I'm so happy to see that the "little" Ren is takumi & Hachi's child!!! (^__^)
And now I think that Takumi really cares for Hachi & that he really loves her ^^
Now I'm totally sure that Ren (the big lol) is dead >__>
I read again vol18 with this idea in head and all the things was connecting: when Hachi, Nobu & Yasu talks about big Ren, there is a sad silence, when they are talking about the pics with, Nana Hachi said that it's Ren who bring them like a gift for Christmas, again they looks so sad. Furthermore, They are looking for a bar near the sea so I think Ren died in the sea coz Nana always looking in the sea like she wants to die for him and in this chapter when Reira was "talking" to Ren, she cried and they shows the sea... Plus, Hachi & Takumi were talking about Ren in the phone, now we can see they talk about their child "little" Ren (again his name in memory of Ren???) and If I don't mistaken there were a pic of big Ren in Hachi's house... HE'S DEAD!!! T__T
What do you think??
PS: I LOOOVE TAKUMI!! *__*