Rambling about Irumafia and Mairuma
I really wonder what Irumafia Iruma would do in the Mairuma world. They're fundamentally different, even if they're technically the same person. Irumafia Iruma (I'll call him Boss Iruma) was an street rat, but taken into a rich household at a very young age; Mairuma Iruma (Let's call him Iru) was raised in an abusive and neglectful household until 14. Boss Iruma was spoiled since 5 years old, to the point he attempts to buy entire businesses (Like the casino) just because he can and he's GREEDY (There is more to that arc but that is the gross simplification). Iru was only really greedy for food at first, before growing into his shell and starting to want for more. Even then, Iru isn't as focused on money as Boss Iruma is.
Another thing that would make their experiences different from each other is how others perceive them. Iru is seen as 'weirdly kind' for a demon, and others can completely understand how Iruma COULD be a human, even if shocked at first. Meanwhile, Boss Iruma is called a DEMON. Kiriwo rambles about how they're demons in a world full of humans, and Orias calls Iruma a demon from how GREEDY he is. Boss Iruma also has several instances of using questionable methods to get what he wants, while Iru uses mainly morally just methods. (Boss Iruma threatens to buy the casino, uses Russian Roulette as a way to get on TV, and dressed up as a child slave in a trafficking site. He is willing to stoop LOW for his goals, as long as things get achieved.)
But one thing, I noticed, is that their ambitions weirdly...are what the other already is. Iru wants to get stronger, which is what Boss Iruma is, in a sense. He has the power of being a mafia boss, and having bodyguards, and weapons on hand. Boss Iruma wants to make sure everyone is living with a 'full stomach and is happy.' Now that's a little more complex, but you can assume he wants everyone to be friends and get along, all while on equal ground. Iru has that, albeit not as fast, but he has it. All of his class is friends, he can get powerful people to like him and even view him as important, and generally he can get almost EVERYONE to get along. Their goals, are what the other already IS.
I can't even begin to MENTION how Iru was the one to explain what friends are to the demons, while Boss Iruma struggles to fully understand what being a friend means. It makes sense, too. Boss Iruma was raised in a MAFIA, where anyone that wasn't apart of the mafia was a liability, and the person that he recruited SHOT him at first, before becoming loyal. Iru at least was aware of what a friend was truly meant to be, but Boss Iruma was ISOLATED. Isolated for a good reason, but still extremely isolated.
Overall, I feel they'd have VERY different methods if they were in each other's worlds. Boss Iruma, in my opinion, would honestly fit in MORE as a demon, if it's just for how he was raised and his greediness. He knows the risks of being close to people, he has been harmed by someone he thought of as close, and the first person he called a friend tried to explode an entire park. He's GONNA be wary, even if it doesn't show. I think he'd be like how Iru was at the start for WAYYY longer, but he'd be more subtle. He wouldn't call Azz and Clara friends, because he doesn't know if he fully understands what friends are even meant to do. He's nice, but he's distant.
Iru, meanwhile, would probably be distressed out of his mind. I don't have AS much to say, as I am half awake and am struggling to remember exactly what Iru's personality and intricacies are, but I do know he wouldn't handle the mafia environment well. He wasn't raised in it, after all. He's a huge people pleaser, and doesn't have that toned down as well as Boss Iruma does. He wasn't even spoiled as a child like Boss Iruma was, so I think he'd struggle with even the money presented. Sort of like how he struggled with the wealth Sullivan had at the start of Mairuma? He didn't even have a big bedroom with his own desk, if I remember? I forgot if he said he didn't have a bedroom as BIG, or he didn't have the stuff inside the bedroom in the human world. Please let me know.
Anyways, I'm done. Please give fic reccomendations if you know any that cross over Irumafia and Mairuma....