Talk:Minamoto Kou/@comment-39158324-20200813223750/@comment-45171742-20200923215730

Imma have to disagree with this one. Mitsukou and Hananene's relationships parallel each other HEAVILY in the manga. The whole of the picture-perfect/fake world arc is a perfect example of this. Not to mention that it's been confirmed that Nene has a crush on Hanako, and Hanako himself asked Nene out on a date in the picture perfect arc. To think that Nene is just going to date Kou or have a crush on him as a process of elimination is kind of funny. Mitsuba and Kou's friendship may be "weak" compared to Hanako and Nene's if that's the standard you're going by, but you're mistaken. Mitsuba and Kou just arent as touchy (I don't know a better word to describe this) as Nene and Hanako, but even with the scenes they are "touchy" in, they are seen to be pretty close to each other (holding hands MULTIPLE times, Kou blushing in some scenes when he's close to Mitsuba, etc.). Not to mention that Kounene and Mitsukou paralleled each other directly in the manga (Mitsuba saying, "wow, you guys seem awfully close" to Nene and Kou, and right after Mitsuba leaves the two, Nene says the same thing about Kou and Mitsuba). You can see that Kou shows as much concern for Mitsuba as much as he does Nene. He's cried over the both of them before and shows just as much concern about Nene's life as much as he does Mitsuba's. In the picture perfect arc, when Mitsuba had gotten hurt by the glass, Kou was shown clearly in distraught by the fact that Mitsuba had gotten scarred right before rushing to help him. Even in the current manga arc, we can see that Kou cares for Mitsuba as much as he cares for Nene, if not more, since Mitsuba is currently occupying his priorities. It's not that Mitsuba and Kou's relationship is "weak"; it just shows in more subtle ways, whether it be through dialogue or actions. To dismiss their relationship as "fujoshi bait" completely overshadows how Aida and Iro have paralleled their relationship to Hananene down to the framing of panels in some scenes, and even Aoikane when it comes to the circumstances they're put in.