He hired the hunter, sure, but he didn’t directly kill Beatrix. Because I think this further explains why Reiji might have hired a vampire hunter. Similar-but-different to why Laito wants to kill Cordelia. Previously I’ve analyzed Reiji wanting to kill his mom as a way of owning her, so that she’ll always belong to him. For anyone new here, killing for vampires is the ultimate declaration of love. Maybe even with a sprinkle of regret for neglecting him.Īll of that backfires on him, however, because instead of feeling betrayed, Beatrix smiles, tells Reiji she was glad it was him who killed her, and dies in peace.Īll his plans have fallen to shambles, cue the dramatic break-down.īefore I get to said breakdown, let’s take a moment to think about what killing means to vampires. Beatrix then feels the ultimate betrayal of being killed by her son, and dies in anguish being forced to finally face Reiji and see him for who he is. And then, just before she dies, he reveals himself to be the mastermind who orchestrated it all. In my opinion, Reiji’s thought process was hire the vampire hunter so that Beatrix can suffer, so that she can feel pain and torment the way Reiji has all these years. Because quick aside, the triplets fucking hate their mom. Ok, so with that in mind, it doesn’t make sense to hire someone to do the job for you, right? But I’d argue that it’s precisely because he didn’t hate her that he couldn’t bring himself to kill her the way the triplets kill their mom. If he wouldn’t be noticed for his perfection, then he’d be noticed for his strength/power. And when he finally realized he’d never be recognized for going above and beyond her expectations, that’s where he had to shift gears. Above all he revered her for a very long time. To answer the first question, I don’t believe Reiji really hated Beatrix. I think a lot of people struggle with the concept because if Reiji hated Beatrix so much, why not just kill her himself? Why not own the entirety of the whole process? What’s the point? Here’s where the vampire hunter comes in. Yui thinks to herself something along the lines of “are these scars the ones on Reiji’s heart? Maybe that’s too convenient…” but I don’t think it’s convenient at all. He is the living breathing definition of “fake it till you make it.” He desperately wants/needs to make himself known, but he does it in a way that assumes false composure. It’s the equivalent of a child throwing a tantrum for attention. So that Yui will be forced to recognize Reiji, so that even if she doesn’t see him, she feels his pain. He resorts to physical lashing–to something that will scar over so that there will be a permanent reminder on her body that he exists. It’s why when Yui comes back with Shu’s scent (even though all she did was talk to him) Reiji reacts as strongly as he does, and whips her through the night. Shu is such a huge sore spot because Shu shadows all possibility for Reiji to get recognition. All of the other brothers had some sort of recognition, regardless of how batshit it was. The more the neglect, the more he strives for perfection. He is the most neglected Sakamaki, which directly correlates to his standards of perfection. Everything Reiji does is so painfully calculated. He’s screaming for attention and appreciation as loudly and desperately as all of the other brothers.īecause here’s the thing, hiring a vampire hunter to kill his mother isn’t as weak as it is calculating. I know we talk about all of the trauma and pain all these boys have a lot but I feel like Reiji gets glossed over a lot simply because he’s really good at hiding that pain for the most part.īut when it comes out it’s glaring. And that’s stuck with me for a long while. But I started thinking about this because I remember a post a long time ago that called Reiji weak for hiring a vampire hunter to kill his mother. Ok so I’m hella rusty here because I haven’t done analysis in a while.
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