This chapter is the second time we've ever seen Karino lose it and act emotionally (instead of coolly plotting). It happened earlier in their timeline than when he really lost it and went after Azusa for framing him, but it involved Tatsumi asking if Karino was serious about Azusa. Karino doesn't coolly laugh and say, "As if" or pass it off as nothing. He grabs Tatsumi violently and says, "Not a bit--and you have nothing to say about it!" Methinks the king protests too much. This doesn't mean that Karino is in love or anything, just that there is probably more going on under the surface than we can see. Sure, his expression of emotion seems to fluctuate between bullying sadism and rare angry outburst--but he isn't as emotionally dead as Tatsumi thinks.
This chapter is the second time we've ever seen Karino lose it and act emotionally (instead of coolly plotting). It happened earlier in their timeline than when he really lost it and went after Azusa for framing him, but it involved Tatsumi asking if Karino was serious about Azusa. Karino doesn't coolly laugh and say, "As if" or pass it off as nothing. He grabs Tatsumi violently and says, "Not a bit--and you have nothing to say about it!" Methinks the king protests too much. This doesn't mean that Karino is in love or anything, just that there is probably more going on under the surface than we can see. Sure, his expression of emotion seems to fluctuate between bullying sadism and rare angry outburst--but he isn't as emotionally dead as Tatsumi thinks.