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Watched new series of Akuma-kun on Netflix. Strophaia… he was so sexy and cute. He loves Aeshma too much…

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Finished series, Fall 2023: Akuma-kun (2023)

"What is happiness to all humans? Are they happy if there's ample food, clothing, and shelter? Do they want self-fulfillment? Recognition from others? The psychologist Maslow said--" "Hold on. Hey, Ichiro. What is happiness to you?" "To me?"

An Angel's Touch Aeshma~ ♥

Aeshma Ichiro Umoregi and Strophaia from Akuma-Kun (2023)

concept art of gremory and strophaia from the support club app.

Major Akuma Kun (2023) spoilers, warning you rn

Yk what gets me about this show is that it would've been really easy to make Strophaia a big bad evil villain who simply uses Ichiro and manipulates him for his own gain. But they don't. They make a point to show that Ichiro loves Strophaia, and that Strophaia loves him, too. That's why Strophaia wants to release everyone's light, I think- or at least, a big part of the reason. He wants to free Ichiro, to have him by his side- and to do that, he needs to have Ichiro be like him.

Unless Ichiro has some special powers aside from being Akuma Kun, he's really just some normal boy. Strophaia was surprised that he had some hidden destiny. This tells me that Ichiro specifically wasn't needed to free the woman in chains. But Strophaia wanted him to do it. He didn't want anyone else to do it, he wanted Ichiro to be the one to choose to free himself and everyone. And he would have, if Shingo and Mephisto II didn't take Ichiro.

Strophaia feels as though his loved one was taken from him, was stolen. That's why he wants to torture Shingo, even after the man is near death already. He didn't care to torture Mephisto III- he was honestly just a casualty in this whole thing. Something to push Ichiro to the edge of grief so the flute would finally break. In his eyes, his beloved Aeshma was stolen and forced into a role he never wanted to have. And honestly? He's not too off the mark. Ichiro had a lot of trouble dealing with this destiny that was thrown onto him, who wouldn't?

It's Strophaia's love that pushes him to do what he does. He's older than almost everyone in the show, save for Satan. But he loves this human. This seemingly random human who was abandoned by his kind.

It's Ichiro's love that both causes Strophaia to almost win, and also the thing that defeats him. For now.

It's just... idk. In a lot of shows they have the protagonist go up against someone they hate, someone who's harmed them or their loved ones and seemingly has no good qualities. But when shows make the motivation love? Ourgh. Ourgh. It's so good. I don't even mean romantic love here. Platonic, familial, any kind of love. Love isn't this pure thing that will solve everything. Love is messy. Love is hard. And I really like how they show that. All the people Ichiro loves hurt him in some way, and he hurts them back, too. Not out of maliciousness- simply out of being human. Despite, yk, a good portion of the cast being demons. But I digress.

I really hope season two takes a closer look at all the.... conflicted feelings Ichiro definitely has. Strophaia is most likely returning, considering they didn't use that scroll. I want to see where their relationship heads. Honestly, I can see a redemption or a double down from Strophaia.

Another thing I wanna point out is how desperate Strophaia was to stop Ichiro from using the flute. He shields himself with his wings, he looks downright terrified. He's begging, repeating "Aeshma" over and over as his voice cracks. It's just. So gripping. Strophaia had all the confidence in the world that Ichiro would come back to him, and not only did Ichiro not do that- he aimed to kill him. Like. Ourgh. Obviously Strophaia needed to be defeated, man's was hurting people, but. Imagine the betrayal. Heck, how Ichiro feels. He's doing the same thing he did all those years ago, what accidentally separated him and Strophaia in the first place- what started the cracks in the flute!!! It's just!!!! Ourgh!!!!!!!!!

after watching akuma-kun and looking around at the fandom i feel like i am the only one that finds the ichiro x strophaia ship strange

am i going bananas or isnt that ship.. a bit weird..? strophaia is a creature thousands if not millions of years old and hes known ichiro since ichiro was an actual kid how is everyone so chill with this

I think Akuma Kun season 2 should have an episode where Ichiro has to spend a week or something with Strophaia

Maybe they're stuck somewhere.... mostly so they can talk about their lore but also because I adore whenever Strophaia and Ichiro are interacting. There's just a lot in their dynamic that's enjoyable to watch

Heyy do you guys want to hear about my terrible crossover otp.? Why did I actually put effort into this

New draw your otp just dropped babe!!!!!!!!!

Source: Akuma-kun [2023]

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Remember, you are voting for the ship you prefer, not the ship you find more problematic

Propaganda for both ships under the cut.

Disclaimer: All ships (other than NozoCoco) on this bracket are FOLLOWER-SUBMITTED ships, the Mods do not always hold necessary knowledge to be aware of any errors or fanonizing what should be canon material that may arise. Disclaimer 2: The mods are aware that in-system dating (regarding 0909) is not a problematic trait, 0909 counts as a comship in manners OTHER than this. Please stop constantly informing us "in-system dating isn't problematic", we already know this.

Aeshaia Propaganda (Species Difference, Age Gap)

"It's their love for each other that kickstarts the main conflict in the show. Strophaia is this powerful being whos been around for longer than… basically everyone, except like. Satan. Ichiro is just some normal person (at first), and yet, Strophaia decides that this human is his favorite. After Ichiro accidentally hurts Strophaia, causing him to retreat to heal, he's… adopted? Kidnapped??? By Shingo, and he becomes Akuma Kun II. But Strophaia wants him back, and Ichiro misses him. It's so bad it causes Solomons Flute to crack over the years, and it's revealed the flute cracks when Ichiro loses someone he loves. They canonically love each other. Ichiro tries to shoot Strophaia with a gun, and Strophaia just giggles. He plays along, then assures Ichiro he knows he'd never try to actually kill him. And Ichiro can't bring himself to kill him. He beats him, rendering him weak enough to lose his physical form, but he doesn't kill him. He loves him too much. They're just. ourghhhhhh"

0909 Propaganda (Questionably Toxic Dynamic - One of them is a literal murderer and the other is fine blaming them for the murder)

"It's the codependency. John can't exist with Mikoto, but he's more independent than him. John is always taking care of Mikoto whether the latter knows it or not, everything he does is for Mikoto. All he wants is for Mikoto to be happy, and he miiight have either killed someone for that or he's covering up Mikoto killing someone. We don't know ! Meanwhile Mikoto has no idea John exists, and when he does find out, he's horrified and hates him. And yet, John still loves Mikoto and dedicates himself to him."

More Propaganda provided in this Anonymous Ask!

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In my memory, they had a kissing scene in ep5 (hallucination)🤔

I freaking love Mephisto III om nom nomm

And I want Strophaia backkk

Hello Akuma Kun community,

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Mild spoilers of final episode but I couldn't resist making gifs of my favorite character from Akuma-Kun (2023)