Feb 22, 2025
I think my favorite thing about Hyakkimaru in the original Dororo manga is that he will confess some of the most deep and depressing things he's experienced (hauntings, lost love, extreme violence) - fully trauma dump to an equally traumatized 5+ year old he just met. Then, in just a couple of pages, he'll say something weird or doing something dorky and endearing, because he's still a socially awkward 14 year old boy (and coping can only do so much).
Plus, people really do be mentally switching on and off like that sometimes and Hyakkimaru is kinda real for that.
#osamu tezuka#Dororo#Hyakkimaru#And in the original anime he's the same except he's 20 but sounds like he's 40 because that depression remained untreated.#So... Basically Dr. Black Jack...#I find it funny that people always want to depict Hyakkimaru as this eternally graceful being#When in truth is he lacks charisma and makes up for his with occasional sass. He's usually blunt as a mallet.#r0bita rambles#Rainb0w Rambles