#ranpo annoying mushitaro with his happy go lucky attitude while their writer bfs bond over plots

[afterthelambs]

What's interesting about the perfect crime trio is how it feels wrong for Mushitaro to be there. Because honestly, Yokomizo is the one who fits the trio. He's a mystery writer like Poe and he's got Ranpo's carefree attitude. Yokomizo probably would've gotten along with them really well. Meanwhile Mushitaro only joined this trio reluctantly, and he hates mysteries. So it feels like Mushitaro is occupying the space that Yokomizo should have filled but couldn't. The lines "You don't need me anymore." "Of course I do!" are so bittersweet. Mushitaro brings him around wherever he goes, so it's like Yokomizo gets to join the trio too but only from afar. Basically, it's a trio that should've been a quartet