#sugo teppei

I fell into the sob for Sugo hole all over again ugh

haaah i always fall for tragic characters that are rather overlooked

Same applies to Teppei Sugou

Psycho Pass SPOILERS below

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This calm silent guy caught my attention since he first appeared. His fate always manages to convince me that things could be worse and I can deal with a challenge in life. It’s amazing what pain he alone has to deal with and how big the crushing guilt must weigh on his shoulder.

His nickname First Guardian couldn’t be more ironic to him.

That one episode in season 2 alone was harsh.

His boss Inspector Aoyanagi is a hostage together with others. He’s a sniper and tries to eliminate the kidnapper. He cannot see though and shoots the one with higher psycho pass. He didnt know the hostages were tortured and it made his bosses psycho pass rise and killed her instead.

The rest of s2 he felt guilty and tried to redeem himself to Ginoza, even considering to become a human meat shield to protect the others because his life is worth nothing anymore.

He was so surprised that Ginoza protected him and was relieved he could save him in return as well.

Now you’d think it’s already rough that you killed your boss that trusted and respected you, on accident but… then Sinners of the System 2 released and it got way WAYY WORSE

So we’re seeing a young puppy Sugo happily with his friends before they get sent on a mission. Sugo has to drop emergency supplies for his friends and as he wants to help them from the air his commanders forbid it. Before they cut the connectiom to his friends his best friend tells Sugo that his wife is pregnant and that he should tell her to be strong.

His friends go MIA and Sugo is devastated. He has a fallout with his friends wife and he gets forbidden from flying because he got traumatized from losing his friends. His account gets hacked and he becomes a suspect what doesnt help. He meets with Aoyanagi and Masaoka that try to find the true culprit. There’s evidence his best friend might be alive and behind it. He struggles to believe that.

Turns out his commanders betrayed him and try to silence him. They torture him and he almost loses his eyesight.

He is saved by Aoyanagi and Masaoka but when they find the true cuplrit he has to fight against his best friend. Only to realize it’s just a robot of his friend and he realizes he really TRULY is dead.

Not only that … He finds out the supposed emergency supplies he dropped for his friends were actually a chemical weapon that killed all of them. Sugo unknowingly killed all of them. (╥︣﹏᷅╥᷅)

His friends wife tried to get revenge and wanted to kill the commanders. When Sugo found out and tried to reason with her she gets killed as well and he sobs as she dies in his arms.

Masaoka takes care of him and advises him to get mental treatment. If that wont help he could become an Enforcer like him to protect.

Sugo does exactly that but when it’s finally his time Masaoka is already gone as well.

Aghh he really can’t catch a break and it hurts that those that he tries to protect become victims instead. By his hand even.

Tldr: He gets betrayed and unknowingly kills his friends, can’t protect the wife of his best friends and accidentally kills the boss that trusts him and gave him faith.

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I would struggle so hard to get close to humans ever again. Afraid to lose loved ones all over again. Doubting himself for being unable to guard those he love.

He couldn’t protect his friends
He couldn’t protect his best friends wife
He couldn’t protect the wife’s child
He couldn’t protect Masaoka
He couldn’t protect Aoyanagi
What a brilliant Guardian

I also wouldn’t fault him for going rogue. Everytime he trusted his superiors he was betrayed. He trusted Sybil to judge the true criminal, yet ended up killing someone traumatized, he trusted his commanders and his friends payed for it.
Yet he probably wouldn’t go rogue. He’s that kind of Golden Retriever that would stay loyal to the end and rather faults himself. Looking at you with sad puppy eyes haaah.

I think him getting saved by Ginoza must have been like a light in the darkness. Luckily he also managed to save him in return, that must have been quite a relief. Maybe he could also repay the favor to Masaoka by being with Ginoza!

ANYWAYS, I truly hope for him to have found strong longlasting friends now. That he can trust to survive for quite a while longer. And i would absolutely love for him to save the day at the very end to redeem his nickname of First Guardian.