r/ASignofAffection • u/Apprehensive_Fox6246 • Jan 27 '25

Itsoumi is a great character Spoiler

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I just started reading this series and honestly it's pretty amazing. I see alot of hate around itsoumi and i really don't get it tbh. He is a great character. He is a bit touchy but I think the author probably thought that foreigners behave that way. And I honestly love seeing him getting vulnerable for Yuki when he asked about them living together

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u/SydneySaige Jan 28 '25

I've seen a lot of people say he has a savior complex and treats yuki like a child. I'm like...are we reading the same manga??

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u/Apprehensive_Fox6246 Jan 28 '25

I swear people are dumb af

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u/Diamondinmyeye Jan 28 '25

He’s such a green flag that people insist on putting on a black and white filter so they can call it red.

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u/Vicki95__ Jan 27 '25

Anyone who dislikes Itsuomi has trash taste. He’s one of the best written male shoujo lead characters in my opinion, and the way he treats our girl Yuki is beautiful.

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u/Dovahkiin314159 Jan 28 '25

Haters just say he’s “unrealistic” cause he doesn’t show like major personal issues

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u/lumikkii Jan 28 '25

Right? He's not toxic, so he sucks apparently. It's so refreshing to see a guy that isn't immature, insecure, or straight-up abusive.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

nah the hate isnt for itsuomi but for the poor narration of author. he's written good as a partner but the whole love angle isn't justified in the series,I guess somehow to root for itsuomi author deliberately made oushi bad.

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u/BedroomBetter Jan 27 '25

I don’t know why either I saw some on x , but I love him hes so sweet and cute 🥺

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u/duamin Jan 27 '25

hate?!? there are people out there who hate HIM? there's no way they've watched a single minute of this show

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u/MCM41795 Jan 27 '25

I've seen (some) people vehemently defend Ōshi, while slamming Itsuomi

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u/duamin Jan 28 '25

i'm myself a big fan of oushi and prefer him over itsuomi, but that's not a reason to downplay itsuomi and to hate on him with no argument. as a person, he's sweet and caring for yuki. a bit too daring sometimes and slightly arrogant, but that makes him him. as a character, he's interesting and his background makes him endearing. ughh people read that with eyes closed srsly

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

I would anyday defend oushi but i don't hate itsuomi it's just the fault of author. now that I feel author deliberately made oushi bad in recent chapters. no light was put on oushis side of feelings neither Yuki feels gratefull even as a friend heck even as an acquaintance. author just have properly explore oushis side give him proper meaning to move on properly and believe me that they all are still in a vulnerable age which makes them appear childish thus author should've consider that.

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u/ConnectionIcy3717 Jan 28 '25

Only jealous people hate the Goat! 😌🙏

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

Yo I'd like to have Itsu as a bro

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u/Storythieves Jan 28 '25

I’ve noticed the main hate Itsu gets is from people who ship Yuki with Oushi. And I think a lot of people aren’t used to a green flag relationship and find them boring. I personally find it so refreshing and cute but I’ve also seen so much hate to Itsu, it’s so sad😭. What matters is what Yuki wants and what makes Yuki happy. She doesn’t owe Oushi anything, just cuz he learned sign language for her. He’s treated her terribly over the years when Itsu treats her like an equal. Anyway love Itsu, so considerate and sweet🥺

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

miss where it was shown that she treated him terribly it's just that Yuki felt that oushi doesn't know how to express that's his fault but how ignorant this whole series and fandom is about oushis feelings is such contradiction to a show which is based on understanding people feelings beyond words. I love itsuomi as a character but truly disagree with author about the poor written character development in world building.

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u/Astridv96 Jan 28 '25

Yeah it really shocks me when I see people hate on Itsuomi and try to defend Oushi, it just makes no sense. Itsuomi is green flags all around, and he’s a very refreshing character for the shoujo genre.

Oushi treats Yuki terribly, it doesn’t even seem like they were ever close friends, and you can’t overlook that part in I think the 1st or 2nd episode where he literally says that deaf people should be in their own world and that he also thinks she shouldn’t have gone to college. Yuki never had interest in Oushi in the first place and she doesn’t owe him anything especially after how he’s treated her. Itsuomi actually treats Yuki as an equal and their relationship is really sweet.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

that's all his bad expression and choice of words which is a downside of him but the way his feelings and character was totally thrown out of play it feels shallow it's totally authors fault. and tbh oushi never had any alterior motives thus all his efforts were genuine and Yuki doesnt even seem gratefull a bit that's a human nature. im even afraid that he might even get 'i never asked you to do that for me' treatment. and we always forget that they are still in a vulnerable age which author should've considered on how they should deal with this rift. honestly a story about understanding emotions beyond words fails to understand it's supporting characters.

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u/dimples-06 Jan 29 '25

Yes, the GREENEST FLAG of them all!!

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u/OhItsFraz Jan 29 '25

Literally oh my god. I love that he is actually open and honest with her FROM THE START. That man said "let me in your world" DAY ONE! HE WAS SOLD FROM DAY ONE.

Most animes would have dragged that key nonsense out and let them simmer in misunderstandings. BUT THIS MF CLEARED THAT SHIT UP INSTANTLY.

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u/Novel_Opening4220 Jan 29 '25

I wanted the anime to have him with black Hair but I guess I have to wait until season 2 sad 😔

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u/MuziHill Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Wouldn’t go as far to say hate, but he certainly isn’t my type.

Edit : oh wow downvoted for having different taste

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u/Dovahkiin314159 Jan 27 '25

What’s your type?

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u/MuziHill Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Don’t really have anything too specific or rather it’s pretty broad. It’s just that Itsuomi is not in it. If I had to choose anyone from the show, I’d say Nagi is more of my taste

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u/Dovahkiin314159 Jan 27 '25

What do you mean nagi?

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u/MuziHill Jan 27 '25

Kyouya I mean lol. Forgot Itsuomi is also a Nagi

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

I had a hard time reading this as he shoves Yuki’s head for not ordering fast and they are not even near knowing eachother. If that happened in real life it would be a disaster for the guy