#dadshibe is real

[aliennazero]

Thinking about why Kishibe and Yoshida Hirofumi is likely to be blood related (father-son) and not just senior/junior because of these small interractions.

I don't think Captain "I am the best devil hunterᕦ⁠(⁠ ⁠⊡⁠ ⁠益⁠ ⁠⊡⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕤ" Kishibe would let a random emokid1125 he met in a high-risk mission to basically call him an "old boomer" even as a joke.

I'm certain there's familiarity between them.

That's why Kishibe is sure about Yoshida's ability and competence when it comes to devil hunting, to have the potential to be better than him. Even though this comment also can be seen as chit-chat convos between them to make the situation more relaxed.

(Let's be real the entire casts have been through a lot in this arc in the span of like 4 hours—I also like the interpretation of this scene to be played as distraction for Yoshida because he need to kill a lot of "doll people" in the background to prevent more people turning into another dolls—IMO his character is actually kind of altruistic like Kishibe but it's a topic for another discussion).

That's why they talk more "casually" when there's only them two. They have so much trust in each other to talk about their distrust towards Makima and do commentary to the whole chaotic situations. Octopus Devil also seems okay with Kishibe and that's why it let him sit down on top of it just like Yoshida.

That kind of interractions doesn't make sense if it's truly the first time they met each other. Especially for the latter reasonings.

"They could just be senior/junior then. There's no need for them to be blood related. We had seen Kishibe put trust on his disciples like Himeno, Aki, even Denji and Power. So why it can't be the same case for Yoshida?"

Because Yoshida start his Devil Hunter carrier as private Devil Hunter, he join Public Safety later on after International Assassin Arc and before part 2. Meanwhile Kishibe is from Public Safety since the start, and one of his job is to train PS's new recruits.

Public Safety and Private DH is a different work environment. It makes no sense for Kishibe to spend time with this random private devil hunter if not because they're already related in some way.

++ Oh, another thing of why them being only senior/junior didn't make sense is because of this.

They talked about school here, very family-type of chit-chat.

Later, Kishibe offers Yoshida a cigarette, then followed by forgetting about his school grade and his age (which sounded very absent father jokes btw, and to make it even better Yoshida didn't laugh at it but rather seems irritated to the point he directly called Kishibe an idiot [馬鹿 baka] LMAO).

If Kishibe and Yoshida really are just senior/junior, Yoshida won't call him by "anta" (which is a ruder version of "anata" that means you) but rather he would call him master like any other of Kishibe's students/subordinate. But nooo, he didn't hold back from showing his rudeness in front of Kishibe. He's such a little btch of a son lol, I love him.

TLDR; Kishibe and Yoshida are so deadbeat dad and his neglected emo son coded❤️ I guarantee you'll have easier times convincing other people about this than otherwise, tbh.

Anyway sorry for being insane again, I need to to let this out from my brain.

[aliennazero]

Take a shot everytime I shove Kishibe and Hiro fathersonism into narratives. It doesn't matter what versions of headcanons you believe in.

Death devil Hiro? He was raised by Kishibe personally and completely hidden from the world because he's that dangerous. He then wear contact lenses so his eyes is now similiar with Kishibe and that's pretty damn cute.

Octopus/ctulhu devil Hiro? Pretty much same with Death Devil. He took form like young Kishibe because he wanted to looks like him. And that's still pretty darn cute.

Not-family-related Hiro? He's one of Kishibe's favourite disciple and saw him like his own father figure.

Your regular emo teenager Hiro? Even better if he's also a bratty Kishibe's son actually. His strange and weird behaviour made more sense now since his dad is alcoholic and he probably has massive daddy issues. But that's okay, fanfiction devil could fix this.

Aroace and/or gay Hiro? This makes sense, also since it's explain his self isolation tendencies and his familiarity but distant type-of-relationship language. Just wait 'til he come out to his dad like when Quanxi does.

Super evil scheming guy Hiro? It's actually his dad's orders and therefore is the government's orders. They're both victim to the controlling society and need to do the deeds if they want to survive. Every devil hunters need to have some loose screws to stay alive anyway.

Whatever happen in chapter 132 WILL NOT stop me at hc-ing this AT ALL. In fact, Hiro did parallel Kishibe (that SWAT team and their capability to "kidnap" and "protect" people smoothly) and it convinces me even MORE.

I will DIE on this hill. The only time I'm gonna stop believing and preaching this is when that fathersonism idea were robbed from my COLD bloodied hands. This is where I STAND and no one could make me undo this beliefs but myself.

**edit: fixing the typos

[aliennazero]

Kishibe and Yoshida fanart I made for my fanfic that you could find on my AO3! Fully written in Bahasa Indonesia though because my English sucks and it's really hard to translate poetic native language to your second language yk 🥺

To summarize, it's based on their father-son theories (and my delulus). It's year 1999, everything is fucked, we are near the end of the world. Asa and Denji's statuses are unknown, and Yoshida didn't want to remember any tragedies that occur behind the scene. So he just sit down, looking to the ocean, waiting for his certain death. But then, his dad (Kishibe) join his waiting.

It's basically "just talking" fic. Completely plotless. Just them two trying to connect after years of negligence. It's frustrating. But at the end they know they're loved.