He's so pretty super dooper silly I wanna give him a big big kiss, MWA.
Jax is good too, but he's your sterotypical simp material character, why be basic when you can simp for a guy with a mouth for a head, now that's what I want in a man
WAAH okay I just finished the first ep of season 4 for bsd and I just OTL
I remembered something from the light novel that season 4 is opening with (book 3, The Untold Origins of the Detective Agency), so don't peek if you don't want to be spoiled for those who either haven't read and want to, or want to wait for the anime to release more episodes
BUT MAN I'm so sad remembering this, but seeing it happen and reading is just???? It hits different but in a good way (or as good as angst can get lmao)
but just seeing 14 yr old Ranpo versus 26 yr old Ranpo and realizing that he really hasn't changed-
He knew, when he was 14, that people didn't see what he saw and understood that his 'ability' was something that was unique to him due to his upbringing and parents (both brilliant people--his father specifically being an incredibly well-known detective- so really, it makes you wonder if this influenced his bragging but that's something for another time), but kept himself under the guise that people understood because...
If adults can't see what he can see, then how are they supposed to help him out when he's still a child? A child can't do everything themselves, so the idea that no one would be able to help him just makes his parent's death that much worse
And despite Fukuzawa not really knowing this straight out, it's interesting to see how he handles it
Not sure how to comfort a child whose essentially jaded with a lack of trust towards others and a continually decreasing will because he just keeps on getting beaten down? Oh easy, just tell him that the thing that's been giving him indirect woe is a skill. He only is being affected by his own brilliance because it's something that can't be helped. Give him a reason to be proud of it instead!
Uh but I'm getting carried away.
Anyway-- then we see 26 yr old Ranpo now who, really, has known the entire time that his 'skill' isn't a skill, but instead accepted Fukuzawa's attempt at comfort those 12 years ago because now it's more the idea that...if it isn't a skill, then what is he useful for? Within a group of people so talented--not just due to their individual skill, but their combat abilities and all that--why is he so special that he is a part of them? And why would he be so deserving of everyone's praise if he's just...normal?
Long story short, I just mainly remembered Ranpo's deep insecurity that's rooted in his view of his own competence and the effect of the loss of his parents at an early age and I just wanna grab his cheeks and stretch
ALSO ALSO in season 4's first ep when he's trying to nab a bite of the actress' sweets and she eats it instead that was soiefhoih what a brat
Newcomer of the fandom here and HOLY SHIT I can’t believe how much bait was in this show.
Orel moaning?? IN THE SECOND EP???
“I think we have a DATE” from Clay to Orel in the third ep???
Omg hello?? God I didn’t ship this at first but WOW now I see why people do.
Hahaha I know multiple people, including myself, who thought that Clay would canonically do something to Orel because of how they acted. I had heard that the episode Nature was really heavy, and assumed it would happen then. (+it happened after Orel's movie premiere, which had the "he lectures me and does nothing else in the study" line)
(special thanks to @imperiousphasmid for the last minute color fixing!)
[ID: A greyscale piece of fanart depicting Yoo Sangah and Kim Dokja from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Kim Dokja is dressed in a dark suit and tie, sitting in a swivel chair facing the right of the drawing. His hands are tensed on the armrests and his feet are on the ground one in front of the other as if poised to spring away. He stares up at Yoo Sangah with a bewildered expression as she cups his face between her hands, smiling widely. Yoo Sangah, meanwhile, is dressed in a light suit and dress shoes. She walks toward the left of the drawing, her back foot raised mid-step as she leans down and grasps Kim Dokja’s cheeks in her hands, scrunching them together. Tears stream down her cheeks as she grins at him, her long hair falling forward over her shoulders while the rest cascades down her back. /end ID]