Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26993737-20161128042834/@comment-25167224-20161128233022

here's a short rundown;


 * yes, komaeda is attracted to males. it has never been stated as 'he is gay!! he's homosexual!!' because it just has no place, plus japan isn't extememly accepting of homosexual characters outside of fetishization, so it's moreso implied, which is for the better honestly. the dr;ae localization jokes about him coming out of the closet, but it's not in the original. in the original he's called a 'hard gay' by kurokuma, which if i remember correct is the whole (gay) leather get up culture, it can go both as 'he's gay' and 'he's wearing a leather jacket and a chain'.


 * no, the line is definitely not misheard. it's 'gayer'. the dub of dr3 is ridiculous dialogue wise so it's not surprising whatsoever, they even added extra dialogue for komaeda regarding how 'soft' naegi's hands were.


 * komaeda just doesn't seem attracted to women. he doesn't overly mention them like hanamura and souda. he's not perverted like them or the ooc hinata from man's nut cutscene. he just doesn't display any sort of attraction towards them. even when taking his love-hate thing for enoshima into consideration, it can't be, it's unhealthy and based solely on ideology not her personality, body, or gender, zero love here.


 * the reason why komaeda is considered gay is exactly due that, his attraction towards hinata being so genuine. it's not about hope or talent, it's about komaeda enjoying hinata's presence and personality. enough to call him something such as shsl serenity i believe.


 * it's not really 'wrong' to say that. people move on, it's natural and healthy. and he definitely should. a relationship where one is just so obsessive with the other to the point they will die without anyone because they "loved" them so much is just creepy. plus you're kind of assuming everyone sees hinata and nanami's relationship as stricktly romantic. which is kind of dumb when it's never said that hinata loves her. it all comes down to your interpretation. i personally don't precieve hinata thanking her as anything more than that; a thank you.


 * komaeda isn't the opossite of naegi. if he were by the logic you used, shouldn't komaeda be female? anyway, he is a dark pararell though. basically a neagi had he taken the wrong path. notice how both are so fixated on hope? komaeda just takes it a step further.

hope that helped a bit.
 * and finally, in dangan island hinata is actually shown to be disappointed when komaeda asks him to be his friend — which komaeda does because hinata is his first friend and he doesn't want to lose or destroy their relationship with his romantic feelings, it really makes sense when you consider how he sees himself. which i think says a lot about how hinata feels regarding being in a relationship with a male, meaning he's also probably some sort of non straight as well. it's the safest not to assume the protagonists' sexualities as just straight, since they get to interact with so many characters on varying degrees of romantic and platonic.; it's just the most convinient to not see them as such.