Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35620903-20180910122310/@comment-36009152-20200503193110

91.186.229.26 wrote: You can say that Mika loves Yu as a family, and that Mika is very attached to Yu because Mika believes that the only way to atone for the death of his family is to protect Yu, but getting unnatural love is disgusting. It's a good point about family, not too sure about atoning for the death of others, Mika just wanted to return to Yu and save him from the humans Krul told him about. The unnatural term is tricky since everything is against nature - you are using electronic devices to communicate, nothing natural about that, so unnatural things aren't disgusting, they are good. Paradoxically, love is perfectly natural, prejudice is the only thing that's repellent, whether it's disgust at people of different skin colors being together, or same/opposite sex couples. Even more peculiarly, in a world of cursed gear, demon possession and seraphs, would Yu and Mika be like "we have something really special and love is the best thing ever but sorry, we can't it's not natural" really now XD

71.94.125.77 wrote: According to Kagami, Mika is in love with Yuu. It is not confirmed the other way around, just as it isn't confirmed for Yuu & Shinoa. "Daisuki" (the phrase Mika used in Ch 90), is used for confessions. (There's also a trope about self-sacrifice followed by a confession.) Also, English speakers use "love" a lot while Japanese speakers don't. It's a huge deal to use "aishiteru"! Even between partners, they don't use it until months into a relationship. It's also very common to use "daisuki" in manga, referenced by Hinata at Naruto (they ended up married with two kids!) and Kagome Higuarashi at Inuyasha. Also: 愛 ("ai") is how Asuramaru describes Mika's love for Yuu. So yes, it is confirmed that Mika is mlm and in love with Yuu. Then with this, and as was mentioned elsewhere with Chapter 90 (kind of spoilers just in case it hasn't been read yet) it did go there with Mika saying what he has been showing for much of the series. It never could be overlooked of how Mika felt about Yu, and good thing as well since it's saved both of them many a time (quite some handy practical effects of their connection!) and it turns out this particular bond was a story changer.

Mika was willing to go to any extreme to defend Yu which has interfered with Guren and his demons plots. Turns out Yu was also tying his fate to Mika's and they both treat no one else in this manner. For whatever Mika was planning with Krul, that is more than likely fate altering actions underway, and yet was not as important as Yu was to Mika.