Sometimes, introspections which are too deep aren't good. I agree with you, Toshio accepts his own self more readily, which is really good. And that out of all people, (excluding Sunako) he is perhaps most perceptive about Seishin.
Toshio is definitely admirable in a lot of ways. I love how he is rather consistent; unlike most around him, he never succumbs to killing people. He gets things done, even willing to do dirty works for that. More action, less introspection and while it has its downside, it does him good too. At least it makes him not unhappy. He's perhaps not the best kind of person, but he's sincere and there's no mask. He doesn't feel the need to create another persona, unlike Seishin.
And Seishin is definitely that kind of person people will usually love to talk bad about. He's quiet and closed off, downright eccentric and introverted. There are some issues to contribute, too. And the fact that the temple/Muroi family isn't generally as well liked as Ozaki family is also a big factor, I'd say. Toshio is open, sincere and more social, even if he has faulty mouth, so people will generally be more comfortable around him. Seishin is generally kind, but he also isn't particularly close to people. While Toshio is closer to people.
Seishin resenting Toshio; aha, this is a theme I haven't touched in a while. But I have to say I don't really get this at the moment. (weird, I somehow stated a lot of this in the past, but I also felt like misreading Seishin a lot at that time, so...) Let's see: Seishin admires Toshio. He perhaps wants to be like him, but he cannot; therefore at the same time he somehow resents himself (even if he perhaps doesn't realize) he also resents Toshio for being able to do those things so easily (does he even realize this?) Seishin is a very idealistic person, but he perhaps cannot very well live up to that idealism, at the moment. (both himself and outside factors to contribute) That must be downright frustrating.
I don't really see them as 'fighting', actually. I see them more like a couple who divorce simply because they're not of the same principles anymore. Doesn't mean they're no longer friends, even if perhaps they cannot return to the way they are before. Doesn't mean they no longer like each other. There are perhaps a bit of hard feelings, but it's overall a separation on good terms. Everything about it feel so anticlimactic to me in the books -- like sooner or later, it's meant to happen eventually. Like the death of Sotoba village. They perhaps can somehow see it, truly conscious or not, that they will somehow separate. And they understand. I cannot blame them for their separation. They are perhaps better off separated, I hope at least this will give Seishin chances to shape himself the way he wants to.
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Toshio is definitely admirable in a lot of ways. I love how he is rather consistent; unlike most around him, he never succumbs to killing people. He gets things done, even willing to do dirty works for that. More action, less introspection and while it has its downside, it does him good too. At least it makes him not unhappy. He's perhaps not the best kind of person, but he's sincere and there's no mask. He doesn't feel the need to create another persona, unlike Seishin.
And Seishin is definitely that kind of person people will usually love to talk bad about. He's quiet and closed off, downright eccentric and introverted. There are some issues to contribute, too. And the fact that the temple/Muroi family isn't generally as well liked as Ozaki family is also a big factor, I'd say. Toshio is open, sincere and more social, even if he has faulty mouth, so people will generally be more comfortable around him. Seishin is generally kind, but he also isn't particularly close to people. While Toshio is closer to people.
Seishin resenting Toshio; aha, this is a theme I haven't touched in a while. But I have to say I don't really get this at the moment. (weird, I somehow stated a lot of this in the past, but I also felt like misreading Seishin a lot at that time, so...) Let's see: Seishin admires Toshio. He perhaps wants to be like him, but he cannot; therefore at the same time he somehow resents himself (even if he perhaps doesn't realize) he also resents Toshio for being able to do those things so easily (does he even realize this?) Seishin is a very idealistic person, but he perhaps cannot very well live up to that idealism, at the moment. (both himself and outside factors to contribute) That must be downright frustrating.
I don't really see them as 'fighting', actually. I see them more like a couple who divorce simply because they're not of the same principles anymore. Doesn't mean they're no longer friends, even if perhaps they cannot return to the way they are before. Doesn't mean they no longer like each other. There are perhaps a bit of hard feelings, but it's overall a separation on good terms. Everything about it feel so anticlimactic to me in the books -- like sooner or later, it's meant to happen eventually. Like the death of Sotoba village. They perhaps can somehow see it, truly conscious or not, that they will somehow separate. And they understand. I cannot blame them for their separation. They are perhaps better off separated, I hope at least this will give Seishin chances to shape himself the way he wants to.