In between battles and the magic of spells, Ritsuka and Soubi hang out and pass time in everyday live. A sweet moment here is when Ritsuka’s friend Yuiko invites both Ritsuka and Soubi to her house, Soubi expresses his concern about both kids’ tendency to like only junkfood (Ritsuka likes them McDonalds). Soubi cooks for the three of them and stresses Ritsuka to eat properly. The adult joke put aside that follows the advice, Soubi here shows a genuinely responsible and caring side.
Pretty soon after their first meeting, Soubi provides Ritsuka a cell phone. He says that in this way Ritsuka doesn’t need to feel lonely anymore, because he can phone Soubi anytime he wants and Soubi will pick up. And what does Soubi exactly think about Ritsuka now? He finds Ritsuka adorable, his tiny figure, pleading eyes and facial expression. Soubi himself is even surprised because even if he only went to Ritsuka on Seimei’s orders, he didn’t expect to like Ritsuka this much.
There is at this stage some reason to believe that Soubi really likes Ritsuka for the liking, and that this is not driven by orders, principles or doctrines per se. Any of these thoughts never reach Ritsuka though. For Soubi, cliché and exaggerated love declarations on demand are not a problem, but telling tale of his own feelings doesn’t come easy from the guy.
There is one moment that occurs in the manga, that is rather emphasized in the anime; it is when Soubi decides to trust Ritsuka for pearcing both his ears. Perhaps this is Soubi’s way to convince Ritsuka to trust him and to stay by this side. Right after Ritsuka pierced both of his ears, he mentions (to himself) that he likes Ritsuka’s strength. Now does he mean physical strength, which comes in handy for battle, or rather mental strength? The latter is a quality that Soubi could have desperately searched for in another person as means of support for his own periods of inability to cope with his past.
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