Been thinking about this moment during the first investigation...
another series spoilers ahead
Revisited this moment today and it really just has the same vibe as that one meme...
This kind of reaction is just one of many reasons I can't take the idea that the two Maedas are interchangeable seriously lol.
Like look me straight in the eye and tell me sumaeda wouldn't also be cying and/or throwing up in the bathroom right now. In what world would that Maeda ever stand here a few feet away from Kiyoka's dead body just after they've found her and tell Teruya to stop whining.
Obviously like, yeah, logically, it is in Teruya's best interest to find some way to go forward, and in danmaeda's defense, he does start this interaction by asking Teruya if he's okay, (and when he comes back later he makes Teruya feel a bit better while talking about the antique store stuff) but like... the way he says it lol... it kills me. Like dra1 yuki does scream and shout and does feel fear and grief for sure, but he also has cowards/cowardice as a dislike... Plus, he sometimes has an overly harsh or judgemental reaction to someone showing a very normal emotional response to the situation for a teenager to have lol. (And he seemingly struggles to fully empathize with the very anxious and homesick Otori during their first ftes) I have my own interpretations on that, and it's fun to build off or imagine the whole divine luck/utsuro of it all influencing things...
I'm sorry, I can't help picturing sumaeda here in this situation, and danmaeda seeing him crying and pulling the same damn thing lmao. (putting the whole same face and name identity crisis of it all aside for this hypothetical scenario lol)
A friend of mine recently pointed out some similarities between DRA1 Teruya and SDRA2 Yuki... and I gotta say, yeah, I see it, especially early on. But honestly, if anything, everyone else still keeping their cool in these two casts after the first murder are the weird ones for just being able to bottle it all up just like that. /hj It's is a pretty normal reaction to being put in this kind of situation I think. It's interesting though, thinking about SDRA2 Otori potentially seeing his past self in Maeda...
