while I'm Gavvposting!!!! I love Lakia so much!!!! even before the backstory was revealed he had so much character in his cool aloof mysterious way. but that makes the moments where his real emotions show so fuckin good!!! its such a contrast!!!!
also it makes sense why he's like this!!! his lil brother fucking died!!!!! of course Lakia in the flashbacks is much happier and livelier than Lakia now!!!!!
I love Sachika cos she's so sincere and straightforward and she cares. I love Lakia for the opposite reason. he doesn't reveal any part of himself and he finds most things to be a pain and he doesn't particularly care for humans. he's a jellyfish riding the currents, going with the flow.
but then he'll show up to help Shouma in a fight. or he'll let himself get dragged along by Shouma and Sachika to do human things. or confront Dente fully intending to kill him for his role in his brother's death. that moment afterward where Lakia reflects and muses that Shouma is strong for turning Dente into an ally instead of chasing revenge, and that he doesn't give Shouma enough credit.....
he's not someone that doesn't care. his brother is dead and he tells himself it's the only thing that matters and everything else is a pain. but he doesn't shut himself off completely. I don't know how to put it. he's just full of contradictions. it feels like he's drifting not because he wants to; its cos its the only way he can keep moving forward. and every so often he feels something through all the apathy and grief and nothingness and makes a choice to do something different. for a moment, he cares