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I think Akane loves cats what do you think about this?
I think so to!
He is not crazy about them, since the only people we see trying to get close to cats in extras are Teru and Aoi, but he does think they are clever.
He could have just said this cause he wanted to mock Teru... but I do think he genuinely has a high opinion of cats considering they canonically don't like Aoi, and he never show any hint of anger or dislike to cats even when they scratch Aoi.
It's sad that he didn't get a cameo in the "Tsuchigomori is turned into a cat" spin-off so we could have a more solid interaction of him with a cat, but I headcanon he doesn't try to pet any cat cause he respects their space. If one jumps on his lap he will probably not move it or disturb it, cause he likes them.