Putting JJK characters in the category of “fruity male bff” alongside fucking Mikaela Hyakuya seems crazy to me. Did you not watch the blood-sucking scene? Bro was down atrocious in a way no man ever has been before or since
Killua is the shonen gay blueprint, and yet no one has ever been able to replicate him to this day. While every other deuteragonist is like, "We must be cold or rivals to create tension," Killua does "I will literally stand by you and DIE for you."