Soooo Kurose's feelings for Shirotani has something more to do with his past feelings with Mikami? Is he trying to assuaged his guilt from the past by trying to make it work with Shirotani? That doesn't sound like a good reason to love somebody.
I think it may have started that way, as in that's what caused them to meet, but over time he fell in love with Shirotani-san himself and not just the memory of Nishigaki
I like the cats' stories more than their master's. I also like the mangaka's story about punching her own solar plexus. Funny as hell!(⌒▽⌒)