Talk:Episode 12 - Stand by Oneself/@comment-5534769-20140817103844/@comment-397235-20140817225458

Well, they're canonically friends. I don't ship them as heavily as a lot of people do. It really is possible to have friends of the opposite gender who are just friends.

As for more or less canon pairings, we have:

Naoya and Izumi: It's documented in the anime and manga Naoya has a thing for her. Izumi thinks he's an idiot in both adaptions, but she warms to him in the manga. In the anime she dies, and the last interaction between the two is Naoya telling her to leave Mei alone, so that probably wouldn't have worked out anyway.

Tomohiko and Yukari: Anime only, but Tomohiko uses Yukari's death as an excuse to murder his classmates, and gets somewhat uncomfortable whenever she's around. Yukari's such a nice person, but it's never revealed if this is returned or not.

Tomohiko and Takako: This is only in the film, and it's more than anything else probably just an example of Tomohiko being a nice guy, but he's very protective of her, refuses to help Izumi kill her, and helps her to safety after Naoya's death. The last scene they're in, he's holding her outside the Inn and trying to reassure her she'll be okay; it's possible she died regardless because Izumi stabbed her in the neck and this is Takako we're talking about.

Izumi and Junta: Again in both the anime and manga, Junta seems to have a thing for Izumi (in fact, it's his sole defining characteristic in the manga). He gets irritated with Kouichi when Izumi mentions she wants to go to high school in Tokyo; this suggests jealousy. Izumi doesn't seem to return these feelings, since she uses Junta to manipulate Naoya into riding in her car, and doesn't ever check on him when he's sick.

Takako and Junta: Anime only, and more implied than anything else, but Junta is the only person other than Izumi Takako is nice to, and she's the only person who acts concerned when he's sick. His death is what caused her to lose her sanity, at least according to Izumi. Whether Junta returns this is doubtful (Naoya misinterprets his sickness as an act for Takako, but that's it); as I stated above he's devoted to Izumi, and Takako, like Tomohiko, is probably not outgoing enough to make this known.