I see people hate one character or the other but I liked this story overall. Let's start with Kou. He did have a bad habit of cheating when drunk but it can be attributed to the repressed memories thing and you can see he puts in the effort to not do it. Even with Mikuni actively pursuing him and literally forcing himself on him Kou only slipped up once. I'm not counting the first time when he was very drunk and the time when they went to the wedding coz he and Ao was kind of broken up and Ao was literally going to an omiai at that point. Kou actively avoided Mikuni while he was with Ao refusing to meet him outside of what was strictly necessary for work. Though the way he said it to Mikuni in the end makes it sound like he is choosing Ao out of guilt or pity it's quite obvious that's not the case. Kou goes out of his way to hold on to Ao and the thought of losing him stresses him enough to give him ulcer. He genuinely thinks of them as destined to be together forever. He has no problems with Ao hiding the truth from him and he is pissed because Ao didn't trust that he would still choose Ao and because Ao's feelings were not strong enough to hold on to him. The mangaka kind of attributes Ao's initial attraction to Mikuni in high school to his father-con obsession with his dead dad in an archery outfit. Though Ao is a "no fun" serious guy who most would consider boring Kou loves that part of him as well and sees that as one of his charms and feels that the girl from the omiai will fall for Ao. He literally looks at Ao with rose tinted glasses. Even when Ao had gone for an omiai and Kou had given up and had gone to Mikuni's home he was still wishing that he could call Ao and talk to him. There isn't a single moment when he actively considers leaving Ao and being with someone else. I don't think Kou will cheat now that he has all his memories. There's really no reason to hate on Ao. He had no obligation to give full information to Mikuni. It was Mikuni's fault for not trying to look for Kou or contact him for so long. On the other hand towards the end when Mikuni said Kou agreed to be with him (he meant Kou agreed to be at Mikuni's home while he recovered) Ao misunderstood that as Kou agreeing to date Mikuni. Even then when he thought their relationship was over and Kou had moved on Ao still went to look for Kou and apologize. He is a keeper. Mikuni is weird for persistently pursuing a guy who slept with him when very drunk. No one seems to have a problem with how manipulative and forceful Mikuni was while Kou kept saying no because he already has a lover during the second time. He chose to use his hold over Kou in a work setting to make him spend time with him outside work. Later on Mikuni has a little more justification once he finds out Kou is his long lost first love he never found a resolution with. I don't particularly blame him at that point coz he saw a chance and he tried to take it and he seemed pretty reconciled to just working together with Kou in the end.
I see people hate one character or the other but I liked this story overall.
Let's start with Kou. He did have a bad habit of cheating when drunk but it can be attributed to the repressed memories thing and you can see he puts in the effort to not do it. Even with Mikuni actively pursuing him and literally forcing himself on him Kou only slipped up once. I'm not counting the first time when he was very drunk and the time when they went to the wedding coz he and Ao was kind of broken up and Ao was literally going to an omiai at that point. Kou actively avoided Mikuni while he was with Ao refusing to meet him outside of what was strictly necessary for work.
Though the way he said it to Mikuni in the end makes it sound like he is choosing Ao out of guilt or pity it's quite obvious that's not the case. Kou goes out of his way to hold on to Ao and the thought of losing him stresses him enough to give him ulcer. He genuinely thinks of them as destined to be together forever. He has no problems with Ao hiding the truth from him and he is pissed because Ao didn't trust that he would still choose Ao and because Ao's feelings were not strong enough to hold on to him.
The mangaka kind of attributes Ao's initial attraction to Mikuni in high school to his father-con obsession with his dead dad in an archery outfit. Though Ao is a "no fun" serious guy who most would consider boring Kou loves that part of him as well and sees that as one of his charms and feels that the girl from the omiai will fall for Ao. He literally looks at Ao with rose tinted glasses. Even when Ao had gone for an omiai and Kou had given up and had gone to Mikuni's home he was still wishing that he could call Ao and talk to him. There isn't a single moment when he actively considers leaving Ao and being with someone else. I don't think Kou will cheat now that he has all his memories.
There's really no reason to hate on Ao. He had no obligation to give full information to Mikuni. It was Mikuni's fault for not trying to look for Kou or contact him for so long. On the other hand towards the end when Mikuni said Kou agreed to be with him (he meant Kou agreed to be at Mikuni's home while he recovered) Ao misunderstood that as Kou agreeing to date Mikuni. Even then when he thought their relationship was over and Kou had moved on Ao still went to look for Kou and apologize. He is a keeper.
Mikuni is weird for persistently pursuing a guy who slept with him when very drunk. No one seems to have a problem with how manipulative and forceful Mikuni was while Kou kept saying no because he already has a lover during the second time. He chose to use his hold over Kou in a work setting to make him spend time with him outside work. Later on Mikuni has a little more justification once he finds out Kou is his long lost first love he never found a resolution with. I don't particularly blame him at that point coz he saw a chance and he tried to take it and he seemed pretty reconciled to just working together with Kou in the end.