Sakura Gari/Fridge

Brilliance

 * Once you read the part in Sakura Gari where, you'll be all WHAT THE HELL for quite a bit wondering where did that come from. However... the   had more than one subtle hint towards this particular reveal... We never truly see   naked, but we do get to see   And THE spoken phrase?   Neat one, Yuu Watase

Horror

 * The only way that Souma was ever shown any affection at all was through sexual abuse and rape. It is the only way he was ever able to interpret any kind of affection or care from anyone throughout his entire childhood. Anyone want to make an educated guess at what they thought he was going to actually do to Masataka when  However, looking back from those very first chapters, you can see the hints being dropped, the situations slowly closing in. Only later do you find out that, despite being an Empty Shell with a backstory as painful as spending a nuclear winter in hell, Souma didn't ask Masataka to kill him to end his own misery, but to stop him for what he was going to do. ... There's a very good reason why the Karmic Death of this series' Complete Monsters feels so very, very satisfying.