What are your favorite mutsurie moments?
I got this ask a bit earlier, but now is the perfect time to answer it, isn’t it? I’ve never thought about this before actually, because I love all mutsurie moments and putting them in order was extremely difficult. I did a top 5 though so that I wouldn’t list every single time Urie and Mutsuki have ever interacted or thought about each other, because trust me, I would put them all here if I could.
This scene must be mentioned no matter what so I’ll put it here.
Look at them arguing about shopping like they’re an old married couple, this is beautiful. Why aren’t they married yet? Oh well, at least this proves that they’re meant for each other and also foreshadows them getting married.
Okay, so fourth place is a very small and almost irrelevant scene, but it is still very important to me, because it’s one of those few moments where we see things from Mutsuki’s POV. This scene is actually from the re:quest novel:
The type of art that Mutsuki was most familiar with was paintings for sure. Though one of the biggest reasons for that was because Urie painted on a daily basis.
The smell of oil paint would ooze from Urie’s room and even from Urie himself, and Shirazu and Saiko would often call him stinky without a moment’s hesitation. But to Mutsuki, it felt like that familiar scent exuded Urie, exuded his coldness and prickliness. Was he thinking that way because he had experienced Urie’s solitude during the Auction Operation?
A bit earlier in this chapter too Mutsuki noticed that Urie found something amusing despite his face looking the same as ever. I love this so much, because it shows that Mutsuki understands Urie well and knows how similar the two actually are. This is just one of those small things that prove how well they work together, just marry each other already. And also, Mutsuki thinks Urie smells good? Why are we not talking about this more? Saiko and Shirazu think he stinks, but Mutsuki still likes it, this is true love.
Rushima arc had so many good mutsurie moments so it’s hard to pick one. There’s Urie being really stressed, because he wants to save Mutsuki, then there’s him saving Mutsuki and being ridiculously concerned about their wellbeing (this man filled an entire panel with his thoughts of him just asking if Mutsuki’s okay, that’s so cute) and then there’s also the moment where he wants to take Mutsuki home and imagines them smiling. These are all good, but there’s one very underrated scene nobody talks about and that is the moment Urie finds the cave where Torso kept Mutsuki.
He is so scared about something bad happening to Mutsuki! You can just feel yourself how scared he is from the way the panels are drawn and the way he messes up his words, I love it. I seriously think this is the best mutsurie moment from Rushima arc, fight me.
Number two has to be the scene everyone who ships mutsurie always thinks about and that is the hug in the Auction arc of course.
I can’t even properly summarize why this scene is so great, because it just is so great. Urie figured out Mutsuki’s secret, but respected it and Mutsuki saw Urie when he was most vulnerable and comforted him despite him previously hurting them. This scene also showed how lonely and similar they both are. (seriously, just marry each other already) It was what made Urie start developing feelings for Mutsuki and made him open up to others more, starting his great character development arc. There’s so much and this scene has the potential to become even greater if we get a parallel to this soon. It’s pretty much a perfect scene, but it’s not actually my favorite mutsurie moment.
That spot has to go the V7 shiritori omake due to it being what made me start shipping mutsurie. It is very important to me, because of this and it’s going to be hard to beat this scene. Before this I didn’t think about mutsurie at all actually and didn’t really understand why some people liked it so much, but this scene immediately changed everything like I was run over by a truck. It honestly felt like I was hit by a truck, because after I read this scene, I felt like was enlightened and understood why mutsurie is fucking amazing. It didn’t take long for me to descend into the lower depths of shipping hell after this.
Urie is so in love with Mutsuki, like holy hell, this boy cares so much. He notices Mutsuki has lost weight and wants to feed them chocolate, sandwiches and sausages. He’s been thinking about doing something nice to Mutsuki for a long time and is so worried about Mutsuki’s health that he accidentally says his worries out loud despite being the master of inner monologues. Reading this for the first time was such a shock, because I thought my son was made of pure salt. He is the best boyfriend ever basically, what are you waiting for Mutsuki??? (seriously, marry him or I will) His love is so pure and I think it’s really beautiful, because the person he loves is Mutsuki of all people. Mutsuki who has gone through terrible traumatic events, because of twisted love and doesn’t even understand love themselves, because of it. Mutsuki deserves to be loved like this so much, thank you Urie. Just say all your thoughts out loud next time.
Oh wait, I didn’t even mention the wedding and I already have an entire top 5… well, that entire scene can be an honorable mention I guess, because it’s incredibly angsty and it hurts just right. They also talked in a wedding ceremony of all places, I swear it is written in the stars that these two are destined to marry each other. Another honorable mention goes to this scene:
Just because this scene shows that Urie keeps track of what Mutsuki wears and admires their beauty on a daily basis. You can’t look at this scene and claim that Urie isn’t in love with Mutsuki, because he totally is.
Anyway, I’ll end this post here before I give honorable mentions to every single interaction between Urie and Mutsuki ever. I had fun with this, thanks for the ask!
