The young man who confesses his love to Mikoto. 16 years old.

[spoiler]Much more unhinged than he initially appears with a very twisted view of romance. States that he likes her most when she is hating him, and would actually prefer that she not develop romantic feelings for him.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Hence the roughly translated title: [i]To The Hateful You, I Like You.[/i][/spoiler]

[spoiler]Why he has become the way he is - that is to say volatile, unpredictable, abusive and [i]irredeemably vulgar[/i] in his expression of 'love' yet oddly sweet to Mikoto -  is assumed to be revealed later throughout the story.[/spoiler]

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