
i actually quite love how it's the introvert who's the actual goddamn force in this relationship, vs the typical dynamic of an extrovert harassing an introvert by overstepping boundaries. in this case, introvert is doing that except the boundaries are so inherently miscellanious and strange that it's just funny rather than disrespectful.

honestly i love how everyone allied with MC are really fucking weird, all except for his ex-bully, who is unironically the sanest person on their ship rn. like if u rlly think about it, the "rival" character + all of MC's opponents are like so normal in comparison, even if they're meant to mimic the overzealous, bizarrely insensitive "shounen protag" archetype.

rereading this, i keep getting pissed off by that one moment touma was like "i don't even GET to challenge my brother bc of my heart surgery aliment thingy, so don't act like you get me" towards MC. bc like,,, bro,,, you literally congratulated MC, this dude you barely knew for a week, after he told you his twin brother passed away while praising his basketball skills with clear joy and happiness towards his passion LMAOOO. like touma is so stupid bc even if you thought it was a good thing, why would you ever tell a STRANGER that they're lucky that their brother died LMAO ?? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM. and my man DOUBLED DOWN when MC was like trying to undersatnd where touma was coming from with that UNCALLED FOR AND VERY HORRIBLE COMMENT LOL, with "you don't know me" like bruh u didn't know MC or his dead brother either when u said that shit

i kinda hope the stepmom stays as a vital character to the plot, now that her entire background is exposed to the main cast, bc i wanna see how MC and the others use her. i'm kind of curious how she'll live the rest of her life, now that everything's in the open, and where that leaves her, as well as her son who technically had no part in any of her plans, but is definitely an antagonist.

i'm actually invested with this type of MC. like i feel like it's just diff subtext with this type of "weak yet emotionally strong-hearted MC who sacrifices themselves for their family" between guys and girls, maybe due to just societal gender norms/expectations from women versus men. like normally with dudes i don't get as invested in this type of MC. maybe it's also simply bc this is one of the first female MCs i've seen in this shounen, no-romance genre with this type of personality.
im sorry but the violence stat caught me so off guard it's actually killing me
Fr and its about a cop like TT