Hah! You did research! Yayness and all that kinda thing. I loved seeing the contrast of Hikaru as his personality changes and the darling little boy we know grow up.

The only thing I would comment on is that Japanese boys don't seem to mind cute things as much as western boys do. A ton of my students have cats and bunnies on their things. They even wear barrettes in their hair...

...no, no I don't think they're gay.