Going deep...

An INTP. I post some of peoms, and other writings. I'm also a designer in zazzle. Here's the link below : https://www.zazzle.com/store/ncmarket

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If we’re being honest, most of us study our favourite character less like an entomologist studies a bug and more like an astronomer studies a distant star: drawing complicated inferences from extremely limited data, then getting tetchy about it when somebody else draws incompatible but equally well-supported inferences from the same data because it’s the fucking principle of the thing.

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Matsuda's Character Analysis

Gosho introduced Matsuda in DC as the stereotypical “cool, arrogant guy” who smokes a lot. However, he possesses the charisma that drew the audience in and made so many people remember him after so many years. Years later, we found out he is Amuro's friend and we got to know him more in the wild police story.

I've been reading the wps and dc files of Matsuda's appearances a thousand times because well... I'm obsessed with him. So, I decided to write a whole meta about this tsundere brat.

Grab your coffee or snack because this is going to be a loooong rambling about his character.

Childhood - Hatred and respect

In the first arc in wps, the author tried to create this mysterious aura around Matsuda because he hated the police. Matsuda was quite hostile towards the police in the first three chapters of WPS, which made me wonder why he was in the police academy in the first place. We later learn about his background and discover that his hatred for police stems from the fact that his father was wrongfully arrested and was unable to pursue his boxing career. His hostility stems from a deep love and admiration for his father. Matsuda has a high regard for his father and has always looked up to him. That's why he was upset that his father's dreams had been crushed.

Despite the fact that he appeared to despise the police, I believe he despises the police as individuals rather than the system as a whole. He described what real police officers are and how they should be, which explains that he does respect police officers in general. It is just that he hates those who will not give the best calls of action and accuse inncoent people. His hatred is obviously not the reason why he hated Furuya at first. It could be either hatred for Furuya's idealistic view of the police or just fighting for competence.

He chose to be a police officer to impose his own values to be a better police officer than the one who arrested his father. I can’t help but respect him after knowing his sacrifice to save people. I wonder what his father thinks about his sacrifice?

We saw a lot of Matsuda moments and interactions with other characters in these 13 chapters of wps, which helped us learn more about him. We learn that he is a genius at disassembling things and that he enjoys playing with machines. The instructor's description of Matsuda particularly piqued my interest: Matsuda, according to the instructor, lacks teamwork skills due to his introverted personality. However, we have seen him cooperate with the other four on numerous occasions throughout the wps series. This demonstrates Matsuda's trust in the police squad and willingness to work with them.

People's perceptions of Matsuda are always that he is aloof, rude, and unapproachable. Consider the times when he interacted with characters other than the wild police squad. Even if he did not initiate the conversation, they mostly yell or speak in a very irritated tone. This is most likely due to his "bad boy" personality, but I believe it is also what makes it difficult for him to interact with other people because it is difficult to find people who want to befriend him.

Despite his fight with Furuya, Amuro was eager to learn the reason for Matsuda's annoyance with him. Even if they didn't like each other at first, they both wanted to be friends. Date, Hagiwara, and Hiro were also mostly accepting of his personality and respected him for who he is. As a result, we saw Matsuda willing to work with the rest of the squad. People who are not close to him may think he is a rude and unapproachable being, but we saw in wps that he is very loyal, kind, and would do anything to help his friends once he feels accepted for who he is.

Another reason he appears to work with the police squad is that his practicality and the police squad's thinking are in sync. After hearing the criminal's letter in the early DC, he stops to listen to Megure's call or mostly waits for the others to understand. When he notices their baffled expression, he departs on his own because there is no time to waste. However, when compared to his cooperation with Date, he appears to agree mostly on what Date says because Date's abilities are comparable to Matsuda's, so he figures things out quickly and Matsuda follows what he says. As a result, Matsuda will be willing to cooperate with others if he does agree with their judgement.

12 million hostages, one savior

We see him as a mature and calm officer based on what we've seen of him in just a few panels in the original manga. Some people may be surprised by how he was portrayed in wps, but once you understand the difference between his character in dc and wps. You'll realize how much Hagiwara's death has changed him. While he still appeared to be the confident, rude matsuda at his introduction, he was even more unapproachable than before. This could be because Hagiwara was his only close friend and the one with whom he spent the most time. After graduating from the police academy, the police squad split up, which contributed to his loneliness.

In chapter 7, we learned that he was thrilled and was encouraging Hagiwara to join the riot bomb unit, which led to him feeling a great deal of guilt after his death. I believe his grief and loneliness changed him into a more mature and serious person, which led to him putting everything he had into avenging his friend. We no longer see him acting cheerful or childish in DC because he regards those behaviors as immature and stupid. The only thing he wanted to do was keeping his promise to hagiwara. It was heartbreaking to see him unable to avenge his friend and capture the culprit, but he was fated to give his life and give up his promise to Hagiwara.

We haven't received much information from DC, so it's difficult to say how much he's changed beyond what we were offered in dc. I haven't talked about a few details, such as Sato's relationship, because I don't think there's enough information for me to analyze or speculate. That's about all I know about Matsuda's personality. I hope you found this meta interesting.

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Believe it or not, but I actually forget that I was supposed to add pictures to the post. Here I am adding those pics 3 months later :)

[boazpriestly]

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Matsuda's Character Analysis

Gosho introduced Matsuda in DC as the stereotypical “cool, arrogant guy” who smokes a lot. However, he possesses the charisma that drew the audience in and made so many people remember him after so many years. Years later, we found out he is Amuro's friend and we got to know him more in the wild police story.

I've been reading the wps and dc files of Matsuda's appearances a thousand times because well... I'm obsessed with him. So, I decided to write a whole meta about this tsundere brat.

Grab your coffee or snack because this is going to be a loooong rambling about his character.

Childhood - Hatred and respect

In the first arc in wps, the author tried to create this mysterious aura around Matsuda because he hated the police. Matsuda was quite hostile towards the police in the first three chapters of WPS, which made me wonder why he was in the police academy in the first place. We later learn about his background and discover that his hatred for police stems from the fact that his father was wrongfully arrested and was unable to pursue his boxing career. His hostility stems from a deep love and admiration for his father. Matsuda has a high regard for his father and has always looked up to him. That's why he was upset that his father's dreams had been crushed.

Despite the fact that he appeared to despise the police, I believe he despises the police as individuals rather than the system as a whole. He described what real police officers are and how they should be, which explains that he does respect police officers in general. It is just that he hates those who will not give the best calls of action and accuse inncoent people. His hatred is obviously not the reason why he hated Furuya at first. It could be either hatred for Furuya's idealistic view of the police or just fighting for competence.

He chose to be a police officer to impose his own values to be a better police officer than the one who arrested his father. I can’t help but respect him after knowing his sacrifice to save people. I wonder what his father thinks about his sacrifice?

We saw a lot of Matsuda moments and interactions with other characters in these 13 chapters of wps, which helped us learn more about him. We learn that he is a genius at disassembling things and that he enjoys playing with machines. The instructor's description of Matsuda particularly piqued my interest: Matsuda, according to the instructor, lacks teamwork skills due to his introverted personality. However, we have seen him cooperate with the other four on numerous occasions throughout the wps series. This demonstrates Matsuda's trust in the police squad and willingness to work with them.

People's perceptions of Matsuda are always that he is aloof, rude, and unapproachable. Consider the times when he interacted with characters other than the wild police squad. Even if he did not initiate the conversation, they mostly yell or speak in a very irritated tone. This is most likely due to his "bad boy" personality, but I believe it is also what makes it difficult for him to interact with other people because it is difficult to find people who want to befriend him.

Despite his fight with Furuya, Amuro was eager to learn the reason for Matsuda's annoyance with him. Even if they didn't like each other at first, they both wanted to be friends. Date, Hagiwara, and Hiro were also mostly accepting of his personality and respected him for who he is. As a result, we saw Matsuda willing to work with the rest of the squad. People who are not close to him may think he is a rude and unapproachable being, but we saw in wps that he is very loyal, kind, and would do anything to help his friends once he feels accepted for who he is.

Another reason he appears to work with the police squad is that his practicality and the police squad's thinking are in sync. After hearing the criminal's letter in the early DC, he stops to listen to Megure's call or mostly waits for the others to understand. When he notices their baffled expression, he departs on his own because there is no time to waste. However, when compared to his cooperation with Date, he appears to agree mostly on what Date says because Date's abilities are comparable to Matsuda's, so he figures things out quickly and Matsuda follows what he says. As a result, Matsuda will be willing to cooperate with others if he does agree with their judgement.

12 million hostages, one savior

We see him as a mature and calm officer based on what we've seen of him in just a few panels in the original manga. Some people may be surprised by how he was portrayed in wps, but once you understand the difference between his character in dc and wps. You'll realize how much Hagiwara's death has changed him. While he still appeared to be the confident, rude matsuda at his introduction, he was even more unapproachable than before. This could be because Hagiwara was his only close friend and the one with whom he spent the most time. After graduating from the police academy, the police squad split up, which contributed to his loneliness.

In chapter 7, we learned that he was thrilled and was encouraging Hagiwara to join the riot bomb unit, which led to him feeling a great deal of guilt after his death. I believe his grief and loneliness changed him into a more mature and serious person, which led to him putting everything he had into avenging his friend. We no longer see him acting cheerful or childish in DC because he regards those behaviors as immature and stupid. The only thing he wanted to do was keeping his promise to hagiwara. It was heartbreaking to see him unable to avenge his friend and capture the culprit, but he was fated to give his life and give up his promise to Hagiwara.

We haven't received much information from DC, so it's difficult to say how much he's changed beyond what we were offered in dc. I haven't talked about a few details, such as Sato's relationship, because I don't think there's enough information for me to analyze or speculate. That's about all I know about Matsuda's personality. I hope you found this meta interesting.

[marshaloof]

A Seed

A drop dives into the clay,

supported by a flurry of other drops,

Nourishing  the earth in a loving way.

The clay is painted in a darker shade

As it hugs the seed securely,

Waiting for the hope to germinate.

The sound of the rain soothes the seed

Like a lullaby sung to a fetus  

The green trees danced along with the breeze,

Waiting for the happy sibling to flourish. 

The rain showered every bit of love

And the cloud emptied whatever in her heart

The sun invites the seed to raise,

Hope grows as the cloud bids a goodbye

For this beauty, we are owed to the mother,

Tell me why the clay’s worth has long been forgotten.

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Tall trees glare at a petrified bough in disdain. They stand firm as wind blows their green hair. The neglected branch hopelessly laid in the middle without making any movement. As wind dances around,  the dirt covering the branch cast off. Sunlight crosses the branches and illuminates the unique red pigmentation of the petrified wood. 

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Young rei is so cute😍

[roan-spaniel]

Shisui for the ask game ?

Thank you so much for replying to the meme! :D <3

Why I like them

I liked how he cared for Itachi. He was so sweet and friendly <3 He is also humble, adorable and very skilled. I only wish they had shown more of him :’(

Why I don’t

I wish he hadn’t ended his life. I really don’t see he logic, there is so much he could have done still to avoid the Uchiha Massacre. Was it so necessary that Itachi had to get an MS? 

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

Probably the one from where the above gif is from. One of those fillers I guess?

Favorite season/movie

Same as above. I also liked the OVA which had this

Favorite line

“I don’t even know if there is such a thing as justice in the shinobi world. We fight believing in our own justice. But if the enemy is doing the same thing, who’s right?” - To Itachi

Favorite outfit

The Uchiha police uniform, he’s so adorable in that! :D

OTP

ShiIta ofc <3

Brotp

ShiIta, Shisui and Sasuke (that OVA interaction was so adorable) I also wonder how Shisui and Naruto would be? Shisui just seems like an awesome older bro.

Head Canon

He likes to study outside. He loves sleeping under the stars. He enjoys bonfires and he doesn’t spend too much time and effort preparing food.

Unpopular opinion

Like Itachi, I don’t think he’s really wise. He’s easily influenced and can’t truly grasp the bigger picture.

A wish

He killed Danzo, got his eyeball back (??) and together with Itachi brokered peace between the Uchiha clan and Konoha

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

Don’t let Danzo get to you dammit!! x(

5 words to best describe them

Loyal, naive, skilled, outgoing, humble

My nickname for them

Fluff :P

[marshaloof]

I don't know if you read the novel because the anime portrayed his character poorly. I really recommend you to read the novel itachi shinden. In the novel, he was poisoned by one of Danzo's men or anbu. So he didn't have much time to live that's why he killed himself and gave his eye to itachi.

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The coronavirus memes/news thing is literally everywhere in social media. Even the people you meet face to face talk about it. It is giving me headache.

[hidewari]

I was so caught up in everything yesterday that I FORGOT TO CRY ABOUT A NEW MARU/HIDE INTERACTION

[marshaloof]

Can you please tell me What chapter is this?