Hey there I'm uh reading arago now. 85 chapters seems like a lot but at least it's finished. Even though I'm only at chapter 26, I'm really enjoying the story. Arago's relationship with Ewan is so beautifully tragic, like so much of the conflict could have been avoided if they tried to talk things out, but they can't because of who they are as people. Same thing applies to Arago and Rio. Joe clearly sees a lot of himself in Arago, with some parts of his old partner as well, so he cares about Arago but not in a way that makes it clear. Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong.
There's a lot of nice potential pairings, though the brainrot is leaning towards arajoe for some reason, either cuz they seem to have nice chemistry or cuz Joe keeps groping Arago's ass (I know he's only done it twice by this point, but it's enough for me apparently).
Also with the way Larry acts towards Arago, I'm thoroughly convinced he and Ewan had a thing that the CID somehow saw as a rivalry. They definitely had sex in the printer room. Since Ewan died soon after looking for Arago, Larry's convinced Arago caused Ewan's death and is only recruited to replace him.
go check @aragomanga for fanarts and fics including mine that got deleted when i remade my blog
my favorite ship is undoubtedly araseth because i headcanon steve leonard from cirque du freak (which arai takahiro was in charge of manga adaptation of!) as arago's son and that they share the same taste in men
i also ship aralarrywan for Obvious Reasons