Yashiro/Plot

Story
At school, he feigns excitement when offered Band-Aids from Kanji for rope burns he has. He continues to meet Kanji in the nurse's office and shares his troubled past.

He joins Kanji at his father's funeral, and afterward notes that ever since he told Kanji about his past, he has been beside him as his friend.

After his expulsion from school for two weeks, he speaks with Kanji on how he has not seen his parents for a year. For his future plans, he says he would like to become an actor. At first, he laughs at Kanji stating that he considers him a close friend, but upon arriving home he is overcome with tears when he registers that he is alone.

As an adult, he appears to want Eishin to join the yakuza he runs. Finding that Eishin and Kanji have fallen in love leaves Yashiro dejected. Yūsuke introduces someone who would make a good bodyguard, namely Chikara. Asking about him, he wants to know what Chikara has heard about him from Kirishima.