[ even if he still doesn't completely get the whole meta context of totty's existence, he's still probably the most likely to try and relate (other than rosamund)... ]
Still, though, I mean it! Take it from a guy who grew up with a soapland owner and the dregs of society being the closest thing he had to a family growing up—I'm kinda jealous, haha.
[ and this is part of why he and rosamund have ended up among his favorites ]
Haha... for better or worse.
[ not a lot of humor in a nice, functional family... and if they don't get things back to the status quo, they can't do another season when being trash is half of the premise of the show. ]
I want to kill them all the time [ and he did once! ] but... yeah, we've been pretty lucky in a lot of ways.
[ which he can appreciate a lot more after seeing some of these other people's memories... ]
I honestly can't even imagine what it would have been like to grow up without all that.
...But hey, you still grew up to be a much better person than we did!
[ the dregs of society... no, below even the criminal underworld at the absolute bottom of the social order is shitty virgin NEETs.
even if ichiban is also a virgin... and a much older one... other things balance that out for him in a way they never will for their selfish asses. ]
Yeah, I'm kind of in between gigs right now. Like, I've got ins, yeah, but I still haven't really settled after everything back home. Takin' down a religious cult and a megalomaniac yakuza hater was a lot on a guy's plate.
Okay, if you're doing stuff like taking down cults, you are way too productive and beneficial to society to be considered a real NEET even if you aren't officially working at the moment.
A-anyway! Foiling evil business plots aside, really, I'm not anything special. And it's all a matter of perspective, right? Other people see things in us that we'd never notice—like, your heart's in the right place, Todo-chan. [ beat ] Mostly.
And even if you think you're down in the dumps... well, it's like I always say. When you're at the bottom, the only way to go is up. So long as you don't throw in the towel, there's always the chance to bounce back, man.
Please, you're the closest thing to a shounen protagonist I've ever seen in real life. Look at that dialogue!
[ the vibes that accompany this are just like, fond and impressed rather than judgmental, though. which is kind of the opposite of how his words and thoughts usually relate. ]
And see, that's the problem — how do you get that motivation to not just toss the towel in the hamper for someone else to wash? Like, 70% of what drives me to do anything is self-preservation, either physical or social.
[ though the black eye from that memory makes it pretty clear that that isn't always his priority. ]
Guess I just need to get trapped on fleshy murder ships more often to kick my ass into gear.
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[ even if he still doesn't completely get the whole meta context of totty's existence, he's still probably the most likely to try and relate (other than rosamund)... ]
Still, though, I mean it! Take it from a guy who grew up with a soapland owner and the dregs of society being the closest thing he had to a family growing up—I'm kinda jealous, haha.
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Haha... for better or worse.
[ not a lot of humor in a nice, functional family... and if they don't get things back to the status quo, they can't do another season when being trash is half of the premise of the show. ]
I want to kill them all the time [ and he did once! ] but... yeah, we've been pretty lucky in a lot of ways.
[ which he can appreciate a lot more after seeing some of these other people's memories... ]
I honestly can't even imagine what it would have been like to grow up without all that.
...But hey, you still grew up to be a much better person than we did!
[ the dregs of society... no, below even the criminal underworld at the absolute bottom of the social order is shitty virgin NEETs.
even if ichiban is also a virgin... and a much older one... other things balance that out for him in a way they never will for their selfish asses. ]
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[ like yes there's other stuff to unpack here BUT DUDE COME ON!!! ]
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I mean, I know the virgin part, but.
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A-anyway! Foiling evil business plots aside, really, I'm not anything special. And it's all a matter of perspective, right? Other people see things in us that we'd never notice—like, your heart's in the right place, Todo-chan. [ beat ] Mostly.
And even if you think you're down in the dumps... well, it's like I always say. When you're at the bottom, the only way to go is up. So long as you don't throw in the towel, there's always the chance to bounce back, man.
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[ the vibes that accompany this are just like, fond and impressed rather than judgmental, though. which is kind of the opposite of how his words and thoughts usually relate. ]
And see, that's the problem — how do you get that motivation to not just toss the towel in the hamper for someone else to wash? Like, 70% of what drives me to do anything is self-preservation, either physical or social.
[ though the black eye from that memory makes it pretty clear that that isn't always his priority. ]
Guess I just need to get trapped on fleshy murder ships more often to kick my ass into gear.
[ ... ]
I probably shouldn't joke about that.