Okay I really need to a) finish the To the Victor Goes the Spoils reviews that I meant to do whilst it was still February and b) Do the White Day special stories as it's now the 14th March, but this has been in my drafts for ages and I've finally read the first bit of Chikai's story in Our Two Bedroom Story so I can at least now give him a section in this (apologies if it isn't as in depth as everyone else is in this)
Heading back to my random comments about maybe Star Crossed Myth and Our Two Bedroom Story being set in the same universe, I'm now trying to think how the characters from each would regard each other if they met...
Spoilers for both series under the cut (the original five Our Two Bedroom Story Chars only. Tsumugu may have presence in the Switch version of the game (which currently only goes to the end of the first half of Season 2 - there's 5 seasons for OTBS! (One of the only positives about SCM no longer being updated is that the Switch version has the entirety of the main paths. OTBS even only has the first five chars routes when there's actually nine)) but talking about Tsumugu if you haven't played Our Two Bedroom Story is really difficult because I can't see how to do it without giving away a massive spoiler.)
KAROU
Karou's tall and rather imposing and a man of few words. That part of his persona is making me think that he and Krioff in the same room would feel like a game of who would back down and speak first (and I think it would actually be Krioff!)
However, Karou's ability to fall asleep anywhere, people not noticing that he's present even despite his height, and his adoration of his cat leads me to think that he and Aigo would actually probably get along really well.
Actually, Karou comes across as one of the most intelligent of the OTBS Guys (certainly the one who speaks the most languages iirc) but the way he suddenly butts in sometimes and suddenly decides to actually do something... well... I'm kinda now imaging Huedhaut trying to research something and Karou making a suggestion that the other might not actually want.
MINATO
Well Minato would be of absolutely no help to SCM's MC, of that much I'm sure. His teasing is even worse than the Gods sometimes.
I'm torn though: I feel like he and Leon would either end up being best friends or their egos would clash so massively they'd hate each other.
Oddly, who he probably would get on with is Huedhaut: They both seem to force this rude sarcastic teasing as a front for underlying upset.
SHUSHEI
Poor sweet Shushei who will do anything for anyone but can join in with the teasing of OTBS' MC. I have zero doubts with this one: He and Dui would become absolutely great friends. And I'd imagine at times they would be sighing over their friends' antics (Minato in Shushei's case and Ichthys in Dui's case).
He'd probably get on well with Tauxolouve as well.
AKIYOSHI
Ah the tyrant boss who is really deep down a sweetheart, and also genuinely does know how to boost morale despite running a very tough tight ship.
I think some of the SCM Gods are probably gonna immediately think 'we don't need another Zyglavis' 🤣
I think Leon would hate him - not so much because of the slight similarity to Zyglavis but because I'm pretty sure Aki would give Karno some useful tips as to how best make sure that Leon actually pays more attention to his work.
Akiyoshi doesn't strike me as the type to stand nonsense especially if he knows people are supposed to be working at the time - so I think Ichthys would be rather scared of him: which'd probably be a positive thing from Zyglavis' and Scorpio's point of view.
I'd imagine most of the Gods views on Aki will line up with what their views on Zyglavis is... though as Aki's nickname is 'The Growler' I imagine his berating is more to the volume of Scorpio than the volume Zig uses for lectures.
CHIKAI
Okay I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about Chikai but basing this on his main story:
He and Teorus are NOT gonna get on at all. Teo craves the attention of women and favours female human wishes. Chikai was betrayed by the only two women who meant anything to him and now he doesn't trust any of them.
I think if it's at the stage where Chikai has opened up to OTBS MC about why he has such issues and he would also share it with others, Aigo would at least understand where he's been coming from. But I have to say if Chikai doesn't say that and acts his sweet self and then a manipulative flirt to OTBS MC and Aigo notices that he's gonna be furious. Also Chikai's allergic to cats so if he's any other animal allergies that could be a problem.
Actually if Chikai isn't dating the OTBS MC and Partheno isn't the one with SCM MC I might be able to see Partheno being able to utilise him somehow. Until OTBS MC gets to the route of the issue and starts to prove to Chikai that maybe he can trust women he doesn't seem beyond putting people in awkward positions to further things to his own benefit.
I suspect the more I read of Chikai though, the more my views on him will change. He almost (sorta?) feels at the moment like a reverse of Scorpio - he puts on a sweet get on with everyone persona when really he is so hateful of women he'll use any he gets close to to do him favours with work and tasks he doesn't want to do in order to further his own agenda. Scorpio at the start meanwhile is all bluster about hating humans and only spending time with SCM MC because it's the only way to get his damn job done because of what that wretched King has done, where really deep down he's actually really caring.
I rather fear at the moment most of the SCM Gods would be trying to get the OTBS MC the heck away from Chikai actually.
No doubt I've missed something but this post is already a long jumbled mess. Hopefully it makes sense and is of interest to somebody. 😅
#project hail mary
