Gin no Saji

[shinta|hikari]

Hachiken also clearly said that the reason he feels conflicted is because he is attached to Butadon. This was never a moral issue for Hachiken, but an affection issue. Even steak lovers don't eat their dogs. The whole reason he even brought up being a vegetarian is just to escape his dilemma, not because of any moral inclination about killing, and that route was clearly easily crushed by an offer of kebabs. If he actually had moral reservations about it, he would not fold so easily. He cares about Butadon, and that spilled over to pigs, but he was, is, and will be happily eating all sorts of carcasses that don't remind him of his pet.

Mikage is pretty much a dense jerk. She just seems too cold towards Hachiken, even as a normal friend. I tend to agree with your assessment that her motivation for cheering Hachiken up is not friendship but self righteousness.