Perhaps Ozaki is more perceptive than we've given him credit for and he understands, or tries to understand Seishin after all. He's a man of action, much less introspective than Seishin, but he at least has a shred of self-consciousness because he even questions what kind of a person he is. He realizes what a bad person he is for killing Kyoko, but accepts that he's just the kind of person who moves forward to get things done, sometimes regardless of the consequences. This kind of self-acceptance is probably a reason why Ozaki isn't as fundamentally unhappy as Seishin.
Like you said, Seishin is trying to be 'perfect', whereas Ozaki is kind of like, 'yeah, this is who I am, and so be it. If other people don't like it, fine.' And people like him anyway, even despite his grouchy temper because his good will and concern for his patients show while he's working. In fact, by not trying to have people like him, Ozaki is still more well-liked than Seishin. Although Ozaki is sometimes off-putting, everyone still respects him and realizes that he's very competent. He's a fun guy to spend time with.
Seishin on the other hand, is so perfect that he's even unapproachable. His suicide attempt, his unwillingness to open up even might make him look kind of creepy in the eyes of the villagers. The only thing that he likes that he does not try to hide is his writing habit, and even then the villagers think that habit is kind of weird. Might that be another reason for Seishin resenting Ozaki (even if he doesn't show it?) Without even trying, Ozaki has won the respect of the villagers and has a place in the community. As far as Seishin knows, Ozaki also doesn't hate the village. Perhaps Seishin doesn't want to 'hate' the village, but no matter what he ends up doing so anyway. We've been saying that the main reason behind Ozaki and Seishin's shattered friendship is that Ozaki does not understand Seishin, but now that I think about I don't think that's entirely true, and Seishin is at least partly at fault, too; after all, it takes two to start a fight. So maybe Seishin resents Ozaki a little bit for the above reasons, and that might prevent him from opening up to him more. And Ozaki doesn't try that hard to break down Seishin's barriers (he realizes that he has some, to an extent, as seen during his monologue during the Seishin-seme chapter, but maybe he doesn't realize just how huge those barriers are) so it's his fault, too.
Anyways, I sort of got off topic. What I was trying to say is that Ozaki is at least a little bit perceptive when it comes to Seishin. He's seen flashes of Seishin's 'real self' before and he guesses at his real personality. However, he doesn't want to think too hard; that's not necessarily bad, because he's just that kind of person. Some people say that people who are depressed just better understand of how the world works, and maybe that kind of applies to Ozaki in that he doesn't really stop to analyze, doesn't feel the need to do so either; as a result, he's largely okay with being the village doctor and can put up with even his controlling shrew of a mother.
But Ozaki is too an admirable character; he has good, even excellent qualities like compassion, efficiency, a sense of humor, and determination. He sees the world in a less complicated light than Seishin, although he is not by any means an idealistic character. Seishin however, is more lost and confused at this point in the book anyway, and mirrors most people because most people are kind of confused and unsure about morality just like Seishin is. So it's natural that these kinds of people would admire a character like Ozaki's; and it also explains why Seishin would admire Ozaki's personality as well.
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Like you said, Seishin is trying to be 'perfect', whereas Ozaki is kind of like, 'yeah, this is who I am, and so be it. If other people don't like it, fine.' And people like him anyway, even despite his grouchy temper because his good will and concern for his patients show while he's working. In fact, by not trying to have people like him, Ozaki is still more well-liked than Seishin. Although Ozaki is sometimes off-putting, everyone still respects him and realizes that he's very competent. He's a fun guy to spend time with.
Seishin on the other hand, is so perfect that he's even unapproachable. His suicide attempt, his unwillingness to open up even might make him look kind of creepy in the eyes of the villagers. The only thing that he likes that he does not try to hide is his writing habit, and even then the villagers think that habit is kind of weird. Might that be another reason for Seishin resenting Ozaki (even if he doesn't show it?) Without even trying, Ozaki has won the respect of the villagers and has a place in the community. As far as Seishin knows, Ozaki also doesn't hate the village. Perhaps Seishin doesn't want to 'hate' the village, but no matter what he ends up doing so anyway. We've been saying that the main reason behind Ozaki and Seishin's shattered friendship is that Ozaki does not understand Seishin, but now that I think about I don't think that's entirely true, and Seishin is at least partly at fault, too; after all, it takes two to start a fight. So maybe Seishin resents Ozaki a little bit for the above reasons, and that might prevent him from opening up to him more. And Ozaki doesn't try that hard to break down Seishin's barriers (he realizes that he has some, to an extent, as seen during his monologue during the Seishin-seme chapter, but maybe he doesn't realize just how huge those barriers are) so it's his fault, too.
Anyways, I sort of got off topic. What I was trying to say is that Ozaki is at least a little bit perceptive when it comes to Seishin. He's seen flashes of Seishin's 'real self' before and he guesses at his real personality. However, he doesn't want to think too hard; that's not necessarily bad, because he's just that kind of person. Some people say that people who are depressed just better understand of how the world works, and maybe that kind of applies to Ozaki in that he doesn't really stop to analyze, doesn't feel the need to do so either; as a result, he's largely okay with being the village doctor and can put up with even his controlling shrew of a mother.
But Ozaki is too an admirable character; he has good, even excellent qualities like compassion, efficiency, a sense of humor, and determination. He sees the world in a less complicated light than Seishin, although he is not by any means an idealistic character. Seishin however, is more lost and confused at this point in the book anyway, and mirrors most people because most people are kind of confused and unsure about morality just like Seishin is. So it's natural that these kinds of people would admire a character like Ozaki's; and it also explains why Seishin would admire Ozaki's personality as well.