#for me it belongs in the same category as the beastars lore bit about

[aiura-stan]

not gonna respond to anything past the initial post bc its A Lot, but anyways. Yesss. I too have so many thoughts about them

"Sorry that being a normal person means I won't get to play with you anymore."

Except Kusuo was never a truly normal person and never could be. And that's why Kuusuke likes Kusuo. He likes him for who he is, the freakish, "monstrous being" that he is. As much Kuusuke has always resented Kusuo, he's also admired him. That's why all of Kusuo's friends/classmates like him, too. He's not ordinary at all, in all of the right ways. They are drawn to him because of the extraordinary kindness and character he has. It shines through, no matter how much he pretends.

Kusuo trying to become "normal" is the ultimate denial of himself. He wants to be average, like everyone else. but to be that would get rid of so much that makes him him. In the end, Saiki k manga says Kusuo's powers are just another inherent part of him. that's so so so important. No matter what you are naturally like, you deserve to live as that person, quirks and all.

been thinking about the saiki siblings a lot lately....... their dynamic of "guy who experiments on you to feel something" & "guy who lets you experiment on him to feel something" is soooo compelling to me......

what if you were a genius scientist and there was only one person in the world who could compare to your talents, but he was better than you in every way and testing the limits of his superiority was the only thing that even remotely interested you. what if you were so powerful as to be considered inhuman and there was only one person in the world who understood that well enough to legitimately challenge you, and even though you know he'll never be able to beat you, maybe knowing you well enough to test your limits and take advantage of your weaknesses is close enough.

what if you were both so hyperaware of your own isolation from not only the rest of humanity but also each other that you couldnt ever leave each other alone. you reach for the person who comes closest to understanding you, and your inability to relate to each other is a constant reminder that neither of you can ever be normal. its the fucked up symbiotic relationship between a horrible monster that doesnt belong anywhere except in a lab, and the researcher who has been obsessively gathering data on it for his entire life. life was boring without you so i built a time machine and plunged the world into darkness. im sorry that being a normal person means i wont get to play with you anymore.

they can understand each other without speaking. the only time kusuo ever bleeds is at the hands of kuusuke. they have nothing in common except a shared complex about not being understood by normal people. and they hate each other. insane. im insane