Please prove me wrong I’m getting the feeling we’re headed towards kyosato bromance. Wayama’s said she’s worried the ending won’t be accepted by fans and this is one way I could see upsetting fans. I would honestly prefer they go their separate ways than be best bros forever and being with different people.
i've been seeing similar reactions floating around re: that quote, and honestly i think the problem is that people are reading her reply through the lens of engaging with commercial BL, where it's assumed the "only" possible endings are getting/staying together or breaking up. but famiresu is explicitly, not that. it's a slice of life about the connections people make and learning to find your own happiness. it's not "just" a will-they-or-won't-they.
what i mean to say is, everyone put the BL tropes down and believe!!! smile!!! have some whimsy!!!
like, it's completely possible that she means they will get together, and she's just worried that people might react negatively to it :] (another possibility is that it won't be as like. explicit as some people might hope, but that loops back into people treating the manga as commercial BL when it isn't advertised as such, which is a whole other can of worms.)
i genuinely believe that with how the story has been progressing, everything is pointing to them staying in each other's lives and acknowledging their mutual feelings. remember, wayama also said that she's thinking about satomi's happiness, and the latest chapters show that satomi's happiness means kyouji staying alive and being by his side. the message fami has been building up to is that happiness (and love) cannot be defined only by what society thinks. i don't think wayama is suddenly going to ignore the series' whole thesis and go "okay and to be happy satomi is going to end up with someone else years from now." satomi wants that grown ass yakuza BAD and we all just have to accept it. and the thing with how wayama writes for fami is that everything is set up chapters in advance, and all the characters are connected to each other. it's highly unlikely for her to suddenly drop in like new romantic interests for either of them when we only have like. 2 or so chapters to go!
not to be that kind of fan but as someone who was there at the height of Satomi Suffering Because Of His Feelings (chapters 12-14), the recent chapters have felt like a weight off my shoulders!!! satomi has acknowledged his feelings for what they are, and kyouji's gotten okada off their backs, who is kinda like society's judgment personified. things are only going up from here!!!
and of course... this cover.
"always by your side, forever." is just so romantic and self-assured about it. satomi's smiling in front of kyouji. kyouji's in casual clothes, and not in his yakuza suit (which the manga has associated with kyouji being closed-off and refusing to face his and satomi's feelings.)
i am grabbing everyone by the shoulders and shaking yall when i say this. it's going to be okay. love will prevail. believe in love.













