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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

About the praises like Hanto being reasonable, this can be used to compare against for example, something like Kusaka never realizing that Takumi and Yuuji are good Orphnochs and still viewing them as threats that must be wiped out like the others. That something like Nago or Hanto are the right way to write a character to think rationally and Kusaka is just written in a contrived way to perpetuate/escalate conflict.

Still, Kusaka is a slightly different type, since his main motive is to remain the only close person for Mari. And Kusaka began harming Takumi long before he found out that he was Orphenoch. Again, Kusaka collaborated with Smart Brain, so his hatred of the Orphenochs is not particularly strong. A more appropriate example here would be Ryusei, who ignored all evidence of the power of friendship and followed his original plan, while being Tachibani's puppet and, albeit temporarily, killing Gentaro.