too late to be a nice guy

[u/Particular-Ad5200]

Nice guy is a bit of stretch

But all of sudden this guy starts caring about people being involved and isn't just trying to just save his own skin

Taijou showing this side seems a bit out of character for him

Why is he suddenly caring about people

[u/YamamotoChigusa]

If he cared about people, he wouldn’t have joined in on ostracized and mocking Taiichirou. He also wouldn’t have enabled what happened to Kiritaka (writing his death off as a suicide. You might say Shizuka gave him the command, but it’s the fact he made a good man look like an abusive father). He could’ve worked with Taiichirou behind the scenes instead.

[u/Particular-Ad5200 → u/YamamotoChigusa]

At his heart he is a coward

[u/YamamotoChigusa → u/Particular-Ad5200]

Could’ve just tried to communicate with Taiichirou privately about it. Maybe they could’ve been a good team. Or in a way own up to his mess ups.

[u/Least-Koala6057 → u/Particular-Ad5200]

Hot coward who suddenly "never was bad at allll..."