I also think that will be the case. It was so heartbreaking when the little Kei was crying behind the strong Kei which was his coping mechanism to all the pain. He just avoids his feelings and memories and keeps them at a distance so of course he is unable to feel anything. It is so sad to be so numb. All the things that make life beautiful are emotions . Emotions give color to the world. Like a flower it is meaningless if you don't gave any emotions but if you have high emotional intelligence then it's shape tells you something the color makes you feel passion anger love and so on...
Our humanity lies in our emotions and keeping them hidden is slowly killing ourselves while still being alive （￣へ￣）...
Or this is how i feel... well i kinda went off topic ...
All in all kei deserves more and yutaka is a wonderful person who of course has issues of his own to overcome
I guess attaing happines first you have to overcome your issues confront them or else stay in the same miserable place out of comfort and fear... ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Beautifully said! Emotions are what makes us humans and not automata. In Yutaka's situation, it all comes down to that cliched, but otherwise very wise saying, "you must love yourself before you love another". I'm terrified for Kei, he's making himself vulnerable without realizing it. In this particular case, because of Kei's physical, emotional and sexual abuse, it comes down to Yutaka.
So beautiful, but I think we should start preparing our kokoros, fam... the pathos (and our heartbreak) is sure to be amplified because Kei is falling in love for the first time in his entire tragic life, even though he doesn't realize it, but Yutaka does, he understands what's happening, but because of his emotional issues, of being in the closet for fear of his father's rejection, he is not in a position to give himself fully to Kei, to reciprocate and treat Kei's feelings with the utmost care and sensitivity that is required because of Kei's emotional traumas; therefore, Yutaka's reticence (cowardice) can potentially destroy Kei. Kei won't be able to suppress Yutaka's rejection or inability to fully commit, the way he has been able to suppress all the abuses he's experienced before ╥﹏╥