#soumei inaba

[cherryfishy]

Cuticle detective Inaba headcanons

(Some are debatable like I can see Kei and Hiroshi being bi but with a preference for men. Also feel free to come at me for Yuta's gender, I need a serious discussion)

[midnight-in-town]

Why do you think, if manga/anime characters fall in love at the first sight? In my case I prefer it, if their relationship develope slowly.

Hello Anon! Well, in general I find it depends on context?

There are series in which characters are already attracted to each other by the time the story starts and it’s fine.

Some other times, it takes as long as the story goes for characters to realize they’re attracted to each other and that’s also fine.

Finally, there are characters who experience love at first sight and I have no problem with that either. 

The point is, as long as it’s well-written and not meaningless or halting characters’ development, love & relationships can take on many forms and I have no problem with how and when it happens. 

Especially for love at first sight, I think, since it can be really challenging for an author to introduce it and then roll with it, without too many expected and boring developments. Overall, I’d say love at first sight is not any different from obvious ships who aren’t canon just yet but that will be without a doubt one day. 

Some examples of interesting cases of love at first sight, even when in the background of a plot: /!\ S P O I L E R S /!\

Love at first sight: Anotsu Kagehisa/Otonotachibana Makie (Blade of the Immortal)

Clearly a very enjoyable dynamic introduced quite early on in the story and stemming from love at first sight, at least as far as he is concerned (she’s never said it explicitely from what I can remember, but he’s the first one who ever accepted her skills and she loved him from that day, so same difference). 

Many developments happened, but it made the characters so human and their romance so very moving, because they kept finding & losing themselves, their feelings for each other set in stone and yet it wasn’t easy to live by them, due to their respective personal circumstances.

Anyway the point is, it’s introduced as love at first sight when they were kids, but there is still a lot of development for them to reach the stage of being able to be by each other’s side and it was very compelling to read about all of it!

Love at first sight in spite of knowing better: Denji/Makima (Chainsaw man)

Okay, so, it’s clearly on his end since the first chapter or so, because she’s the first person who treated him nicely, she’s a pretty girl, she gave him a purpose and mostly she plays him like a fiddle, but he’s still hung up on her despite meeting other girls and getting more and more proof that she’s no saint. 

Whereas, on her end, it’s more about manipulating him into being a good pawn to her, or so it seems most of the time, because we also get examples that they’re quite similar to each other and that he might turn out to be the only one who can understand her.

Anyway, whatever happens, I’m always enjoying whenever they interact and the weird dynamic that they have. 

Kinda love at first sight: Legosi/Haru (Beastars)

Well, he falls for her quite quickly after all, but she isn’t reciprocating at firs. Tthen he saves her when everyone else had given up on her, so they become a thing: what a happy ending, yay? 

Well, if you read Beastars, you know that’s not what’s going on exactly. xDD Although that doesn’t mean that anyone ever doubts the strength of their feelings for each other either (it’s quite beautiful). 

In fact, they’re one way of exploring that there always is more to making a relationship work than love at first sight and that’s quite refreshing to read about, amongst the rest of the plot. :D

Not love at first sight, but bomb-dropped into the story and I was here like ‘???’: Soumei/Erina (Cuticle Detective Inaba)

Hard to explain if you don’t know the story but...

Consider that the main character is a police dog who turns out to have an unwanted criminal dad & a terrorist younger brother and, way later, Sensei introduced the robot replacing “Mom who was a lab genius & died years ago”. 

The thing is, for a long time in the story, readers are meant to believe that the main character and his brother were artificially conceived, so the police could get their hands on their father’s genes after he betrayed them. Yet, it turns out that there was most likely really something between their mom and dad...

...making their existence less a mean to an end for the corrupted police force, but something way more meaningful, at least for their parents and themselves. 

I loved it personally, it created a particularly emotional final arc and it was quite an unexpected plot twist, to be very honest!

Horrible idea to fall in love at first sight: Kaneki/Rize (Tokyo Ghoul)

Yeah, what a bad idea to go on dates, right? I’m sure you’ve heard of it, haha!

Anyway the point is, yes, at first it greatly complicated Kaneki’s life and caused him a lot of pain, but...

...Eventually, as he looked back on it, he reached the conclusion that the misfortune that Rize brought him was short-lived compared to all the people he met and the path his life ended up taking, as he found love and a future with a different person (Touka). 

Quite meaningful there as well, especially since we get to follow him through so many hardships before he manages to call himself “happy”. It was still love at first sight as far as Rize goes though and that’s meaningful for all that it ended up triggering. 

There you go! Again, I love that love and relationships can develop in many different ways and these are just a few examples. 

TL;DR as long as there is interesting development, I’m not one to complain, haha!

To each their own tho’! Have a nice day Anon. :))

[annelora]

I just stopped crying after finishing Banana Fish. What can I say, it was such a good manga. I read only comedies because I can’t stand sad stuff and I’m unable to get over them for a long time, for example when I finished Cuticle Tantei Inaba I was crying for a whole week because Soumei was shot and he didn’t even die. So you can guess I’m going to be an emotional zombie for at least a month now.  Although I kinda felt it might happen I was full of hope it will not. But it did, and now... you know - I will not say it directly because I care about those who haven’t blacklisted spoiler tag.  Anyway, it was - in some way - a good ending because it wasn’t so obvious. When manga ends, its last chapter is usually happy. So it was different. It was moving. And it was so, so unfair... I think it was the last time I’ve read something that’s not comedy. I’m too weak and sensitive for this kinda stuff, even though my tears are worth knowing something so good as this manga and the like. Well, this post is about nothing, actually. I just felt like writing this and now I’m a little better. Still not going to forget about all of this, though. 

[sugarplumpofweirdness]

I read Cuticle Inaba.. And noticed there were actually alot of Haruka Inaba x Natsuki fluff scenes in there…

And im aching inside because we know Natsuki is all about Yataro…

And i just wanna have an answer if Haruka has this crush on her because look at how he looks at her..!

Why will the mangaka make him do a spit-take when Natsuki wanted to sleep beside him? Why is Kei still ‘pushing’ the idea (that Haruka likes her) by teasing him? What was with the dramatic ‘let go’ of the hand? Whats with the panels of him (always) looking at her after she says something so bright? Why does Yataro feel a (little) bit jealous when the two are interacting.

I just cant ignore the fact 〒_〒 because every panel, ever action has a meaning behind it!

Also if u wanna check the scenes, here:

Chapter 29- Haruka holds Natsukis hand when she started crying, saying she could hold his until she stops crying. Kei basing from his observation and (Harukas) kind gesture has this gut-feeling that Haruka may harbor feelings for Natsuki.

Chapter 32- (side story) @the department store, Haruka blushes from Natsukis compliment of him looking ‘cool’

Chapter 67- Haruka is forced by Soumei to join them set-up the doll display that Natsuki wanted to see (he even mentioned that Natsuki will look cuter when she smiles)… Haruka then asks Natsuki if she found the dolls rather creepy, she replied with a no and added that the dolls fair skin are pretty, just like him. Haruka only looks at her with no reply.

Chapter 69- the Nora team gets sick, with Natsuki panicking (first time to get sick) and is too scared to sleep alone, she insisted to sleep with Haruka (causing him to do a Spit-take).

Chapter 89- Haruka grateful for Natsukis doings (knocking out his annoying brother) smiles and pets her head as he praises her ‘causing Natsuki to feel embarass

Chapter 101- Confrontation between Haruka and Soumei (who have already found his body), the scene took a dramatic turn as both pointed their guns (although Haruka got shot in the hand). Good thing Natsuki was their to save Haruka, running off to the Goats hide-out.

Chapter 102- After betraying NORA (and almost crossing the river to death), Haruka wakes up with Natsuki looking after him. He questions her stay, but Natsuki could only smile while saying that she just couldn’t leave Haruka by himself. Haruka looks at her (like how he looks at her when she compliments him or says something nice from previous chapters), then ask her if she was lying.

Chapter 104- After turning themselves to the police, and staying at Hiroshis house, another complicated situation rises. Haruka (who thinks that NORA is behind the controversy) indirectly comforts Natsuki, saying that she doesn’t have to cooperate with the police and that his own testimony is enough. Meanwhile Kei was sensing that Haruka does like Natsuki, as he smirked at the boys action.

[cherryfishy]

That one TikTok sound fits too well

[cherryfishy]

Aesthetic of my favorite Cuticle Detective Inaba couples

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