Ummm, I think you’re being a bit overdramatic with that ‘beyond human intellect’ thing, Saiou. ^^;;;

But I see what he’s getting at though. Judai is so different from his friends now in a way they can’t really understand and that contributes to his feeling of isolation. And that’s part of why he wanted to leave as well, because he feels like he doesn’t quite belong anymore. You can see from his face there that Saiou is right on the mark. That thought definitely hurts him, especially since he’s been so alone before as a child.

Saiou really is the one person here who can understand what that feels like though. He and Judai actually aren’t all that different from each other in some ways if you think about it. They’ve both been burdened with a power that separates them out from other people and makes them different in a way others can’t relate to. They both grew up with a sense of lonliness and isolation but dealt with it in different ways. For Saiou, being treated with fear and superstition led to him becoming bitter and distrustful of the world even as he had to try and find a way to adapt in order to survive in it. Judai on the other hand used to have plenty of friends but lost them because of Yubel and so missed out on a lot of social interaction that way. It’s also interesting that Saiou lived with his power all his life and then lost it while Judai has gone all his life so far not realizing that he had power at all and only recently discovering it.

So yeah, I like that Saiou is the one trying to reach out to him and convince him here.

okay im doing this here cuz i have a whole lot to say and it’s easier. First off, damn do i love saiou and judai’s relationship in s4. Like they both went though really similar things, and the kind of trauma you just can’t go tell to a therapist. But at the same time they’re at different stage of this situation. Like Saiou now has to learn to live without power, and Judai with even more than before. Also Judai is considering avoiding his friend and not telling them anything, a choice Saiou made and that surely didn’t lead to much good. There’s a lot more opposition and comparison to make, but their relationship is developped later so ill keep that for then. Second thing is. For a long time I considered that the cthulhu mythos references and symbolism stopped after season 2, but after some more thought I realized there actually was something very similar to s3 and 4: a series of short stories named the cycle of dreams. It’s about a young man that decides to go into another dimmension, called dreamland, to scearch for something he loves and dreams of but can’t find anymore (it’s a city, but let’s say it still works). He lives many fantastic adventures in the dreamlands including getting the helped of old friends that now live there for mysterious reasons, much trauma, and being chased by nyarlathotep who wants to have our hero all for himself. He eventually escapes the dreamlands, not without wounds. After that, he is very depressed and lost, he doesnt have anymore friends, and spends his days and night in his room without any goal. After that, the story itself is a bit different from gx but he eventually finds a way to get a knowledge no normal human would ever acquire, and by meeting some elder gods, discovers the secret of the universe. He even is turned into something completely inhuman, and as he tries to go back to earth and to his former self, tries reaching for his friends for help while not letting them know what he became, nor see him directly. There are some things in common, but i can’t really say it was on purpose (tho i know at least one person red these short stories, arcana force the moon is way too specifically referencing a dreamland monster). However s4 shows some very mythos theme: having seen things, knowing things, becoming something beyond what humans can handle, losing a bit of sanity in the process, and never being able to go back to humanity. It’s even more true for dreamland’s hero, and for Judai, who’s very much about that. It’s why “beyond human intellect” doesn’t feel so weird (beside the fact that... well saiou just talks like this), it’s how you’d describe the fate of most mythos heroes, and that goes for judai. It’s also a bit interesting because once again the villain is nyarla so if we consider that, in gx, it’s associated that the most evil, cruel, dangerous aspects of the LoD it quite works that nyarla also is associated with Yubel’s madness But yeah I mean it’s not as big as for s2, im just happy to see the parrallel still hold. The last thing i want to say is that of course Saiou has a role in this hot mess of references. When the dreamland hero decides to receive this knowledge, it’s in a scene where he meets Umr at Tawil, an avatar of Yog-sothoth who guards the truth that some humans may find (they are one of the most nice and good mythos being. while they’re supposed to be neutral in the choice people make, they insist a lot on being sure they do it freely and are aware of the danger. And even after, they care deeply about their safety). These two scene are a bit similar, with the hero being presented with something much better than him and having to make a decisive choice.And im saying all this to say that amongst the character Saiou can be associated with, Umr at tawil is a very solid candidate. This scene works, as Saiou is pointing out the no-return and all, but it was already in s2. Remember that duel against manjoume in the wood? Well it’s even more like this: the nice Saiou keeps reminding Manjoume of the consequences of his choice to see the light (see a cosmic truth, you know), but cannot do much but accept his choice. Also Umr at tawil is described as a tall humanoid figure that looks like a man with white clothes and cloak hiding their face, which is pretty much how saiou is the very first time we see him. And yeah that’s the end I thought about all this quite recently so Im just a bit too excited about it XD