At first I thought that Satomi/Kiriyama was an unoriginal pairing - a sort of 'well, they're both brainy therefore they must be perfect together!' type thing. However, the more I think about it now, the more into it I'm getting ^_^... I think that Satomi can be extremely practical when she wants to be, and also has quite high standards, and Kazuo would fulfill both of those needs. However, when it comes down to it, I imagine Satomi would want love and affection - even if it would take time for her to admit it - and in the end, staying with him would be bad for her.

Mitsuru - well, I love him because of my weakness for juvenile delinquents. But also I do like the way he's a big hard man and yet he follows Kazuo around like a puppy. He's got vulnerability to him, which I like, and I also think he has moral standards. He's not particularly sadistic. He's just had a poor family life and has learnt to express himself through violence, and if the BR hadn't happened he wouldn't have got any better - but he didn't deserve what he got.