Taiju’s violent nature can be blamed on his environment and the lack of parental figures around. His father was absent, and his mother died of a sickness when he was young, so he didn’t have the main two protectors most children have in their life. Due to that he was forced to protect himself and his siblings in the only way he knew how, and that was through violence. Which isn’t all that crazy considering he grew up in a gang inflicted environment, it was only natural that he’d see that and follow that same path as well. He probably saw how strong these gang members were, and saw how no one crossed them, and figured the only way to demand that same respect and stay safe was to replicate their harsh ways.
His behavior towards Yuzuha and Hakkai was a poor attempt at trying to harden them and toughen them up like he was forced to at such a young age. He wants them to adopt his same ways so he can be worry free about them navigating in the same harsh world he was forced to make his way through without the help of anyone.
I feel like a villain trying to defend this man ngl
ethos: tbh you're bold coming in here to defend taiju in the first place, i'll give you that lmaooo so points here. seeing the tiny print at the end sent me jfalkdsjf;a
pathos: this actually tugged at my heartstrings a little, truly there's no winners in this situation
logos: so while i understand the rationale about seeing violence meaning use violence to protect oneself/loved ones, my main issue is that there doesn't seem to be an indication that people within the home or close to the home were the originators of the violence. he seems to enjoy it a bit even though some of it seems to be masked as religious idealism. additionally hakkai and yuzuha didn't really seem like difficult kids? it's kind of interesting, i don't see why he needed to harden them at all if he needed them to stay safe as long as he was willing to protect him. but it's an interesting thing to think about.
overall: 4.5/5 mostly because even though i disagree about the motive of his violence, it really is up to debate and everything logically follows. you lost a half point for giving in at the end
