Just asking now, how do you expect for him to act, after getting defeated multiple times? Do you expect for him to whine about it and become annoying? Or lose his balls and become weak?
I like that about Kaito, actually. The way that he's very steady and his convictions in his beliefs, and will not let getting beaten down get to him in any way. Kaito seems like someone who's not easily perturbed by failure or defeat. Probably in part because he already suffered the worst defeat in his life during his childhood.
This, especially. I relate well to Kaito because he and I faced the same thing. I see it as a sign of not giving in, because these people are the people he doesn't want to spend time with i.e. Kouta, Oren, Takatora. He just wants his happy place back. You do realise that most people turn to drugs and alcohol to keep them happy, but this is a guy that's got only his dream, in this series, the "shared dream" is to just own a dance stage. Hase being lured back to the Fruit was like addiction 101. You think about all the people that have the "stuff" so you try to get back in (relapse). That's why your surrounding shapes your way of thinking. It's society's fault that the Beat Riders existed in the first place. Because they accepted Money (Yggdrasil) as their ruler, they were smucked into a society that hides the truth. Good thing my father taught me how business works and some Law courses, otherwise I wouldn't have come to the solution that I have today that people think money is power, but real power is the actions of the people in the community. It just takes time for people to understand you, and unfortunately for the Beat Riders, they don't have the money to buy Propaganda to have enough time to fill the Citizen's way of thinking that the Beat Riders are the villain.
It's all about who's the guy who came here first, understand humanity, and knows how to use people's lack of humility to their fullest. That's why kids should listen to what their parents have to say. Because they know. In my language, we have a phrase for it. It translates to something along the lines of "Your elders have bathed in hot water before you have, so they know the limit it should be." That's why they warn you so you don't happen to boil when you do decide to jump in that tub you just filled.
Man, Micchy's upbringing is kinda flawed. Has too much money. When a kid has that kinda money, you never know what he's going to spend it with. Sure he's free, but set a limit, so he never leads astray. I blame this on the parents for letting the kids do as they like too much. In Thai culture, if a kid doesn't have a proper manners, they don't say "that kid has a problem", they say "hasn't his/her parents ever taught them any manners and how to act properly in public?". The blame is on your parents. Not you. That's why adults feel the need to lecture younger kids. Sure personal experiences are a different case, some people do get away with some things, but that means they'll have never learned how they got away with it in order to replicate the process if they just sit back, chill and just think "man I got lucky." Point is, if there's more of a chance for you to get hit by a truck any day more so than you winning the lottery, then it probably means you're only alive because you haven't begun to learn anything new yet. A person who does not make mistakes has never tried to do anything new. Micchy made the worst: Buying Power his own family has been feeding to the city, and now he might not even have a chance at that girl he likes nor can he convince his best friend that all of this is somehow his fault for being part of the family. Bleh.
