Board Thread:Chapter Discourse/@comment-36009152-20200501150800/@comment-36009152-20200505142209

39.109.176.14 wrote: Personally, I honestly find it sort of hilarious how in almost every forum/discussion about this chapter that I have found, everybody is engaged in the heated debate of whether Mika's "I love you" is romantic or platonic by crazily scrutinizing the raws. I am neutral about the situation and just do not want to get involve in the mess.

Hopefully, the squad will find Yu and provide him with the support that he seriously needs. Mika saw the squad with his greatly enhanced vampiric vision and while I do not think he ever saw them as family, I believe it was implied that he finally acknowledged them as Yu's new family. Well it is a key moment for Yu and Mika so it cannot be understated, plus an unprecedented move in a shounen manga, which adds to the literary significance of an already great work! Regardless, "in almost every forum/discussion" was key since in this area, Discussions too, as one can see it has hardly been mentioned at all with other moments focused on. Yet hopefully it can be brought into the forefront of the conversation!

Do you think Mika was seeing them from afar? It's hard to tell if it were showing that Shinoa could see him, which is likely, floating in the air and all. Whilst it's also likely Mika never saw them as his family, and he was assured Yu had his squad to look after him, this situation is probably not "oh good people who have replaced me are here, now I can die in peace knowing Yu is okay, bye". Knowing Mika's background it stems more from having a cruel reality dawn on you, in Mika's mind a harsh realization that he is not needed and Yu would be just as happy with others and not him. All the more withering after it turns out Mika did love Yu.