now that izutsumi has had her debut in the anime, i can finally post this
Every girls in Avatar the Last Airbender
had a dream that I had a pair of headphones whose "low battery" sound was a weak and hacking dry cough
In another (happier) world, I think Muhen would've been Akechi's Sojiro. Akechi would've lived above Jazz Jin just like how Joker lived above Leblanc. Muhen would've taught him how to make the drinks and close up at night. They would've bonded over music. And Akechi would finally have an adult looking after him. Because Muhen does care about him in-canon. He's the only character in the epilogue that mentions Akechi, he notices who Akechi spends time with, and he wishes to see him again.
It's so sad that Akechi assumes nobody cares about him or wants him around and yet this random jazz club owner does. Do you ever think about Muhen seeing Akechi at the Jazz Jin sometime in December, not knowing it would be the last time he ever would
“You can exist as multiple things. You don’t have to cut off any part of yourself.” - NCUTI GATWA photographed by Daniel Riera for "The Times" (May 11, 2024)