I just want it noted how insanely busy Akechi is. Like, seriously, I would die if I did what he does. On a particularly busy day, Akechi is:
During the work day:
A seemingly functional detective, even if he solves crimes that he causes/commits
A top-of-his-class Japanese high school student (famously an extremely difficult thing to be)
A notable and prominent celebrity with a pretty large brand
Extra-βcurricularβ-ly:
Still a student, who assumedly has homework and test cram to do
Still a detective, who assumedly has case files to read
Killing people in the metaverse
Meeting with Shido and his cronies
Doing Shidoβs dirty work including but not limited to surveillance, media manipulation, political fraud, brokering deals, etc
Bouldering and biking, apparently, to maintain his image and his strength for metaverse traversal (seriously I have no idea how he fits this one in)
A sex worker/an escort (headcanon but one I consider to be a slam dunk. See an explanation somewhere on my page)
Can you even imagine that? Like, objectively, Iβm not even sure thatβs physically possible. Good scheduling solves all, I suppose, but heβs probably getting called in randomly by Shido so thereβs no way to schedule around that.
When does he eat?? How much does he sleep? I imagine heβs getting up early and going to bed late. I personally assume that he sleeps in customerβs beds most of the time. When does he sit down? How much does he walk all day? How long is he on the train?
And, the most important question of all, how on gods green earth does he find time to hang out in Kijijoji?? How does he go to the jazz club? No, fuck that, how does he go on dates with Ren???? He has to be willingly sacrificing hours of sleep every time he does that, justifying it to himself as intelligence gathering when itβs very clearly not. I think he might unironically give Ren and the thieves more intelligence than he gains throughout his confidant.
Jesus, give my poor boy a break.


















