He does, in fact, have someone he loves, and while he says he loves her it's entirely possible and likely that he's not actually in love with her. It seems to be a baseline fact in the series that gods just don't work the same way as people do.
What drives him to Hiyori is primarily first of all that she wants him by her side. That's significantly huge for him, because it's not like he can name that many people that would apply to, if any. The smallest gestures of her kindness send the biggest waves in his life. She offers him support and she wishes things for him, not the other way around. She wants him to be the kind of god he wants to be. She wants him to succeed. She's always wanting good things for him, and to him that kind of loving unwavering support is something he so desperately craves.
But more than her concern for him, he feels driven to not just make all of her dreams come true, to ensure she has absolutely the best life she can - but he also feels a drive to improve himself. She told him he was her god of fortune and he definitely wants to be that for her. It's because of her he feels confident enough to try and break the chains that are tying him to his past, and all in service of having a peaceful future with her and Yukine, even if that seems like an impossible dream at the moment.
He's probably not a good choice for a romantic partner because he's kind of a disaster, but his ideal is definitely someone who actually cares about him as a person, and Hiyori really fits that.
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He does, in fact, have someone he loves, and while he says he loves her it's entirely possible and likely that he's not actually in love with her. It seems to be a baseline fact in the series that gods just don't work the same way as people do.
What drives him to Hiyori is primarily first of all that she wants him by her side. That's significantly huge for him, because it's not like he can name that many people that would apply to, if any. The smallest gestures of her kindness send the biggest waves in his life. She offers him support and she wishes things for him, not the other way around. She wants him to be the kind of god he wants to be. She wants him to succeed. She's always wanting good things for him, and to him that kind of loving unwavering support is something he so desperately craves.
But more than her concern for him, he feels driven to not just make all of her dreams come true, to ensure she has absolutely the best life she can - but he also feels a drive to improve himself. She told him he was her god of fortune and he definitely wants to be that for her. It's because of her he feels confident enough to try and break the chains that are tying him to his past, and all in service of having a peaceful future with her and Yukine, even if that seems like an impossible dream at the moment.
He's probably not a good choice for a romantic partner because he's kind of a disaster, but his ideal is definitely someone who actually cares about him as a person, and Hiyori really fits that.