I refuse to accept anyone other than norman , with erie. Can't help but feel betrayed.
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I'm not sure if there was love at all between Erie and Norman. Norman was so indecisive, he could not decide whether he loves Erie or Van. At the end I had the impression that Norman was more attracted to Van. The same applies for Erie. It seems that he forgot about Norman very soon after he was moved to level 4. But still, I like the notion that there was a deep connection between Erie and Norman.
There's continuation of it called UGH:cross over. In this manga Erie seduced of the guards and escaped from prison. The man he escaped with was guard (Cross' nephew). It consists of only 3 chapters and is confusing. Because than guard than escaped with Erie is shown in prison again, where's Erie we don't know and FBI sent Sword (yes, main character) to the UGH again to protecr that guard (just for a year only). Btw, we can see Sword's lover too (forgot his name)
I agree there was a deep connection between Norman and Eerie. Eerie loved Norman, but Norman was just using Eerie so that he wouldn't betray Will. Norman found that his body already betrayed him by constantly holding onto life (and lust), so he didn't want his heart to betray him and Will too. As Norman found himself falling for Van, whom shared not just Will's eye colour but also Will's kind characteristics, Norman wanted Eerie to kill Van or himself so that he'd never get together with Van and betray his love for Will. However, Eerie loved Norman's manipulative side and his instincts for life. He wanted Norman to return to who he was before Will came into his life and stop trying to kill himself. As he was always watching Norman ever since he stabbed him, he knew Norman was falling for Van even though he was still trying to commit suicide. So he held onto Norman and promised to kill Norman as long as Norman continued to sleep with him (to live). When Eerie was about to get caught and separated from Norman, he rushed to Norman to fulfill his promise to kill Norman. However, he didn't really want to kill him. He loved him as and wanted him to live, so that's why he called for and waited for Van to appear first. He also didn't stab Norman very deeply. Norman survived and finally got together with Van, who told him that just like him, he'd turned his past lover into memories. Knowing he'd probably never see Eerie again, Norman passed on his ring to Eerie, to let Eerie know that Eerie had succeeded in making him take off his ring (symbolizing that he'd turned Will into memories and would continue to live now with his new love, Van). Eerie who loved Norman was happy for Norman, and knowing that Norman loved Van, Eerie had no choice but to get over Norman and tried to forget him quickly. Eerie didn't get over Norman that quickly though, he held onto and treasured Norman's ring, but he also tried to forget him by using Mutou to overwrite his memories with Norman. In the end, Eerie was able to move on from Norman when he fell for Mutou, who amazed him with his strong convictions (pride).
It's been a long time since I read this, so I can't fully remember, but I took a quick look at the chapters and I think that specific scene is in vol. 1 ch. 4. Eerie rushes to Norman and stabs him with a pen, I think? We don't actually see Norman give the ring to Eerie directly in the manga, but the ring is seen on Eerie's hand at the end of the chapter, so we can infer that Norman passed the ring over to Eerie somehow. The mangaka focuses in closely on the ring to empathize the symbolism/importance. I remember I read the series a few times before my previous message though, so I had looked deeply into the hints and meanings the mangaka gave.
Regarding Mutou though, Mutou died T_T the continuation of Eerie's story after Mutou's death can be found here: http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/under_grand_hotel_cross_over/
Oh sorry, I just double checked and Eerie and Norman were hugging when Eerie stabbed Norman with the pen (the same pen that Norman tried to use to kill himself before, I think?) and tells Norman "die." The word "die" is bolded for emphasis. Eerie doesn't really mean it; he's fulfilling his promise to Norman (to kill Norman) symbolically.
I live for the memes at the end of each episode.