What drives it home for me is how in this close up we can’t see Kusuo’s glasses or limiters, maybe because he actually feels like a normal kid with a normal dad in that moment, none of ‘abnormalness’ is in the way to make his dad act like he usually does

And it feels like he goes downstairs to honor how his dad was actually acting mature but not quite to do what he said, he was fully prepared to get his friends to leave

It’s only until he hears them talking about how they like him the way he is that he changes his mind and we get another glow moment but this time everything that others him is visible

And it’s the same feeling I get here, his glasses might be visible but not his limiters. He feels like a kid and his mom is being the adult and taking care of the situation and defending him

This is just a handful of examples but it’s frequent enough that it’s worth noting

And of course I won’t deny that Kuniharu loves Kusuo, he’s happy when he finds out he has friends but he can so easily turn around and put him down while talking about how he can’t believe anyone would want to be friends with someone like him

And of course if someone is told something repeatedly, they’ll eventually believe it and Kusuo is no exception especially when it comes from his loved ones. For all of his sass towards his dad, he does listen to the things he says about him a lot (same applies with Kusuke)

Another drawing of my favorite ship 😺

Translation:

Come on, let me see your eyes!

(no, give it back now!)

What drives it home for me is how in this close up we can’t see Kusuo’s glasses or limiters, maybe because he actually feels like a normal kid with a normal dad in that moment, none of ‘abnormalness’ is in the way to make his dad act like he usually does

And it feels like he goes downstairs to honor how his dad was actually acting mature but not quite to do what he said, he was fully prepared to get his friends to leave

It’s only until he hears them talking about how they like him the way he is that he changes his mind and we get another glow moment but this time everything that others him is visible

And it’s the same feeling I get here, his glasses might be visible but not his limiters. He feels like a kid and his mom is being the adult and taking care of the situation and defending him

This is just a handful of examples but it’s frequent enough that it’s worth noting

And of course I won’t deny that Kuniharu loves Kusuo, he’s happy when he finds out he has friends but he can so easily turn around and put him down while talking about how he can’t believe anyone would want to be friends with someone like him

And of course if someone is told something repeatedly, they’ll eventually believe it and Kusuo is no exception especially when it comes from his loved ones. For all of his sass towards his dad, he does listen to the things he says about him a lot (same applies with Kusuke)

Me trying to shakily translate some parts myself :]

Excerpt from the only fan translation available below the cut for comparison!