After being "defeated" by Kitano, Yuji Takehisa tells Kitano that he's the only person he truly respects, and follows him around a lot (walking Kitano back home despite his own house being the opposite direction for example). He loses his cool whenever someone badmouths Kitano or tries to hurt him, and is shown acting as something of a chaperone to Kitano when Ikuno is around (even telling her it's so he can make sure she doesn't try anything funny).
