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Feb 19, 2020 10:14 AM
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I know it's weird, but as Kotoko is so obsessive with Kurou, I think this discussion may be in place.

I don't doubt the fact that Kurou cares for Kotoko's wellbeing. He doesn't want her to be hurt, no doubt about that. But I don't see much emotional investment from his side.

He looked more alive with Saki, with Kotoko he looks indifferent. Like he doesn't feel a single thing. She's clingy and it makes this relationship make even more one-sided.

Kotoko said happily they are a couple, but are they really? If they do, they're quite lame for a couple. I preferred Kurou with Saki.


Feb 19, 2020 2:22 PM
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I read the manga and from what I could tell they do seem to care a lot about each other. It’s not quite been shown just as much in the anime but their are a few scenes that you can tell from. In my opinion Kuro just isn’t good at showing his emotions.

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Feb 19, 2020 8:59 PM
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kuro x kotoko is much like sasuke x sakura in naruto the girl is very obsessed with the guy but the guy do not care and do not reject her either then sakura end up married sasuke also is much like bulma x vegita in dragon ball those also end up married
Feb 19, 2020 10:51 PM
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They do care for each other on both romantic and protective ways. It’s hard to notice because it does not happen very often and when it does, people tend to miss it pretty easily which is pretty understandable. Maybe it’s dies to Kuro being mostly emotionless but who knows really. There is not enough material in the manga to make a full guess yet.
Feb 19, 2020 10:53 PM
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It's a shounen not a seinen. It's a children's show so they can't be all lovey-dovey cause Cooties.
Feb 20, 2020 12:30 AM
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They do care for each other on both romantic and protective ways. It’s hard to notice because it does not happen very often and when it does, people tend to miss it pretty easily which is pretty understandable. Maybe it’s dies to Kuro being mostly emotionless but who knows really. There is not enough material in the manga to make a full guess yet.

kuro being calm and emotionless and mystery its difficult to know if he accept kotoko as his girlfriend he treat her as child may be he still see kotoko as middle school girl and he praised saki appearance that made him suspicious about he still has some feelings for saki
Feb 21, 2020 2:53 AM
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phantom346 said:
It's a shounen not a seinen. It's a children's show so they can't be all lovey-dovey cause Cooties.

There are other shounens were you clearly can see affection between characters: Chrno Crusade, Gakusen Toshi Asterisk, Inuyasha, Tsubasa Chronicle. Enough examples.

salehxxxx said:
ZKisara said:
They do care for each other on both romantic and protective ways. It’s hard to notice because it does not happen very often and when it does, people tend to miss it pretty easily which is pretty understandable. Maybe it’s dies to Kuro being mostly emotionless but who knows really. There is not enough material in the manga to make a full guess yet.

kuro being calm and emotionless and mystery its difficult to know if he accept kotoko as his girlfriend he treat her as child may be he still see kotoko as middle school girl and he praised saki appearance that made him suspicious about he still has some feelings for saki

That's what I say!


Feb 21, 2020 5:11 AM
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phantom346 said:
It's a shounen not a seinen. It's a children's show so they can't be all lovey-dovey cause Cooties.


Can’t really be a show for children when Kotoko is going around to strangers and saying she was deflowered lol
Feb 21, 2020 5:41 AM
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Even some of the adults on here had to google "deflowered" if you read the thread for that Ep. so it would probably go over a lot of people's heads. but there's been enough fanservice to raise it above a kids Anime.

It's almost as if the price Kurou paid for not dying is being dead inside, or maybe he's seen his own future so his feelings one way or another don't matter.

Yokai+human hybrid + Yokai priestess is a better ship than hot female cop with a yokai phobia.

I'm just enjoying the baiting between the girls and Kotoko's facial expressions.
Feb 21, 2020 5:57 AM
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I still wonder if kuro x kotoko will be more active or it still the same one sided in the next eps . kuro should be sad when saki break up with him
Feb 21, 2020 2:39 PM

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phantom346 said:
It's a shounen not a seinen. It's a children's show so they can't be all lovey-dovey cause Cooties.

Demographics of manga are not genres. Children shows don't air after midnight.
salehxxxx said:
I still wonder if kuro x kotoko will be more active or it still the same one sided in the next eps . kuro should be sad when saki break up with him

Few years passed and as Kotoko said Kuro doesn't attach himself to anything too hard.
Feb 29, 2020 1:35 AM

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Well, even after being up to date with the translations of the manga, I'm still not so sure myself. When Kotoko mentions that they're a couple and that she's "his girlfriend", he doesn't refute it, BUT when he's asked about their relationship status, he tends to be pretty ambigious, either he's like "we're not" or "if you'd ask Kotoko she'd say she's my girlfriend". From what I can tell though, we're supposed to just accept that he at least really cares about her and holds her dear, because when he answers the question, the people who've asked or are just watching over Kotoko and Kurou, tend to mentally comment to themselves that he really 'cares about her' or they just look at them fondly.

Pretty big spoiler about a bit of their relationship though, in case you're really curious
...At least let me finish.

Feb 29, 2020 9:03 AM
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big spoiler about a bit of their relationship though, in case you're really curious


She lied (not the first nor the last time). Isn't that pretty obvious? I'm surprised you believed her. She did that to tease Saki. Kotoko has a tendency to lie about her relationship with Kurou. Deep down, she is jealous of relationship Kurou had with Saki (real romantic relationship, holding hands, sex, etc).
Kurou is basically immortal so Kotoko has a lot of time to steal his heart. It is bound to happen.
Mar 3, 2020 7:29 AM

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Starisametaphor said:
big spoiler about a bit of their relationship though, in case you're really curious


She lied (not the first nor the last time). Isn't that pretty obvious? I'm surprised you believed her. She did that to tease Saki. Kotoko has a tendency to lie about her relationship with Kurou. Deep down, she is jealous of relationship Kurou had with Saki (real romantic relationship, holding hands, sex, etc).
Kurou is basically immortal so Kotoko has a lot of time to steal his heart. It is bound to happen.


I put it in a spoiler tag for a reason... She didn't simply say it to Saki, she has claimed it multiple times later on in the manga in volume 7 chapter 18 & 19 (chapter 19 moreso in combination with chapter 18) without Saki being there as an incentive to supposedly lie. Judging from the situation (i.e. no reason for her to lie), I'm going to assume it isn't a lie.
...At least let me finish.

Mar 3, 2020 8:38 PM
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does not change kuro x saki is stronger than kuro x kotoko he seem still have some feelings for saki
Mar 6, 2020 3:59 AM

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god I'm on ep 3 but man saki is I e of those bitches who would stick to her families customs and throw away the love she had over race. cuz that's what she did. guy cant co trol how he was forced to eat meat that changed him. I guess it just fits societies virtues thats why kuro and kotoko go so well together. they are kindred spirits and one of the same. a human and an immortal beinf8cant end up together. but I thought it was scummy for saki to break up with kuro and threw eveything they had cuz hes nor human. rant done whew.
Mar 6, 2020 4:49 AM
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if you compare between saki and kotoko you will find saki has a good structure and she is more serious but saki have a fear from yokai , kotoko is smart and cute but she is childish .
Mar 7, 2020 1:02 AM

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Kotoko and Kuro need to smash!!!!!!!!
Get that sweet amputee tag on this shit.
Don't lie you know you wanna see some sweet hentai/dojinshi pound town time between them.
Saki needs the moral degradation and ugly bastard attached to her after how she treated my boy Kuro.
And don't forget the cousin incest route...noice
Mar 7, 2020 1:16 AM

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Oh just thought of this. If his cousin has the same healing ability as Kuro and she got it before she lost her virginity....does that mean her hymen automatically heals after sex!

Damn boi is dat hot? Yes, No or Maybe....hmmmm
Mar 9, 2020 11:40 AM

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salehxxxx said:
does not change kuro x saki is stronger than kuro x kotoko he seem still have some feelings for saki




Kuro does in fact care about kotoko alot, but he also loves to troll her, hence why he comes off as a jerk to her sometimes, combined with his severe lack of emotional showing and it can be hard to tell at times, the story makes it pretty clear that even if he didn't. there's literally no one else for either of them, in some ways they are two of a kind.
Mar 9, 2020 12:41 PM
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Kuro x kotoko I wonder how much loli will happen in the next eps, it seem kuro is clueless about romance he need a special loli training
Mar 10, 2020 10:31 PM
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many include me praise kuro appearance
Mar 11, 2020 5:01 PM
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I dont know if this is a problem unique to the anime or it comes from the source material, but their relationship stopped making sense to me when arbitrary timeskips started taking place.
In the first few episodes (let's say 3-4) they seemed like an interesting couple to me with a lot of back and forth comments and chemistry. Kind of like Sakuta and Mai from bunny girl senpai. But then suddenly it jumps a few months into the future, then a 2 year time skip, and now they've supposedly known each other for 5 years and have been dating for at least 2 years but they're still the same as episode 1 if not MORE cold and distant ?? (mainly on Kurou's side )
Sorry I dont buy it, chemistry and progression of their relationship was excellent why did they have to do this ? Or did I misunderstand this whole thing?
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Collins89 said:
Kotoko and Kuro need to smash!!!!!!!!
Get that sweet amputee tag on this shit.
Don't lie you know you wanna see some sweet hentai/dojinshi pound town time between them.
Saki needs the moral degradation and ugly bastard attached to her after how she treated my boy Kuro.
And don't forget the cousin incest route...noice


Yo leave this wholesome shit alone!! Lolis only for protection and headpats

salehxxxx said:
Kuro x kotoko I wonder how much loli will happen in the next eps, it seem kuro is clueless about romance he need a special loli training


Nah he was very lovey dovey with Saki San
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kyou0220 said:
Collins89 said:
Kotoko and Kuro need to smash!!!!!!!!
Get that sweet amputee tag on this shit.
Don't lie you know you wanna see some sweet hentai/dojinshi pound town time between them.
Saki needs the moral degradation and ugly bastard attached to her after how she treated my boy Kuro.
And don't forget the cousin incest route...noice


Yo leave this wholesome shit alone!! Lolis only for protection and headpats

salehxxxx said:
Kuro x kotoko I wonder how much loli will happen in the next eps, it seem kuro is clueless about romance he need a special loli training


Nah he was very lovey dovey with Saki San


Come on dog, loli fo life is da best life bro....
Mar 14, 2020 11:06 PM
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Saki x kuro were engaged before
I wonder if kotoko x kuro would be engaged
Mar 14, 2020 11:42 PM
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Even some of the adults on here had to google "deflowered" if you read the thread for that

I'm surprised that anybody could not know what deflowered means.
Mar 15, 2020 5:19 PM

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I'm only on episode 4 right now but I do hope that at some points in the anime/manga they will show some flashbacks of kurou x kotoko during the time skip. would be sweet :)

However I LOLED when she fell and her first thing she says to saki is "not as bad as being deflowered!" like girl you're right but that wouldn't be the first thing which comes to my mind when a stranger asks me if i'm alright....

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penrhos said:
Even some of the adults on here had to google "deflowered" if you read the thread for that

I'm surprised that anybody could not know what deflowered means.


I was surprised as well that it went over a lot of people's heads. I've seen such references in so many books/etc and it is very commonly used as a way to describe taking someone's vcard
"You think your power has limits, I say it's limitless."

Apr 2, 2020 10:47 PM

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Bad couple, there's like zero chemistry IMO.

Kuro is really flat and boring. Very boring male protagonist.
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Hahaha I can't really understand why people dislike Kotoko x Kuro couple.. I just read the manga, havent seen the anime yet, but I absolutely love them.
Kuro is tsundere. He loves trolling Kotoko. The reason why he looks more eager toward Saki is that she is his type, because of how similar she looks to his cousin Rikka. But in the end, Saki rejected his whole existence which left him heartbroken. While the opposite happened with Kotoko, she accepted him for the way he is. He mentioned in a chapter (the one with the doll) that he is able to live with a purpose now because of Kotoko.

There are many proves (at least in the manga) that they indeed have an intimate relationship.
1st, there are many times they've seen each other naked & seems like they're used to it. There is also one time Kuro said that Kotoko is pretty hairy which suggested that he had seen her naked. There are many times Kotoko spends her nights at Kuro's apartment (one shown that she only wore a towel in order to seduce Kuro). & Kotoko said that he took her virginity many many times, not only to Saki (maybe this is her delusion but Kuro never denied this claim)
Kuro definitely cares a lot for Kotoko. He trusts her a lot to the point he didn't mind dying many times so that she can achieve her goals. Kotoko is the only person he confided in regarding Rikka whom he knew can be dangerous & needed to be stopped.
He's very gentle in his action - he holds her hand without hesitation, assists her whenever she needed, keeps her warm, cooks for her, making sure she did not get sick. His actions scream 'boyfriend' to me. He met with Kotoko's parents a couple of times & seems like her parents accepted him as her boyfriend.
Even Saki thought that Kuro revealed more of his true character toward Kotoko because he trusted her.
He also cleanly ended up thing with Saki. After 'Steel Nanase' arc, they never met afterward.

As for Rikka, it turns out she is his '1st love'. When he introduced Saki to Rikka, Rikka was satisfied because she knew Kuro was just looking for someone that looked just like her. But when he introduced Kotoko, Rikka got uneasy because she felt like she is losing her grip on Kuro. It seems like she was trying to manipulate Kuro in her scheme but got ruined when Kotoko became his girlfriend.
A lot of minor characters in the manga agree that they're a nice couple after seeing their interaction together. Most of them initially thought they do not fit together because of how different their personality is.

This is just my observation. Please don't attack me..
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not gonna lie- i see sooo much room and potential for chemistry bc they do have very good banter, i found it funny at first with the whole gag of kotoko forcing kuro in a relationship where he seems uninterested and he just goes a long w it, for comedic sales it was funny at first but I didn’t like it being dragged out and in the trailer for season 2, there is another gag for marriage and him being trapped w no escape, it’s cool if they implement it but I wish they showcased his feelings more, idk what they are trying to do, maybe they are trying to show a different angle of a relationship bc not all couples have to be lovey dovey and it’s like they are making them SEEM forced on purpose ? idk if they are implying it as a comedic gag or if it’s a hint that he doesn’t actually have deep romantic feelings for her, which bothers me, you can clearly tell he cares deeply for her but the time skip was so left field, it was an odd flow and i didn’t mind their interactions afterwards i just kept wishing for more and I think it’s hard for him to be that way w her bc maybe he doesn’t have the same attraction he did for saki ? bc it’s been mentioned that kotoko wasn’t his i total type, but they do work very well together, i just hope we can see him actually being more into it, like we know he deeply cares for her but I really want him to at least slightly blush or look more into it, although the show isn’t about the romance and about the youkai, I hope they develop their relationship and I also wish we saw their development over the time slip :/
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not gonna lie- i see sooo much room and potential for chemistry bc they do have very good banter, i found it funny at first with the whole gag of kotoko forcing kuro in a relationship where he seems uninterested and he just goes a long w it, for comedic sales it was funny at first but I didn’t like it being dragged out and in the trailer for season 2, there is another gag for marriage and him being trapped w no escape, it’s cool if they implement it but I wish they showcased his feelings more, idk what they are trying to do, maybe they are trying to show a different angle of a relationship bc not all couples have to be lovey dovey and it’s like they are making them SEEM forced on purpose ? idk if they are implying it as a comedic gag or if it’s a hint that he doesn’t actually have deep romantic feelings for her, which bothers me, you can clearly tell he cares deeply for her but the time skip was so left field, it was an odd flow and i didn’t mind their interactions afterwards i just kept wishing for more and I think it’s hard for him to be that way w her bc maybe he doesn’t have the same attraction he did for saki bc he did act very different with saki, but just bc a dynamic is different doesn’t mean the feelings are less strong, bc it’s been mentioned that kotoko wasn’t his i total type, but they do work very well together. Or maybe he’s trying to see her in a more mature way before he is able to act that way with her, bc kotoko does act a bit childish when it comes to romance, like she’s forcing things from what she thinks couples should do and act, with saki he obviously likes her but w kotoko he met her randomly and started to reciprocate those feelings later on while knowing kotoko so it was a different dynamic of the way he expresses, just hope we can see him actually being more into it, like we know he deeply cares for her but I really want him to at least slightly blush or look more into it, although the show isn’t about the romance and about the youkai, I hope they develop their relationship and I also wish we saw their development over the time skip :/

also a lot of people have said he is just an emotionless person and can’t express and maybe that’s it and everything from his and even including his break up with saki- made him become more extremely emotionless on the outside, I still stand by what I say and that we get a more developed interaction and showcasing more of kuros feelings (while also keeping the same comedic gag and banter)
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Hahaha I can't really understand why people dislike Kotoko x Kuro couple.. I just read the manga, havent seen the anime yet, but I absolutely love them.
Kuro is tsundere. He loves trolling Kotoko. The reason why he looks more eager toward Saki is that she is his type, because of how similar she looks to his cousin Rikka. But in the end, Saki rejected his whole existence which left him heartbroken. While the opposite happened with Kotoko, she accepted him for the way he is. He mentioned in a chapter (the one with the doll) that he is able to live with a purpose now because of Kotoko.

There are many proves (at least in the manga) that they indeed have an intimate relationship.
1st, there are many times they've seen each other naked & seems like they're used to it. There is also one time Kuro said that Kotoko is pretty hairy which suggested that he had seen her naked. There are many times Kotoko spends her nights at Kuro's apartment (one shown that she only wore a towel in order to seduce Kuro). & Kotoko said that he took her virginity many many times, not only to Saki (maybe this is her delusion but Kuro never denied this claim)
Kuro definitely cares a lot for Kotoko. He trusts her a lot to the point he didn't mind dying many times so that she can achieve her goals. Kotoko is the only person he confided in regarding Rikka whom he knew can be dangerous & needed to be stopped.
He's very gentle in his action - he holds her hand without hesitation, assists her whenever she needed, keeps her warm, cooks for her, making sure she did not get sick. His actions scream 'boyfriend' to me. He met with Kotoko's parents a couple of times & seems like her parents accepted him as her boyfriend.
Even Saki thought that Kuro revealed more of his true character toward Kotoko because he trusted her.
He also cleanly ended up thing with Saki. After 'Steel Nanase' arc, they never met afterward.

As for Rikka, it turns out she is his '1st love'. When he introduced Saki to Rikka, Rikka was satisfied because she knew Kuro was just looking for someone that looked just like her. But when he introduced Kotoko, Rikka got uneasy because she felt like she is losing her grip on Kuro. It seems like she was trying to manipulate Kuro in her scheme but got ruined when Kotoko became his girlfriend.
A lot of minor characters in the manga agree that they're a nice couple after seeing their interaction together. Most of them initially thought they do not fit together because of how different their personality is.

This is just my observation. Please don't attack me..


@aainaabanana

I'm not sure if this scene is in the manga or not but in the anime, when Rikka was discharged from the hospital she wanted to stay at Kurou's apartment and told him she will do housework which leads him to imagine what it was like and he BLUSHED?! This is the only time i see him blush?! and when Kotoko called him and said that she'll do housework for him, he imagined it and not only did he not blush, he seems to hate the idea? And after the 2 years timeskip he always seems to be cold and seems to hate being with Kotoko as shown by the pictures they took together and such? What do you think?
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I think it's obvious Kuro still has lingering feelings for Saki (judging by the anime, haven't read the manga), but at the same time grows fond of Kotoko and can't let go of his first love either. Being with someone for five years is half a decade, and having to see them almost daily now can wreak havoc on his emotions, especially knowing that she's single.

However, Saki lost those feelings after realizing his immortality and according to the wiki


As of now, I harbor a guess that Kuro sees Kotoko just as a cute / annoying kōhai whom he uses as a compass for what to do with his immortal life for now, save for keeping an eye on Rikka. That's not to say he couldn't develop further feelings for her. There's also the notion of him popping Kotoko's cherry, which is under scrutiny as she keeps making sexual jokes about their relationship all the time despite them never acting romantically on-screen. I think for their love to grow she has to earn his respect, which is evident from the Steel Lady case when he and Saki both realize just how much Kotoko is actually capable of through her hard work and start seeing her as more than a nuisance.

tl;dr: I think Kuro and Kotoko will fall in love, but very gradually as Kuro has his own demons to exorcise.
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So......now that we're mid-way into 2nd season, can someone please confirm that they've fucked?  She hints at it, but that guy's just a dud.  I sure hope they did. Fingers Crossed.

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