#now that i think abt it enjis first reaction being about phosphor is really interesting

[m00nsbeams]

i don’t even go here but i think it’s fair to be frustrated with enji for not batting an eye when he sees the state of touya’s body 

i genuinely expected him to freak out or show some concern. i feel like that’s the bare minimum. like touyas skin is melting off the bone and his first thought is “he’s using shoto’s move” ?? no shock, concern or comment about touya’s injuries?? how u can see his bone and muscle?? lmao ok. it’s always about quirks with this guy 

idk i just keep expecting more empathy and compassion from him, to acknowledge the suffering of another person, especially his victims (which he hasn’t btw, most of his internal narration are about his feelings) since the story is trying so hard to convince me he’s changed and that he actually cares for touya now. if the leaks are correct, he actually calls it his “mission”, something that is “imposed” on him. and going by the dialogue, it still feels very hero vs villain rather than a father talking to the long lost son he wants to bring back home (obviously next chapters might show us the meat of it since this is just a very short setup chapter).

it’s interesting why hori would consistently choose to write enji that way. my theory is that i think he could be planning to die with touya? which is why he isn’t so worried about touya’s injuries and why his face looks more determined rather than concerned. there’s just something ominous about it. if he went into this war with the goal of bringing touya home alive, seeing touya like that should leave him shaken, bc it makes his goal MUCH harder.

it makes me feel like he thinks touya can’t be saved (or rather, the possibility didn’t even occur to him), but that he’ll be there for him when they both go down. technically, that still counts as “watching touya”. he’s basically going to atone by giving touya what he wants. the fact that we’ve never seen a real conversation between shoto and enji about touya’s fate and how it feels purposely vague is telling tbh

naturally, shoto needs to arrive in time to stop them. it also gives him something to do if he ends up saving his 2 family members who are set on dying together.