#world domination arc era ritshou you will ALWAYS be famous

[gumy-shark]

I am Thinking and Feeling about the ritsu&shou foils of it all. getting his ass kicked is enrichment for ritsu and for shou violence is a means to an end that's boring at best regardless of how good at it he is. which is kind of a subtle parallel to ritsu's whole thing about not really giving a shit about being incredibly good at school and sports and everything he gets easily praised for. they're zoo animals in the wrong enclosures and together they get to kind of. give one another access to what they're missing

LITERALLYYY LITERALLY IM JUST PACING AROUND IN CIRCLES THINKING ABOUT THEM. ritsu spends thirteen years brushing off compliments about things he doesn’t really care about and then shou says “you’re good with your powers. you’re more powerful than your brother btw” and it actually lands. or when shou yells out things like “IM THE ONE WHOS GONNA BEAT MY DAD! GOT THAT RITSU?” and ritsu’s just like “yep got it 👍”. and then when shou’s like “why are you trying so hard? i’m the one who’s trying to recruit you!” not only like this is a job interview but like shou’s the one being interviewed here. or how when ritsu stays behind to hold off shimazaki and instead of arguing or insisting on fighting him together or smth shou trusts ritsu and leaves him behind because ritsu trusts him to stop his dad. THEYRE SO.