[Mondo does sound very sinister. It's an unwelcome change, and it's a scary one.
But it also feels like a false one.
No matter what the truth may be, as Ishimaru looks at Mondo, it feels like he's trying to steer him a certain way. To not just make him accept these events... but to see him as a terrible person.
Mondo looks over him. Ishimaru's eyes widen as he looks up to the pompadour casting a shadow over his face, and a startled breath escapes from him.
But he looks past that and within that. This evil, sinister form of Mondo... It's like its just clothes he wears. It just doesn't match up to the image of Mondo that he knows so dearly.
Ishimaru looks up towards Mondo and, like a small dog barking at a larger dog, he shouts up at him.]
I know exactly what you are talking about! I know... because when I first met you... that's exactly what I thought of you! That you were just some thug. An immoral brute who uses violence to get what he wants. The worst kind of person. The kind of person I could never get along with!
[It may be redundant to point out that he's saying this through tears again. But, he is still crying out through tears.]
But you showed me that I was wrong. We had our duel, and we bathed together. You bore your soul to me, and I saw who you were underneath all of that toughness that you wear. You are a responsible man who is trying to do his best for his brother's legacy! You raised a beautiful dog, and you aim to move on to carpentry! You want to build things... You're a truly incredible and dependable man! That's what I learned about you! That's the image I've held in my heart all along... Your true self, Kyoudai!
[He pauses a moment to sob, while still looking right up at him.]
Are you going to look me in the eyes and tell me that was wrong all along?! Was that not the real you?!
that's a load of bull
But it also feels like a false one.
No matter what the truth may be, as Ishimaru looks at Mondo, it feels like he's trying to steer him a certain way. To not just make him accept these events... but to see him as a terrible person.
Mondo looks over him. Ishimaru's eyes widen as he looks up to the pompadour casting a shadow over his face, and a startled breath escapes from him.
But he looks past that and within that. This evil, sinister form of Mondo... It's like its just clothes he wears. It just doesn't match up to the image of Mondo that he knows so dearly.
Ishimaru looks up towards Mondo and, like a small dog barking at a larger dog, he shouts up at him.]
I know exactly what you are talking about! I know... because when I first met you... that's exactly what I thought of you! That you were just some thug. An immoral brute who uses violence to get what he wants. The worst kind of person. The kind of person I could never get along with!
[It may be redundant to point out that he's saying this through tears again. But, he is still crying out through tears.]
But you showed me that I was wrong. We had our duel, and we bathed together. You bore your soul to me, and I saw who you were underneath all of that toughness that you wear. You are a responsible man who is trying to do his best for his brother's legacy! You raised a beautiful dog, and you aim to move on to carpentry! You want to build things... You're a truly incredible and dependable man! That's what I learned about you! That's the image I've held in my heart all along... Your true self, Kyoudai!
[He pauses a moment to sob, while still looking right up at him.]
Are you going to look me in the eyes and tell me that was wrong all along?! Was that not the real you?!