Aryn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST DOROHEDORO CHARACTER EVER !!! ♡♡

it's all implied in the dream machine sequence, with fujita imagining himself as huge and muscular, with magic strong enough to protect en - and gain specifically his and shin's praise and admiration - though, he does also spell it out at club big boss:

his desire to protect the en family is reiterated repeatedly throughout the series, and he consistently does whatever it takes to do so.

the anime cut out fujita's hesitation to take the black powder before saving ebisu; in the manga, he deliberates before choosing to disregard en's values to do what he thinks is right and to protect ebisu - someone who he insisted wasn't even an 'official member' just a few chapters ago! - regardless of any hypothetical consequences. and he pulls something similar again during his excellent adventure: he disregards his own safety - the same way shin (and noi) frequently do - for the sake of protecting the family.

speaking of fujita's excellent adventure: when sho choses fujita over the 'stronger' members, everyone else in the family assumes that it's a tactical sacrifice because they see fujita as weak. however, sho explicitly tells fujita why he chose him:

fujita was chosen because he genuinely cares! the other members, while stronger, don't believe in the family the same way he does - they don't have the drive to protect it. this is also why it's significant when the en family is trying to escape the sludge, fujita asks to take the cross-eyes with them.

he understands what it's like to be 'on the other side,' to feel weak and powerless, so he stands up for the cross-eyes.

the scions and co acknowledge your party members, right? they call the other players wandering adventurers because in universe you are the only warrior of light

in the praetorium, you can see the other players in cutscenes iirc. thus it stands to reason that your adventurer friends were actually there to help you out and you didn’t tackle that dungeon alone.

but your adventurer friends never appear in the nidhogg fight. you never have the time to pick em up between going to grab Hraesvelgr and booking it back to the final steps of faith. for context, the fight against nidhogg is a 8 person fight in gameplay. and, if cutscenes are to be believed, the warrior of light and Alphinaud did it with 2 people and a dream just because they wanted to save Estinien *that badly.*

Also playing him for the first time and being like "bitch you live like this?". Will not catch my ass playing a casting class for a while.

Will someone get this toddling bitch a smoke (coupla more doods below) + no spoilers please! Still in Stormblood