Who do you trust?

I would tell Takaba that trust is earned, not given esp. in his position as Asami's partner. people will try to cultivate him to get close to Asami's money and or power or use him. Takaba will have to be careful from now on. I would tell him to trust Asami and his close men until those men prove otherwise. Asami's half brother (Kuroda) took a bullet for Takaba as did Kirishima , he can trust them.

That's great advice. I think it makes sense to trust Asami's judgment too. Oh, and thanks for buying into my theory, even if I could be wrong.

Kirishima is loyal to Asami and gives hard time to Aki because Aki is a troublemaker. Kirishima wants Aki to act as Asami wants at time.

Mikhail on the other hand seems polite but I think its just the surface, like the saying goes 'Don't judge the book by its cover'. I think there is something really cunning underneath.

Ai looks kinda dumb to me but she isn't harmful to Aki.

With Fei long,its Lima syndrome so now I can trust him to some level.

Aki doesn't know how to judge people accurately and this results into some incidents. He is naive, he accepted drink from Aya, he should have sensed that something is off. In the extra too he accepted a chocolate with stimulated ingredients and did other things.

At first, I was suspicious of Kuroda because he was rude to Aki and seemed to look down on him. But as it turned out that Asami trusted Kuroda so my opinion changed about him.

I agree with Reality bites, Aki can trust Asami's men. I don't think Aki can decide on his own whom to trust at times. In the start of the manga he also trusted Detective Yamazaki only to be betrayed later on.

I think at this point, Fei long has no evil intent toward either of them. He is off living his life. I think the writer herself finds that Hong Kong arc to high a huddle to bring him back into the story in any significant way. (p That novel was her way of sending him off. Of course I could be wrong. The one thing about Fei's personality is that he is loyal and he would be to Takaba and Asami now. Aside from being a cold blooded killer for his father Lui Fei Long had many issues. Being around him may be more dangerous than being around Asami. His enemies really are nasty, so trust is not the problem.

Fei would need his own spin off, and she seems too busy to do that. :) Maybe he could team up with Asami against the Russians, but I don't know.We have a lot of players on the field now.

Mikhail thinks a good way to flirt with Fei is to take his casino. Well, Fei thought a good way to flirt with Asami is to take Aki, so maybe it isn't as crazy as its seems. Even Asami thinks bondage and rape are ways to woo a new love. Haven't any of these guys heard of flower, chocolate...maybe dinner and a movie?

I agree about Kirishima. He scolds like an auntie because he wants Aki to reflect well on Asami and not cause Asami trouble. In manga, rich men's sectaries often seem to discipline the children too, or take on some kind of mentor role. You know, the son is messing up in university, and teh secretary comes and dominates the so until the son falls in love andgets good grades to please the secretary. The secretaries are also often proficients fighters and marksmen. Damn,but secretaries in Japan work hard.

True that. But I think, secretaries, in general, work hard. They feel like its their duty to discipline brats so that their boss would live an easy life, even if it creates not much of a difference.

Kirishima and Suoh intentions are honorable toward Asami true and true, that is why I trust them.

I trust and distrust Yoh cause he carried out Asami plans to the end in spite of his feeling for Fei (trust) and at the same time betraying the one he love(distrust). As a reader, I do understand his situation.It would be completely trust from me if the cupid didn't shoot his arrow on Yoh butt.