#insulting natori by comparing them

[winepresswrath]

a) natsume defending natori is so cute

b) this random exorcist being like "you remind me of Matoba (derogatory)" what exactly did Natori do that was so Matoba-adjacent? why does this guy (an exorcist) hate exorcists so much. I need to know

c) Natori being so pleasantly unbothered about being insulted and so shocked to be defended... my heart.

Natori is desirable, has always been desirable, had "the looks and the grades," makes a living off of being beautiful and charming and good at provoking feeling in other people and is at the same time totally uninterested in pursuing any of that interest and seeing if it could develop into something deeper. he rejects the girls at school even more preemptively than he rejects matoba, who suggests he might be useful. he's deeply, profoundly lonely throughout all of this and tbh I think being wanted actually makes it worse in some ways, because the people closest to him who should love him best think he's a curse and that makes casual interest and affection feel cheap, unearned, and ultimately disposable. naturally his two careers are:

attractive man plays pretend

loner weirdo does rituals on outskirts of society