Crabtree posted:

Seemingly in this incarnation Hyaki has spent his life without voice, hearing, touch, taste, sight or possibly any real human interaction outside of anyone that would care enough to deal with him or be in trouble like that kid falling down the hill. The blind man at least knows how to interact with people, speak to people, hear things, etc; but maybe he was waiting for the opportunity to present itself. Hyakimaru just wonders until something red/blood colored enough comes at him or he's hungry and just eats meat and berries raw. He's straight up a wild man that Dororo probably has to tame a bit the more he regains back, from learning how to deal with pain to actual social cues.

68 Hyaki would have probably murdered the villagers that tried to restrain him. But this one, without seeing some deliberate threat color just let them toss him around. That might change when he can feel pain and get frustrated at these colors hurting him when they shouldn't, or can now hear and perceive people in ways besides looking directly at their soul.