his imagination being so strong is sort of a double-edged sword - it gives him a resistance to being manipulated mentally, but he tends to feel the attempt to mess with his head more viscerally than most. also in the case of marukis palace in particular, marukis goal of trapping peoples consciousnesses in their own ideals is almost identical to a guy from chronos world that he already told to get fucked once lmao, so that could be a point of?? alliance or something??? perhaps

power of friendship out of the question huh... then he will just do it out of spite honestly. sorry akechi