I Am Completely Serious

And they make even less sense. Which is difficult.

I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT HOW DEAD GUYS CAN DIE, we've gone over this. I also should not care about all the inconsistent characterization - in this case, I don't think it's real productive to spend more time thinking about fictional characters than the person who made them up did.*

I nonetheless cannot stop myself. I keep trying to come up with ways to induce Tsuzuki's decisions to make some kind of emotional sense - I go, well, maybe there were a cutscene in between where he and Hisoka have a fight, or where he has a conversation with Muraki. Or gets amnesia. Maybe there's a shinigami rule that you can't kill albinos.

Tatsumi's Aura Of Competence in the anime makes more sense when viewed in light of his occasional displays of competence in the manga. Though maybe I am not well-enough indoctrinated into anime tropes - his being The Dark-Haired Guy With Glasses is surely sufficient to explain all.

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* The implication of this sentence is that in some cases it is productive. This blog's existence is reliant on that assumption, so I have no problem with it.

because I am about ten years behind on anime, okay?

And I just got to episode 7, and how is Tsuzuki still (quasi-)alive if he makes such consistently bad decisions? I do not pity you, Tsuzuki! You are too stupid!

( Cut for spoilers and capslock. )