Talk:Futoshi/@comment-38094676-20190418103727/@comment-26567684-20190419045212

I’m pretty neutral to both anime and manga Futoshi. I never paid attention to how his mouth is always open but I thought it was part of his personality, such as how he loves to eat so much. He can be saying rubbish things, such as how he views Kokoro as this sweet and gentle girl who can do no wrong and then wonders why she didn’t feel the same way about him as he did for her. But overall, in the anime, he gets a descent amount of character development.

Ikuno telling Kokoro to forget about the 9’s facing pruning is a reflection of their upbringing; accept the idealism you live in and don’t ask questions. It’s no different than how Zorome quickly forgot about the old woman despite being curious how why she felt familiar to him, and also when Mitsuru told Kokoro not to think about children and why it’s taboo because of the consequences of knowing forbidden knowledge.

I like manga Kokoro because of how she is willing to risk herself to help others, even the 9’s who are very unpleasant towards squad 13. I also love how manga Mitsuru was quick to offer to help her but it’s obvious he lied about saying he wanted to think of an idea before Hiro; as he admits to Kokoro that, like her, he doesn’t want to live just to die fighting. They are drawn to each ther by their mutual desire to live as long as possible, which Ikuno notices when she and Futoshi spies on them. Ikuno also implies that Kokoro is someone Mitsuru holds dear to him because she says one feels the need to act to protect someone precious to them. In other words, Mitsuru knows Kokoro is risking herself by wanting to help the 9’s, so he jumped in to help her and assure her.