#bc Naotora was in the same boat as Tsubasa (weak and scared) and the only person he had left to lean on was Tatsuomi | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

yeonban · 1 year

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Thinking about the grand generals as kids and every time I remember how close Soma and Tatsuomi used to be I become :') bc they're so distant now... they were already starting to slowly drift apart at 14 / a few weeks after the soul test, but afterwards the difference in strength must've been as obvious as Akihiro's and Haruhisa's was bc from then on we saw in extras that Tatsuomi wasn't even able to put a dent on boulders while every red soul shattered them to smithereens, and considering the context (post-war, the five of them becoming captains and having no one to lean on other than themselves)... as terrible as it sounds, I doubt Soma felt he could afford to waste his time training with Tatsuomi any longer when it was obvious that'd get him nowhere

#muse: date soma.#* date soma. / development.#I'd say that was the period they shifted apart enough for them to never go back to the way they used to be #Shishikado canonly left them all first. He never allied the Hojo w any of them and kept a constant distance from the 4 #Soma was in love w Tsubasa and she was /weak/ at the time so obviously he allied the Date w the Tokugawa to make sure she'd survive #Soma's a very... 'feels everything intensely' kinda person so there's no way he'd just stop /caring/ about the rest of them #but they all had a Lot on their plates and Tatsuomi had a red soul (Naoe) to back him up so Soma wasn't worried about him dying #which is why he stopped hanging out w Tatsuomi for a while until he finished anchoring himself as the leader of his own band #but by the time he was done with that... Naotora and Tatsuomi became even Closer than before #bc Naotora was in the same boat as Tsubasa (weak and scared) and the only person he had left to lean on was Tatsuomi #who; by that point; was also just as alone as Naotora; so they became even More attached to each other than they already were #Soma and Naotora never got along. they still don't. I doubt they ever will. and with him being Tatsuomi's best friend..#/and with Tatsuomi's mindset shifting more towards Naotora's/... they no longer had anything to talk about or do together #their opinions differed. their friends differed. there was such a gap in their abilities that sparring or training wasn't even a question

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