Thots on kokushibo??? Interesting? Boring? Cool lookin? Too many gd eyes?
I find him delightfully complicated. Ok, maybe not delightful, kind of disturbingly real in his complicated feelings toward Yoriichi.
As a demon, Kokushibo seems pretty straightforward (all his eyes face one direction after all, hahaha). He is the demon who does everything by Muzan's book, doesn't take unnecessary action, is analytical and calculated in doing whatever makes sense in Muzan's service. Despite his slow manner of speaking, he makes quick, authoritative assessments. He's got the ideal stoicism of a samurai, an ideal he's chased since early childhood.
That's why his human faults always made him so disgusted with himself.
As a boy, he was highly perceptive. He really was just trying to make everyone happy--make his father proud, while also having sympathy for his deaf and neglected little brother. As much as he wanted to care for that little brother and protect him, he likewise knew he needed to prioritize his future as the Tsugikuni heir, and he may had looked down a bit on that pitiful boy clinging to their mother's side. It wasn't for judging him, just a recognition of the gulf between them. Michikatsu was very mature from a young age, and always the more worldwise of the two twins even into adulthood. He sees his situations clearly, both in terms of understanding and in the supernatural methods attained through practicing Breath. He doesn't give in to fanciful ways of interpreting the world.
He had one very, very big misconception, though. When he finds he's misjudged Yoriichi, he has a very clear understanding of just how much it threatens his whole worldview, and even as a child he starts to recognize that he's disturbed by and jealous of and completely unable to compare to his genius of a brother, and this turns Michikatsu's world upside down even before their father starts switches their places. Even so, he can't quite hate Yoriichi, and he still tries to keep a relationship when they reunite as adults, even as Michikatsu is stressed more and more by those growing ugly feelings he's always tried to suppress.
And then when Muzan offers him the chance to throw away all the efforts to be a good human and focus only on attainly his ideal as a powerful warrior, he's relieved. He doesn't need to hide his ugliness anymore. The fact that he was always a little scared of himself really drives home the shock he feels when he recognizes what a monster he's become, uglier than he ever thought.
Why so many eyes, then? Only a guess, but all the better to see you with, my dear. And horrifically, all the better to see himself.
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