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Tear Jerker / The Tyrant Falls in Love

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  • Morinaga in general is a very sympathetic character. Anytime his past is brought up, he is visibly depressed and uneasy. When Souichi links his past to his 'low-confidence' present self, Morinaga gently asks him to drop the analysis. Morinaga has a low opinion of his parents though deep down he still loves them and wants their acceptance. First he is living his life and then at the worst possible moment, he finds out he is only a replacement for his older brother. Then said brother accuses him of costing their friendship and driving his dear friend to suicide. Both lovers were forcibly separated with no news of each other and after that, Morinaga bears the brunt of a horrible gossip that he assaulted the other boy. Then his family, listening to the townsfolk instead of their own son, begins to estrange him. It does not stop after 3 years, perhaps even longer, during which Morinaga realized that he has zero chance to have a future in his hometown. When he goes to visit a friend of his/bartender before he left town, his internal monologue reveals how heartbroken and bleak his outlook is on any future romantic relationships. Reminder that this was YEARS since then and he was still hurting.
  • Souichi started out as a self-centred homophobic tyrant with a disregard for friends or acquaintances. His friendship with Morinaga only sparked from pure coincidence and that was when Morinaga recorded a particular poisonology program he missed. On that same night, Morinaga saved him from being assaulted by a professor hence earning Souichi's trust. From Challengers to Boukun, Souichi went from forgetting Morinaga's name on a regular basis to realizing how delicate his kouhai is and being more watchful of his words and actions. From someone who is a jerk and emotionally dense, he starts to pick up when Morinaga is uncomfortable or forlorn. He's attentive to when Morinaga gets up and leaves or when he is too quiet. In Volume 11 he's shown the character development he had after Volume 8. He thinks of his words carefully and made sure that Morinaga wasn't emotionally hurt after he smacked his hand away. Then he affirms that unlike Morinaga's parents, Souichi accepts him as who he is. It's a huge step from a guy who initially started the series cursing homos to die and that they are all the devil's rape demons.
  • Volume 6: After Tomoe and Kurokawa announce their relationship for the first time to Souichi's dad, who accepts them fairly readily, Morinaga slips off in the commotion to be alone. Souichi finds him crying in the bathroom, because Soujin's understanding only threw into relief how Morinaga's own parents rejected him after they found out he was gay, parents whom he's not on speaking terms with anymore. Though he otherwise tends not to make a big deal of it, it's obvious in this moment just how much he cares, and it's hard to resist crying a little with him in sympathy. And don't forget Souichi who absolutely hates being touched, much less by homos, held his kouhai's face and brushed his tears away delicately.
  • Chapter 9 of Volume 7. Period.
  • When Souichi and Morinaga make love after Souichi's house burns down in Volume 4. Probably the cutest thing ever is when Souichi gently nuzzles Morinaga's arm injury, which he'd received earlier trying to defend Souichi's little sister.

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