kiznaiver is the anime with the seven/eight kids who are connected to one another in a way that if one of them feels pain, it is shared among the rest of them as well. it’s the result of some sketchy experimentation that is supposed to bring humanity “closer” through “empathy” or something, but really? hm.
but instead of sympathizing with him – instead of going “you’ve been feeling this the whole time? ..no, not this, but seven times this?” – they just get...pretty annoyed. most of them are pretty dismissive of it.
if they were to point it out though, they’d probably just get an apologetic smile or carefree laugh in return ... nothing that answers anything, really.
to which the interjection BECAUSE HE’S KOMAEDA comes
nanami’s expression changes to confused—but not a stupid, naive type of confusion. more of a genuine lost, but thinking look. “And?”
“And????And????” souda’s turn to gape because he’s the No. 1 Anti-Komaeda’s Antics dude. he’s a little at a loss for words and just kind of starts rambling — “dude’s wack or something, nanami. he probably doesn’t even feel pain or—”
“oh,” —it’s a quiet voice, but for some reason, it silences souda immediately. probably because he rarely talks..no thats wrong, he talks a lot. the thing is, he rarely talks sense or defends himself, but there it is, there’s that oh— “i definitely feel pain, soudakun.” ........he’s still smiling
surprise, komaeda also has a low pain tolerance. well, mentally, he can take it without complaining, but physically, his body gives in quicker than most. he’s, uh..kind of fragile, actually.
02. team situations...lil bit of speculating...
komaeda and souda are paired up
souda complains so much – as if komaeda’s not even there, listening to every insult – and komaeda just smiles through it all
he doesn’t even try to empathize with komaeda
souda complains to hinata a lot, too. hinata’s paired with nanami, who’s pretty tame like she hasn’t caused any problems for him and even if she did, he would be okay with it.
tent. sonia and gundam are paired as well, and souda is Not Happy With That As Well, just his luck...super edgelord gets soniasan all to himself, and him??!?who does he get??!?!probably-a-freakin-masochist-under-that-pretty-face-komaeda-nagito
that’s rough, buddy. / shut up.
komaeda’s the human headache, and souda hates it.
hinata’s never hit komaeda before — even if they were partners in this whole thing, hinata wouldn’t really ever get ... physical with komaeda. he’d get agitated, sure, maybe raise his voice a little bit — but more in a firm way than a yell — and that would do it, but ... never hit komaeda.
but with souda, it’s a bit different. he can’t sound as serious as hinata does, and he sure as hell doubts his ability to communicate with komaeda the living demon verbally. doesn’t even try, really.
so one day, when he’s really frustrated with komaeda and his mosquito pain and the jolt of actual pain that results from some unlucky encounter the dude’s had — and even though komaeda quietly says it’s his luck, souda sincerely thinks he planned it, did it on his own, knew the consequences —
and so out of anger, forgetting for a moment that their pain was connected, souda hits him. square in the eye. knocks komaeda off balance and he stumbles back.
but instead of feeling the satisfaction of a well-aimed punch, souda feels a good amount of the pain hit him straight back, and it hurts. but he doesn’t bother showing it.
instead, souda’s trying to stare komaeda down, as steely and serious as he can. even though his head is hurting a lot and komaeda is still so goddamn annoying, he has to look hard right now.
tells komaeda to knock it off because he’s now someone else’s baggage as well now, so .. knock it off.
maybe shares a small compliment on how much souda must go through as a mechanic and how dedicated he must be
but it’s ... in a nonchalant lighthearted non-creepy way.
komaeda doesn’t even say “ow” or anything, but it definitely hurt, it must have..
souda’s a little weary of it all tbh, like ... this is komaeda. it can’t be so ... easy.
“hey man, are you uh .. are you sure it’s okay?”
if komaeda and hinata were partners, it would be more earnest and ... quiet.
hinata is weary of komaeda, but unlike souda, unlike everyone really, hinata at least ... tries. and that’s why it’s always hinatakun.
“just ... know that everything you do, i’m going to feel too, so ... nothing reckless, okay?”
that’s their cheesy pact, and hinata has to squeeze his eyes shut after saying it because of how lame it sounds, but komaeda just nods quietly and well ... he doesn’t just that.
there’s the neverending pain that comes from minor things, like when mioda rushes them somewhere and huptwothreehuptwothreefasterguys!! cmoncmon,ibuki’srunningoutoftimehereee!! and there’s a sudden pain in hinata’s lungs, but he doesn’t comment on it ever. doesn’t even bring it up to komaeda, really.
just takes it without making things messier than they need to be.
back to “everyone shares it” .. yeah
when the experiment moves on to include .. emotional pain .. well.
komaeda does surprisingly well for the amount of verbal battering he gets.
he feels some things from souda’s end every now and then, raises a brow but doesn’t say much. he is aware of it though, kind of just ... pockets the information. they never talk about it.
and for some reason, not much of what’s being said ever affects komaeda
and there are some pretty nasty accusations and remarks flying about
until it’s trial time(ok..danganronpa/kiznaiver/danganronpa au..idk how aus work, bear with me..)
and hinata just says in a tired exasperated but firm voice “don’t.” or “just stop.” or just a tired blurted-out “komaeda, can’t you just be NORMAL for once?” and .. well
there’s a sharp pang that goes through everyone’s stomach, right below the lungs, kind of a fluttery but painful sharp sensation and it’s so unpleasant and uncomfortable and sharp and ..
komaeda doesn’t bother looking at hinata.
komaeda and hinata don’t say a word.
and that’s just one-seventh of it.
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