Kei KARUIZAWA

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Haganai Mar 28, 2024

Best Girl!!!

cursesdeals Mar 17, 2024

Love her best girl after ichika

KirihikoAzuma Feb 29, 2024

Same Japanese and English Voice Actors as Kotori Itsuka from Date A Live. 

HallikTruce1111 Feb 9, 2024

I'm 'team Kei, all night and all day'.

Kei is what Ayanakouji is not. While he has an extremely high intellectual quotient, she has an extremely high emotional quotient.

Kei fully realized Ayanakouji had manipulated her. She said so in her inner monologue. But her emotional resolve was unbreakable. She's not a weak character by any means. She's similar to Ayanakouji in that she's able to focus on the big picture. She's able to discern when there is more at stake than just herself. 

I've often seen the comments about "Stockholm Syndrome",  but I really don't agree with that. With how strong her will is she could've stood up on her own and told Ayanakouji to drop dead and that she never wanted to see him again. 

In this 3rd season they still share a closeness that they each don't share with anyone else. I noticed in S3 E4, that Ayanakouji gave Kei a very detailed reason why they should tell "the real truth" to Hashimoto about why she gave him the Valentine's chocolate. She deciphered what Ayanakouji was saying and very quickly made up another reason why she'd given it to him. 

No, I don't think it's some sort of mind-control he has over her. Kei is a strong character. I think she's chosen to be with Ayanakouji. And I predict that, one day, as he continues "unlearning" to view life like an apathetic chessmaster, he'll realize in that moment that he feels love for her.