on ep 12 now, the ep where jyushi throws a child into orbit and also where we see how he reacts when confronted about his weird antics by another person
Eitarou from Yuzuki Hikaru's Boku no Shotaiken (ボクの初体験, My First Time). This manga was serialized in Margaret between 1975 and 1976. A rare oldschool shoujo manga from a male mangaka at that! Spleen Scans is scanlating it right now, go go go!
Oh geez I didn’t think of that uhhhhhhh. I guess both???
okay uhh most to least oblivious im just gonna do generally bc im not in a. romantic mood or whatever GDJDG
i think in general choromatsu is the most oblivious, he's so very in his own head like. Most of the time and that contributes to both his anxiety but also his to his ego. it feels like a lot of the time he has no idea how people see him he tries so hard to present an upstanding citizen persona, has since they were teens, but fully has no idea how bad he is at hiding what he doesnt want people to see yknow
karamatsu i think would be next but honestly i feel like his obliviousness is intentional its like. a defence mechanism at this point but once again it adds fuel to the fire of ego yknow, but again i feel like if he wanted to be he could be higher up on this list he just doesnt? want to be aware if that makes sense. atleast imo lol
then uhh osomatsu i think, sweet guy who lives in blissful ignorance most of the time, obviously when it comes to his brothers he can read em like an open book but with everything else i feel like hes just like eh. whatever someone else can deal with that lol willful ignorance but it takes less effort than karama he simply is too stupid to see whats right in front of him lawl but when he does notice something that concerns him at all it generally has his Full attention even if he doesnt bring it up himself at first which is why hes above the other two anis
uhhh ichimatsu i guess would be next but i feel like hes ignorant in the sense that if it doesnt interest him he just doesnt pay attention? like hes pretty observant when somethings got his attention like hes v much a quiet observer but if nothings obviously concerning or smth he deems none of his business he'll just let it go otherwise. just like in general i think bc he doesnt? rlly care what people think esp when hes with his brothers hes not too bothered about paying attention either
todomatsu is definitely the most Clearly aware of everything that goes on around him he can has and will use it to his advantage especially when by himself he studies social interaction for a living and is always able to immediately jump on his brothers bs sometimes before it even happens theres a reason hes a straight man for so many skits, hes also rlly good at reading a room his social skills far surpass the rest and can be in control of a situation/get out of one he doesnt wanna be in so easily
and finally believe it or not jyushimatsu is (in my opinion) the most in tune with everything and everyone around him, hes so emotionally intelligent and is completely in control of his actions. majority of his gags are reactionary he notices every little thing. imo thats why suuji such a good duo is bc jyushi can pick up on the Nothing signals that ichimatsu gives off. but literally the only reason he doesnt seem that way is because he only reacts to something if he thinks its necessary or funny literally his character establishing line in episode 2 was "i just couldn't get a laugh" hes a human cartoon character but hes literally So grounded because he can pick up on how others are feeling and if a situation does or doesnt call for a goof. he like. cultivated this ditzy persona around his family but watching him around any one off characters like homura, eitarou + his ma, even kin-chan, obviously hes still silly but theres the side to him you dont see when hes with his brothers. hes literally so smart and intelligent idk if im wording this right but i have so many feelings about this ya gotta believe me doc hes so smart and aware he just uses it for his own purposes which is for the most part comedy and making people SMILE!!!!! my jyushimaaaaaaaahahahahaaa😭😭😭
anywya idk if yhis made sense but smile does a little pose
It went like. So this kid (Minato) was one of the absolute best water polo players in the country he was fucking amazing but the issue was he was an egotistical dick who was awful to everyone and thought he needed to do everything himself. Then on the way home from a tournament it was raining and his family got in an accident. He was in a coma for a bit and when he woke up he had amnesia, only remembering up to when he was in sixth grade. This means he does not remember ANY of his water polo days and is essentially just his dorky eleven year old self in his teenage body. He enrolls in a random highschool and gets pressured by some kid named Eitarou to play water polo again bc “he was so so amazing!” “We were best friends let’s play together again!“ and eventually he agrees because he wants to know what the him he doesn’t remember loves so much about it. He grows to love it and loves his teammates with his whole heart and is scared that if he ever remembers his old memories, he will forget the new ones he’s made, like in movies. Unfortunately his fears HAPPEN and he crashes his bike, hits his head, and is resets his brain, making it so he remembers everything he lost but everything new is gone. Now he is an evil piece of shit again. His friends that he doesn’t remember convince him to play with them again, to just try, and he’s super frustrated by the fact his body is so much weaker than how he left it. Also it comes to light that Eitarou is a FUCKING LIAR and actually just hero worshipped Minato and Minato HATED him and SO HE LIED TO HIM SAYING THEY WERE FRIENDS AND GOT HIM TO BELEIVE HIM AND ALSO ACTIVELY SHAMED HIM FOR NOT BEING GOOD AT THE SPORT AFTER WAKING UP FROM A COMA. i hate Eitarou. Anyway. Yeah Minato never regains that chunk of memories but he learns to love his teammates again and happily ever after :3
Also yes there’s a turtle named kameyoshi
(I might be missing some details it’s been awhile 😭)
omg its even more wild than i remembered... we did Not know what we were getting into huh
Talon: Add the BERTH unit and X-Plane unit to the Talon. Talon crash lands such that the X-Plane and HOVER units are operational. Dion leaves to find the advance team while this team continues to look for Faye.
Darius: The 4 Talon crew are living somewhere in this world. Xcalibr sword is in Zhakal and can only be drawn by a special girl.
West Village: Eitar says Faye was taken to the North Maze by Fenrir, and to defeat it, first, take CATNIP from the nearby tree and find CATNIP.
North Maze: Use CATNIP to put all the guards to sleep and escape getting turned into stone.