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Plus there's a little bit of implication that Ouma might have had a crush on Amami. He refers to Amami as "beloved" in the Japanese version ("dearest" in the English version). If I'm not mistaken he also refers to Saihara that way in the Japanese version, and it's pretty obvious Ouma has a crush on Saihara. The anthology kind of hinted at him having a more "brotherly" relationship with Amami though.
Oh yeah.. that was right when he found him. That too.











