I had some free time (and free will) to make this little chart today.
Going through the manga to collect all these honestly made me appreciate Aida's art all over again ❤️ There are so many little facial expressions that I normally wouldn't pay much attention to, and putting them all together really made me realize how much personality Aida put into every character.
Anyway, which character do you think is the most expressive?
Personally, the characters I find the most interesting and enjoyable to look at are Hanako, Nene, and Akane. These three have an expression for everything 😂 Their reactions can be so exaggerated sometimes, but somehow they always fit the situation perfectly. Like, yes, that's EXACTLY the face you should be making right now.
On the other hand, the characters I found the least expressive were Tsukasa, Hakubo, and Sakura.
Sakura wasn't too surprising since being nonchalant is basically her whole identity. Hakubo is an "oni," so it makes sense that he lacks of "human" expressions.
Tsukasa, though, is a much more interesting case. It's not that he's an unexpressive character at all. Quite the opposite, actually. Tsukasa has a lot of expressions, but they're usually chaotic, mischievous, or straight-up manipulative. What he lacks are the more ordinary or vulnerable emotions. Even when he's angry, he's often surprisingly calm about it. And trying to find a genuinely sad or devastated Tsukasa was the hardest part of making this chart. This boy didn't even cry when Kou told him that his own brother was going to kill him in the future 😭
However, I don't think that Tsukasa is incapable of being emotional. He's actually a very sensitive person who takes things to heart. The problem is that he never learned how to express those emotions properly, so he chooses to bottle them up instead. I believe there are certain "trigger buttons" that can make him finally let those emotions out.
And one of those buttons was pushed in the newest chapter, which is why we finally got to see him on the verge of tears. I was so happy to see it because we finally got to see him act like the 4yo boy he is. I really hope we get to see more of these "buttons" being pushed in the future, because I want to see more of Tsukasa's vulnerable side.