KAIDOU:
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Kaidou appears only in the side story "Casablanda Memories" in Volume 11. He is the top
assistant of Rei's father, a popular politician in the Democratic Liberal Party (representative
of the actual Liberal Democratic political party in Japan). Since Rei was small, he has been
like a brother to her. He visited her when she lived at home with her parents, as well as
at the Shrine, where she has lived with her grandfather since her mother died. When Rei
was younger, he told her that the color white suited her, and told her about casablanca
lillies, which she thought were beautiful. Since then, she gets casablanca lillies and
a white one-piece dress each year on her birthday in her father's name, though they are
really from Kaidou. On Rei's previous birthday, she dined alone with Kaidou, as her father
couldn't attend. She asked if he was really her father's successor, as everyone said that
he was. He told her that he doesn't feel that he is fit for politics, and that he doesn't
want to have an unhappy daughter. Two months later, in June, Rei sees Kaidou in the street
with another woman. She calls her father, and he tells her that Kaidou is set to be his
political successor, and that Kaidou is engaged to the woman, who is the daughter of the
leader of the Democratic Liberal Party. Kaidou visits her later, and she asks him about
his upcoming marriage. He tells her that her father suggested the marriage, and that he
couldn't refuse. She tells him that she wanted to marry him, and that because he will
become a politician, he will have unhappy children. He simply says that he will not have
children, kisses her, and leaves.
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