Canada, Eh?: Mike is super nice and polite while he's in Japan and apologizes a lot, befitting of the 'Canadians are nice' stereotype.At the end, Yaichi actually asks Mike for a hug goodbye. Bookends: Towards the beginning, Yaichi is taken aback and distressed that Mike hugged him out of nowhere.Bleached Underpants: Before this manga, Tagame was best known for his sometimes violent and disturbing Bara erotic work.Mike does go back to Canada but after a time skip he comes back to visit and this time he bring his parents and sister along to meet everyone. The live action show end on a happier note.Yaichi finds closure with his brother's death and accepts Mike as a member of his family. However, all of the characters want to see each other again. Bittersweet Ending: Mike goes back to Canada, and he can't bring himself to promise to Kana and Yaichi that they'll meet again after he saw Ryoji's own promise remain unfulfilled by his passing.This is then joked about when he wins Kana a giant teddy bear at the onsen amusement arcade and she names it 'Mike'.In the live-action adaptation, he is less outwardly muscular and a Big Beautiful Man all around.The Bear: Mike is a stout, hairy man who fulfils all the stereotypes of this gay subculture.Author Appeal: Both Mike and Yaichi are big, muscular guys, which anyone who's seen Tagame's erotic work would know is definitely his type.
