yeah keigo is desperate. I would root for him too if i read that manga first. His story is touching - he just wanted to live a good life with his family. The thing that makes me sad is that keigo became what he hated. He put Juuichi through what he went through regarding being a witch. That line he said "do you even know what happens to the witches that are caught?" He was terrified.
The thing is that Masaki and Iida has similarities. Just that Iida has no morals while masaki wants to be a good person but has some moral issues. The difference is mostly in Juuichi and Keigo. Guess that is the theme, the way they addressed it - Juuichi is the kind witch and Keigo is the worst witch.
From that and this. many things have happened - Keigo is now back in the group and Iida lost some lives. Wish i could read more of what happens after the timeline of this manga. I wanna see more of both couples in the future - hopefully their peaceful days.
More than anything I want to see the end of that witch hunting company. They deserve death.
Just read the spin off/side story and came back here to reread this masterpiece. It's one of my most favourites. One of the stories where I feel "true love" exists. I just wanna say "I love you" to Masaki and Juuichi just the way masaki says 'I love you' in his head looking at Juuichi. My heart will forever be with these two. Just wanna see them happy together.
The spin off is a good story, I enjoyed it but I couldn't really root for them knowing how they turn out to be in the future. Because I remember crying, screaming, hating them so much in this story .