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crookedlyinnernightmare · 2 years

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HEY I JUST FIGURED SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND I NEED TO SHARE

SO. In chapter 212, Kuniharu says that he’s been in the workforce for 15 years.

Kuniharu also happens to be 39 years old in canon. That means he got his first job when he was 24. But listen. You know what Kuniharu had before he turned 24?? A WIFE AND TWO KIDS. He married Kurumi when he was 20, had Kusuke at 21, and Kusuo at 23. There is no way this man was supporting his own family during that time without a job. So, who was supporting them? The people you’d usually rely on in this situation are your parents. We’ve got three options here: Kurumi and Kuniharu were either receiving support from just Kurumi’s parents, just Kuniharu’s parents, or from both their families.

Personally, I like option 3 the best, because it helps explain Kumagoro’s hatred of Kuniharu, while keeping the situation from being too tough on him.

Reasons why Kumagoro hates Kuniharu (besides his personality):

Not only is Kuniharu marrying his beloved daughter shortly after she turns eighteen, a very young age for marriage, but he gets her pregnant shortly after the wedding (or perhaps even before; Kusuke is born 7 months after their marriage so he’s either born prematurely, or Kurumi and Kuniharu weren’t waiting that long to do it).

Kuniharu doesn’t have a job, saddling Kumagoro with the resulting expenses.

Kuniharu isn’t going to have a job for a while, because he’s a full-time college student, probably going for a four year degree.

Seriously, how much do you think Kumagoro’s job pays? It’d have to be a hell of a lot to support himself, Kumi, Kurumi, Kuniharu, and the baby. Which leads nicely into my next argument: that Kuniharu’s side of the family is also helping.

In chapter 99 Kuniharu says that his mother is alive, and lives in their hometown. His dad, on the other hand, has passed away.

That means that there is at least one member of Kuniharu’s family who is capable of alleviating his financial strain. And I do believe that she, whoever she is, was helping Kuniharu out. I believe this mostly because Kuniharu probably wasn’t paying his own way through college. Again: Kuniharu has only been in the labor force for 15 years. Plus, he never mentions having a part-time job when reminiscing about his college days. It’s safe to say that the money for his education was coming from his parent(s). His parents might also be willing to pay for his child.

...Well, it’s also possible that Kuniharu’s parent(s) would disown him for being reckless enough to have a child before he’s even out of college, but I’d like to believe they’re not that cruel. It’d also be really hard on Kumagoro otherwise so... yeah. Still not a great situation to be in, but at least they scraped by? Although I’m really understanding Kumagoro’s anger now. Even when Kuniharu does get a job, it’s probably a low paying one, and we know that Kuniharu is absolute trash as a manga editor sooo... still not looking great for you dude.

#i could also go on a very long tangent about kuniharu's 'skills' as an employee #and the circumstances of shuensha #but this post is already really long #maybe another day #long post #saiki kuniharu #saiki kurumi #saiki kumagoro #saiki k #the disastrous life of saiki k #saiki kusuo no psi nan

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oatmealcrisp-freak · 4 years

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So tbh even though writing The Colours You Hate was a big learning experience for me, mentally and emotionally, and it allowed me to really figure out how to reckon with personal demons surrounding my personal history of emotional and Other abuse

There’s a part of me that wishes I’d never written it.

Or at least never allowed it to get to that Dark place.

There’s a big piece of me that just wishes I’d let those dumb kids tell Kurumi and Kuniharu what was up before shit rolled all the way down hill. That Aren and Kusuo got to enjoy their date that Sunday, and learn to grow up together. Under that is the piece of me that stresses to myself that, even though I dont have and don’t want children, I AM of the age to be a parent and therefore beating the shit out of kids in my wriiting isn’t.......great. And writing anything remotely sexual about kids when I’m NOT a kid DEFINITELY is. Worth some deep thinking about and requires Very Careful Framing if I don’t want to be an extortionist sack of crap.

(Adults who write straight up spank bank material about kids will never not be gross.)

Which, ngl, is why it mostly turned into Kusuke beating the shit out of his kid brother and I alluded to the rest. Still not great. Still wasn’t fun to write. But it almost...feels like I needed to? Idfk.

(Well that and my discomfort with that, ahem, GENRE in the first place.)

It was an honest reflection of the tribulations I was and am still dealing with. So much trauma comes out of that age, and that’s where most of mine stems from. Yeah I’m of the age to be a parent but I’m still agonizing over shit that was put on me when I was a kid by people who were my age now, then. And by kids who were in my age group too. The stuff that people do to other people? Is HORRIFYING. Especially so when it’s happening at the developmental stages where we’re building those fundamentals that carry us through the rest of our lives.

I think that’s why so many adults are stuck writing about 10-18 year olds tbh. Money making demographics aside, we’re still trying to figure out the shit that happened to us then, now.

And maybe that way we can start to get over it and move on.

#tw #freak ruminates #trigger warning #idk i'm stuck on age stuff tonight it's a personal thing lol

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