i feel like i havenât posted anything actually coherent or analytical in awhile about tbhk so. iâm gna address this point i made on tiktok a few days ago đ«°đ«°
i hate hate hate when people dumb kouâs character down to âheâs such a green flagâ & âthe healthiest option for nene btwâ & âkounene would be so healthyâ because what. so like youâre js ignoring all of his character development ok.
people will see a character with basic kindness and respect and think âomg heâs such a green flagâ so thereâs a different between being a respectful character and a green flagâŠ!
yes kou minamoto is on the more kind-hearted side of tbhkâs characters. but thatâs also just part of his surface level traits. by dumbing him down to solely his kindness ur js like. erasing all his nuance. his kindness is the reason why he sympathizes with supernaturals after hanako. his kindness is why heâs loyal to a fault to people he loves. his kindness is why he canât exorcise mitsuba.
so now take it even deeper: if kindness is the surface level reason, then what else is behind it?
kou sees the good in supernaturals because it was in his morality that he knew it was wrong to judge spns immediately. kouâs loyal to a fault because heâs never chosen first, so he does anything to prove heâs wanted. kou cant exorcise mitsuba because out of anyone, he felt most wanted by mitsuba to fulfill his wish. yes there is kindness involved, but he also runs off of impulse and desperation and selfishness.
itâs because of that impulse that kou performs rather recklessly. the most obvious example is the ch48 scene. to prove that he can be useful, he offers to jump off a building for mitsuba. heâs not even suicidal. he wanted to understand mitsuba, he wanted mitsuba to trust him. another example is the ch99 scene, when kou exorcises a supernatural for the first time and forces mitsuba to eat it. heâs pissed and hurt that mitsuba didnât talk to him about his spn diet change, that mitsuba would rather go to tsukasa over him.
a rather underrated example is the ch90 scene when kou fights against no6, and he goes on about knowing how weak and unreliable and stupid he is and feels, but he puts himself head first in those dangerous situations anyway. because if he defeats no6, possibly couldâve become no6, he wouldâve been able to save everyone physically there (teru, aoi, akane) and even neneâs lifespan and mitsuba from the severance. he puts so much burden and pressure on himself, thinking that if he sacrificed himselfâwell at least he saved all of his loved ones right??
and isnât that. kind of what happens in alterations. he rushes on head first to save sousuke that he literally ends up dying. especially if heâs fated to do this in every timeline, it js goes to show how much kou will run on impulse and sacrifice himself.
he is so so so emotionally nuanced and idk how people see all that he goes through and thinks âomg⊠the healthiest character in all of tbhk btwâ ????? kou is just as fucked up as anyone in the main cast. he acts drastically and on impulse to feel needed by people. he puts everyone else first before even thinking about himself in an unhealthy way.
anyway thank u for coming to my kou minamoto yapping fest đđ i love kou
