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adult au hirano is so fascinating. he's young and hot and wealthy and has friends who care about him but he's also a workaholic with a shopping problem who keeps filling his house with useless garbage he never even uses. he's super successful and deeply miserable for years and years until he moves in with his old roommate again. and he never stops to think about any of it except when kagi is unseriously talking about ending the life they've built together. THEN he gets so worked up he accuses him of blackmail. what's wrong with you man

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My aroaspec baby 😭💖

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Hirano and his ring (pt. 3)

Theres this art we got last year, after the adult au from ssmy. And dayum how did I not see that

This is literally our confirmation, that Kagi gave Hirano the ring (it was obvious but I still need confirmation before I start going crazy abt it).

first of all this:

we see that he has two rings on his right hand, and we know he only wears ONE ring on his left hand.

Also when Kagi said he’s wearing too many accessories, Hirano was humming and happy

And last but not least.

„Including the ones I got from you.“

and he’s talking in plural! He‘s talking about the pair of earrings he has gotten from Kagiura, and his ring, he also has gotten from Kagiura. And he’s so proud of it… it’s really cute 😭❤️

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Thinking about ch. 29 (more, and again, and forever)

There's just always been, from the moment the chapter came out, something special about the second to last page to me. Hirano recalling Kagiura's words to him, the simplest, clearest declaration of love hes given Hirano. And yet, in a way, it's no different from everything Kagiura has said before.

"It makes me so happy being with you. I want to talk to you all the time, to be your family." And this is what got to Hirano originally ANYWAY. Made him blush and really embarrassed.

In that same chapter, funny enough, Hirano asked Kagiura if he'd miss him when they changed rooms. "Of course I would," Kagiura said. Because he loves him. But we already know at this point Hirano doesn't even THINK consider any romance because he doesn't, at this point, think to question the nature of HIS feelings for Kagiura at all. Its just how he feels, it's natural. Its after this that he starts thinking about it because people start questioning it.

So after all that questioning, all the development, all the thinking, all the context that has him wondering if his feelings can even be considered romantic in nature, when Kagiura asks Hirano if he misses him (and they're still in the same room, man, he just doesnt TALK him as often, as long, according to him) he reacts so bashfully. Not even Kagiura did that when he knew of his feelings, when he said it.

Sometimes we just need things to be said to us again, sometimes simpler, sometimes straight up, even if we think we've said it a million times before. Kagiura telling him what love is to him, exactly, was enough for him. So he hears Kagiura tell him what love is to him, and he looks so HAPPY. I can just feel the happiness. He doesnt have to smile. Or to have a huge blush. He doesnt have to say it. The body language, his expression, the framing...

Hes so freaking elated. Hes light as a feather. The weight of the world just fell off his shoulders.

Because he realized he totally loves Kagiura, and he definitely has for a long time.

With the knowledge that being in love doesn't have to mean or be one thing, it ended up being so, so simple.

And i only just now noticed that he hasn't been wearing his earrings either, another proof to me that Kagiura's love was never about or defined by whats showing, whats physical, whats tangible. Kagiura shows his love a lot physically. Be it touch or gifts because thats just the kind of person he is. But that love at its core exists from Hirano being there. Its HIRANO that defines his love and nothing else. Hirano as he is and has always been.

Hirano looks up at the sky, which he loves, and thinks about what love is, and then he knows, "Yeah, I love him, too." Man, this chapter will make me cry again, and it wont take anything.

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chap 29 is SO GOOD. I have never felt more like Hirano is ace than ever.

Hirano's so scared that his love is "improper" because he can't give Kagiura the "love he wants", which involves him wanting the same touches Kagiura does. Hugs, kisses, Hirano just isn't interested in that sort of thing. What he likes is seeing Kagi happy. Kagi blushing furiously over something Hirano did. Kagi so smitten he looses track of his own words.

Hirano loves Kagiura, but he's terribly afraid of not reaching Kagi's expectations of what relationship is. Because boyfriends hug and kiss, right? Boyfriends want to be hugged and kissed and get flustered over it. And Hirano just... Doesn't care for that? It's not like he always hates it, because when Kagiura's happy, Hirano's happy. Which is what this is all about. When Kagiura's happy because of Hirano, it's everything. Hirano gets to initiate constant because he doesn't have to worry about not matching Kagiura's expectations since he's setting the boundaries. And he wants to!!! So bad!!! He feels all floaty when Kagi melts into his hug. He can't help but get flustered when he sees Kagi flushing so hard it's up to his ears.

Hirano doesn't want to do "what couples do". He wants to do what makes Kagi happy, to be the reason why he's happy, to be the person he cherishes most. Hirano and Kagiura have their own ideas of what love should be but their feelings are completely different from that.

When Kagiurs hugs Hirano, Hirano gets uncomfy because it's "the way couples do", it's just not a type of touch he enjoys. But once Hirano gets Kagiura into a hug more their style, which he even notes to be more akin to embracing a puppy, Hirano is clearly elated. And when he sees his Kagi-kun so happy, flushed and embarrassed, because he can *feel* Hirano's love seeping through that embrace? It all lights up. The room feels lighter, brighter, like home.

Which is why his conversations with Ichinose and later on Kagiura ARE SO CRUCIAL!

It finally becomes clear that loving someone presents itself in plural ways. Not wanting to kiss or hug or do "couple things" is not a sign of lack of romantic interest. Ichinose says he would want to kiss someone, but that's not the only way to exist. Kagiura wants to kiss Hirano, but he's not in love with him because he wants to kiss him; he's in love with him because he adored him more than anyone else and wants to be beside him. Which is EXACTLY how Hirano feels about him! It's all clicking into place, bit by bit. Hirano is getting so close to figuring himself out, he just needs s little more!

Hirano is in love with Kagiura, in his own way, which is so heavily coded to be ace I can practically see it canon. The man is so head over heels over that little basketball guy but he can't wrap his head around the fact you can not want to kiss and still be in love. Stay strong, blondie! You'll get it eventually!

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Kagiura and his basketball team

I‘ve read hrkg again (for the millionth time) and analyzed this panel

The first picture was when Kagiura was called, and Jealous-kun whined about Kagiura not cleaning to Shirahama. Kagi heard him and it stayed in his mind. That’s why he looked so… serious in the second panel.

The third and fourth panel were in chapter 2 where Kagi missed a shot and felt bad and guilty.

Now the fifth panel isn’t in the manga… why? It’s a flashback, where Kagi helped cleaning after training. We can see his hair being slicked back, exactly like how his hair was when he arrived to hirano for their date.

Now look at how Kagi‘s expression is, how his eyes are narrowed and he looks down. But in chapter 23a he didn’t show any signs when he was with hirano.

We all always say he’s ‚cute‘ ‚handsome‘ ‚hirano take care or we‘ll steal ur men‘ (last is most common/j), but he is insecure. He wants the others to know that he isn’t egoistic or thinks of himself higher than them. He wants to make people proud and that’s why he was so down when he lost the tournament. Hirano saying that he’s great and enough really meant much to him.

In the end he’s just a teenager who has his own insecurities and problems.

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Kagi-kun & the Basketball Team and HiraKagi Theories Post Chapter 29

In my free time, I spent the last few days rereading all of Hirano & Kagiura (including the novel) and then skimming through all of Sasaki & Miyano for Easter eggs. I wanted to compile as many details as I could find that’s related to Kagiura and his basketball team. I’m doing this to organize my thoughts better, and piece together details about the team.

While going through the material, I did come up with more theories for the upcoming chapter(s). But I might have to make a separate thread depending on how long the post gets. Anyway, I want this post to have facts and key details, so I’ll try to include volume and page numbers, too.

The first half of the post about Kagi-kun & the basketball team possibly has some spoilers for Ch. 29 but not really. Just in case I’m putting it under a “read more” line.

What we know about the basketball team

These are the names of basketball players mentioned so far: Shirahama Kyouji, Tomonori Kuda, Yamada, and Muroi Yuuki. These are the basketball players’ numbers we know about so far: Kagiura is #11 and there are two players who are #7 & #4 from a Shirahama flashback (Vol 10, chapter 49, page 18-19).

We know that Kagiura and the basketball team go to the city to watch basketball games or play outside of practice at a gym (Vol 4, chapter 11, page 7). Kagiura tells Hirano that there’s an arena nearby where a pro basketball team plays. And that the school basketball team sometimes takes the school buses (Vol 1, chapter 4, page 17). Based on some paperwork in (Vol 6, chapter 27, page 7), it looks like there is going to be an off-campus basketball retreat in the near future, which I think is going to come up in the next chapter and might be part of a larger arc in the next volume. But I will address that idea at the end in the “Basketball Retreat Theory” section.

Kagiura Akira

*I'm gonna be brief with Kagi's section because I could go on and on about him hehe

I’m really excited to see more of how Kagiura interacts with his teammates on the basketball team. While rereading, I focused on the scenes of Kagi with his basketball teammates and these scenes from (Vol 5, ch 23a) really stood out to me. Kagiura overhears another player complaining about him “getting out of cleaning” (Vol 5, ch 23a, page 3). And when he meets up with Hirano later that chapter, it’s revealed he’s late because he stayed behind and that “they needed help cleaning up” (Vol 5, ch 23a, page 8). I think that really goes to show the type of person Kagi is and how much he cares about the basketball club. He really works hard at it and doesn’t want anyone questioning his dedication to it. I'll get into this trait of his later in the Basketball Retreat Theory.

Jealous-kun

*I saw someone in another post say that this guy^ complaining about Kagi “getting out of cleaning” from (Vol 5, ch 23a, page 3) is the same guy in (Vol 6, chapter 29). And OMGG you are totally right!! GAAAHHH!! Idk his name though. If anyone could come up with a nickname while we wait, that would make talking about him easier (i’ll prob just call him jealous-kun for now). I'm assuming based on the translation, that he's also a second year.

Back to Kagi

Another thing I’ve been thinking about is a scene from (Vol 3, chapter 14, page 10-12) where a girl tries to give chocolates to Kagi on valentines day. I think her near confession is very precious. Kagi is so sweet about kindly turning down her chocolates. He seems really serious about what she has to say to him, too: he’s genuinely listening, asks her for her name, thanks her for watching their games and offers to walk her to the station. And the words she used to describe him “you looked so cool and mature when you were focusing”, definitely stuck with him in the context of Hirano: “I wonder if he’d think I’m cool and fall for me if I acted more mature”. Just something to think about. Now, this valentine’s day scene reminds of a scene in sasamiya with Shirahama, but I’ll get to that in his character section below.

Shirahama Kyouji

Shirahama in HiraKagi

Shirahama and Kagiura seem to be close, they frequently play basketball together even when there’s no practice scheduled, like during lunch (Vol 3, chapter 12, page 9-19) and on weekends (Vol 4, chapter 11, page 7). Someone in another post called them “basketball buddies” hehe. I think we’re definitely going to see more of their friendship as teammates in the upcoming chapters. Shirahama talks a lot about wanting a girlfriend, and often whines about how Kagiura is so popular with girls (Vol 4, chapter 20.6, pages 2-5). In the extra “Something About White Day”, Shirahama learns that Kagi has an unrequited love though, so I’m wondering if they will talk about love later on or if Kagiura will open up about his crush on Hirano to Shirahama. And even though Shirahama lightly complains about Kagi’s popularity with girls, he definitely cares about and respects Kagi enough to defend him from other players who are jealous of Kagi (Vol 5, ch 23a, page 3).

Shirahama in SasaMiya

Now jumping to the sasamiya series real quick in their third year: Something I’ve noticed is shirahama becoming more of a regular character since Vol 8. And we finally get a character name tag for him in (Vol 8, chapter 42, page 4). Since he’s becoming a bigger role in the sasamiya series, this goes back to my idea of shirahama possibly having a bigger role in hirakagi, too (i.e. he and kagi talking more about crushes or relationships). When I reread the parts of how Shirahama reacted to sasaki and miyano’s relationship (with the context of hirakagi) I started thinking: Does Shirahama know something about Kagiura and Hirano (to some extent)? Like maybe he knows that Kagiura has a crush or at this point is in a relationship that’s secret. Before learning about Miyano and Sasaki, maybe shirahama’s only example of how a couple acts was Kagiura and his experiences. Since, Shirahama seemed really surprised that Miyano wasn’t keeping his relationship a secret, I wonder if maybe Kagiura ever confided to Shirahama about his feelings for or eventual relationship with Hirano and if it was kept secret at some point because they were roommates (this is only the case if they start dating while being roommate, but I think they start dating in Kagiura’s third year tbh).

For Reference, here are the page numbers in sasamiya with Shirahama that I’m referring to: (Vol 8, chapter 42, page 4-8), (Vol 9, chapter 43, page 8), (Vol 10, chapter 49, page 18-21). And these are the specific Shirahama scenes/lines that stick out to me in the sasamiya series that may or may not back up my hirakagi theory involving shirahama (or I’m just delulu *shrug*):

In (Vol 8, chapter 42, page 4) Shirahama says “I’m never gonna get the chance to stay late at school getting everything ready for the cultural festival and then leave with a girl after I tell her it’s dangerous so she should let me walk her home!” He says it’s from a sim game, but it’s really specific and actually reminded me of Kagiura on valentine’s day haha. I wonder if this will happen to Kagiura in his 2nd year in the upcoming cultural festival.

“Let’s say I don’t find a girlfriend before college. Then I’m gonna end up getting a job and going out drinking, saying, ‘I wanna get married…!’ I feel like I’m gonna end up sounding like this guy on the team, and I don’t want that.” (vol 8, ch 42, pg 5).

“You scared me…!! You can’t just say that! It’s a secret!” (vol 8, ch 42, pg 7)

Shirahama says “Is that really what couples usually do…? Guess I was overthinking it.” (Vol 9, ch 43, pg 8)

I’m really interested in what y’all think about the scene in (Vol 10, chapter 49, page 18-21). It seems like Shirahama really doesn’t want to miss basketball practice and the flashback scene he recalls actually hits a nerve. Do you think maybe Shirahama is feeling insecure about his role in the basketball club here? Like maybe he’s not always part of the main team in tournaments? I initially thought that this was a Kagi cameo, but the jersey’s say #4 and #7, and I’ve read somewhere that Kagi’s jersey number is #11.

*Side note: I can’t remember which page in sasamiya it was, but Shirahama mentions going on group dates a lot. Is he going with some guys from the basketball team? If anyone knows, please please pleasee let me know. Obviously, I don’t think Kagi would go, but I can imagine him being asked to go to help the other guys out or “evening out the numbers” haha OR being asked NOT to go because he’s too popular with girls. It could be a funny scene to see idk.

Okay, I think that’s all I have to say about Shirahama on the basketball team for now. I’ll probably refer back to him later though.

Tomonori Kuda

I think he’s the one Kagi mentions in these passages in the HiraKagi light novel on pages 22 and 26. And I think that they might have a “rivals to teammates to friends” type of relationship. At least, that’s the impression I got from the novel when Kagi cheers for him at the Sports Festival and thinks “I’ve gotta tell him how glad I am that he joined the basketball team.”

Also, you can see the name “Tomonori Kuda” in Kagiura’s phone call log, and before Hirano called, he was the last person Kagi talked to on the phone (Vol 1, chapter 3, page 31). So, I’m kinda hoping that they’re close and we see more of that. When the regular players are called over at practice, Kagi and Kuda’s names are both called, and we get to put a face to the name (Vol 5, ch 23a, page 4).

Yamada “Run, Yamada!”

Someone is named Yamada (unknown given name) on the basketball team. This is literally just based on this one background character during practice when Shirahama is talking to Sasaki in (SasaMiya Vol 9, chapter 46, page 11 ) lol.

Muroi Yuuki “headband-kun”

I saw someone referring to him as “headband-kun” in a tag and I thought it was the cutest thing. Muroi Yuuki is a newer character we’ve just been introduced to, and we know he’s Kagiura’s kouhai. He’s a first year, while Kagi is a second year. I believe his first appearance is (Vol 6, chapter 27, page 4 & 7). In the scene where Kagi is helping Muroi with paperwork in (Vol 6, chapter 27, page 7), we see a close up of his name and his reason for staying off-campus. We see quite a bit of him in Chapter 29: where he’s on the school bus with the basketball team, he asks Kagiura which activity he’s doing, introduces himself to Hirano telling him he’s on the basketball team and then asks to have Hirano’s contact information. So we know that 1) he will be at the off-campus basketball retreat, 2) he’s a kouhai on the basketball team, 3) He really looks up to Kagiura. I think he’s adorable and I am soooo looking forward to seeing more of Kagiura and Muroi’s kouhai/senpai relationship. I am so glad Kagiura finally has a kouhai of his own! Also, that part where Kagi gives Muroi his phone to watch a game… so cute, it’s giving ipad kid lmao 🤣😭.

HiraKagi Theories (Spoilers for Chapter 29!!!)

Okay! So that’s it for what I have on the basketball team profiles. I’m gonna get into what I think is going happen after Chapter 29. This section is definitely going to have spoilers!

Basketball Retreat Theory

I think there are going to be multiple arcs coming into play during the months May-October of Hirano’s 3rd and Kagiura’s 2nd year (Hirakagi Vol 7 and onward). First, I’m going to address my Basketball Retreat Theory. Based on some paperwork in (Vol 6, chapter 27, page 7), it looks like there is going to be an off-campus basketball retreat in the near future, which I think is actually going to come up in the next chapter and might be part of a larger arc in this coming up volume.

I can’t remember exactly where this image^ is from, but it got me thinking: Does Kagi become the new captain for the basketball team? I don’t think that’s something that has been confirmed or not but it just makes sense, right? I just get the feeling there’s gotta be more behind the question that Hanzawa is asking Shirahama, especially since Hanzawa is so familiar with Kagiura and his character. I mean like Hanzawa had asked Kagi about being an RA at some point. Kagi was in the running for being an RA without even realizing it! Tashiro (who became ping pong captain) mentioned that he started getting scouted for the position during the summer/ cultural festival season, which is coming up soon in the hirakagi timeline.

Now, back to the basketball retreat and upcoming tournaments: If Kagi’s senpais on the basketball team are going to start scouting for the new team captain, I am absolutely positive they are going to partially determine who to choose based on how well things run smoothly at the retreat and tournaments. Going back to Kagiura’s profile from earlier, we know he’s Basketball Team Captain worthy and Hirano has even said to Kagi that “They’re well aware of how hard you’ve been working” (Vol 5, chapter 23b, page 6). Not to even mention, Kagi in his 2nd year has now been training and teaching the younger members too! So, following this theory that Kagi is in the running for becoming the new basketball team captain, I think this definitely adds to the possibility that we will see some basketball team drama. Especially if Jealous-kun is another 2nd year basketball player in the team interested in that position.

Homophobic Jealous-kun Theory

Now, this other theory involves Jealous-kun much more. My other theory is that Jealous-kun, who has a history of intently watching Kagiura, catches Kagiura having a moment with Hirano—and like Hirano with Inchinose—Kagi makes eye contact and realizes they were caught. Only, Jealous-kun isn’t as sweet about it and reacts homophobically. If this does happen, I actually think this might go a really angsty route where Hirano and/or Hanzawa get involved. Like… I’m wondering if there will be a physical fight between Kagi and Jealous-kun (which just thinking about that scares me so much cause idek if Kagi can fight??) But the reason I think this is a huge possibility is because of some clues in both hirakagi and sasamiya series.

It’s been brought up multiple times that Hirano is good in a fight, in (Vol 1, chapter 3, page 14) Sasaki tries to reassure Hanzawa that “Hirano’s good in a fight. If anything happens, he’ll be fine… I think”. To which Hanzawa replies “That ‘I think’ doesn’t really make me feel better”. So I’m wondering if there will be a point in the story where we will see Hirano get in a physical fight. Either he fights someone *cough cough maybe jealous kun?* to defend Kagi or Kagi is in a physical fight with someone *cough cough maybe jealous kun?* and Hirano gets involved to try to split it up.

If this does happen, I think Hanzawa could be a witness to this situation. Fast forward to the scene from sasamiya (Vol 6, chapter 30, page 12). Hanzawa says “Some of the guys in my life are gay, and I’ve seen them get in fights before. It’s scary. Whenever they get hurt, I always worry that something happened with one of their boyfriends…” Now, when I first read this scene I only thought about it in the context of Hanzawa’s brothers past relationships (maybe they dealt with domestic abuse). BUT in the context of hirakagi (it’s interesting that Hirano is pictured here), it’s definitely not the case of domestic abuse or toxic relationships.

I think the wording here is on purpose because 1) Hanzawa used the phrase “some of the guys in my life are gay” instead of just using “brothers”. So I immediately thought of Kagiura. 2) When he says “I always worry that something happened with one of their boyfriends”, I feel like it could have a double meaning where “that something” that “happened with one of their boyfriends” could be Hanzawa and Hirano finding out that Kagiura is in a fight with someone and Hirano dashes to him (we all remember how fast he ran when kagi was overtired).

*sigh* Just thinking about this situation is stressing me out. So for now I’m moving on to another thought process and that’s Hirano’s confession, but I’ll get back to Hanzawa later.

Hirano’s Confession

As of right now it’s May in the hirakagi timeline, the sports festival just happened and in the sasamiya timeline this is when Sasaki (awkwardly) confesses to Miyano. 

In the sasamiya series in (Vol 3, chapter 15, page 21), we have this beautiful moment between Hirano and Sasaki that happens in June. Hmph. So, Hirano’s reaction definitely feels personal, right?? Because there’s definitely a window between May and June, I wouldn’t be surprised if Harusono stretched out that period of time. Still, I’m pretty positive that Hirano is going to confess in June right before or right after this scene with Sasaki. Hirano’s comment: “Stop making excuses and just tell him already!” Absolutely confirms to me that there is going to be something on Hirano’s mind that he might use as an excuse to wait to tell Kagi, that will delay his confession, or that will just make him feel hesitant. And I think that something could be related to the basketball retreat theory, the homophobic jealous kun theory, or how Hanzawa feels about gay relationships (at this point in the series). And when he tells this to Sasaki, I think he’s also saying this to himself (maybe).

Hanzawa’s Involvement

Time to get back to Hanzawa. In the sasamiya timeline, we’re officially introduced to his character with a name tag in (sasamiya Vol 4, chapter 19, page 8). At this time, it’s July. I think it’s really interesting that Harunsono chose this point to officially introduce Hanzawa, especially with Hirano’s dorm life brought up on the same page and Hanzawa seeming to be unphased. Later in (sasamiya Vol 4, chapter 22, page 19-20 & 24) Hanzawa and Miyano are discussing what love is. At this time, it’s September during cultural festival preparations. I saw someone in another post say that it feels like Hanzawa is repeating someone else’s words. I believe this is definitely the case. In the Sasaki and Miyano anime, Hanzawa’s speech actually overlaps with scenes of Hirano & Kagiura and Kuresawa & Ogasawara on the phone with their respective girlfriends. And the reference to Hirano and Kagiura feels like such an obvious clue now looking back at it. The conversation between Hanzawa and Miyano (in the anime and manga) goes like this: 

Miyano: What do you think it means to like someone?

Hanzawa: I think it depends on the person. Like wanting to do stuff with them? Or like wanting to be together. Wanting to hold hands. Wanting to touch them. Wanting to kiss them. Wanting to hold them. Or wanting to have them all to yourself. … Love is when you can’t stop thinking about the other person, or so they say.

Everything that Hanzawa says and uses as an example of Love literally relates back to Hirano and Kagiura. So, it could be that this is a speech that Hirano has said to Hanzawa before. Even the phrasing reminds me of Hirano. Like in hirakagi (chapter 29, pages 12-13 & 16) when Hirano is talking to Ichinose, Hirano asks “Have you ever wanted to kiss someone? … And try various things. … I’m fine with touching them”. Hirano is sorta still figuring out the type of “like/love” he feels for kagiura (although in chapter 29, page 34 it looks like he’s realized it’s the same as kagiura’s like/love), but once he figures it out completely, I think he’s going to share this information with Hanzawa. And explain it to Hanzawa with personal examples: 

Kagiura and Hirano feel love differently (it depends on the person)

Sometimes it’s wanting to try various things (like wanting to do stuff with them?)

Wanting to continue living together as roommates (like wanting to be together)

Wanting to hold hands (something Hirano and Kagiura have done)

Wanting to touch them (the 10 seconds touch everyday)

Wanting to kiss them (something Kagiura or Ichinose want to do when they like someone)

Wanting to hold them (hugging)

Wanting to have them all to yourself (dating and Kagi's "More than anything, I want to be with you" in chapter 29, page 28)

When you can’t stop thinking about the other person (literally Hirano every moment of everyday and Kagi when Hirano leaves)

And I think this is going to happen in July, since that’s when Hanzawa was introduced to the sasamiya series and seems to be more open to gay relationships by this time. I just think that Harusono is very intentional with their characters and would set it up this way. Especially since in (sasamiya Vol 4, chapter 19, page 8) Hanzawa doesn’t seem to be as worried as he did before about Hirano and Kagiura’s dorm life as roommates (him no longer being an RA might be a factor as well, but I think it’s mostly because Hirano has talked it over with Hanzawa regarding his closeness with Kagi).

*Side Note: Now this isn't really about Hanzawa's involvement, but on the topic of Hirano’s feelings and for the sake of sticking to chronological order with referencing chapter 29 so much, I'm going to put it here. Are we going to get a kiss in the next chapter?? Before they were interrupted by Muroi (chapter 29, page 30), it seems like they were talking about trying it (when they have more privacy, like maybe back at the dorm?). Because like… Hirano didn’t say no, just not here. Ya know?

Hirakagi Timeline Post Chapter 29

Okay, so I think I’ve addressed everything I wanted to. But to lay it out in a more organized fashion, here is a timeline based on all my theories and how I think it could pan out post chapter 29:

May -> Right now we’re at the Sports Festival

May - June -> basketball retreat/tournaments/team drama that Kagiura is gonna have to face; the basketball retreat theory, the homophobic jealous-kun theory? (could happen anywhere between May-July)

June -> Hirano’s confession!! (hopefully)

June - July -> Hirano and Hanzawa’s heart to heart moment

September - October -> Cultural festival; possible basketball tournament (shoutout to @rubyrose143 for finding this easter egg in sasamiya chapter 23.1)

December - January -> New Year’s Eve (Kagi is sick; Hirano goes to the shrine with Sasaki and meets Miyano, Kuresawa and Tashiro there in the "Special Drama CD My Wish", also shown as an extra chapter in sasamiya Vol 3)

Well, that's it. I hope this was somewhat helpful and entertaining to read. Thank you all for interacting, please let me know if I missed anything, and please please please tell me what you think! ❤️

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Maybe the reach of the century, idk if somebody already pointed this out but, I wonder if Hirano works in a gay/queer bar. I was rereading vol 10 of ssmy and idk the way he hesitates to fully tell Sasaki has me wondering lmao (I don’t know if I should post panels here just in case, but its on pg 125)

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there's something poetic in hirano, alarmed by the widespread normalcy surrounding the desire to kiss one's beloved, also being adorned with the black 'normal' hair colour in japan. cosplaying normalcy while still struggling with its concepts. cosplaying normalcy while slightly embarrassed being seen by your kagi-kun in this form, (for whom normal is the personification of the sun). cosplaying normalcy and desperate for your kagi-kun to treat you (touch you) like normal. but then...what even is normal?

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Curious who do we think will initiate the first kiss whenever that happens.... also this doesn't mean in any way that they succeed bc theyre #stupid

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Ch 26 Hirano x Kagiura, April the 7th

Ch 15 Sasaki x Miyano, May xx

We're almost there 🎉

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Unlike ssmy, I think I'd actually prefer it if hrkg didn't miss immediately when they get together. If anything, I'd love if we see that get built up too, like they WANNA kiss each other but they're too overwhelmed to actually do it, so they start with cheek or forehead or hand kisses instead... I'd eat that up

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pick your poison

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Heyyy, does anybody know if the new Hirano to Kagiura chapter is coming out in January or in February?

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IS IT JUST ME ORRRR ARE THOSE RINGS???

I was just scrolling through Pinterest randomly until this picture popped up. Does anyone know where it’s from? I’ve tried reverse image searching it but the full pic won’t show up for some reason. Not sure how old this pic is anyway or if the rings are for them 😭😭 I hope they are though.