Love Letter is Misunderstood

Love letter Analysis Before the "love letter" incident, Ayanokouji psychoanalyzed Takuya’s actions. Takuya had: - Engaged in elaborate schemes, only to stop short of truly harming Ayanokouji. Takuya, despite his dubious claims otherwise, didn’t gain anything of value from UIE, Didn’t even try to help Kushida in Y2V5, etc. - Has gone out of his way to demonstrate his genius to Ayanokouji twice, yet still hides from him. Takuya’s seemingly contradictory actions stem from his complex emotions toward Ayanokouji/WR. - Conscious Feelings: - He motivated himself to survive and excel in WR by hating Ayanokouji. This hatred is so profound that Takuya wants to physically kill Ayanokouji. - He is desperate for the WR's recognition that can only be achieved by surpassing Ayanokouji; only then would the instructors recognize his genius. It’s essential to affirming the self-worth and ego he had built on his superiority as a WR student. - Subconscious feelings: - Takuya was subconsciously terrified of Ayanokouji and knew he would be crushed in a direct confrontation. - This clashed so strongly with his self worth and ego so it was buried deep in his heart. Takuya wasn’t aware this is why he was doing things this way, and thus he coped in Y2V4.5 Finally, Takuya wasn’t truly mentally stable due to his WR background. We saw him snap in Y2V4.5 for example. This constant push and pull is why Takuya created large schemes that only poked at Ayanokouji; he couldn’t commit to a …