easties wheel!!! fav. nero and shino have a lot in common, not necessarily in the way that nero originally thought (east etude nero projecting himself onto shino/brad onto heath and shino being like "heath wouldnt do that" you will always be famous), but in many other ways - both being from rough backgrounds, both being a lot less lawful than heath or faust, both being less-than-enthusiastic students, both being willing to lie or drop their morals when needed or if they think it'll help their lord/boss... as of ms2, i think they're able to have a level of honesty with each other that's really neat (and... nero being like "damn shino's really cool. i almost became his underling"). and i like that shino's positive opinion of nero is so straightfoward and based on nero's direct actions toward shino (+others), so nero's inherent like "i'm a bad person" is less effective because like, he HAS been kind to shino, he HAS given shino warm food and listened to him and many other things. shino also brings out nero's tsukkomi type comments/retorts which is fun. also i loved the uhhh nero's bday voice lines from i think 2022 where shino told nero to bend down and then ruffled his hair that was sooo cute. and i like when shino claims cooking is easy and nero gets offended. beefing with a child (no). i like all the different dynamics within east so much it's fun to talk about them!!