Some little facts about Harvard & Carl.
I knew about these, but didn't really realize realize them as facts or something to think about. But I realized realized now, so I'll write them down.
First, Carl has double eyelid and Harvard doesn't.
Idk, it just really adds to their opposite-ends energy. Carl has things Harvard doesn't and Harvard has things Carl doesn't.
In their concept art, Harvard mostly frown, while Carl mostly smiles. Harvard stood with squared shoulders and menacing, while Carl looks more in-control of himself giving him a responsible feel.
While this is translated very cool. The actual JP translation of Carl's primary ability is "The ability to sympathize with people's heart" (人の心に同調する力 or Hito no kokoro ni dōchō suru chikara). And I just think that that's beautiful.
Even their in-game ability is on opposite-ends: to pursue (Harvard) and to empathize (Carl)! While Harvard tries to pursue by logic and break his opponent's defense, Carl tries to empathize with them instead.
While Carl focuses on the heart, Harvard focuses on logic. Harvard had always been portrayed as sort-of merciless and egotistical, while Carl is the one who tries to calm him down. For example, this image down here is Carl trying 2 different times to calm Harvard's obviously fanning their opponent's flame (which Harvard said it makes his pursuing act look good 😅).
This makes me remember a JP player who played the demo saying that you aren't allowed to make mistakes in the deduction, since Harvard won't allow you to progress saying that something is still wrong/missing. They said that Harvard always want to look cool 😂. Although, the 2 commentators playing the demo in the upper right corner of the images above were constantly talking about how cool Harvard is during his deduction. So maybe it worked!
I'm very interested in this duo and what story they have to tell together, with their teammates and world.
I just want to rant a little before the VISION in less than 2 weeks, I'm pretty excited. And I should get ready for another radio silence from LEVEL5 after the VISION. And maybe I'll leave the fandom for a while, until new info comes out. I just wanted to write it down here that I love Harvard & Carl, but can't really love them either, since what is there to love when there is no story or combination to love yet? Waiting for Decapolice is very tiring, and it seems like it could take so much longer. You guys in this small fandom too, go get time to relax out of Decapolice. LEVEL5 is working, even if we don't wait for them. It's been a literal whole damn year since LEVEL5 said anything new about Decapolice, and we've been waiting since then. You guys deserve a break.
I'll see you guys when the VISION is near in around 2 weeks, take care and thanks for always populating this small little fandom of ours. Makes me feel not so alone. 👍🏻
