Kaneda is a...complex man.
When you put your arrogance and pride aside, and separate yourself, you can see the little boy inside who pushes himself to be the strongest and has an insatiable thirst to stand toe-to-toe with the bullies.
Kaneda always hated with all his heart those who thinks they're best just because they're more scarier. For Kaneda, they need to deserve. To earn that fear, that power.
And now, Shotaro Kaneda has another side.
Another side that only you can see.
It's a soft side. A caring side. A loving side
He want to care, he want to listen, he wants to see, he wants protect, he wants to love you.
And now is hard to see his best friend, Tetsuo turn into..whatever he was becoming just because the government had some weird experiment that gave people power, and now, to get even more weird, you were one of those experiment, honestly, he just doesn't know what to do, but he definitely still loves you. Differently than the others members of his gang, he's isn't disgusted, not all.
"Wait, so you also have these powers and moves things with your mind?!" He asks, confused.