How does Genos show he cares? How to write a relatable cyborg character

Warning: Very long post incoming, tl;dr at the bottom

This meta doubles as Genos appreciation post. :D

Ever since his introduction, Genos has shown multiple times his very humane side of caring about Saitama and caring about defeating evil for the betterment of mankind. (Chapter 5: Itch explosion)

The first line he utters to Saitama is to tell him to hide because he does not want this casualty and when he forgets Saitama was there with him, he worries about him having become a casualty to his incinerator. (Chapter 6: Saitama)

Genos has to resort to almost blowing himself and mosquito girl up because he sees no other way to rid the world of such a powerful monster, but fortunately Saitama intervenes. They exchange names and go their merry way but later on, Genos knock on his door as he promised he would. Saitama is very uncertain about this new cyborg buddy of his, but he lets him in regardless and they have a chat.

I only hope that our mechanical cinnamon roll is more aware that he can also be cared for, is precious, and that his life can go on despite how hard it was in the past. I hope that in the future he will remember that when things are really tough

Never seen Genos referred as mechanic cinnamon roll before cuz he's quite the tough cookie haha. :D But I agree, Genos needs some more appreciation, so he's not taken for granted.

Ohh, I have no doubt that Genos is a tough, strong, analytical, precise young man with nerves of steel and very, very, very passionate. After all, Genos can look death in the eye and not blink in the process (Literally)

But he is also a noble and sensitive soul, who always wants to protect the people he cares about, as well as being somewhat naive. We know that Genos is a “man”, but there is still a bit of that child in the soul.

Although I know he is someone who is strong and capable of taking care of himself, he also deserves to be taken care of. Because to be honest, we know he carries a lot of traumas. And in OPM he lets us know that the strongest people often need to be taken care of as well.