dammit you, you made me cry TT____TT
gomen, i didn't mean to. but this manga leaves a bitter sweet feeling for me. it wasn't just waki who got heart broken when rikiichi died. rikiichi is the type of guy who can make the people around him love him without trying too hard.
Thank you for explaining it this way. I knew Waki loved Rikichii, I just couldn't decide what he wanted from Megane and with your explanation I understand better.
You're welcome. I actually felt sorry for waki because he lost both of his loves at the same time. all that was left of him was the promise that he made with rikiichi. and those words that rikiichi spoke bound him not only because of rikiichi's kotodama powers but because of waki's love for him.
it made him bitter that was why he said mean words about not being able to get the same kami after himi and asari died. it was his own fear of not getting his old magane back if ever he chose to resurrect him that was talking.
right now, i really want some extra chapters. huhu.
Ah.. After reading the afterword, I kind of got the confirmation that waki did indeed love rikiichi. But there could never be a physical relationship between them because their love was already past the physical. that was why they vowed to be with each other.
but waki kept magane's fang out of his affection for the unconditional love he received from him when he was a wolf. he unknowingly created magane into a kami and his affection for him grew.
That was why even though magane would often say that the most important for him was rikiichi (although waki was also important to him), waki never got angry at rikiichi and accepted the state that they had with mixed feelings in his heart. he could never feel bitter about it, but it was hard for him to completely feel happiness. But he wanted things to stay as they were for the people that he loved.
The one that he loved (with whom he felt the urge to posses--magane) loved the person whom he loved with his everything (rikiichi). He loved them both but they were different kinds of love.
I really love this manga. I really would wish that there were omakes. heheh.