#but god this dynamic...

Plus in the game, Hibiki is pretty much the only character that treats Daichi with respect with everyone else always mocking him and talking down on him for being scared and not having much to contribute when y'know he's a goddamn teenager who's watched his entire world fall apart and is now fighting for survival on a daily basis?????

Also, Daichi is really protective of Hibiki. Like there's a character called Yamato who I swear to god is just straight up obsessed with Hibiki and if you choose a route that does not side with Yamato, he comes after you and threatens to kill the others with you because "they're tainting your view" or something, it's been a while so I can't remember the exact wording but I remember it made me stop and go "Jesus fucking Christ what in the actual hell dude?" But Daichi stands his ground and refuses to give Hibiki up.

And one scene that gets me very emotional about these boys: in Record Breaker, the rerelease on the 3ds that had a second storyline has an ending in which to fix the messes up world, Hibiki gives up his humanity to become a god that watches over the world, however that means that everyone who ever knew him will forget him and he can never come into contact with them ever again. He goes off with the leaders to go through with this while everyone else is knocked unconscious but Daichi wakes up and realises what Hibiki's planning to do and gets there just as they're going through with the process and goddamn Ben Diskin's performance is so good because Daichi collapsing to the ground and screaming "DAMMIT!!!" crushes my soul everytime I hear it.