[Okay, but...it's a little easier to blindly excuse selfishness than it is to blindly excuse three counts of manipula-murder. You can't really compare the two.]
[Anyway, luckily for Kokichi "stop lying forever" wasn't what Shuichi had in mind. He nods, giving an affirmative little hum along with it. Yes, possible. You heard him right.]
The more we learned after your trial, the more apparent it became to me that you... you only did most of what you did because of the situation. Like I said, it's not enough to condone your actions. Because ultimately, you still made the choice to go through with them, but...it's not fair to ignore the circumstances entirely and condemn you either. Especially since...you're owning up to it and you're genuinely sorry.
[They wouldn't be having this conversation if he wasn't. Kokichi wouldn't have initiated this conversation, without prompting, if he wasn't. For once, he's telling the complete and total truth about something. For once, he's expressing genuine emotion without trying to cover it up with a lie or a smile or crocodile tears. It's weird...but nice. And for that, Shuichi maintains eye contact. The other boy deserve that much respect.]
Because of that, I can forgive you for...most of what you did. [Weirdly, it's Miu's death he's having the most trouble forgiving. That whole situation was just...completely unavoidable. Gonta and Miu could have survived with them if he'd just...told them what Miu was planning to do. They could have worked through that... But what's done is done, there's no changing what happened.] And I can accept your apology, provided this...isn't all there is to it. I'm not trying to say it's inadequate, because I know this wasn't easy for you and just owning up to something like this is a huge step. But...if nothing changes after this, if you just go right back to doing these same kinds of things...
[It's a problem. A big problem. But the way he emphasizes nothing seems to imply he's not expecting a complete change of character here. Just for Kokichi to cut out those "unacceptable things" that he did. Learn a lesson, basically. That's what he wants to see.]
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[Anyway, luckily for Kokichi "stop lying forever" wasn't what Shuichi had in mind. He nods, giving an affirmative little hum along with it. Yes, possible. You heard him right.]
The more we learned after your trial, the more apparent it became to me that you... you only did most of what you did because of the situation. Like I said, it's not enough to condone your actions. Because ultimately, you still made the choice to go through with them, but...it's not fair to ignore the circumstances entirely and condemn you either. Especially since...you're owning up to it and you're genuinely sorry.
[They wouldn't be having this conversation if he wasn't. Kokichi wouldn't have initiated this conversation, without prompting, if he wasn't. For once, he's telling the complete and total truth about something. For once, he's expressing genuine emotion without trying to cover it up with a lie or a smile or crocodile tears. It's weird...but nice. And for that, Shuichi maintains eye contact. The other boy deserve that much respect.]
Because of that, I can forgive you for...most of what you did. [Weirdly, it's Miu's death he's having the most trouble forgiving. That whole situation was just...completely unavoidable. Gonta and Miu could have survived with them if he'd just...told them what Miu was planning to do. They could have worked through that... But what's done is done, there's no changing what happened.] And I can accept your apology, provided this...isn't all there is to it. I'm not trying to say it's inadequate, because I know this wasn't easy for you and just owning up to something like this is a huge step. But...if nothing changes after this, if you just go right back to doing these same kinds of things...
[It's a problem. A big problem. But the way he emphasizes nothing seems to imply he's not expecting a complete change of character here. Just for Kokichi to cut out those "unacceptable things" that he did. Learn a lesson, basically. That's what he wants to see.]