Name: Saitou-san
1st Appearance: Volume 08, Book 2
Name origin: For his name, the first kanji means "purification" and the second kanji means "wistaria." The term "-san" is a formal honorific for a name, similar to "mr. or miss or mrs."
Short Overview:
Quotes:
"My teacher... There's something I never said. I didn't know how to, and I've become desperate. I'm glad I can see you again. I always loved you. This will be my last battle!"
Once a student of Shiba Junior High School, Saitou-san is the leader of a high school gang and the biggest tough in Tokyo. When he went to Shiba Junior High, he had home economics by Okamoto-sensei (Okappii as he calls her) for three years. When Minako gets harassed by a gang, Saitou-san comes to her rescue and after a second rescue, he tells his if they ever bother her around Aoyama he'll get them for it. Saitou-san wears a promise ring around his ankle and it turned out that he secretly loved Okamoto-sensei, but never told her. His gang friends told Minako that if he got into one more fight, he wouldn't be able to graduate. When a fight broke out with the opposing gang, Minako disguised herself as Okamoto-sensei and tried to get him to stop fighting. Unknowing it was Minako in disguise, he confessed his feelings and kissed her deeply.
"You should say what you want to the person you like. If you miss the chance, you'll always regret it. That's why I must direct my energy to fighting, spending my life for nothing."