i just love that Ulrich “the stoic” Stern is secretly this big soft loser who keeps a diary and writes Yumi love poems and brings her flowers when she’s feeling down but first stops to smell them just because and cries when he thinks she’s dead and accidentally but proudly admits he’d die for her when Odd jokingly asks him about it, like. what a hopeless romantic nerd. what a sap
the way Ulrich’s fingers reach out for Yumi’s as she’s being devirtualized and slipping through his grasp like he doesn’t want her to go. and Yumi’s fingers seem to be reaching for him too, trying to maintain contact with him as long as possible before she disappears completely. then once she’s gone his hand curls into a fist like even the temporary loss of her upsets him. such tiny details that say so much
DO REVENGE (2022)
They play Animal Crossing on their patrols
Ulrich Stern development through the series
they’ve been bringing up the “we’re just good friends, right?” line from Ulrich a lot lately and its interesting how each time Yumi responds she is progressively less sure to the point where now she’s saying nothing
I have no doubts