New Question (AU): What if Asami Were a Police Officer?

Sounds interesting!

But for me Asami is just THE incarnation of a sexy, evil gangster boss ... ヾ(☆▽☆) he can't be anything else ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ

In terms on Akihito, oh boy - I really feel like Mitarai and Asami are correct in saying that he is really not suited to his criminal photography job. He's still a little immature in the way he needlessly pus himself in danger to get the scoop (and the rush) that comes from what he does. I'm sure that wouldn't change no matter the AU lol and I really think both Asami and Akihito live for the thrill and excitement and maybe in a way that comes partly from their jobs - which is why they keep at it despite the constant barrage of shite from people after Akihito's ass. (Can't really blame them, it is a fantastic bottom...)

But if either of them gave it up and did something less dangerous, that manga would be as dull as RL (￣∇￣")

That's cool too. Would it help if I made him a lead agent to invades privacy without warrants and beats up informants and suspects? That's got to be as evil as a crime lord, right?

There is that. :)

Yeah, he'd still have to have dark underside. More like lawful on the surface but deadly vigilante underneath?

I know that trope's been done to death, but I still like it.

Hmm... in that situation... I don't think either of them would give up there job for the reason of not being a target or protecting the other. They would only do a job they really love in the first place, so they wouldn't stop for any reason, but I think they would do everything to stop being a hindrance for each other resp. protect the other one :P they would maybe train or (worst case scenario) maybe go hide for some time or so, but neber stop their job or run away from their problems by e.g. chsnging their identities and go to another country ^^

I tend to agree. I think they would find a way for both to keep being who they are. :)

Like Batman? :)

Asami is a wolf. Wolves do as they do--unless they are distracted by a fluffy bunny with a really nice ass).

Does Asami love his "job"? I don't get that sense. That he is driven to do it by some compulsion that has never been made clear, yes. But love? No. Akihito may love his job but he sucks at it.

Asami is dedicated to something--whether it is his job or some other thing that he does his job for (e.g. a clan or some kind of long game), I do not know. But somethings has been driving Asami all long.

Right, we don't know why he is dedicated but I don't see love, not in the terms being discussed here, like an overwhelming passion that drives a true vocation. That's what I think of when someone talks about loving a job so much they would not give it up for a person they love. That's not what Asami's drive looks like.

Our jobs are a part of who we are--especially if we dedicated a large part of our life to them. Asami picked his job for some reason. I could see making a sacrifice if your loved one had to leave the country for some reason and you chose to give it all up and go with him or her, or if the lover got terminal cancer and you wanted to spend the remaining focused on him other. If your job is just a way to pay the rent, then that is one thing. However, giving up your chosen career is a sacrifice and it should not be taken lightly. I would question any relationship that asked you to change who you are.

Thinking about it, if I am really honest, personally I'd give up my job in a heartbeat if I had another way to pay the bills--but I am not at Asami's level.

Maybe love was the wrong word, but he is dedicated to it. I don't believe anyone could bring Asami to do sth he doesn't want to :P

For one thing, Asami doesn't need to worry about paying the bills at this point. He could buy his own country. Again, I don't see love for the job. I don't see it as his vocation. But what we do have is Word of God that he has risked his life for his subordinates and would die for them without question. So he values the lives of others above his own life and hence, his work, it's not a stretch to believe that he would value love for another above his work.

Dedication is different than love. Many people are dedicated to jobs that they cheerfully walk away from when it's time.

And the idea that quitting is something he doesn't want to do is not something we absolutely know to be true.

I also never said that I know from any source that he wouldn't stop his job, it's more like a qut feeling ;)

Maybe what he values is the group and loyalties people have to each other. Maybe he enjoys the long game in his cool Asami way. I think true leadership of any kind is a vocation. If being president can be a calling, so can being president of a company or clan with underground business.

Asami is a leader. It may not matter what he leads so much as how he leads. The "calling" may be to lead--meaning that in time he would be in charge of whatever group he started off in. So in that sense, it doesn't matter if he is a criminal or a cop--so long as he is in charge.

This is true--but then I guess the next question is what makes it time? A better job? Retirement when you are old? Maybe something like that would be compelling. But leaving it for "love" would only make sense if the lover had a real imminent and extreme need for you to leave (e.g. he's dying and only has 3 months to live). Otherwise it seems more like "love" is asking you to be something other than what you are, and that doesn't sound like love to me.