Bestie, did we even read the same book??????? The girl he married clearly threatened him, not only with his family business, but with Touma's family business, he was trying to protect both of them, in a way that maybe you don't consider right, but the point remains. The girl threatened him to marry her.
She litterally THREATENED HIM with yuuma. Do you not read the panel carefully??
Touma*
Just in case you missed it, the girl's family was influential that she could threaten both his family and touma's. They lived in different era, their family had business which means they could not afford to bring their family down along with them as hayato said "if only i could've more prepared". Hayato admitted he was a coward, and there is a miscommunication in which the servant/maid also regretted that she became a spirit too. As for Hayato did not follow him in afterlife, if what you meant was Hayato not possessing the reincarnation as Yuuma did, I personally interpreted it as yes Hayato had regrets, but he died accepting the reality of them that can't be together in that era, yet he firmly believed they still mean for each other in another life, he also meant to give the amulet to Yuuma. That led to the present where Kaito and Yuuma meet each other and now Yuuma is the one giving Kaito the amulet.
This is not something to convince you to like it tho, just want to exchange perspectives. It's up to you to interpret a story and enjoy them..
They were gonna elope, whatever went on with the families wouldn't affect them themselves.
One also weights gains and loses, if there's no groom and he obviously doesn't take the family into consideration, what exactly are you threatening him with? The girl can say whatever she wants, is she the sole head of the family?
And the excuse was for Touma's sake? For his sake he wouldn't have been played like a fiddle by a girl. I agree, he was a coward and unprepared to the point of believing whatever was thrown at him.
exactlyyy
don't let them silence you, we all hatw hayato's cowardly ass
They both promised to run away together so anything involving threats to their fuckass families businesses don't mean shit, They could've just up and left but being a pussyass bitchboy hayato chose to prioritize his fuckass family business over touma, Saying he's tryna protect him, Protect him from what? The boogie man? What's the point if yall just gonna up and leave anyways, Hes clearly just being a pussy and making up excuses by pulling shit outta his ass and callin it protection, It's no surprise he got haunted since he's a fucking dumbass bro
The reason hayato pisses so many people off is cause he didn't even fucking try, He never even attempted to run away with touma despite the hardships they'd face, He just fucking gave up and faced touma with indifference and avoidance instead, That's one of the worst things you could ever fuckin do to somebody that cares for you the way that touma cared for hayato. Honestly he was just tryna protect his own ass by guilt trippin the fuck outta himself into making it out like he was doing it to protect touma. We all know his bitchass was too scared to take a hit for touma, That's why he called himself a coward cause he pussied out and he knew he pussied out and he knew he dun fucked up, Him pussing out that fucking bad just makes his love for touma seem shallow as fuck, Oh and the lack of loyalty to reject the marriage and run away like a had promised, The lack of respect to face touma in real life to talk shit out instead of leading him on, Making touma have false hope that hayato would keep his promise instead of giving him the cold fucking shoulder, and that's why his bitchass got haunted cause hes a piece of shit. My sweet summer child touma deserves someone better ong bro
So he married girl in another life, which became the reason past MC died, for the sake of the MC and I’m supposed to believe it? And after MC died Hayato didn’t even follow him in afterlife. It’s looks like Hayato just decided “welp I’m still gonna fuck this girl or whatever”. Like we didn’t even get his reaction at MC suicide, but we got couple hints he had a life with children. Did he even care? Nah this “for your sake” shit is propaganda I am not falling into. It’s one thing if ML is stupid and thinks he is protecting MC(from being poor? Whatever) but it’s absolutely disgusting to disguise his feelings as love if after MC died(because of ML betrayal), Hayato just kept living with his married life like it’s nothing. The story worked for me if Yuuma and Kaito were not reincarnations, but just being possessed or smth. Yuuma and Kaito were sweet, it’s such a pity they were stained that way. Anyway the main stuff was borrowed from this story(which is miles better) https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/koi_no_yuurei/