#meanwhile i'm still reading owari because if i stop i won't have much to distract me anymore

[raelis1]

Ugh, I both hate and love this because... G*ren, you fucking douchenozzle, you didn’t start the experiment, but you’re still running it now, or helping someone run it. You’re entirely complicit, so even if you’re not willing to stop, at least own up to it? (G*ren at his most insufferable is when he uses his apparently favorite tactic to get away from uncomfortable questions: he’s called upon to explain his shit, and he changes the subject to draw the attention away from himself (he did this with Shinoa twice). And the most annoiyng thing is that everyone just...falls for it?  For no reason at all? Kagami probably thinks that if he passes the Idiot Ball around from one character to the other, G*ren’s completely transparent ploy will seem like Super-Clever Evasion.)

I understand that G*ren’s intentions are...probably good, and I don’t believe he wishes harm on Yu or Mika or the others, but... God, does he have to be such an insufferable asshole all the time? His ”not-gonna-explain-myself-to-the-likes-of-you”/”leave-me-alone-plebs”/”pffft-so-above-you-all” act got old back when he was sixteen.

On the other hand, G*ren’s just pointed out Mika’s biggest flaw which I’ve been wanting the story to address for quite some time. I believe Mika’s anger with G*ren is entirely justified, but he is prone to reckless, thoughtless action (which is why I think it’s hilarious that TV Tropes descrbe him as the Blue Oni to Yu’s Red Oni which... no) and he does tend to ignore the bigger picture, the bigger threats (trying to get Yu to run away while completely ignoring Yu’s little demon problem/his own increasing thirst for blood? Not the wisest course of action, dear!) So I’m glad that someone finally told him to be smarter... I just kinda hate G*ren had to be the one to do it because the narrative always frames him as the one who’s Always Right About Everything, and I think he needs to be taken down a peg or two - like Mika constantly is - for his character to grow.