I’d like to hear from the people who think that Gero was trying to kiss Kinosaki. What makes you see it that way?

I really, really mean this when I say this: I’m not criticizing that interpretation at all. If anything, as a Gerosaki shipper, I’d be thrilled if that really was what was happening.

It’s just that no matter how many times I go back and look at that legendary scene, I don’t see it as a clear depiction of Gero trying to move things toward a kiss.

Kinosaki wakes up, Gero gets startled, loses his balance, and ends up falling over him, right? From there, though, **wasn’t Gero actually not moving his face any closer…???**

I understand that Ch. 82, Ch. 88, Ch. 100, etc. show Kinosaki putting up a wall between himself and Gero. So I’ve wondered if this could also be one of those cases where Gero wasn’t trying to kiss him at all, and Kinosaki was simply the one putting up that boundary.

And Gero is shy and a cherry boy, too. (Especially at this point in the story.) Even if he accidentally ended up on top of someone, and even if that someone happened to be an absolutely gorgeous person, Gero just doesn’t strike me as the kind of character who would make a move toward a kiss in that situation.

I’ve seen people point out that Gero’s face is actually closer in the panel where Kinosaki stops him with his finger than it is in the panel where Gero first ends up on top of him… but even that just seems like a small difference in the manga’s staging/artwork to me. I don’t feel like it’s enough to clearly say that Gero was trying to kiss him.



**That said, there’s one thing I really don’t want to be misunderstood on.**

There are plenty of scenes in Ch. 88, Ch. 131, etc. where Gero seems to be conscious of Kinosaki in that sense, so I’m not trying to deny the possibility that Gero might have romantic feelings for Kinosaki.

I’m just saying that I don’t think the thing in Ch. 77 necessarily falls into that category.

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time whenever I see people treat “Gero was trying to kiss Kinosaki” as a given, so I figured I’d finally put my perspective out there today.

If there’s anything I’m overlooking in this interpretation, or anything about it that you think can be disproved, I’d genuinely like to hear it.

And again, I’m a Gerosaki shipper too. If Gero really was trying to kiss Kinosaki there, I’d be just as happy about it.

ABOUT THAT KISS