Currently reading the Beast LN (have already read the manga) and I was reminded of Atsushi's number at the orphanage...78...I don't think this was ever brought up in the main series...but I like the idea of this number creating an extremely intense trauma response whenever he hears it or sees it anywhere...it makes him shaky and nauseous and sometimes if he gets too in his head about it, he's hearing the Director say the number over and over, he just keels over and throws up, he can't breathe or think and it's horrible, how is he supposed to avoid a number?
Bonus points if main series Atsushi has repressed his association with the number and whenever this happens he has no idea what the source is 🥺😭















