Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-97.96.236.94-20140502213128/@comment-397235-20140725131539

See, I never got that vibe from Junta. Mostly it seemed like Naoya misreading him being really sick as trying to get her to take care of him. I think she did have a thing for him though, since watching him die is the first thing which causes her to lose her cool.

Junta in the manga is specifically stated to be obsessed with Izumi, and he gets mad at Kouichi when she says she's thinking of going to highschool in Tokyo after Kouichi says that's what he plans to do. of course, it amuses me on a dark level how Izumi manipulated both her friends on the car trip to get rid of Naoya. She recommends Junta ride up front because they all think he's car sick, knowing Takako will stay with him, before pointing out there's now an extra seat in her car. Naoya stupidly takes this expecting her to sit by him, only to be disappointed when she goes with Kouichi instead.

Junta's too out of it to care, but the look on Takako's face is a masterpiece of irritation. She's got this expression of "Dammit, now I'm stuck with this idiot. Wonderful."