#literally this is the first and only interaction toritsuka has with kuusuke and he doesnt find out they're brothers until the end

[its-no-biggie]

saiki k cat tank episode is so funny. imagine you get kidnapped by an evil scientist who brainwashes you to hate your powerful psychic friend (so that you'll attack him). and then the friend in question shows up to rescue you and there's a big dramatic showdown where the scientist tries to kill him with a tank. he ultimately fails but then your friend decides he didn't deserve the win (???) and makes a huge personal sacrifice, complete with a heartfelt goodbye to you. but actually the scientist lied about the stakes (?????) so the whole thing was pointless (so he tried to kill him with a tank for no reason????????). and then it turns out they were brothers the whole time. insane

[desitenya]

ok hiiii. so after osmosis learning some info about kuusuke i have a few thoughts about him meeting touma. the reason why akechi is such an interesting person to have him interact with, is because not only is he incredibly smart, he’s bested kusuo a few times which is something kuusuke’s unable to do.

first thing, what would be their impressions of each other excluding the part where kusuo factors in. not really much to go off on considering touma mentions knowing about kuusuke for one panel and thats it, but in psi battle there was an event story where they did interact. heres where you can read The Strongest Young Psychic part im referencing. > actually just go check out the psi battle translations.

first impression is that, honestly they’re matching the same rhythm. touma was excited to see them fight even though he’s sure kusuo would win. even with touma’s inclusion, the battle was still for the most part kusuo v kuusuke. kuusuke didnt get to see any of touma’s abilities through the ep, and probably only remembers touma as that kid who just hung around his little brother that one time. touma on the other hand knows of kuusuke’s accomplishments.

no idea what he was planning there but he seemed confident about their interaction. ALSO speaking of confidence, in the psibattle ep, he says himself that kuusuke beating kusuo in this challenge would be a one in a million chance, compared to him being confident in his own challenges with kusuo. kuusuke doesnt keep tabs on all his friends considering he didnt even know who toritsuka was until laaate series, so its entirely possible he slipped under the radar as well. however, if he DID manage to find out how smart he was from most likely a challenge proposed by touma, its no doubt he’d be hella surprised by how hard it is to fight him.

even with taking psi battle quotes with a grain of salt, though his AI tried to basically “take him out”, he still has a favorable outlook on him (he does still destroy the AI or whatever). he’d probably view whatever contest he had with touma as a fluke. that one in a million chance that was mentioned earlier, but even so, he’d keep him in mind. and if akechi does continue to beat him, i think he’d still hold on to the whole “im a human everyone else are ants” way of thinking lol. that would completely change if he heard about why touma knows about kusuo’s powers.

no way he assumes touma found this out on his own. he probably thought kusuo went soft and decided to tell his old friend about his powers to resolve some old questions. of the two contests touma had with kusuo (other being horse betting), THIS one would be the one that catches his eye. mainly because that was similar in nature to kuusuke’s other contests. there isnt any denying that kusuo was literally cornered here. the only way he could give touma less credit was to say that kusuo basically gave up and even then, there’s no way kuusuke could think that. i explained why on another post.

he’s basically trapped between a rock and a hard place. does he accept that some one beat the one person who he’s put on a pedestal for most his life OR does he accept he’s cornered that same person into giving up.

beyond this, there's not much to go off of. the closest thing was how kuusuke’s world was “shattered” at 2 or 3 or whatever when kusuo first beat him. its also likely he gets pissed since thats like, the only other emotion we see him express lol. how he expresses that... idk. but i feel like he’s gonna pop up in touma’s life a lot more now since he’s kinda took an axe to his world view.