how I think CANON kageyama really thinks about romance based on facts

This is more on just character analysis and observation but this is all speculation because if I'm being honest as a former Haikyuu x reader writer, I think he is the most mischaracterized and has potential for a different type of x reader, rather than typical romance.

Also I'm saying this as a Kageyama fan! This is just my thoughts jotted down hehe

I don't think Kageyama really had the chance to experience romance. Ever. I mean I could be wrong but based on what we we've seen there wasn't really time for it or even a single mention on it

Though given multiple chances to show it, he never showed any outright attraction to anyone outside of volleyball. Obviously this is not a shojo manga, it's a sports one but there are still multiple times where some sort of attraction has been shown towards characters.

He is unfazed by Kiyoko in a season 1 scene, he never fawns over any of the managers the way other characters do. (The only exception is when Saeko introduces herself and he and Hinata get excited) this isnt rly important tho, a lot of character dont do this

the only time he has ever been excited or passionate is when it comes to volleyball, the very reason why he stuck so close to hinata in the first place (this could argue for kagehina ((so true)) but that's a separate post lol)

HOWEVER he's also not repulsed by attraction towards him, as shown in the bonus chapter when he's aware that he and Atsumu are referred to by fans as the "Ikemen Players" and that people watch him for that; he says he's all for it because it get's people into volleyball

But the CORE REASON on why I think he never thought about romance is because he outright states in season 4 that he's not good at emotion, and his past. He likely does not know the feeling and even with friends he was still learning on friendship, but he wants to learn! (that's probably why he was so keen on asking oikawa for help in kitagawa-daichii)

Anyway so conclusion as an x reader writer, would he be datable? I mean it's not impossible. After all we hardly see his life outside of volleyball, it would just be challenging, just like getting him to play on a team. In fact it would even be cute to see him think about it.

I wrote all this bc I think it would be interesting to see this kageyama in fics, instead of the usual tsundere/constantly getting mad and embarrassed ver of him (me,,I used to write him like this,,,)

Now how would I write canon Kageyama off with staying true to his given character as much as possible?

I think he would be very calm and nonchalant about it. They've shown us that he's very aware of his emotional weaknesses in understanding but that he's ALWAYS willing to try and connect with others.

So while I think he can most definitely live his life without romance, I think that he is bound to think about it at least once and contemplate it. He might even be open to trying it for the sake of trying something that's so common with others, but in my opinion he will always love volleyball more than anything else, and that's not a terrible thing at all.

so are they canon gay in good omens or ?

As in kiss-on-screen canon? No. It’s left ambiguous (barely, and if you ask me you will get an incredibly biased answer of years spent shipping them from the books, in which it’s more ambiguous but still Really Gay™, and I am suffering at all the Gay Implications and will fawn over them until I expire). It has been said by the authors years ago in the book their relationship was written to be platonic. For the show, at least Aziraphale’s actor Michael Sheen has stated that he is playing the character as in love with Crowley - though what type of love can be left up to the interpretation of the viewer, and that’s pretty much how it’s been handled. Open ended.I haven’t read all The Discourse™ about Neil Gaiman’s responses because honestly I can’t be assed to get into that kind of nonsense. I’m enjoying it for what I’ve always seen and believed the characters to be - romantically engaged. I think viewing the show it’s actively difficult to not view them as romantically engaged in some way. I do enjoy how it is has been left up to viewer/reader interpretation because it’s queer coded and not queer baited (in my own opinion; ex. it’s not like Destial) and thus if you want to read them as in love, or aromantic, or whatever in between, you aren’t wrong. The only thing I would say is if someone is reading them as Straight™ they are definitely wrong and should be sent to jail immediately.

This is a fun article that made my heart happy.

https://www.bustle.com/p/crowley-aziraphales-good-omens-friendship-is-meant-to-be-ambiguous-according-to-the-stars-17936453

ANYWAY, because I could literally talk for hours on this subject and you poor soul Felt were the first one to open the floodgate, that is the tip of my feelings. I don’t want to get into Tumblr Discourse or Fandom Discourse literally ever and won’t get into any of that. At the end of the day if you haven’t read the book/watched the show I highly recommend both because they are excellent no matter what the romantic takeaway is.

TLDR; “Are they just friends or are they in a relationship?” Answer: Yes