya doesn't keep genba from going bc they're adults and cannot control one another. it's similar with jou and genba. genba makes it clear that this issue is not something that he is willing to compromise on and jou has to respect that boundary, so he decides not to wallow on how things might be better if genba were here bc he knows he can't change genba's mind at this time. jou then chooses to focus on putting his energy to doing what he can, and when faced with difficulty it shifts into doing as much as possible to make up for genba not being there as well.

this isn't really about jou just caring about genba but also his sympathy for people who've been displaced and victimized by the hashiliens which is something that he desperately wants to prevent happening on earth. it's becoming more and more real for jou that the hashiliens have had a bigger impact and more victims than what he's witnessed, and it's becoming more real that he has to prevent it from getting worse. this all really goes to show that while jou is kind and strong, he is also ignorant to how much the hashiliens have done and how many people have been hurt. jou has always been one to keep getting up and to keep fighting and this hasn't changed as of this point, but there's a greater influence and drive to this than just protecting earth. i think this would be interesting to explore further, but nonetheless i do think that jou's feelings about genba leaving are important and impactful for jou's development and for what is to come.