Well... that would be very in character. Also, remember that Hiyoko remarks: "Everybirdie knows that even just talking to him can bring you down with supergillus, psittacosis, or even worse things". A clue?
After watching his only brother Nageki’s suicide, the traumatized Hitori felt all alone in the world. Additionally, the original Kazuaki also felt all alone in the world through his severe clinical depression. By chance, the two lonely birds met and were drawn to each other through their similar circumstances, as well as the fact that they were of the same species. Just as Hitori was a nurturing older brother figure to the sickly Nageki, he also became one to the emotionally troubled Kazuaki. And even if Kazuaki was clingy and emotionally fragile, Hitori really did care for Kazuaki and found happiness in their friendship.
However, Hitori still had an aching guilt for moving on with his life and befriending Kazuaki at the expense of no longer grieving for his brother’s untimely death. This is where Hitori’s trauma from watching Nageki’s suicide began to manifest into psychosis. A dark hallucination of Nageki would constantly appear to guilt Hitori for having caused his suicide. The hallucination also criticized Hitori for befriending Kazuaki instead of grieving its death. After a while, Hitori’s mind couldn’t bear the hallucination’s constant accusations anymore and he began to believe and acquiesce to its ruminations.
The dark Nageki hallucination constantly demanded Hitori to avenge its death. The only way Hitori could accomplish this would be to murder Kazuaki, steal his identity, and then pursue Nageki’s tormentors. The dark hallucination rationalized this by describing Kazuaki as a bother, always complaining and getting in the way. He had to die. It was about time Hitori said goodbye to him. After all, Kazuaki always did talk about wanting to die; Hitori would just help him to it.
This is why Hitori cruelly tricked Kazuaki into suicide despite their growing friendship; he was led into these diabolical actions by the dark Nageki hallucination the whole time. And as Hitori told the dying Kazuaki, even if the world was such an awful place, he still had things to do in it. ~Brussell
- Here's a fic with this exact premise: http://bywyvr.com/wp/wanna-fool-around/songs-from-aokigahara-forest/
- To add to the above: What if Hitori's photograph isn't of Nageki, but of Kazuaki? Could he have blacked it out as a way of dealing with his guilt for deceiving and killing him?
Ryouta is Brainwashed and Crazy in BBL route.
Nageki commited suicide (tried to pull it again in Holiday Star).
Anghel is confirmed to be a megalomaniac by Moa.
Yuuya is a Stepford Smiler who killed his half-brother when he was one years old.
Okosan is Playing God;.
The protagonist, Hiyoko herself also qualify. Look at her wish list at Tanabata. Conquer the world by force? And by Shuu's route, it's implied she wanted things to happen.
We haven't seen Sakuya acted this way....yet. But there's still the next sequel...