mitchell

this is such a fascinating read on mikami! however in my first exposure to his character and philosophy one of the first things that hit me was Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). the black and white thinking seemed very reminiscent of BPD splitting , especially when it comes to his "favorite person / FP" (is it okay if i say that from an objective standpoint? ik the good people of the BPD community aren't too thrilled with non-BPD people referring to their friends as FPs) who would be Light / Kira in this case. for example he sees Light in an undeniably high regard , like a God or angel or something of the sort, but in the manga ending he cursed Light out with so much hate (seeing as Light had disappointed him, causing him to switch up and renounce him). fear of abandonment is also a big part of BPD and he seems very attached to Kira , i wouldn't be surprised if he did act that way. but maybe both are possible!

i definitely agree with you where you're drawing lines between his behaviour and ways of thinking with BPD. i think there are a lot of ways you can read mikami, and there can be a lot of overlap in how BPD and autism present, especially to an outside observer, so it makes sense that different people would view him as autistic or having BPD, or maybe both. I also personally like to look at him from an OCD lens. I think he's a really interesting and complicated character who lends himself very well to this type of analysis, it's interesting to hear your thoughts :)

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