I was thinking about the brothers again and one thing that I thought about specifically was how often Todomastu lies about his plans and accomplishments while Karamatsu is open about his failures and lack of direction.
Like yeah, all the brothers tend to lie about themselves or their accomplishments to other people to seem better (except for Osomatsu but he has no shame so he don’t count) but specifically Todomatsu is the only one we’ve seen that actively lies to other people to gain their favor, while also not admitting that he has no idea what he’s doing in life. Meanwhile, Karamatsu is the one who lies about his image, but we don’t see him hesitate to admit that he doesn’t have a job or plans for the future.
Karamatsu is undeniably a try-hard, but he goes out of his way to share his hobbies and accomplishments with his family, as opposed to Todomatsu who had done several things worth celebrating, yet has mentioned none of them.
It’s also interesting the scope in which they lie. Karamatsu lies about doing adventurous things like getting a ton of girls and being a super cool hero, while Todomatsu lies about every day stuff like going to college and not having brothers. Karamatsu’s fallacies are easy to spot and easy to come undone but he doesn’t seem to flinch when others call him out on it. Meanwhile, Todomatsu’s lies are carefully crafted to make him fit in, and he tends to have major freak outs when that lie seems to come undone.
The parallels between both brothers is just interesting to me. Karamatsu is honest with strangers while playing himself up to his family (as if the only opinion that matters is his family’s) while Todomatsu barely mentions things to his family while lying to strangers. (Maybe he knows he can be himself around family?)
Summary: Ichimastu realizes the beauty of Christmas
Dear @duhragonball, i’m your secret Santa.
I’m sorry it’s small, but i hope you’ll enjoy it.
Merry Christmas!!
Ichimatsu really hated Christmas.
Everyone was over-the-top happy, stupid happy songs were playing in the radio, the stores were crowded…
It was the worst.
He was currently lying on the floor, staring at the sealing.
Everyone else was out of the house. Osomastu was probably at the racecourse; Choromastu said he went to a job interview, but they all knew he was probably in an idol concert; Todomastu was out with his friends; and as for Karamatsu and Jyushimastu they were in the rooftop, doing their own thing.
Suddenly, the living room’s door slammed open.
‘Ichimastu-niisan’ He heard the joyful voice of Jyushimastu, ‘Me and Karamastu-niisan are going out. Come.’
‘No.’
‘Don’t be like that, my dear brother.’ He heard his painful brother say. ‘We’re going to have fun.’
‘Get lost shittymastu.’
‘Come!’
‘No!’
‘Come!’
‘No!’
After a lot of arguing, Karamastu and Jyushimastu forced him to come with them.
‘What the hell is this?’
Only to force him into an elf costume, while they were in a Santa and a reindeer costume respectively.
‘We work part time in the mall’s Santa Village.’ Jyushimastu explained. ‘And our co-worker was sick.’
‘We knew if we told you the truth, you would say ‘no’, so we had to lie.’ Karamastu added.
‘Why didn’t you call one of the others then?’
‘Because you need to feel the Christmas experience, my dear brother.’ Karamastu said. ‘And also, because we couldn’t find the others.’
‘Screw you guys!!’
‘Come on now, my dear brother. The meaning of Christmas is to give, not to take.’
‘Do it for the children, Ichimastu-niisan!’
And so, they went to their posts. Ichimastu was the one monitoring the queue, Karamastu was sitting on Santa’s chair, taking pictures with the kids and hearing their wishes, while Jyushimastu gave them candy.
It was tiring at the start, but as the time passed, Ichimastu found himself enjoying it. Seeing the smile in the face of the children gave him a worm, nice feeling inside.
At night, the three of them returned home exhausted.
‘So tired.’ Jyushimastu exclaimed.
‘We made lots of children happy, didn’t we, my dear brothers?’
‘Whatever, I’m going to bed.’ Ichimastu said and headed upstairs.
‘Wait, my dear brother.’ Karamastu yelled. ‘It seems this Santa still has one present left.’
And then he brought two cans of esp-kitty’s favorite cat food, and handed them to him.
‘A little something to thank you for your help.’
‘Whatever.’ Ichimastu said and left.
Secretly, this experience made him hate Christmas a little less.
WAIT TODOMASTU THIS IS YOUR CHANCE JUST HIM AND GO KICK HIS BUT HES ABOUT TO HURT KARAMASTU RUN MY CHILD RUN! °^°
Todomatsu: W-WHY ME!? THERE’S NO WAY I’D WIN IN A FIGHT WITH TOUGOU, ARE YOU CRAZY!!?? Wait, he’s gonna hurt Karamatsu nii-san? Just what’s going on over there???
Todomastu and Kat may not be the closest due to their varying styles, but he steps up to offer a hand for the occasion- when she has to dress up for an important date.. even if her date just happens to be one of his brothers...