Suo's Eyepatch

Suo tried to hurt Nirei emotionally and physically so Nirei could accept his excuses for ghosting the rest of Furin and Nirei was the one who actually became a handful for Suo (reading Suo's expressions + conflicted words/actions like a book). Nirei proved to us he is quite mentally fortified and he can hold his own even if it's a losing battle for him. Funny since Suo once deemed fighting Sakura would be a hassle hence why he never officially accepted Sakura's issued challenge.

Then we have Sakura who isn't used to this level of abandonment. People have openly told him they didn't want him around (his father) so he always knew where he stood with people, but here comes Suo breaking down the walls, getting close, becoming some he can fight alongside with back to back taking on foes together. And to top it off, Suo doesn't even have the guts to properly say goodbye to him - only to Nirei. That's heartbreaking. Suo may not have fought Sakura but he emotionally hurt him all bc Suo thought he was doing what's best (cuz remember they all only 15 so they're not taking this well, the Furin trio all miserable)

And I know I've seen some comments (not on tumblr) where people are thinking Nirei got sidelined for how close Suosaku are but imho Sakura's reaction is highlighted more bc we know that Sakura is used to having no one in his corner and now to have lost Suo in this way is deeply triggering for a lonely neglected child like Sakura. Secondly Nirei accepted somethings up with Suo, he is the sole witness to Suo's body language and expressions, and he doesn't seem as angry but moreso confused as to why Suo did them like this. Sakura is dealing with his former vice captain Suo resigning out of the blue after assuming Suo would eventually pop back up to hang with them like normal. Nirei already suspected Suo was being weird pre Suo leavin so he had more time to process Suo's decision.

Imagine him talking with Hiragi afterwards like "What benefits could we offer him? Do you think they give him dental? Can we give him dental?"

Nirei trying to comfort Sakura only for him to pull back and create more distance must hurt something awful because this expression

Is awfully similar to

i think he should get weirder.

Omg I remember drawing this with that phrase repeatedly in mind: LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE

About to learn Chinese and Japanese at this point

And I already fear people have looked up the meaning of "Sun Fei" separately in the translated version, without accounting for the fact that these same characters can be represented with different characters and each one has a meaning. This is Suo's 隼飛 (Sǔn fēi, because those accents are important), and it's vastly different from what people are saying it is on twitter, guys please, stop trusting the Google AI overview.

隼 (Sǔn) means falcon (also apparently Taiwan province)

飛 (Fēi) often simplified as 飞 means "to fly"

So yeah, it still means Flying falcon in Chinese, just like in Japanese

Where Hayato means:

隼 (Hayabusa) means falcon and it's a metaphor for a brave person, usually it means peregrine falcon specifically

飛 (Hi) means "fly in the sky" "fast as you fly" or regularly just "fly" but Japanese does modify meaning a bit once the words are together.

It's the same for his surname "Suo"

蘇枋 (Sū fāng) literally means sappanwood both in Chinese and Japanese.

His name still means the damn same, I think most people don't understand the importance of the character used in Chinese and Japanese because we just get the Romanisation without damn accents.

Anyways, we got to see Nirei crash out, we got to see Sakura Crash out and break down as well, it's turn to show us Suo doing like shit, please and thank you.

I'm convinced Suo is always doing badly to some extent but right now he's likely spreading himself impossibly thin and he can't stop thinking about what went down when he said goodbye and hating himself even if he "knows" it's for the better, Alexa play the ending of "Waiting Room" by Phoebe Bridgers.