#i may be legit just misremembering but was there an explanation for that

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and ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man's heart and the loss of the dear friend called noriaki kakyoin's character development

#idk dude #i'm an anime only so tell me if this is different in the manga #but istg man #he has the most op ability (read: literal mind control) and literally never uses it past his first appearance #i may be legit just misremembering but was there an explanation for that??? #bc i'd get it if he was like so messed up by losing his own autonomy that he couldn't even think of doing it to anyone else #but it'd be nice if there was a line...y'know...explaining that #even something cryptic like after the steely dan fight jotaro asks him why he couldn't just mind control it out instead of the tv thing #and he says smth like 'i can't do that anymore' or 'i couldn't think of it' #or maybe using it a bit at the start and then fading it out #also i thought the whole 'don't trust kakyoin' traitor arc thing would go somewhere but i guess not #like he could do things which seem to hurt himself or the group and the rest could wonder if jotaro really got all the cells out #as it's established that stands can shrink and go inside heads they could go to check only to find nothing out of place #after that there's some kind of confrontation where after standard 'no feelings' talk #he admits he still finds himself slipping back into his old ways of thinking #'i'm better than all of them' or 'i don't belong with these people' #it would be a great thing about how even after the physical marks and scars of abuse are gone the mind is still affected #i think the final sacrifice would have meant more to me if it was clear he'd really chosen the team #rather than simply following along the people who helped him #idk anyway i think he's cool but could have been cooler