Jun'ichirō Tanizaki/Relationships

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Naomi Tanizaki
"For Naomi's sake, I’d gladly burn down the whole world."

- Tanizaki about Naomi to John Steinbeck. As Naomi's older brother, Tanizaki is quite close to her and often looks after her well-being. Because of Naomi's usual advances and suggestive talks with him, especially in the midst of other Agency members and even clients, Tanizaki tends to get embarrassed and tries his best to stop her, though usually to no avail due to Tanizaki getting flustered himself.

Nevertheless, Tanizaki deeply considers Naomi as a very important person in his life and wishes for nothing but her happiness. He is even willing to "burn the whole world" for Naomi if he needs to, as Tanizaki admits how Naomi is on a wholly different plane above and is incomparable to morals, egos, and suchlike. Hence, without second thoughts, the mere idea of Naomi getting harmed triggers Tanizaki's murderous intent, threatening to kill the Port Mafia's own Black Lizard who once hinted to have her assassinated.

In this regard, Tanizaki employs all possible methods to keep Naomi safe. This includes harming civilians and attacking his opponents with intent to kill, usually with the use of his illusory ability. During the instances that Naomi is put in grave danger, Tanizaki readily takes on the opponents responsible. During the hunt for the Armed Detective Agency after being framed as the Decay of Angels, Naomi immediately comes to Tanizaki's mind, agitated that she is under suspicion like the rest of them. In the anime, Tanizaki mutters an apology to Naomi under his breath upon being cornered by Kōyō Ozaki's Golden Demon, displaying his thoughts of her in what he thought to be his final moments.

Doppo Kunikida
Tanizaki and Kunikida share a professional relationship in the Agency, with Tanikaki regarding Kunikida as his senior. They have worked on various cases together, notably during the Guild war as one of the Agency's offensive teams and before the outbreak of the Yokohama fog incident.

Since Tanizaki considers himself as an average Agency member, he freely follows whatever duties are given to him, especially from a senior employee like Kunikida. For instance, Tanizaki became one of Kunikida's partners in crime, the other being Naomi, in preparing a scheme to make Osamu Dazai act the most burdensome role for Atsushi Nakajima's entrance exam. When the plan backfired after Dazai saw through it and Tanizaki ended up taking the role of a bomber, Kunikida apologized to Tanizaki and treated him to a pub; Tanizaki nonetheless considered it as a good experience.

Atsushi Nakajima
"Ah, don't worry, Atsushi-kun. I-I-I'm in c-control, so we'll be f-fine!"

- Tanizaki tries to assure Atsushi while heading to Moby Dick

Tanizaki first met Atsushi during the latter's entrance exam, during which Tanizaki portrayed the role of a bomber. After performing his role convincingly, Tanizaki later apologized to Atsushi for acting rudely towards him and introduced himself formally to the newcomer. In turn, Atsushi thought to himself how Tanizaki is quite a "nicer man than he thought". During Atsushi's initial days in the Agency or times of nervousness, Tanizaki would assure him at times, even noting that a person like Tanizaki himself was able to last quite long in their line of work.

Eventually, they became quite close as subordinates, primarily because the two seem to be the more "normal" members of the Agency. The two also worked together on a few cases and can fight tough opponents as a productive team, including a "stakeout" mission with a client, against Lucy Maud Montgomery, and in infiltrating Moby Dick, during which he anxiously flew a plane alongside a similarly nervous Atsushi.

As an Agency comrade, Tanizaki constantly bargained to rescue Atsushi when he was kidnapped by the Mafia despite his fellow Agency seniors, Kunikida and Ranpo Edogawa, reasoning out not to meddle with Atsushi's personal affairs. Moreover, when partnered with Atsushi on short notice for a traffic accident case that involved Atsushi's former orphanage director, Tanizaki allowed to take him off the case if he wished to, despite Atsushi's initial exuberance towards the director's death, and became worried about Atsushi's inner turmoil throughout the case.

Akiko Yosano
"Do you hate having to join the Mafia that much? If that's the case, I'll join the Mafia. I'll take your place."

- Tanizaki makes a proposal for Yosano's sake

Like the other Agency members, Tanizaki finds Yosano's treatments to be repulsive. However, Tanizaki's fright towards her seems to be quite deep and almost traumatizing (especially as portrayed in other media), since Tanizaki often found himself undergoing Yosano's treatments. He warned the rookie Atsushi not to get hurt in the Agency at all costs, lest he undergo Yosano's torturous treatments himself. He also appears to shudder at Yosano's visage, albeit almost naturally because he was talking about her.

However, similar to how he treats the rest of the Agency, Tanizaki regards Yosano with utmost comradeship. Their mutual trust in each other became quite notable when an Agency member is set to be transferred to the Mafia in exchange for the latter's aid from the Hunting Dogs; Tanizaki saw Yosano's apparent distrust towards the Mafia and, in order to learn more about Yosano's relation to them (particularly Ōgai Mori), Tanizaki volunteered to take her place in the Mafia instead. Nevertheless, Yosano asked him not to do such thing for her sake and merely told her rather personal story to Tanizaki and Kenji Miyazawa.

Kenji Miyazawa
Tanizaki and Kenji have a harmonious relationship in the Agency and have worked on some cases, such as during the midst of the Cannibalism operation with Yosano and once again towards its conclusion. Tanizaki also considers Kenji as an exemplary detective among the Agency, who has cracked various tough cases despite his young age.

Tanizaki became worried when Kenji turned up missing after the Guild's visit to the Agency office, having noticed that Kenji could not be found in their dorm. Later on, during the Agency's frameup, Tanizaki displayed constant concern over his fellow detectives, including Kenji after being assaulted various of times by the Hunting Dogs. After Kenji got stabbed by a Hunting Dogs sword, Tanizaki frantically tried to remove it, though to no avail. Tanizaki and Kenji eventually rejoined the rest of the Agency and even plotted to surprise them, only for Demon Snow to detect their presence and foil their plan.

Kyōka Izumi
Like the other Agency members, Tanizaki became fond of Kyōka upon her arrival in the office, with Tanizaki even taking some photos of her and finding her "so cute in everything". During the President's recovery party after the events of Cannibalism, Tanizaki recalled the incident when he allowed Kyōka to stay in the Agency and tried to have Kyōka apologize to Fukuzawa on their behalf for disobeying his orders by fighting the Mafia. Tanizaki asked her to "practice saying 'I'm sorry' in a Japanese-style maid outfit, ball up her hands, and use them to cover her mouth"; he even asked her to have "more tears" before getting caught by Naomi.

Yukichi Fukuzawa
"But, like, I'd be way too nervous… Have you seen the president's eyes when he's angry? He could burn a hole through an iron plate. He'd probably even make a little girl cry."

- Tanizaki describes Fukuzawa's intimidating disposition