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At first, I thought Kaito was worse than Satoru, but a some of his interactions with Uta become a lot more poignant from his point of view if you consider them from the possibility that Kazuma was always on his mind.
>Episode 4
I'll encourage this girl that resembles Kazuma with the same words he used to encourage me!
>Episode 5
Huh, that new idol that vaguely resembles Kazuma's first job was make up related, huh? My first job was make up related too; if I'd done it with Kazuma, we would have had fun playing around with the make-up.
>Episode 11
That girl's dream is to be together with her friends, huh? Maybe my dream is to be together with Kazuma too...
>Episode 23
She asked why I keep coming around? I should give a vague answer instead of admitting that I can't help but want to talk with this girl that reminds me of Kazuma...
>Episode 31
Please don't end up like Kazuma and me, at all costs!
>Episode 35
Maybe it's partially because she reminds me of Kazuma, but hanging out with her cheers me up. I'll agree to meet up again with this sweet girl.
It's pretty sad how lonely he is. Not quite as driven to insanity by sheer loneliness as desperation as Meroron was, but not all that far off.