Toshimitsu Fukuyama

Second year of high school and member of the Athletics Club as well.

Yuki was in love with him, for that reason she was looking for help from the club advisor to obtain Toshimitsu's approval.

Toshimitsu's intervention to stay with Yuki was insufficient for 3 main reasons.

Although his behavior was motivated by a genuine concern, there was an important gap in the type of support he offered. Yuki lived an internal conflict regarding his voluptuous body by feeling that it was an obstacle to performance on the athletic track and for his romantic advance with his friend. When Toshimitsu tried to point out that body as lustful, he reinforced the idea that his physique was a problem more than a virtue. Instead, the advisor positioned that same body as a blessing and he was able to cover that need for validation that Yuki came ignoring.

Second, Toshimitsu could not explain that his suspicion derived from falling in love with her, but for Yuki it was as if his judgment and autonomy were questioned. That defensive reaction of her closed the door to a deeper dialogue. The advisor, in contrast, established a safe communication channel where Yuki felt heard and understood.

And third, the difference in authority and emotional timing played totally against him. The advisor represented a sports authority that offered immediate solutions to heroin and also, he spoke with her at a critical moment of her relationship with Toshimitsu. That superiority and emotional synchronia gave him a palpable advantage that even Toshimitsu with his relationship of years did not have the ability to solve Yuki's central dilemma, nor did he arrive in time to counteract the positive reaffirmation that she had just received from the advisor.