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Wouldn't it be funny if Nirei, the most timid of the class, is the only one among them who doesn't have some deep-rooted traumatic past and his timidity is just the result of him having come from an incredibly sheltered background (that and entering a delinquent school) 😭
Listen, much as I adore my wabi-sabi departures, the idea of Suo leaving Furin and it being a lesson in "letting go" just doesn't work for me, because it goes against the very message (and catharsis) this series has always tried to convey. Let me explain.
In Wind Breaker, the focus on learning to "let go" has always centered on a character's past trauma and the people who hold them back, memories that prevent them from healing and letting good things in.
Emphasis on the past.
An outcome with Suo choosing to stay behind with the Bankoku-gai, even after the dust has settled and The Big Bad is resolved - even IF Suo has made peace with himself on that matter - it simply does not fit the narrative of letting go of one's "past", let alone allow our characters to heal properly.
Imo, Suo's return would not grant its people the resolve to become stronger and more independent without him, but create a possible "out" if it chooses this route. Even if his community were to step up to relieve Suo of the burden of protecting the town on his own, Suo will always be someone his people revere and idolize; it would be hard to see him as just some normal delinquent high-schooler. His very presence could have everyone falling back into their old habits again because he is just that reliable (and Suo is a softie okay).
But also, there's simply not enough takeaway, not enough "moral of the story" good enough to justify Suo leaving Furin at this point in time, that could make up for the regret of his departure. Sakura, Nirei, and everyone at Furin would be heavily opposed to the idea, for one - that is why they even went in search of Suo when he ghosted them. Even if Suo decides his heart is with his people, and somehow manages to get the others to come around to it, it would be a reluctant parting of ways, a compromise Furin has to come to terms with because they respect Suo's decision, rather than a sincere send-off. And it would be an unsatisfactory end for us readers. Why?
Because Suo had never truly opened his heart to Furin, nor had the guys at Furin learned all there is to him yet. The potential for Suo to grow with Furin, to become more himself has not yet been achieved at this stage, he's bearly been with his class for a year, and would not have peaked by the end of this arc's resolution. His life at Furin - as his true self- has only just begun.
Furin is not his past, but his present... and, Nii-sensei willing, perhaps his foreseeable future and beyond. That is the healing, the soft catharsis that this series always circles back to. It doesn't want its characters to let go of a good thing, at least not until they're well and truly healed and ready, and I think we can all agree here that Furin is a good thing for Suo.
tldr:
Suo's return to the Bankoku-gai would be a step back for him narratively because it would mean remaining in. his. past, rather than moving forward. The chapter he needs to find closure with isn't with Furin but the Bankoku-gai - to allow himself to "let go" of his people - not abandon them, mind you - but to allow them to get stronger on their own, so they can help ease his burdens in the future. To rest easy knowing he can trust them to protect his home while he's away: just like the guys at Furin who get into trouble every two to three business days but can punch their way out of it just fine on their own.
And maybe someday in the years ahead - when the Furin boys are in their second or graduating year, and Suo's hometown is now thriving and Bankoku-gai's kids return to Furin to challenge the gang and fight for their "Sun Fei-nii" back, and Suo sees how strong they've gotten and gets homesick and decides it's time to return, then that would be a parting that will be bittersweet but at peace, a closure to his time in Furin and moving forward with a new chapter.
While all good things may come to an end someday - today is not that day.
Something to think about.
p.s: The only acceptable end that satisfies the best of both worlds is having Suo's departure from Furin played out and milked to the fullest extent, only for Suo to return to Furin the next day (it was a misunderstanding that Suo didn't bother to correct, muahaha).
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Just saw one of those "Omake" clips where Sakura exclaims if Suo's "a foreigner" and Suo just waves it off and says "Nah, I'm Japanese." and it's very obviously a bold-faced lie (but also "bonus clips" usually fall under the "not actual canon to be taken seriously" canon), buuuuut I did have a moment where I entertained the thought of: What if Suo is Japanese by birth and then abandoned/orphaned and later brought into the Red Chanpuru fold, and adapted to the name "Sun Fei". Though ngl I definitely would much prefer Suo being the name that grew on him because it was the name Furin gave him that helped him to be "reborn again" and live as himself. Hush my feelings I am not ready to go there with you yet. Playing around with the idea of Suo always straddling between two worlds that are both him, and dealing with some low-key identity crisis and a sense of belonging.
It's a bit lost in the English translations, but Suo and his vice-generals Rakta and Bacchus speak English and Japanese amongst themselves and I think that's really neat! :3
Other nerdy thoughts: It's implied that everyone in this clan knows at LEAST two languages, of which one, I assume, would be Japanese by default, the other being their mother tongue from whichever part of the world they came from. So Rakta, presumably of Indian ethnicity, would have a third language under his belt on top of EN and JP. And I'm going to make an educated guess that Bacchus is likely of "English" heritage (although the name "Bacchus" sounds more Greek to me, he isn't likely from Germany or any other European/Scandinavian country I can think of, because otherwise he'd already be bilingual without knowing Japanese (right???), and we have established that's the only two languages he knows. Discuss!)
(p.s: He also doesn't "feel" American enough for the lack of a better thought, ahaha. But also *something* *something* not necessarily relevant to the Wind Breaker universe, but a guy from a "former colonial state" with a guy from a "former colonial power" having to work together and get along makes for an interesting combo and would fit thematically with the story of opposing factions coming together.)
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What do you MEAN Nirei found someone who knew something so intimate about Suo but could not remember who said that. What do you mean there's the possibility that Nirei could not remember who, because they were not a familiar face he'd seen around during their neighbourhood patrols? What do you mean that detail about hating natto seemed way too ~ childish ~ of a weakness that Suo couldn't possibly slip up and reveal about himself given he's too sly, but would absolutely be the type of weakness privy to someone who Suo might've been less guarded around - perhaps as a child - who he used to spend a lot of time with? What do you MEAN there could already be crumbs about Suo's background that goes all the way back to chapter 61.
The fact that his name was "Sun Fei", but he accidentally becomes "Suo" when he enters Furin, and everyone just knows him as "Suo" and calls him "Suo", and the name sticks with the guy as the school days go by, starts to grow on him a little, even. Maybe. And when he goes back to Red Chanpuru and is "Sun Fei" again, now it is that name that feels distant but the name he needs to get used to being called again, because that is who he really is. He's gotten careless, too attached to that "fake" name. A name that is not real, he reminds himself. And when Sakura, Nirei and the others come charging into Red Chanpuru demanding "Suo" back, he stubbornly tells them he is "Sun Fei", siding with the other generals of Red Chanpuru, and then a brawl ensues.
"But you're Suo", Sakura or Nirei would inadvertently blurt out mid-fight, and the others from Furin would chime in with their whole chests, and that is when "Suo" finally realises how precious that name had already become to him. How "Suo" has always been real to the guys at Furin. And when the dust finally settles, he chooses the name "Suo", the same way "Sun Fei" is that part of him that shoulders the burdens and memories of his past, he can now face "Suo" honestly as a real part of himself: a student of Furin who now carries the memories of the new family he wants to protect and belong with.
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Diving back to early chapters of Wind Breaker at 2am to dig for clues abt Suo and my current theory is that either this mirrors Suo's own backstory (where he could not ask for help/didn't know how to), or there's someone in the Red Chanpuru he's hesitated/ was unable to help in the past that led to some dire consequences, and he now feels beholden to return and stay with the clan (and by proxy by said person's side) out of guilt and obligation to make things right.
What if Suo's eyepatch hides an actual scar inflicted on him when he was with the Red Chanpuru aka with Avatar's Zuko/MhA's Todoroki, or is that too cliché of a tragic backstory. But it's not like Wind Breaker has ever been anything but a straightforward plotline. I think I might be more disappointed if it tried to subvert expectations 216 chapters in. 🤔
P.s: I would love for Suo's arc to be one where Suo is bound by some kind of "blood bond" to the Red Chanpuru clan, and the Bofurin family will come to claim him and prove that their bonds are stronger than blood ties (gimme my Found Family trope I NEED). Of course I will also be expecting a brawl, Sakura to face off Chanpuru's boss and best him, Chanpuru acknowledging Sakura's might and Suo returning to Bofurin, and Bofurin gaining yet another powerful new ally (that will eventually come to their aid when they encounter yet another new enemy), with Bofurin's reputation and influence spreading beyond their district. And of course, the Kumbaya after every arc reaches its closure.
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