@absolute-dipshittery-incarnate
NO CUZ THE WHOLE WE ONLY SEE THE BIG MOMENTS MAKE SO MUCH SENSE AS TO WHY I FEEL LIKE IRUMERI FEELS KINDA FORCED AND WHY LOVE TRIO MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE TO ME
im excited to see more of ameri in the manga cuz I really hope to see more of her WITHOUT her obsessing over iruma, I love how strong, proud, and ambitious she is, I love how she overcame the spell during the duelection (i think that's what it was called I cba to double check) after properly seeing the crowd and remembering how important the student council and her ambitions are for her, I love how bravely she fought in Walter park, and I absolutely HATE how all this seems to be overshadowed by her love for iruma
But I'm really not excited to see more of her obsessing over iruma, and the lack of smaller moments that just help bring life and love into their relationship
Idk how I didn't clock this before SO THANK YOU CUZ ITS STARTING TO MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME but unfortunately for everyone else i feel the need to rant again and just write out my thoughts, I will only be talking about the anime tho since I haven't gotten past where the anime ends in the manga yet, I'm currently on day one of the harvest festival but I can't wait to see what happens after where s4 ended !!!
a lot of the time where we see ameri is when she's thinking about iruma, obsessing over iruma, going out of her way to find and look at iruma, and admiring his accomplishments from a distance
But we rarely see iruma doing the same for ameri, we don't really see those smaller moments between unless it's from ameris side (like them texting but that honestly doesn't really count imo cuz it's mostly just about their reading sessions or that they've been busy which doesn't add that much to their relationship)
they have had some slightly smaller moments, like when ameri gave iruma the confidence to chase after ambition, I loved that scene because it showed how admirable ameri truly is and how inspirational she can be, I also love how iruma started to admire her even more after she encouraged him to chase after ambition instead of relying on ideals. I like how the reading sessions showed a bit of ameri as just ameri instead of the president of the student council, and I like how the reading sessions and her going to iruma before the duelection showed how she's truly comfortable being just ameri Infront of iruma and I love how iruma used ameris own words to motivate her, but to me those scenes say more about ameri and how amazing and passionate she truly is (both president ameri and just ameri) and less of how their relationship bloomed into potential lovers
Ameri helped iruma start to grow, and iruma reminded ameri to not succumb to ideal and continue chasing her ambition when she needed it, but overall they don't grow together, they don't show those smaller precious and intimate moments, they see eachother occasionally while growing separately which makes every big moment and every moment iruma seems to start liking ameri as more than just a friend feel forced
Its clear that ameri is a great president and truly amazing upper classmen, but its not entirely clear how their relationship went from a mere coincidence and a shared interest into possibly probably romantic and full of love
But the love trio does show that (maybe not explicitly romantic love BUT STILL), and they have from the beginning, we see how the love trio meet, how they interact with eachother on a daily basis, we see how they grow together and how much they would do for eachother, we see those smaller moments that aren't necessary for the plot, we see them having so much fun together without it being overshadowed by obsession
I know azz is a lot more obsessed with iruma then ameri is but his obsession and love doesn't overshadow their relationship and we clearly see both azz and iruma admiring eachother and showing their love for one another in a way that just makes sense (same with clara ofc but honesty I think her obsession is either same level as ameri if not less intense atleast from what we see), but with irumeri ameris love/obsession seems to overshadow their relationship, yes we see them admiring eachother but to me the admiration makes more sense as a lower classman looking up to their upper classman and the upper classman recognising the amazing growth of the lower classman
I love how we see the small seemingly insignificant moments between the love trio, both together and separate
And I hate how despite rarely seeing these moments between irumeri the anime and manga are so determined to make it so that irumas admiration for ameri is actually romantic love
There are so many small moments between the love trio that show how much they love eachother, like after walter park where they sleep at clara's and she rests their heads on her lap to help them fall asleep (and I can't forget to mention the picture book or whatever the hell it's called that claras mum is making to immortalise how clara is growing up, I absolutely love that scene where u can see her start a page to showcase the love trio, the picture of them all sleeping together all cuddled up is adorable), during irumas evil cycle azz and clara fully supported and admired iruma (the way azz was so flustered and excited after iruma let him hold his bag on the way to school and then called him alice was so cute, and the way he had clara sit on his lap was adorable) and then after irumas evil cycle the way azz and clara clung onto iruma was just adorable too, I also love how clara called the 3 of them the love trio and put her jealousy aside so iruma and azz could hang out one on one after seeing how upset and off azz was acting
And thats just some of my favourite moments that show how much depth and love the love trio truly has, both the anime and manga beautifully show how close the trio truly is and how much azz and clara pride themselves in being irumas soulmates (or bestfriends, ik the official translation is bestfriends but soulmates makes so much more sense and I mean that both platonically and romantically)
But we really don't see any of that with irumeri, and i now I understand why the love trio just feels so natural while irumeri feels so forced, especially since from what we've seen it's clear with iruma that he doesn't simply fall in love after seeing how beautiful or strong someone is, he falls in love platonically by sharing these small moments and getting to know people (or demons) for who they truly are so it only makes sense that he falls in love romantically the same way yet we don't see that with irumeri, when it comes to iruma we mostly just see the respect and admiration he has for his upper classman as both a person and president
We honestly see more bonding and smaller moments between iruma and his classmates but almost nothing like that from his literal love interest, honestly atp it would make more sense to ship him with literally anyone from the misfit class then with ameri TwT
SO SORRY FOR THE MASSIVE RANT I GENUINELY COULDN'T STOP MYSELF not having anyone to talk to about this breaks my heart so instead I have to pour my thoughts down the tumblr drain before I explode
just wanted to add smthn rq cuz I'm re reading my rant and realised ameris and irumas ambitions compliment eachother in a ameri being a role model way while iruma and azz's ambition are linked, iruma wants to grow, succeed, and protect his ideals (which heavily include azz and clara) while azz's ambition is to see iruma grow and succeed while protecting him
I'm honestly not even sure what claras ambition is like ik she wants to have fun and make iruma fall horns over heels for her but like is that her ambition or an ideal ?? I'm honestly not sure I'm just now realising that I don't think claras ambition is real talked about she's mostly just a free spirit ? if I'm completely wrong lmk cuz I'm actually a bit confused and the fact I'm tired isn't helping
I've spent so long on these rants that I feel like just talking out my ass these schupid little demons and their human friend have been taking over my mind since I started watching the anime so basically it's the thing I've been almost constantly thinking about for the past week save me