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hi mika, i hope this question isnt too bothersome but WHEN does eichi call rei "sakuma-san"? ive seen people talk about him doing that but i havent found anything on it and i thought maybe it was more just a hc or something but someone posted a compilation of eichi saying it so now im even more confused 😠i thought he just switched from sakuma-senpai to sakuma-kun.....if you can help me id appreciate it but dw if its too complicated. thank you either way
good question... i am not entirely sure!
the only instance i can personally find eichi calling him "sakuma-san" is in Element, in the scene where he discusses who to make the five eccentrics with tsumugi. Element is the same story his appellation "sakuma-senpai" made its first debut, and eichi calls him consistently "sakuma-senpai" through the flashbacks in Checkmate and Altered too.
right now i wonder if it's one of the appellations he used before actually meeting rei...especially since in his 2nd year, when NOT speaking to rei, he'd consistently call him by "sakuma rei", and seemingly a bit hesitant to call him -senpai in that one chapter in Element (Even in Hell 3). keito uses "sakuma-san" to refer to rei, so eichi could've just pulled that from him.
but since his apparent meeting with him (as seen in Altered), he seems to consistently call him "sakuma-senpai", with opting to use his full name "sakuma rei" when speaking to other people.
i wondered if it was an error, but it sounds like you've found multiple instances of it, which im curious about! (but if it is an error, it's one they've doubled down, and even included in the voice acting for the event)