There’s something about Kou knowing that if he ignores Mitsuba it’ll make Mitsuba cry that’s getting to me… that underlying knowledge that he knows he’s important to Mitsuba and his approval or disapproval means so much
Two things about this:
1. Mitsuba tracing his fingertips up to Kou’s wrist is driving me insane.
2. Kou’s hand melting and relaxing in Mitsuba’s hold is EVERYTHING to me…
Mitsuba’s story is the most tragic in the series. His only crime was being loved by Kou, and in turn he has to watch helplessly as Kou’s youthful warmth and naïvety is hardened into a cold rejection of the world that was shaped for his own personal gain and benefit.
This is a moment where I think that an anime would help the audience understand the weight of this moment… it took me forever before I noticed that Kou straight up drops his things at the sight of Mitsuba.
This hits me and I’m not sure why that is exactly. I think part of it is the contrast between Kou’s words and expression: the bottom being one of my favorite of his. He’s so full of hope and charisma, and he’s prepared to take on whoever- even Mitsuba, to save Mitsuba.
from a literary analysis standpoint I understand why Kou looks so much like Yorimitsu but also… this is one thousand years of genetics for you. got some real strong genes
Biggest fuck-ups of TBHK-
1. It being dubbed “toilet-bound” and not “earth-bound” in English
2. The Anime stripping the darker themes and lowering the age demographic.
Kou hasn’t even had the traumatic realization that the only reason Tsukasa ever laid a hand on Mitsuba in the first place is because Tsukasa witnessed how much he desired Mitsuba.
It’s so hard for me to put in words but it’s so clear now that in the main timeline and in every lifetime, they’re together. That Mitsuba not being apart of Kou’s life is unnatural, and awful, and that Kou can sense that deep feeling of wrongness.
Literally the second after Mitsuba implied that he was holding himself back from eating Kou, Kou goes and puts his hand to Mitsuba’s mouth again. I can’t with these two.
I’ve got to say that I find Mitsuba grabbing Kou like this super cute because this thumb is right on Kou’s pulse but also… when they interlock fingers I’m gonna be fanning myself like a Victorian maiden. Holy shit.
Literally wouldn’t be surprised if Kou begged Mitsuba to let him be Mitsuba’s yorishiro… for all that he is willing to end his human existence to be Mitsuba’s equal, he wants to be the reason Mitsuba wants to live.
I love seeing them all happy together I really do hope that they get their eternity of happiness together, whether it be growing old as humans or forever as supernaturals…