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It sucks that J never loved Makoto, but it's supposed to be an endless cycle. Wald never loved J, and J took his life with his greed (not intentionally). Makoto, with that same greed, took J without being loved back. Now it'll repeat itself with some new players and some old. It looks like Fjord will take on the place of Datensho as someone close to M and running the brothel, but K also seems like he'll take on that role because of his obsession.
I think Fjord somewhat admitted to feeling something slightly more than friendship than friendship though. That's what I got from it when he had to remind himself that demons fall if they fall in love and admitting that M's eyes also locked him in.