But I… My body… It reacts like a machine and kills people like nothing. Without thinking, without feeling. I’d never been so scared of myself or so ashamed. I’ll never meet him again. But he’s my friend, even if we never meet again. I’m allowed to feel for him, right?
I don’t think I talk enough about Eiji which is a shame since I’m an Eiji stan through and through. So here’s a little Eiji appreciation post.
Firstly this boy came from a difficult home life. His father was in hospital, likely to die, and his mother was flirting with other men which made her and Eiji’s relationship have a lot of tension. Eiji was also the only male of the house so felt as through he was under a lot of pressure.
His career was going downhill as his height began to become a major disadvantage and he had to work way harder than his other competitors. He struggled a lot during his last year as a competitor, always just losing and coming in 2nd.
He then suffered an injury that forced him to retire from his only passion.
He’s so strong to get through that and we’re just starting.
He then ventured to a foreign country where they spoke a language he was not familiar with to study US street crimes. Then this dude almost immediately got kidnapped.
He questioned nothing about all this violence and immediately trusted Ash with his whole heart.
He’s insanely emotionally strong and this quality of his goes unnoticed.
For goodness sake, he had a fairly normal, albeit depressing, life prior to coming to the US but immediately adapted to it. That takes a lot of mental strength and stability.
He’s able to offer comfort to all those around him and seems to have a quality that people instantly fall in love with.
There’s a lot more to say but I just wanted to get it out there.