byakuran& #39;s cure for genkishi corrupts his mind. it& #39;s beyond just the knowledge of how to stop whatever is killing genkishi but also how to use it against him because surely, byakuran KNOWS what kind of person genkishi is https://twitter.com/chronppi/status/1264274344471146497">https://twitter.com/chronppi/...

the key is genkishis loyalty

its a very self destructive mentality- intentional by design. genkishis loyalty to yuni is real, genuine, but byakuran TWISTED that so that genkishi is repulsed and willing to kill his former family in order to affirm byakurans trust in him

perhaps the most painful part is that genkishi is somewhat aware. the lingering distress and confusion he feels with seeing yuni& #39;s eyes is the part of him that desperately wants to go back.

but he also knows he cant, knows its far just an illness in the body but also the mind

and then genkishi- he looks at takeshi and sees someone who is similar. takeshi was close to seeing his own end when tsuna saved him, the same way byakuran had, and it rips at him because takeshi is whole, if not even more

he wants to rip takeshi to shreds, for him to be a little like genkishi. it& #39;s a destructive desire born from needing someone to understand him. "stain him with the dirt and the blood that colors me, and i - we - wouldnt be alone."

genkishi is lonely.

takeshi understands this, understands why genkishi turned out the way he did, and he wants to help.

he wants to HELP but genkishi was good as dead the moment he had the disease.

takeshi deserves so much more than a man half of what he used to be.