Regarding book 10 of Mirage of Blaze

[tammaiya]

Yes, I know, I haven't said anything books 7-9-- which is pretty lazy, because I read books 7 and 8 like 2 or 3 months ago, though I took a huge break and only read book 9 over the last two days-- and I'll get to that, eventually, probably when I'm not concerned with video game blogging (I only have so many words to use at one time, it seems), but really, this needs to be said.

From the end of book 9 and onwards through book 10, Takaya seems to be on a mission to be the biggest bitch he possibly can be to Naoe. I don't know what the fuck is going on in his crazy head, it's like some weird simultaneously sadistic and masochistic way of shooting himself in the foot or something, but that is not the point. The point is this:

Kagetora (and recently Takaya) supposedly treats Naoe like his dog. I have to say, extending this metaphor, that it seems Kagetora is the kind of owner who kicks said dog and never feeds it. Any rabid behaviour on Naoe's part is thus clearly a result of poor treatment, much like other dogs are violent because their owner trained them that way. Shame on you, Takaya! You are not fit to own a Naoe! Somebody should call the RSPCA on his arse. I'll bet he cries when his Naoe has to be put down or gets itself run over in a desperate attempt for freedom/attention, seriously.

I could give this entry some kind of point by actually saying something of substance about the first week of the election campaign, about the ongoing saga of my computer troubles, or more frivolously about my various video game acquisitions and activities. I could even talk about various tv shows I'm watching. But I can't be sodded, so, um, this is what you get. Ahahah.

Comments

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

Shame on you, Takaya! You are not fit to own a Naoe!

....XDDD

Problem with MoB is that I can't work out which of those two characters I like best, since they keep on fighting over the 'biggest moron' award. But now it looks as if there may be a winner and/or loser!

I really do think that Kagetora/Takaya is trying to shoot himself in the foot.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

The thing is, though, that often Takaya will follow up by doing something amazingly woobie and vulnerable and I just want to give him hugs again! With both of them, I flip between wanting to bash their head into a wall and breaking my heart over them at like, the drop of a hat.

I'm sure there'll be some kind of insight into Takaya's psychology sooner or later... but judging from the point I'm at now, with Takaya's thought processes in the prior books, especially book 8 and 9, my feeling is that he really is trying to shoot himself in the foot just as much as Naoe does. I don't know about Kagetora, but Takaya has a huge abandonment complex. Early on, he was trying to keep Naoe at a distance because he figured Naoe would leave sooner or later anyway and he didn't want to get too attached. I think he's taking that tactic to new extremes; he's already attached, but perhaps he's trying to force Naoe away before Naoe decides to leave of his own volition. He said to Chiaki when Chiaki tried to butt in that someone who always loses to him doesn't deserve to be treated like a human, but... that sounds more like Naoe's logic than Takaya's, really. Naoe is certainly the one who put things of terms of "winner" and "loser". Plus, in book 9, Takaya realised he didn't want Naoe paying attention to anyone but him when Naoe was playing secretary for a businessman (it's the book the three OVAs are based on). Which just adds to my impression of shooting in the foot-ness. But I'm sure we'll see!