i think about postgame oumota sometimes. i wanted to say more about them like, in a long analysis-y post but i don’t have the braincell capacity right now and i haven’t all day. i just have so few words! but i like them so much. it’s one of the few aus where i consistently REALLY enjoy seeing oumota. their dynamic in chapter five and in a presumed afterwards is just so, unique and fresh and they have so much freaking potential for growth and mutual understanding.
something i like about oumota as a whole is that they know how to argue. which is kind of just a great thing about enemies to lovers ships in general that, like, arguing is their default, so they know how to do it in a way where it’s like, they’re communicating. they’re seeing all the ugly parts of one another and continuing to interact. not only that but kaito and kokichi don’t really have to put up walls for one another? because they don’t have all those expectations of each other. kaito for example doesn’t have to pretend to be a hero for kokichi because he was never gonna save kokichi in the first place and vice versa, kaito has seen kokichi at his weakest, his lowest point, and he like,,, i don’t know!!! kokichi doesn’t have to pretend to be this villain character anymore, he can just be himself and that’s nice!!!
it’s also about the unresolved hangar tension and the mutual understanding built from that time together... and kaito carrying kokichi to the press... and kaito apologising to kokichi right before he presses the button so that when kokichi wakes up from the simulation kaito’s apology is ringing in his ears.... i just think. i JUST think they are so cool and neat.
there’s that fanart by aryll for the postgame growth zine??? with them in a greenhouse???? and i need you to know i think of that daily. god. the tender domesticity of growing a garden with your homoerotic rival... and kaito and kokichi were there for each other’s worst moments in a way, y’know? they’d understand each other in a way nobody else really would. it’s a great foundation for a good relationship.
also a great foundation for codependency. but i think kaito is emotionally intelligent and kokichi is intellectually intelligent enough that like, the two of them could side step getting into a relationship like that-- or at least work things out after getting to that point. i believe in them. i just think they’re cool. anyway stan postgame amaoumota i’ll talk about amamota soon i promise i’m just, my brain worms.