#and reigens llike “i dont have powers” and serizawas nervously like “yes.. i know.. is that all?” reigens like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU KNOW

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ive always had the hc that serizawa, as brand new as he can be, is the only esper in all of claw aside from toichiro to catch onto reigens lack of powers. Everyone's, even shimazaki's first assumption is that they cant see reigens aura because hes JUST THAT POWERFUL!!!11!!! HE CAN HIDE HIS AURA!!11! HES OP!

but that doesnt even occur to serizawa at all. his whole world veiw is shattered by a 14 year old he was trying to beat up, and then next thing he knows some blond guy is running past him up the stairs, with a gun that would be completely useless against toichiro, or him, or mob, or any other esper with telekinesis.....

this guy has no powers at all and he thinks hes gonna defeat the president with a toy gun. hes absolutely cooked. and thats what gives him the courage to run up there and protect reigen, finally for the first time in his life using his powers to protect someone rather than hurt them.

i think he had a few moments when he first started working at s&s where he doubted himself and thought "maybe he does have powers and theres something im just not understanding", but those moments are always quickly disproven by reigens obvious utter lack of powers. if serizawa thought reigen had powers, he wouldnt be saving his ass so often.

plus, serizawa had lots of experience with counsellors that lie about having powers to make him feel better when he lived with his mom. most of the time reigen can make a whole crowd of crazy claw members rethink their ways, but mob was the only person who could have helped serizawa. if reigen had been the one to try and talk serizawa down in the tower, serizawa would have seen through him immediately and gotten pissed.

serizawa knows for sure reigen doesnt have powers.. he just doesnt say anything because he thinks it might be rude to point out..

actually a really interesting angle of serizawa and reigen's relationship i dont see talked about much is the fact that, based on the way serizawa acts in confession arc (not wanting to leave reigen because he know's he's defenseless without him), serizawa is fully aware that reigen doesn't have powers. however, based on the reigen manga, where reigen tells tome he doesnt have powers and tells her not to tell serizawa, reigen has no idea he knows