Chiikawa and friends have things to teach Rakko, too

Rakko is great at extermination jobs, and Chiikawa and friends look up to Rakko. Chiikawa and Hachiware teach that same Rakko about video games and cold baths.

I love this direction of teaching. Even for someone they admire, they have something they can pass on. Rakko's strength in extermination jobs doesn't change, but what each one knows in that moment is different.

When we see someone who's good at one thing, we tend to assume they can do everything else too. On the flip side, we might miss what someone is good at when their weak spots stand out. After “great” or “bad at it,” I want to add: at what?

There seems to be no need to measure Rakko's strength and the games Chiikawa and friends know with the same yardstick. Without deciding which is better, you can still make time to be taught what you don't know.

If relying on someone only goes one way, the one being relied on may find it hard to say “I don't know.” If who teaches changes with the situation, you can be together without always having the answers.

Even the one they admire can be taught something. That's a relief. Friends' roles shouldn't have to be set as the strong one and the weak one.