anon has pretty much covered it, but there's this one thing I see a lot and it bugs me, so!
-just like with everyone else's shadows, you can't take what his says as the absolute, definitive truth. In particular, the part where he says he became a police officer just for the gun - that could have been a part of it, but then why he didn't he just... stay a regular police officer? Instead, he's reached the rank of detective by 27. That? Requires an unbelievable amount of work.
...which kind of leads into okay, he studies incredibly hard, works his butt off, finally reaches the rank of detective - when he fucks up (in his own estimation it was ~just a little mistake~ but it probably a lot bigger than that since we all know how adachi's estimation of himself is majorly skewed in his favor) and gets sent to the boonies. Years of work and effort, gone. Wasted. Just like that.
and so the chains that held his inner asshole more or less in place were thrown to the wind.
oh yeah and when it comes to playing his nice, public self, keep the stereotypical Nice Guy in mind, most importantly the part where they honestly believe some of their entitled, fucked up ideas are normal and not realize they shouldn't be shared with the class? He's far better in terms of acting than most, since a lot of his lines are only creepy/set off alarm bells in retrospect, but if you wanted to leave clues for other characters that something isn't quite right, that'd be a great way to do it.
...and this turned into a whole lot more than just one thing! hope it helps.
Re: Tohru Adachi // Persona 4
-just like with everyone else's shadows, you can't take what his says as the absolute, definitive truth. In particular, the part where he says he became a police officer just for the gun - that could have been a part of it, but then why he didn't he just... stay a regular police officer? Instead, he's reached the rank of detective by 27. That? Requires an unbelievable amount of work.
...which kind of leads into okay, he studies incredibly hard, works his butt off, finally reaches the rank of detective - when he fucks up (in his own estimation it was ~just a little mistake~ but it probably a lot bigger than that since we all know how adachi's estimation of himself is majorly skewed in his favor) and gets sent to the boonies. Years of work and effort, gone. Wasted. Just like that.
and so the chains that held his inner asshole more or less in place were thrown to the wind.
oh yeah and when it comes to playing his nice, public self, keep the stereotypical Nice Guy in mind, most importantly the part where they honestly believe some of their entitled, fucked up ideas are normal and not realize they shouldn't be shared with the class? He's far better in terms of acting than most, since a lot of his lines are only creepy/set off alarm bells in retrospect, but if you wanted to leave clues for other characters that something isn't quite right, that'd be a great way to do it.
...and this turned into a whole lot more than just one thing! hope it helps.