I totally get that with starting shows, I haven’t started the anime yet bc starting new shows is difficult🫠 Mitsuba and Kou are such cuties aren’t they!
And Yes!! Yes to all of that!
I’ve never though about Hanako being perma regressed but that just makes so much sense to me I love it.
I just reread chapter 3 and I totally see little!Kou and Cg!hanako, hanako can definitely just tell when someone is regressed and he takes on that big brother role
Actually I can imagine the trio acting as siblings when they’re small- nenes the youngest (around toddler age), kou’s a ‘big’ kid (7-8) and Hanakos perma regressed at 11 ish making him the oldest sibling!! (Which he loves), unless nene is big then she’s the best older sister to them.
Kou and hanako definitely play fight bc… why wouldn’t they- exorcist v supernatural in the most wholesome way possible <3 nene will cheer on hanako UNLESS they’re playing pretend and kou is a knight saving the princess from a terrible beast then she’s praying on hanakos downfall (in a loving way) so she can live out her princess dreams, but hanako gets all pouty because nene is giving kou way more attention and he will huff and pout until she gives him a hug.
More tsuchigomori hehe. Someone will have to ducktape my mouth to get me to stop talking about him
Love the idea of him not being able to say no even though he really should- he just can’t say no when all three of them are staring at him with those big puppy eyes and really he has no reason to say no. And kou always tries to bake when he’s little bc he thinks hes not that small!! He can still bake and cook for his little sister nene! But then he accidentally burns himself or smt and he immediately slips way further. So after all the mess is cleaned and the tears are dry tsuchigomori lets them into his library (and he definitely has a cozy nook where he reads its cannon I say so) and he reads to them and lets them stay as long as they need :3
I also found the panel with yako and tsuchigomori covering hanakos eyes
Eyyy you and me both 🤝 new shows are so hard for no reason. Maybe just because I don’t like new things. I swear I rather watch the same show over and over again.
Also all this talk about the series made me miss it so yay I finished the fifth manga :D onto the sixth (I say this- it will still take me forever to actually sit down and read it haha)
~I really want to do a rewrite of that first fight but slant it towards agere. I want to write a lot of things actually but the struggle of writers block is killing me
~”then she’s praying on hanakos downfall” <- oh my gosh that made me laugh. Poor kiddo, Hanako is going to be devastated.
~They drag Tsuchigomori to come play with them (because if Hanako has to be the bad guy one more time he is going to cry) so the caregiver has to be the big bad who the little knights have to come and save Nene from! (Reality is just dad and daughter bonding time while the two littles are getting distracted and fighting over the ‘plot’ of the story.)
~Also Nene has 100% given them both a kiss on the cheek when she’s saved (something something like how kindergarteners will kiss in the whole ‘kiddy crushes’ and ‘puppy love’ kinda thing)
~Hanako gets so upset if Kou or Nene is injured. One of them gets a cut and are a little weepy- meanwhile a certain ghost is clinging to Tsuchigomori like the world is going to end.
Tsuchigomori: “I will if you would let go of my arms and get off for ONE SECOND!”
~I feel like Hanako is very stubborn when regressing. Meaning like he puts off regressing really small even of he feels younger. Tsuchigomori sometimes finds it hard to tell if he’s actually regressed to the age he says he is or simply acting as though he is older for Kou’s and Nene’s sake.
~He tries. So hard. It’s a valient effort if only one asks. Add all three kiddos together and they are simply spoiled rotten.
~Kou’s track record of self preservation is non existent he would keep trying to bake until his caregiver steps in and says he’s too small. Someone hold the baby he’s probably sobbing over a small burn or cut and the treat he was making is ruined and he’s even more sad. (Cue dad and son bonding time as they bake together.)
~He has such a cozy space in the library for them all I completely agree! Baby blankets and soft stuffed animals, the ground is all padded with quilts and pillows. He reads them books before bed/nap time just- really cozy vibes all together
Ahh I rambled a lot. I really like talking about them if you can’t tell :3 Also look how cute Hanako is in those panels!!! He’s so serious with his dad.
