#staff comments

Comments from the staff:

Matsui (Producer): (About the two after the events of episode 25) Barnaby is slightly tsun (it’s his nature), but they understand and trust each other so thoroughly that sometimes words aren’t even needed.

Masafumi Nishida (Writer): After [Barnaby] opened up to Kotetsu (as we see at the start of the second cour), he was very happy; and being the "love is blind" type, he was prone to overlooking Kotetsu's faults.

(Regarding Kotetsu and Barnaby after the final timeskip, addressing what he'd like to show in the sequel, should there be one) Their struggle to lead their lives together might be one of the things we'd like to portray.

Fukuda Nobuaki: After his parents got killed, Barnaby became twisted and closed his heart – but here comes the amazing Tiger, embracing Barnaby with his great love! When it comes to the human relationships, in the end, it simply really is just “love”, isn’t it?

Okamoto Nobuhiko: They build up so many things between them, I think they’ll stay together for the rest of their lives.

(From an interview with Katsuhisa Houki and Hiroshi Iwasaki): Barnaby is an eccentric, but considering his history and what he shoulders it's probably inevitable. But Kotetsu truly is deeply attached to everything about him, his weirdness and issues included. [...] Both of them long to be told that they are indispensable for the other.

Hirata Hiroaki: But you know, I think that for Kotetsu every face of Barnaby’s personality is good — be it his tsun or his dere.

Kaida Yuuko: When Maverick started getting involved with those two, I couldn’t help but snicker. I mean, just look at that dangerous love triangle.

Hidaka Rina: That’s right! It really seemed like another guy inserting himself between the two lovers. Just what do you call this sort of relationship?