This chapter introduces one of my favorite characters in the whole series: Sosuke Michibata! He's one of my faves because he's unequivocally the most pathetic little guy I've ever seen in my life (affectionate). He sucks SO BAD. Everything he does is terrible, just one bad decision after another, and he can't stop being his own worst enemy and sniveling about it. Horrible little failguy <3
Sosuke (草助) is written with the characters 草 meaning "grass" or "weed", and 助 which technically means "assistance" but is also a common ending for male names. His surname, Michibata (道端) is a Japanese surname meaning "roadside" (i.e. the side of the road). Taken together, his name literally invokes a blade of grass growing by the side of the road. Very fitting name for a character who is always on the sidelines and makes himself a very persistent pest lmao.













