"don't think, become"

...which, of course, is something he told no one about. if anything, he initially tried to get them to think positively about their high school days.

but after they drink some more, he's the first one to start talking about their past seriously

also, if you go back and watch this scene, he's the only one whose face we don't see while jyushi is teasing them with their old pics. everyone else starts laughing at his antics, except karamatsu. in fact, he actually has this reeeeaaaaalllly subtle moment where he hunches forward slightly. like he visibly tenses up a bit (i wish i knew how to make gifs man).

with karamatsu the writers like to take a very “show don’t tell” approach. Yes there are episodes where he narrates (overseas vacation) and that could be considered his inner monologue, but for the most part we kiiinda don’t really know what he’s thinking. especially when he's being insulted. like he straight up either doesn't respond or he just goes "mmmm~~?"

(and as we know, he gets insulted a lot)

the thing is, this is by design. Because not only do we have a direct quote from his voice actor (yuichi nakamura) about it.

we also literally have an entire skit criticizing him for it.

but i think that this tendency to hold things in directly stems from that fight on the roof. The one time he really tried to step out of his comfort zone and approach his brothers about something earnestly, he started the worst fight they’ve ever had.

(also side note, he actually only starts opening up about it after he takes a couple sips from the beer osomatsu got for them)

Now I’m not going to argue with the director over whether karamatsu is a 100% bonafide kind good hearted person or not (though i should note that this was from 2016 and his characterization has changed a lot since then). but i think it's important to note that the rest of them lowkey forgot about that fight while karamatsu consciously held it in because he didn't want to remind them of it and potentially start another fight.

when they discuss their regrets, the rest of the bros are more-so regretful over how they acted as teens. they discuss how their teenage "weirdness" stemmed from their dislike of being sextuplets. this dislike further manifested as a dislike for each other. but karamatsu's regret was over his failure to bring them together. i do appreciate that this strong piece of characterization was based around the love he has for his brothers.

Matsu Games pt. 1

I hope it isn't established that Ichimatsu left Karamatsu for Yanagida and Uchikawa.

I hope there aren't parallels between Kramatsu's cool guy act he puts on as an adult and how Ichimatsu masked in highschool. I hope it isn't acknowledged in official art.

I hope Ichimatsu doesn't have a short fuse when it comes to Karamatsu specifically

UUUh also I hope it's not established that Ichimatsu fucking HATES high fives and ESPECIALLY double handed high fives in the movie.

Anyways all this to say I am VERY fucking ill about this scene in Season 4 Episode 12.

I can't believe they've healed. I can't believe Iromatsu has healed it just literally took them like 13 years to do it.

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AKAKO'S DELIVERY SERVICE.

This is one of my favorite chapters, and also one that shows Akako isn't as bad as she seems.

She decides to warn Kaito of the danger, and when he doesn't listen, even though she doesn't want to admit she cares about him, she feels bad about the possibility of him getting caught.

Therefore, she decides that if she can't convince him not to go, she will dress up as Kid and pretend to be him.

DEMON, BOY. SHE'S SO PROTECTIVE.

This is what I like about their relationship; even though she says she doesn't care, she will still go to protect him. And it shows how important he is to her. I like that starting from this chapter, the change in her behavior towards Kaito becomes more noticeable because she becomes a bit softer.

They make me think so much of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance."