No one talking about Joujirou after ep 5? Fine, I’ll start it.
Personality
After episode 5 I think there’s a lot character development in him (though small compared to others). Particularly in the bathing scene /heh when he showed anger when Yuu didn’t seem to particularly care about his well-being as an ability user. (Though he retracted somehow). It’s also shown that Joujirou isn’t currently looking for relationship because he wants to wait until his ability disappears.
And regarding the “spit” scene in the previous episode, it does seem to me that he is voluntarily doing such things to worsen his image? Honestly I think he’s just as attractive as Yuu, but considering that he is not going to any serious relationship, he’d rather be “turning off” everyone with his own way?
Relationship with Nao
In this episode we also see that Joujirou probably had already seen Nao’s getting bullied, but never did anything about that and feign ignorance to the point that he suggested Yuu to do the same. In the second episode he didn’t even show that he ever had a routine of having lunch together with Nao. And then, Nao clearly asked him if he wanted to visit Nao’s brother but he declined.
That’s how Joujirou is, in school. But during the ability-user hunt, he does show a great loyalty toward Nao, as if he is willing to do anything for her. Unlike Yuu who always look reluctant, he’s totally responsive and quick every time Nao signs it. But we don’t know what’s the basis of his loyalty to Nao. Is it just because they share the same opinion and goal? Or is there anything more to it?
So far Joujirou is the least developed character, which is why I am very interested in him. Hopefully these 4 (or 5) main characters will equally get their own character depth. I heard this time they limit the character counts so that they can explore them fully, unlike AB. I’ll just wait them do their job.
