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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
Wait wait, this has nothing to do with my statement of "Kinji's only cares that he himself doesn't get hurt from Aria leaving him, that little punk doesn't care if Aria gets hurt from his actions." 
Sigh, that's why I put in the effort to type that extra line of "Or at least someone that have treated her like a friend" every single time this topic comes up
Even if Reki never considers Aria as a friend, to point her weapon at her so easily at someone who had treated her kindly... I would be careful around her, treating her friendly won't promise you safety.
Yes, but all that means is that Kinji was lucky; treating Reki nice does not ensure that she won't pull one at the back of your head.
Since he's a tsundere, his actions hold more meaning than his words- [copy] he went against his brother, crossed an Ocean, and fought Sherlock Holmes, and even willing to die to bring her back. [/paste]
Point is- He had definitely said it, he had definitely promised to be her partner till the end of this year. |
Isn't it Aria's fault for misunderstanding without hearing the other parties explanation?
Spoiler for Volume 6, chapter 2:
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As if forcing herself to ignore Reki's words, she glared at me with a face of a demon.
"Wh-what are you going to do! Are you going to--be in a group with Reki!? Is that your plan!?"
Not letting me say a word, calling me an idiot, always throwing a tantrum like a kid, I--under the accumulated pressure of Reki, Team Formation, the exchange student,
-went "Hmmph," pursing my lips.
No...
Wrong. It's not only that. Actually...
"--That kind of thing has nothing to do with you, right?"
What did I say--?
Something akin to pouring oil on a fire.
"In the first place, I'm preparing to withdraw from Butei High next year. Teams, partners, whatever, those things don't matter to me at all. Also, once--"
Kanae-san's trial is over, you're going to go back to London.
But, this shouldn't be something that I should say in front of Reki and Riko.
And, no matter what...
I was not willing to say it.
I was not willing to utter those words. Not willing to confirm the reality of Aria's approaching farewell.
I did not know why, nor had I any wish to know why.
"Aria. So what if I'm in a team with you? That kind of team, about to split and part their own ways, is meaningless."
"Wrong! Even if they're apart, a team is a team! As long as it's registered in IADA, they can help each other without restrictions, for eternity! Even if they're scattered, the proof of their companionship will remain for all eternity--"
"Whether or not that kind of thing remains, matters not the slightest to me!"
I could not help but raise my voice.
Aria.
Since you're about to disappear from my side--
I will not agree to something like "making memories".
As such, you can return to your home country with no regrets. Tokyo and London are on opposite sides of the Earth. As such, there is no way that we will be able to help each other.
You are going to disappear. From my side.
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Reki never had her own thoughts to begin with, until Kinji initiated his humanization plan. Her behavior is akin to that of a samurai, who is always vigilant. Just as Aria was about to strike Kinji in a fit of anger, Reki came between them and slapped Aria. In doing so, Reki protected Kinji from being hit and made herself the target for Aria's anger. The past Reki would have done anything the [Wind] ordered, but the present Reki has a bit of emotions, so it will be different since she has an attachment to Kinji now and probably knows better. Reki would not harm Kinji anymore, since she swore fealty to him already...there's no point bring these "what if's" into the argument.
Aria was earlier defeated by her underclassmen Koko in aru=kata and felt frustrated about that loss, so now her temper is shorter than before. However, her anger is still completely unreasonable because she wants to take it out on Reki instead. Generally, most snipers cannot use close range combat and Aria still attacked her regardless of that fact. Reki the samurai that she is, interpreted Aria's aggression as danger for both Kinji and herself. Reki merely did what she thought was the correct course of action. It's like the tradition of [pillage wife], read volume 7 for more details.
Reki at the time did not have emotions, so how could she have a friend? Wouldn't you need emotions to consider someone a friend? She wouldn't understand what its like being treated like friend....Reki's mind is that of a child's. Reki's isn't that skilled at reading people's emotions.
Kinji was chosen because he was undeniably strong in his first year. Reki probably scouted him out and began her intelligence gatherings from there. The [Wind] could have said to pick Kinji due to Reki's high assessments of Assault department Kinji.
If Aria truly wants to keep Kinji as her partner, then she should start treating him better. Ironically, those comic relief scenarios where Aria is firing bullets on Kinji, is not very enjoyable to Kinji, although the audience finds it entertaining.
That large passage from the light novel explains it all. Why Kinji is giving the cold shoulder and other stuff.
Spoiler for Volume 6, chapter 2:
And...that fight from just now...
Reki may be in the wrong, but Aria isn't right either.
She didn't even listen to our side of the story.
Relying on the pieces of the puzzle that she gathered from seeing the situation, she put them together herself, and formulated a misunderstanding.
That really completely exposes her weak point.
Her instincts when fighting with the enemy are amazingly acute--but she has the bad habit of always reaching an incorrect conclusion, and acting upon that flawed basis when I'm involved.
Originally, after leaning on each other throughout the many battles with EU, the slight feeling I had that she was a good person...disappeared.
Aria is a haughty, arbitrary, violent girl, after all.
Kinji's promise to Aria to be partners was only valid until they defeated EU and freed Kanae-san (Aria's mother). Kinji probably thought that it would take them until the end of the year to finish, but it didn't. The
initial promise was to stay as Aria's partner until they defeated EU and freed Kanae-san, Kinji made that promise sincerely after understanding Aria's situation, nevertheless Kinji stayed as partners even after the "Butei Killer" case due to his will and not because of his promise.
The fallout that happened in Volume 6 did not happen because Kinji didn't keep his promise, but rather it was due to Aria's jealousy and misunderstanding that escalated into a confrontation between her and Reki. Kinji kept true to his promise.
@Glacierfairy I agree. Kinji's trying to help her out in his own way.
P.S. I
strongly advise that you wait until volume 7 is fully translated, it will surely answer your questions.