Talk:Taishi Fura/@comment-121.162.202.9-20150707160957/@comment-24209523-20150826131527

I didn't think of it too much of the romantic sense either. Taishi clearly has a wife and kids, if there were any romantic implications towards Arima, they aren't there now. Though like you said, friends can experience a similar sadness when parting.

Taishi changed and Arima didn't, and while Taishi doesn't have “Arima-pathy”, I'm certain that Arima's raise in ranks made him hard to contact, and eventually unapproachable for someone like Taishi. And then as stressed as Taishi is, life caught up with him, and it was impossible for him to go back.

Arima wasn't like this, Arima stayed a legend. And I don't that they could even relate if they met each other again, they're too different now, more than they ever were. Some friendships just don't pass the test of time, I know that for a fact. I think the same happened with Taishi and Arima.

And the only difference between their relationship and Yomo and Uta's relationship is that the two of them (Yomo and Uta) still frequently see each other, as of now, we're not sure if Arima and Taishi do. We have seen Arima with the Q's, and with Akira, but we still haven't seen any of his interaction with Taishi. Then again, Arima's subordinates are somewhat close to him, and on rare occasions, are like him (like Akira), so it's both easier to contact and relate to them.