the s62 generation is so interesting to me, it’s a shame we never really got to see in depth their dynamics. they’re found family but they make each other worse. like, they do genuinely care about each other, but because they’re so ‘violent’ and ‘brutal’ and they’re cold hearted killers, criminals, they don’t show it. and they have to keep up this image even within their little found family, because violence is what binds them together. it is the foundation of their relationship. if they’re not violent and brutal, then they’re not strong enough, not worthy to be part of the s62 generation. they’re quite literally each other’s greatest enablers, izana being the worst one out of all. pushing each other to do worse, to engage in more and more violence, forcing themselves permanently into a life of crime. (kakucho, the literal 14 year old Child, is the sole voice of reason and the entire team’s impulse control. but that’s later in tenjiku. and i’d argue he’s also izana’s enabler)
the forced distance between them due to this mental barrier is exactly why izana believed he had no one. that no one loved him and he was alone. it was only till the end that he saw kakucho as his family, someone who genuinely cared about and loved him. but he died not knowing that the s62 generation also held these feelings towards him, maybe not to the same degree and intensity as kakucho, but they certainly cared and loved him too. it’s blatantly shown through mochi, mucho and shion’s profile. but, again due to this mental barrier, they never expressed it. it was only after izana’s death that we saw proof of a genuine relationship between them. it’s why ran could only speak his true feelings about izana when he was dead. it’s why all members of the s62 generation stayed with izana’s corpse and willingly got themselves arrested. they could have ran like koko and sanzu, but they didn’t. they stayed and threw their freedom away for izana.
