spring troupe seiyuus were so wild in their live stream?? like yeah sure whatever here have this picture of chikage’s seiyuu (wataru hatano) without context
i love how harugumi is the pinnacle of familial love.
like it’s such a good trope that a group of people who struggled all their life one way or another come together for one goal and do their best to reach it despite being broken individually, not knowing that they’re slowly fixing each other in the process of reaching that goal. that’s exactly what harugumi is to me.
it’s just so so so heartwarming that five people who izumi gathered on a whim now get along so well that masumi and itaru both understand that they can’t understand each other (wild ik) but are still able to respect each other and provide support when needed. so fucking familial to the point that even itaru accepts the role of Troupe Dad and even commits to it, most especially being masumi’s acting-dad despite his real dad being alive and kicking because he’s unable to be a part of any important events in masumi’s life.
and then we have chikage who joined for,,, different motives,,, tbh i still don’t fully like chikage considering him using izumi to bait hisoka but it’s understandable given that the organization has given him inaccurate information. but that doesn’t mean i disregard his efforts turning over to a new leaf and letting himself bask in the love he’s never gotten to experience, even going so far as to say that izumi’s the only woman he respects.
however as a writer, for such a troupe like this to be so tight-knit, for a group to be so loving like this, it’s a pleasure to just nitpick the little things to note about each character, about why they chose to be here, about why they stay, about what they’re running away from, and that leaves so much room for potential angst to write— one so pain-striking that all you can think of is “no, they don’t deserve this.”
they really don’t, but it’s a guilty pleasure to expand on characters even if involves hurting both them and yourself.
that being said, their bond is so familial to the point that their problems outside of the acting troupe also involves family one way or another. sakuya not being able to find a permanent family, masumi not getting attention from his dad, tsuzuru having to deal with so many siblings, citron thinking about his position as next in line for the throne, itaru being badmouthed by a friend, and chikage’s only family being killed without his knowledge. there’s so much potential to dig deeper into their individual stories, to just break them and think of until what point they can hold the pain.
this is just my personal thoughts, but i genuinely think harugumi has the most angst potential among all the troupes in mankai. trust me lmao, harugumi angst just hits the hardest.
posting something a lil self-indulgent bcs i thought it’d be funny, i hope y'all likeyyy <33 no reader pov for this one hehe, might make a series out of this if i like it enough
genre: slight crack, fluff, harugumi being a found family.
cw: swearing (itaru), lighthearted jokes (masumi), sakuya being wholesomely violent, out of character harugumi (because it is their private account after all)
