Thread:SiaCatGirl/@comment-24690456-20180104005557

Hello SiaCatGirl, here to deliver some proof from the canon storyline of V3.
 * Romance build in Chapter 1;
 * As we all know, Saihara is a depressed high schooler with mental illness about "uncovering the truth." In Chapter 1 where our "protagonist" Akamatsu Kaede become the spotlight of the group, he get very encouraged and moved by her words and action, eventually build his trust for her to tell the secret moving door that he discovered in the library. They executed their plan to catch the mastermind together eventually. Then we have a very touching scene where Akamatsu encouraged Saihara to not being afraid to uncover the truth in the classroom and her words delivered a major impact on his character that we can see later on. After he realized that she was the only person that can carry out the murder plan, he remained silent and doubt himself, once again his mental illness haunted him, preventing him from telling the truth to everyone because he is afraid to point Akamatsu as the killer. The only reason why she kept denying that she's the culprit is to test him so he can be more assertive, leading Saihara to counter his own fear. In the last scene of Chapter 1, he promised Akamatsu to hold her wish dearly.
 * Her legacy
 * Throughout the game, we know that Saihara keeps mentioning Akamatsu about her determination to let everyone escape from the academy, etc. Even some characters other than himself realized that Saihara has feelings for her like Momota, Harumaki, and Iruma (calling Akamatsu as his "girlfriend" in ch3). There is a particular scene where we can believe that his feelings for her is canon.
 * "When Maki started to realize her feelings for Kaito and struggled to ask advice from Shuichi, she asked him if he had liked Kaede. Shuichi then thought about Kaede reassuring him and holding his hand, indicating that he believes he did like her. However, Maki then pointed out that it would be weird to develop feelings for someone after you met them just a while ago, which offended Shuichi a bit, especially since Maki then refused to reveal her personal things and what she wanted to talk about."


 * You can read all canon evidence in both of their pages. Even though it is not apparent, it is pretty obvious within the game's flow that his love interest for Akamatsu is true. For another evidence, you can simply read her Free Time Events dialogue here. 