ji . ▁Instead , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁study ▁harder ▁by ▁changing ▁schools , ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁som ed ay ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Out law ▁to ▁support ▁Marg ery ▁other ▁than ▁in ▁combat . ▁Later , ▁he ▁is ▁informed ▁by ▁E ita ▁that ▁Marg ery ▁broke ▁down ▁and ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁com a . ▁He ▁quickly ▁r ush es ▁back ▁to ▁Mis aki ▁City ▁where ▁he ▁tells ▁Marg ery ▁that ▁he ▁lov es ▁her . ▁The ▁two ▁become ▁int imate , ▁and ▁Ke is aku ▁has ▁given ▁Marg ery ▁a ▁new ▁reason ▁to ▁live . ▁He ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁most ▁changed ▁in ▁the ▁an ime ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁more ▁soci able ▁and ▁somewhat ▁cheer ful , ▁and ▁is ▁friends ▁with ▁Yu ji ▁and ▁I ke ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁E ita ▁is ▁a ▁well - built ▁class mate ▁of ▁Ke is aku ' s . ▁When ▁Marg ery ▁Daw ▁came ▁to ▁Mis aki ▁City , ▁she ▁randomly ▁chose ▁the ▁two ▁to ▁be ▁her ▁gu ides ▁to ▁the ▁city . ▁When ▁he ▁and ▁Ke is aku ▁found ▁The ▁Cry stal ▁Alt ar , ▁a ▁mag ical ▁map ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁that ▁Fri agne ▁had ▁been ▁using ▁until ▁his ▁dem ise , ▁the ▁two ▁often ▁acted ▁as ▁support . ▁He ▁and ▁Ke is aku ▁show ▁respect , ▁adm iration ▁and ▁affection ▁towards ▁Marg ery ▁as ▁an ▁" ane - san " ▁( res pect able ▁elder ▁sister ), ▁but ▁his ▁feelings ▁are ▁more ▁immediately ▁apparent