#i didn’t mean to write an essay lol i apparently had stronger opinions on samatoki in rhyme anima than i thought i did 😭😭😭
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as someone who has only seen the anime i want to know what are the main issues with Samatoki because that's the main one i hear everyone has a problem with (particularly because im thinking of writing fanfic and i dont want people mad at me)
from what i can recall, samatoki’s character was depicted far better in s1 than in s2??? but the point that they share is that he has no chill when outside of the anime samatoki absolutely does lol
ik i just said s1 did it better lol, but i really noticed they did samatoki dirty in s1:12 when after mtc lost, we saw samatoki punching a wall in frustration lmao. thing is, we saw how samatoki handled their loss in the 1st drb, and that was by calling his team over for some coffee, bragging about his brew when juto was shook by how good it was lol, and then thanked them for fighting with him. juto prior to that scene was worried that samatoki called them over to yell at them, so that track purposely went out of its way to establish that expectation that samatoki would have explosive anger, and then subverted it
samatoki’s anger doesn’t really manifest explosively???? it’s very intense, but asanuma-san told us he portrays samatoki’s true anger by dropping his voice low and talking really fast and honestly i think whenever samatoki is about to start/is fighting or is annoyed is when samatoki actually raises his voice
like his introductory scene in s1 where he’s patrolling yokohama very solemnly and beating up people who threaten the people on his turf is how he operates most of the time lol, he’s got a questionable sense of humour lol (eg telling ichiro he’s missed him upon reuniting with him before the 1st drb even tho he very clearly detested him lmao, or telling juto if he’s grateful for his gifts, he can always pay him back with his body LOL), has never destroyed property even at his lowest like we saw samatoki struggling with withdrawal did (but he did try to get piss drunk and took his anger out on street thugs in a parallel with his father), wouldn’t let his withdrawals get to that point in the first place bc he’s not fcking stupid juto had cigarettes on him even if they weren’t his preferred brand, and does value partnerships and getting help from others, something he needed to learn as his ‘character development’ in s1 (when he learned that prior with sasara and decided he wanted to attach himself to juto and helping him reach his goals)
#vee got an ask#i didn’t mean to write an essay lol i apparently had stronger opinions on samatoki in rhyme anima than i thought i did 😭😭😭#like in the two fandoms i’m actively keeping up with i have been trying to learn to accept different versions of characters#created for specific adaptations that are different from the main canon lol#it’s not bad is what i’ve been trying to learn lol#like you get different versions of comic book characters all the time and just choose one that appeals to you#but man it sure does suck seeing the nuance in characters just erased for simplicity and how much it bastardises the character#but i will be better at accepting character adaptations i don’t particularly care for i’ll get there lmao#anyway i felt like a massive nerd answering this ask thanks i hope it helps LOL#and don’t let the fandom scare you off from creating lol!!!!!!
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