Filling out the Nabari Stamping for fun
My Nabari savvy friends should know what to do here. Just for fun, with no fancy graphics necessary. Think of it like a meme...
Basics
Name: Skunky
Age: 21
Gender: Female (despite propensity for playing gay teenagers on the internet.)
Hobbies: Ficcing like woah, excessive analysis, yardwork, tangential thinking at odd moments, strategic thinking, Roleplaying (both tabletop and online)
Likes: Highly seasoned foods, Science Fiction, stuffed animals, power tools, teasing violence, mannequins
Dislikes: Sweet things, Romance novels, Confining social structures, Religious stereotyping, Flat Characters, Senseless Cruelty
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Favorites
Favorite Color: Bile Green, Smog-gray, Earth Tones, Hyper-Saturated deep tones
Favorite Food: Grilled lamb, Black Beans and Rice, Raw Spinach and Hibiscus Petals with Vinaigrette, Pollack Dumplings with Green Onions, virtually ALL Middle Eastern and Mexican Cuisine, Peaches (with the skin on!)
Favorite Flavor: Cumin, Habanero Peppers, Red Wine Vinegar
Favorite Scent: Chai Spices, Lime Peel, Menthol Cigarettes, Pine Smoke, Flowering Jasmine
Favorite Animal: Skunks obviously. Mantises, cockroaches, vultures, camels. Small children. XD I'm also fond of cats on a saner level.
Favorite Element: Quintessence. *grin* (The fifth element, as pursued for centuries by alchemists.)
Favorite Quote: For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with perseverance. (Romans 8:24-25, ESV)
I have others in my profile, but this is the one I never get a chance to air.
...and Least Favorites
Least Favorite Color: Pastels. (Particularly pink, and lavender)
Least Favorite Food: Peanuts. (--Allergies.)
Least Favorite Flavor: Artificial Strawberry and/or grape. Dyed frostings. Aforementioned sweet non-liquid things. Endive.
Least Favorite Scent: Mold, and Diesel Fumes.
Least Favorite Animal: Small dogs. (Big ones are fine, though.)
Least Favorite Element: Surprise? XD Maybe not entirely truthful, but I really dislike the set ideals of elements. I was tempted to put down "lithium" instead or something... How about "Rubidium"?
Least Favorite Quote: Ha! Anything Shakespearean that gets quoted soppily and dramatically like it's supposed to still be meaningful. Also, most, if not all Cliches.
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In Depth
Strengths: Mind--Analytics, strong general knowledge, Global learning, Critical Thinking (particularly in putting together unlike subject matters in new ways), quickness; Humor, and general good nature. (Lacks bad intent towards others.), Secretly very trusting. (--Accepting), Die-hard loyal, Fairly personable and relaxed in attitude despite nervousness of appearance. Prefers to make self the butt of jokes, especially to cheer others up.
Weaknesses: Highly Indecisive, Physically unkempt and out of shape, Bad First Visual Impressions, Overly cautious to the nth degree, Secretly very trusting. (--Naive) Sometimes overly cynical, and sharp. Tends towards either over-subtlety or over-bluntness. Longwinded.
Bad Habits: Nail-Biting, Sharpness of temper, blithely Insulting Humor assumed to be all in good fun all around, Unreliable for responsibilities despite good intentions, "Lazy" (Inert and lacking initiative in all things, even desirable things.), Hides compassion behind self-mocking facades of gruffness. Monologues to self. Lectures/argues with self. Laughs at own jokes. Also: EXTREMELY SLOPPY. (I've mastered the art of the filing cabinet floor.)
What kinds of things make you angry? My unreliability and apparent inability to learn a work ethic fast enough for my taste, Any sort of deception or assumed superiority on the part of one person comparing themselves to another. (This includes cheating--even in games, lying, stealing, or otherwise assuming your abilities grant you rights or entitlements greater than those around you.)
What kinds of things make you sad? A person's helplessness in the face of a trial--an inability for them to change the course of something grave. (Ie: A parent being unable to help their child, "Hopelessness") Note: crossover to some extent with "what makes you angry." (I tend not to get sad--I jump straight to anger.)
What kinds of things make you happy? Very little things. Like little ironies. Little things going well. Little kindnesses that seem to work out. Finding mixed-media materials. (ie: junk I can turn into cool art.) Actually doing things on time. Books.
What are you afraid of? That my inability, or my last-minute tendencies will one day ruin someone else's capacities, or get them into trouble. (I fear my incompetence in regard to the endeavors of others.) Utter uselessness.
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Are you more...
Introverted or Extroverted: Introverted. (Introversion relates to inward speculation, ie: "navel gazing") despite this, I've no trouble talking to people if I need to. I just tend to think and self-analyze before I worry about others. I also don't do things for the applause. I do them because I want to do them.
Mature or Immature: Immature for certain. XD
Serious or Fun-loving: Unsure. Humor makes even my seriousnesses seem less grave, but it makes me no less capable of behaving very rationally and very seriously, despite the tendency to crack wise all the while.
Leader or Follower: I tend to lead, but only small groups, of my own choosing. I have no trouble with following someone I respect. I just don't often get called into/fit well in groups because my appearance takes people aback--they don't usually know what I'm going to do. I'm also opinionated, and very far out of the box in my approach to things, and tend to take up a lot of time looking at all sides of the problem, reveling in it and its possibilities more than the solutions.
Hyper or Calm: Nervous demeanor, fairly calm mind.
Impulsive or Cautious: Cautious. I don't do anything I'm not certain of. (I also tend to do things that have maximum possibility for later, or which solve multiple angles of different problems with a single action--another reason why many of my approaches look odd.)
Dominant or Submissive: Tend to be submissive simply because I don't like the notion of subsuming other people to reach something I want. More passive-aggressive, I guess, just...flaunting it openly and quietly at the same time... If I disagree with you, you'll know it because I'll tell you plainly and personally, in private, but I won't make it easy for you to stop me or dominate me.
Optimistic or Pessimistic: Pessimistic about situations, optimistic about people, considering what I've been through... (I say that without intent for drama.)
A Lover or a Fighter: ...Fighter. Tooth and nail for important things. I just don't have many things I consider worth fighting over. My fighting style is rarely open and obvious, though. I prefer to destroy your position, and your support rather than opposing directly. It's not so much unfair as...indirect. I'm not romantic at all, so I can't be much of a lover. XD
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Situations/Questions
How do you feel about trust? Grant it, and others will rise to it. If you do manage to break mine, it tends to be pretty hard to live down, though, and it's one of the few ways I get angry. It's broken indirectly most frequently--if you display cruelty to one of my friends, or a stranger, even, for instance. I don't have a great deal of trouble granting my trust to people, but I really don't tolerate domineering selfishness.
Do you think revenge is a good or bad thing? Too troublesome. XD You end up spending all your energy pursuing something that can't be changed, for the sake of self, or self-crusading. The uncertainties make you liable to harm the innocent for the sake of your zeal. I think it's better to take what happens, and forgive and support.
Do you prefer to work alone or with a group? I hate having people dependent on me because of aforementioned unreliability, but I hate working ENTIRELY alone because the minds of others are wonderful things to see working and I like helping people--thus the essential inner conflict. XDD
If someone you loved asked you to kill them, what would you do? Refuse, and insist on helping them work through it, even if I have to drag them by the sceptum. XD
Would you risk your life to save someone close to you? What about a stranger? Yes to both. Strangers are people as well. And knowing someone sacrifices for you changes a person. It's not essential that they know someone sacrificed for them, but the possibilities are all positive in the realm of good for others in doing so.
You're a doctor in a hospital. You have five patients who need organ transplants. If they don't get these transplants, they will die within 24 hours, but there doesn't seem to be any hope in sight. A homeless man with no friends, family, or identification comes into the emergency room with a broken arm. You discover that he is a perfect match for all five of the patients who need organ transplants, and that if you kill him for his organs, no one will ever notice. Do you kill the homeless man to save the five patients? I don't kill him, but in all truth, I probably mention the situation, and look to see what his reaction is. There's a rare, slight possibility he may be in enough despair to kill himself and offer himself up for those others, or in enough of a state of altruism to offer himself. Otherwise, he swears at me and walks out, and I continue searching to the end offering what I can to the patients and their families in the mean time.
Tables turned: If I happen to be the homeless man, and the doctor tells me the situation, I find a way to offer my life within twenty-four hours, taking into account time enough for a surgery for each, and a death-route which doesn't corrupt the organs in question, including quick noticeability of my body, and it's location.
It's only really a step up from blood donation after all...
I explain because a homeless man has every capacity to share my viewpoint, unlikely though it is.
The life lived by the people needing donations after the fact is unimportant. The guilt or innocence of others, and their motives should never detract from the opportunity to do good. It's not that I didn't think of that, either, for the record. I just don't think that even saving an axe murderer makes you evil. Their intention is theirs, and not your responsibility to worry about or make excuses over. And even so, the chances are MINUTE otherwise. That's a smokescreen.
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Nabari no Ou Related:
Favorite Character: ....Probably Raikou. I'm fondest of Yoite, Raikou, and Gau, but I also like Yukimi and his sister. Oh, and Hanabusa. (Because she's momma "KINGDOM OF THE DINOSAURS!")
Least Favorite Character: I'm not particularly fond of Shiratama. I don't see a particular point to her character aside from "Miharu's cat is cool, and hey, Aizawa has a buddy he can be all cryptic with." There isn't...much for her to do. No real plot guidance, even in Alya, despite her interesting ruthlessness and determination for her goals. She's only really there to be a foil for Aizawa and snark him.
Favorite Pairing: RaikouXGau with side jealousies for speculated GauXYoite, and perhaps even onesided RaikouXYukimi. (You asked.)
What I don't ever see is either RaikouXYukimi, YoiteXRaikou, or GauXYoite (interesting as a one-sideds in particular), same to RaimeiXGau (it's actually rather cute, and they have very similar personalities. I can see them respecting eachother, too.).
There's MiharuXYoite when it's well done (it usually isn't.), and HanabusaXThobari (I REALLY like Hanabusa. She's just too cute. XD) HanaXYukimi strikes me as cute, but again, nobody does it. (Mom and dad shipping?)
I'm not an OTP person, really. I like possibilities and Nabari has plenty.
Least Favorite Pairing: Uh. I've seen people do HattoriXYoite, which...was done for squick factor. Even well done, it's just designed to creep you out, which isn't my thing. And I don't like YukimiXYoite, because I think that ignores the wonderful paternal-type relationship Yukimi has with Yoite, and later, with Miharu. To some extent, it's the same for Thobari and Miharu. I don't ship them because Thobari has a sort of big brother/paternal feel going on, there...plus he's with Hana-chan, and I tend not to re-ship people with explicitly stated pairings within canon.
If you were in Miharu's situation, would you erase Yoite? Why or why not? I'd end up healing him, and telling him (with a particular irony all things considered, and therefore a bit of a smile) "You can hate me now, if you'd like. If you've killed, then use what I gave you to make restitution, or seek your revenge on me. I think the world could benefit from you, personally, and you can benefit from my selfish wish to save you against your will, but you're free to make your choices on the subject as I'm free to have made mine."
Place yourself in the Nabari no Ou universe. Do you think you would join Kairoushuu? Why or why not? Mm. I might. It's about making the world better, but it's about using the shinrabansho to do it. The tricky part would be the will and respect for the bearer of the shinrabansho. But...I might. (It seems something you're born into, to be honest. Unless you're Raikou. Or Yukimi. Or some other stray bit of humanity personally picked up by Hattori. XDD) If I were one of said strays, then I'd do so without question simply because it's not in my nature to be disloyal to people who take the trouble to help me, even if they're otherwise scum.
Place yourself in Gau's position. After being told Raikou's reasons for killing his clan, and being told not to tell Raimei these reasons, would you tell Raimei? Likely not. Too many conflicts on the part of Raimei's motives. Gau after all, doesn't know her. He has a good deal more idealism and straightforwardness than most people. I'd likely keep the secret simply because I wouldn't think it through as reconciliation of the two at the cost of myself. I'd think of it in terms of Raimei as an unknown personality, and my ability to sway her as questionable. I'd never think of holding my own life as proof. I'd dismiss it as "she wouldn't believe me", and furthermore, seek to protect Raikou's feelings by not "betraying" him under any circumstances. For all my altrusims, Raikou, as my best friend would come before Raimei, my unknown "enemy". I'd probably seek to get Raikou to tell her himself, encouraging him on the subject, and working alongside him to such an end, but...
My path is exceedingly less efficient, and much safer.
I respect Gau's choice, and admire it, actually. It's masterfully straightforward, and self-sacrificing, and does a greater, more pure good than i could ever do. I'd hesitate too much. I'm not a brave person.
Place yourself in Raimei's position. Would you let Miharu leave? I'd try to talk him out of it, probably, and then if he explained about Yoite, encourage him to go. But if he didn't explain about Yoite, I'd want him not to leave out of loyalty to the side he'd chosen.
Place yourself in Yukimi's position. Would you go against Hattori to help Miharu and Yoite?
Yes. Without hesitation. Forcing Yoite to give up his life for the sake of one's selfish goals is something I'd move to stop even if I weren't Yukimi in that situation. It violates Yoite's will and humanity for the sake of a goal he no longer wishes to pursue.
In Hattori's position, I'd find myself a different option, rather than insisting on using Yoite and allow him to live out his remaining days as he chose. Hence why I'd fight against Hattori so strongly--his motives seem unspeakably self-oriented.
If you were Raikou, would you have tried to stop Yukimi from doing so? Raikou's personality is different from mine. If I were in Raikou's SITUATION, I'd likely talk up a storm, because that's how I am. And I'd try to convince him to wait, so that I could talk to Hattori on his behalf (thus skipping straight to the epic breakout scene, without fighting Yukimi, but perhaps with him there, beside me.) Likely, nothing would change, plotwise, but I don't have Raikou's honor to trip me up and force me to fight my senpai.
So? My friends? Kindly sort.
Who am I?
Basics
Name: Skunky
Age: 21
Gender: Female (despite propensity for playing gay teenagers on the internet.)
Hobbies: Ficcing like woah, excessive analysis, yardwork, tangential thinking at odd moments, strategic thinking, Roleplaying (both tabletop and online)
Likes: Highly seasoned foods, Science Fiction, stuffed animals, power tools, teasing violence, mannequins
Dislikes: Sweet things, Romance novels, Confining social structures, Religious stereotyping, Flat Characters, Senseless Cruelty
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Favorites
Favorite Color: Bile Green, Smog-gray, Earth Tones, Hyper-Saturated deep tones
Favorite Food: Grilled lamb, Black Beans and Rice, Raw Spinach and Hibiscus Petals with Vinaigrette, Pollack Dumplings with Green Onions, virtually ALL Middle Eastern and Mexican Cuisine, Peaches (with the skin on!)
Favorite Flavor: Cumin, Habanero Peppers, Red Wine Vinegar
Favorite Scent: Chai Spices, Lime Peel, Menthol Cigarettes, Pine Smoke, Flowering Jasmine
Favorite Animal: Skunks obviously. Mantises, cockroaches, vultures, camels. Small children. XD I'm also fond of cats on a saner level.
Favorite Element: Quintessence. *grin* (The fifth element, as pursued for centuries by alchemists.)
Favorite Quote: For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with perseverance. (Romans 8:24-25, ESV)
I have others in my profile, but this is the one I never get a chance to air.
...and Least Favorites
Least Favorite Color: Pastels. (Particularly pink, and lavender)
Least Favorite Food: Peanuts. (--Allergies.)
Least Favorite Flavor: Artificial Strawberry and/or grape. Dyed frostings. Aforementioned sweet non-liquid things. Endive.
Least Favorite Scent: Mold, and Diesel Fumes.
Least Favorite Animal: Small dogs. (Big ones are fine, though.)
Least Favorite Element: Surprise? XD Maybe not entirely truthful, but I really dislike the set ideals of elements. I was tempted to put down "lithium" instead or something... How about "Rubidium"?
Least Favorite Quote: Ha! Anything Shakespearean that gets quoted soppily and dramatically like it's supposed to still be meaningful. Also, most, if not all Cliches.
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In Depth
Strengths: Mind--Analytics, strong general knowledge, Global learning, Critical Thinking (particularly in putting together unlike subject matters in new ways), quickness; Humor, and general good nature. (Lacks bad intent towards others.), Secretly very trusting. (--Accepting), Die-hard loyal, Fairly personable and relaxed in attitude despite nervousness of appearance. Prefers to make self the butt of jokes, especially to cheer others up.
Weaknesses: Highly Indecisive, Physically unkempt and out of shape, Bad First Visual Impressions, Overly cautious to the nth degree, Secretly very trusting. (--Naive) Sometimes overly cynical, and sharp. Tends towards either over-subtlety or over-bluntness. Longwinded.
Bad Habits: Nail-Biting, Sharpness of temper, blithely Insulting Humor assumed to be all in good fun all around, Unreliable for responsibilities despite good intentions, "Lazy" (Inert and lacking initiative in all things, even desirable things.), Hides compassion behind self-mocking facades of gruffness. Monologues to self. Lectures/argues with self. Laughs at own jokes. Also: EXTREMELY SLOPPY. (I've mastered the art of the filing cabinet floor.)
What kinds of things make you angry? My unreliability and apparent inability to learn a work ethic fast enough for my taste, Any sort of deception or assumed superiority on the part of one person comparing themselves to another. (This includes cheating--even in games, lying, stealing, or otherwise assuming your abilities grant you rights or entitlements greater than those around you.)
What kinds of things make you sad? A person's helplessness in the face of a trial--an inability for them to change the course of something grave. (Ie: A parent being unable to help their child, "Hopelessness") Note: crossover to some extent with "what makes you angry." (I tend not to get sad--I jump straight to anger.)
What kinds of things make you happy? Very little things. Like little ironies. Little things going well. Little kindnesses that seem to work out. Finding mixed-media materials. (ie: junk I can turn into cool art.) Actually doing things on time. Books.
What are you afraid of? That my inability, or my last-minute tendencies will one day ruin someone else's capacities, or get them into trouble. (I fear my incompetence in regard to the endeavors of others.) Utter uselessness.
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Are you more...
Introverted or Extroverted: Introverted. (Introversion relates to inward speculation, ie: "navel gazing") despite this, I've no trouble talking to people if I need to. I just tend to think and self-analyze before I worry about others. I also don't do things for the applause. I do them because I want to do them.
Mature or Immature: Immature for certain. XD
Serious or Fun-loving: Unsure. Humor makes even my seriousnesses seem less grave, but it makes me no less capable of behaving very rationally and very seriously, despite the tendency to crack wise all the while.
Leader or Follower: I tend to lead, but only small groups, of my own choosing. I have no trouble with following someone I respect. I just don't often get called into/fit well in groups because my appearance takes people aback--they don't usually know what I'm going to do. I'm also opinionated, and very far out of the box in my approach to things, and tend to take up a lot of time looking at all sides of the problem, reveling in it and its possibilities more than the solutions.
Hyper or Calm: Nervous demeanor, fairly calm mind.
Impulsive or Cautious: Cautious. I don't do anything I'm not certain of. (I also tend to do things that have maximum possibility for later, or which solve multiple angles of different problems with a single action--another reason why many of my approaches look odd.)
Dominant or Submissive: Tend to be submissive simply because I don't like the notion of subsuming other people to reach something I want. More passive-aggressive, I guess, just...flaunting it openly and quietly at the same time... If I disagree with you, you'll know it because I'll tell you plainly and personally, in private, but I won't make it easy for you to stop me or dominate me.
Optimistic or Pessimistic: Pessimistic about situations, optimistic about people, considering what I've been through... (I say that without intent for drama.)
A Lover or a Fighter: ...Fighter. Tooth and nail for important things. I just don't have many things I consider worth fighting over. My fighting style is rarely open and obvious, though. I prefer to destroy your position, and your support rather than opposing directly. It's not so much unfair as...indirect. I'm not romantic at all, so I can't be much of a lover. XD
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Situations/Questions
How do you feel about trust? Grant it, and others will rise to it. If you do manage to break mine, it tends to be pretty hard to live down, though, and it's one of the few ways I get angry. It's broken indirectly most frequently--if you display cruelty to one of my friends, or a stranger, even, for instance. I don't have a great deal of trouble granting my trust to people, but I really don't tolerate domineering selfishness.
Do you think revenge is a good or bad thing? Too troublesome. XD You end up spending all your energy pursuing something that can't be changed, for the sake of self, or self-crusading. The uncertainties make you liable to harm the innocent for the sake of your zeal. I think it's better to take what happens, and forgive and support.
Do you prefer to work alone or with a group? I hate having people dependent on me because of aforementioned unreliability, but I hate working ENTIRELY alone because the minds of others are wonderful things to see working and I like helping people--thus the essential inner conflict. XDD
If someone you loved asked you to kill them, what would you do? Refuse, and insist on helping them work through it, even if I have to drag them by the sceptum. XD
Would you risk your life to save someone close to you? What about a stranger? Yes to both. Strangers are people as well. And knowing someone sacrifices for you changes a person. It's not essential that they know someone sacrificed for them, but the possibilities are all positive in the realm of good for others in doing so.
You're a doctor in a hospital. You have five patients who need organ transplants. If they don't get these transplants, they will die within 24 hours, but there doesn't seem to be any hope in sight. A homeless man with no friends, family, or identification comes into the emergency room with a broken arm. You discover that he is a perfect match for all five of the patients who need organ transplants, and that if you kill him for his organs, no one will ever notice. Do you kill the homeless man to save the five patients? I don't kill him, but in all truth, I probably mention the situation, and look to see what his reaction is. There's a rare, slight possibility he may be in enough despair to kill himself and offer himself up for those others, or in enough of a state of altruism to offer himself. Otherwise, he swears at me and walks out, and I continue searching to the end offering what I can to the patients and their families in the mean time.
Tables turned: If I happen to be the homeless man, and the doctor tells me the situation, I find a way to offer my life within twenty-four hours, taking into account time enough for a surgery for each, and a death-route which doesn't corrupt the organs in question, including quick noticeability of my body, and it's location.
It's only really a step up from blood donation after all...
I explain because a homeless man has every capacity to share my viewpoint, unlikely though it is.
The life lived by the people needing donations after the fact is unimportant. The guilt or innocence of others, and their motives should never detract from the opportunity to do good. It's not that I didn't think of that, either, for the record. I just don't think that even saving an axe murderer makes you evil. Their intention is theirs, and not your responsibility to worry about or make excuses over. And even so, the chances are MINUTE otherwise. That's a smokescreen.
***
Nabari no Ou Related:
Favorite Character: ....Probably Raikou. I'm fondest of Yoite, Raikou, and Gau, but I also like Yukimi and his sister. Oh, and Hanabusa. (Because she's momma "KINGDOM OF THE DINOSAURS!")
Least Favorite Character: I'm not particularly fond of Shiratama. I don't see a particular point to her character aside from "Miharu's cat is cool, and hey, Aizawa has a buddy he can be all cryptic with." There isn't...much for her to do. No real plot guidance, even in Alya, despite her interesting ruthlessness and determination for her goals. She's only really there to be a foil for Aizawa and snark him.
Favorite Pairing: RaikouXGau with side jealousies for speculated GauXYoite, and perhaps even onesided RaikouXYukimi. (You asked.)
What I don't ever see is either RaikouXYukimi, YoiteXRaikou, or GauXYoite (interesting as a one-sideds in particular), same to RaimeiXGau (it's actually rather cute, and they have very similar personalities. I can see them respecting eachother, too.).
There's MiharuXYoite when it's well done (it usually isn't.), and HanabusaXThobari (I REALLY like Hanabusa. She's just too cute. XD) HanaXYukimi strikes me as cute, but again, nobody does it. (Mom and dad shipping?)
I'm not an OTP person, really. I like possibilities and Nabari has plenty.
Least Favorite Pairing: Uh. I've seen people do HattoriXYoite, which...was done for squick factor. Even well done, it's just designed to creep you out, which isn't my thing. And I don't like YukimiXYoite, because I think that ignores the wonderful paternal-type relationship Yukimi has with Yoite, and later, with Miharu. To some extent, it's the same for Thobari and Miharu. I don't ship them because Thobari has a sort of big brother/paternal feel going on, there...plus he's with Hana-chan, and I tend not to re-ship people with explicitly stated pairings within canon.
If you were in Miharu's situation, would you erase Yoite? Why or why not? I'd end up healing him, and telling him (with a particular irony all things considered, and therefore a bit of a smile) "You can hate me now, if you'd like. If you've killed, then use what I gave you to make restitution, or seek your revenge on me. I think the world could benefit from you, personally, and you can benefit from my selfish wish to save you against your will, but you're free to make your choices on the subject as I'm free to have made mine."
Place yourself in the Nabari no Ou universe. Do you think you would join Kairoushuu? Why or why not? Mm. I might. It's about making the world better, but it's about using the shinrabansho to do it. The tricky part would be the will and respect for the bearer of the shinrabansho. But...I might. (It seems something you're born into, to be honest. Unless you're Raikou. Or Yukimi. Or some other stray bit of humanity personally picked up by Hattori. XDD) If I were one of said strays, then I'd do so without question simply because it's not in my nature to be disloyal to people who take the trouble to help me, even if they're otherwise scum.
Place yourself in Gau's position. After being told Raikou's reasons for killing his clan, and being told not to tell Raimei these reasons, would you tell Raimei? Likely not. Too many conflicts on the part of Raimei's motives. Gau after all, doesn't know her. He has a good deal more idealism and straightforwardness than most people. I'd likely keep the secret simply because I wouldn't think it through as reconciliation of the two at the cost of myself. I'd think of it in terms of Raimei as an unknown personality, and my ability to sway her as questionable. I'd never think of holding my own life as proof. I'd dismiss it as "she wouldn't believe me", and furthermore, seek to protect Raikou's feelings by not "betraying" him under any circumstances. For all my altrusims, Raikou, as my best friend would come before Raimei, my unknown "enemy". I'd probably seek to get Raikou to tell her himself, encouraging him on the subject, and working alongside him to such an end, but...
My path is exceedingly less efficient, and much safer.
I respect Gau's choice, and admire it, actually. It's masterfully straightforward, and self-sacrificing, and does a greater, more pure good than i could ever do. I'd hesitate too much. I'm not a brave person.
Place yourself in Raimei's position. Would you let Miharu leave? I'd try to talk him out of it, probably, and then if he explained about Yoite, encourage him to go. But if he didn't explain about Yoite, I'd want him not to leave out of loyalty to the side he'd chosen.
Place yourself in Yukimi's position. Would you go against Hattori to help Miharu and Yoite?
Yes. Without hesitation. Forcing Yoite to give up his life for the sake of one's selfish goals is something I'd move to stop even if I weren't Yukimi in that situation. It violates Yoite's will and humanity for the sake of a goal he no longer wishes to pursue.
In Hattori's position, I'd find myself a different option, rather than insisting on using Yoite and allow him to live out his remaining days as he chose. Hence why I'd fight against Hattori so strongly--his motives seem unspeakably self-oriented.
If you were Raikou, would you have tried to stop Yukimi from doing so? Raikou's personality is different from mine. If I were in Raikou's SITUATION, I'd likely talk up a storm, because that's how I am. And I'd try to convince him to wait, so that I could talk to Hattori on his behalf (thus skipping straight to the epic breakout scene, without fighting Yukimi, but perhaps with him there, beside me.) Likely, nothing would change, plotwise, but I don't have Raikou's honor to trip me up and force me to fight my senpai.
So? My friends? Kindly sort.
Who am I?