[being called cheesy doesn't seem to bother him. he's been called worse; he knows his lines are kind of cheesy sometimes—
but they work, don't they?
somehow, he got her to keep from walking away. he got her to be more honest with him, and in her own way, she admitted that their feelings are suspiciously similar.]
You have my word. Not just as Akira Kurusu, but as Joker, leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
[...]
I do things like this because I want to. Call it... my way of telling those assholes to go fuck themselves, because I don't let their games decide where I should put my feelings.
[his own rebellion, even if he knows in some ways, with what's already happened and what they've experienced, he's played into their hands. but this bond, between them—between a broken-hearted witch and an outcast criminal phantom thief—that's one he decided to pursue for only himself.]
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but they work, don't they?
somehow, he got her to keep from walking away. he got her to be more honest with him, and in her own way, she admitted that their feelings are suspiciously similar.]
You have my word. Not just as Akira Kurusu, but as Joker, leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
[...]
I do things like this because I want to. Call it... my way of telling those assholes to go fuck themselves, because I don't let their games decide where I should put my feelings.
[his own rebellion, even if he knows in some ways, with what's already happened and what they've experienced, he's played into their hands. but this bond, between them—between a broken-hearted witch and an outcast criminal phantom thief—that's one he decided to pursue for only himself.]