one thing i love about saigenos is that genos is so genuinely happy to have saitama in his life. saitama’s given him a sense of purpose aside from revenge and suicidal tendencies. genos enjoys taking care of their house — cooking, cleaning, repairing saitama’s hero outfit, grocery shopping, all of the things that he can do with AND for saitama. genos no longer resorts to self-destruction because he wants to be alive — he wants to stay with saitama and live their mundane little life together. ergo, the scene where saitama touches genos’s core is one of their most heartfelt moments. saitama is proud and happy and hopeful that genos has finally found peace in living.
likewise, genos has given saitama a sense of purpose aside from a life of watching things from the sidelines and never feeling truly anything. saitama, when genos is not around, gets irritated and upset — we’ve seen it ourselves. because of genos, saitama now has several people who he can call his friends. genos has pushed saitama out of his house and into the world while saitama has given genos a house to call home from the world’s atrocities. genos has given him so much, and now that genos is dead (for the unforeseeable future), saitama has even gotten his wish of a perfect match — but at what cost? saitama is not happy; he is pissed and grieving beyond words can fathom. just when genos finally learned to live on his own, he’s killed for the sake of someone else’s pleasure. genos is killed because saitama loves him. he is at his breaking point. he had not cared much for the world before he knew genos and now he would tear the world apart to keep genos alive.
