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Be my light. I won’t resign for even a moment I will protect you; light my way Even if something ends, not all of it was a lie Let’s shake it down Be my light. The string that entwines the two of us If we pull it in before it breaks; so bright Wake me up! You be my light I refuse to have any regrets
Everyone has their strong points and also weak points. So does Yuujin. The
problem is, because Yuujin is a dependable, protective protagonist-like boy,
his weakness, which is “being always
in need of Haru’s help” is very difficult to see. However, if he was a
dependable, protective protagonist-like girl, like Sora, it would be clearly
distinguished, and unfortunately, regarded as weakness.(See my post before)
Sure, despite that weakness, anyone can still be a hero, if they
want to. But rather than him being a hero, what Yuujin wants is seeing
Haru growing up into one. As the proof, we never hear from Yuujin, the
typical hero quote when they end up being saved: “I should be the one that protects
Haru, instead of being the one that is saved by him”.
Yuujin, surprisingly enjoys every
moment when Haru saves him. In Resshamon
episode, Sateramon arc, or Ultimate 4 arc.
This strongly hints that, even if he says that he wants to protect Haru, it’s because he
wants to be saved by him later.(Thus the lyrics: “I’ll
protect you, but please shine your light on me”).
If we look back, this is actually the pattern of Appmon plot. Yuujin
saves Haru, gets into trouble, and is saved by Haru later. The first, yet the
most subtle one, is Resshamon episode. Haru gets stumbled and Yuujin puts a
band-aid on his injured forehead. Then Resshamon goes rampage, trapping Yuujin
and the other passengers inside a runaway train. To link these two incidents together,
this episode briefly shows Haru’s forehead when he dives into AR field to save
Yuujin and the others.
In Sateramon and
Ultimate 4 arcs, it gets more distinguishable. Yuujin (and Offmon) once again
saves, not only Haru, but also Eri, Astra, and also Rei later. However, these two arcs turn into him (and Offmon) becoming the
one needing to be saved.
The last episode furthermore proves this. Yuujin goes forward to sacrifice
himself, only after Haru states that he will
someday become AI researcher and save him. This, though, still can be argued
since Yuujin is under Leviathan’s control, before going to stop Haru. But if we think again, what’s the
point of Yuujin stopping Haru from “killing Yuujin” if Yuujin himself
ends up “killing himself”? The results are the same: Yuujin and
Leviathan die, everything’s back to normal.
Yes, that’s right. It’s to save Haru
from becoming “a killer”. And what Yuujin wants if Haru doesn’t end
up being a killer? Easy. It’s
for Haru staying to be “a hero”, who will come to save him again
one day, as usual.
That explains why even the (actually)fragile and reluctant Yuujin, can smile
as bright as sunshine, when he offers himself to be sacrificed for his friends.
(Thus the lyrics: If I look as if I’m shining, it’s
because you are there for me.)
Unfortunately, the fact that “Yuujin
wants to be saved”somehow ends up being at the blind spot
of the fandom’s eyes. It could be because, aside that he
himself looks like a hero, the one he sees as a hero (Haru), isn’t really like
a hero (at first). Even when Haru eventually becomes a real hero, Yuujin steals
the spotlight by sacrificing himself to save everyone. Thus, gaining the title
‘hero’, next to Haru. No one can see his hidden
“greed”, that wants to be saved once again by the
real hero: Haru.
I myself don’t have any trouble with Yuujin, whether him being good or
evil, strong or woobie. In fact, I see him as a
very unique, complex character, despite not having any significant
character development, compared to others. Wants to protect someone because he wants
to be saved by them later? It's a very
rare casein male characters, who tend to protect
someone to show both their affection and strength. Let alone being saved, heroic
boys usually don’t want their protected ones to get into danger. Wait…,
this sounds familiar…. Oh, yes. Haru says this about Yuujin at the end of
Resshamon episode. “I don’t want him getting involved in
dangerous situation like today.”
Look at Yuujin’s smile
when he finally knows that Haru hides a secret because he wants to protect him.
Why should he thank Haru when he’s the one that saved him? In the same
dialogue, Haru says that he
feels sorry to make Yuujin worry. On the contrary, Yuujin, with such happy smile,thanks
Haru for being worried about him. This is a small detail, but pretty
much has proved that Yuujin
loves to be spoiled by Haru, even if it’s he himself that
chooses to protect. Just like
what his partner, Offmon, feels about him.
Speaking of Offmon, he and Yuujiin are similarly weak and strong at the same time. The difference
is, if Offmon hides his strength under the mask of his weakness, Yuujin does
the opposite. But the reason why they hide it is pretty much the same. They
fear it. Offmon fears his uncontrolable strength. While Yuujin fears his
weakness hurts other people. (Thus the lyrics: Rather than me
being hurt, it will hate it more if someone’s crying.)
Now, let see how the
fandom handles this astonishingly unique and complex character.
In non-fiction fanworks, such as
review or characters analysis, Yuujin is treated as the ideal protagonist (Mary
Sue?) for the unique protagonist, Haru. And that’s that. No more. This dangerously could lead the fandom
to see Yuujin’s character as bland, compared to Haru,
Eri, Astra, and Rei, even though he’s actually much, much deeper than that.
As for fiction
fanworks, we sure know how Action Heroes and Real Action Girls get to be
chickified. Unreasonably being weak or protectable for the creators’
convenience. In our Digimon fandom, there are Taichi, Takeru, Daisuke, Mimi, Takato, Ruki…, even
the god of punch Masaru isn’t immune to this.
But Yuujin! This
Yuujin, who’s severely (yet reasonably) chickified in canon can easily be
bestowed with strong, heroic, dependable, or protective roles, just because the
other casts seem to be “weaker” than him. While the
characters who are actually badass in canon (or turn into badass because of
character development),end up becoming chicks
in fiction fanworks.
Where’s the justice?
Of course, how the
fanworks go, are all up to the creators. Still, I do hope the creators may
consider “the real Yuujin” before creating something about him.
Because Oozora Yuujin is actually “gayer” than you already think he is. But that is what makes him unique.
When your boyfriend drag you to the bookstore so he can buy the next book on the series he is reading and you end up buying him this special edition of his favorite trilogy.
My son Yuujin is so precious, Im his father and @varichina is his mother. thats how the things are, I dont make the rules.
When your boyfriend drag you to the bookstore so he can buy the next book on the series he is reading and you end up buying him this special edition of his favorite trilogy.
My son Yuujin is so precious, Im his father and @varichina is his mother. thats how the things are, I dont make the rules.
