His image had changed since the beginning of the story.He didn't know what upendo was until he found Miaka,it was in that moment when he first felt that kind of feeling...she was his first love! Before I became a mangaka, when I was 18 years old,at the time of "Heart ni Houseki", I used to draw Tamahome. When I found that notebook,the character reborned after so long.
He's a guy hard to describe and kwa the other hand he seems to be a young sad boy with issues. His image is the one of a strong but fragil guy. kwa protecting someone,he also protects himself.
Tamahome makes wewe feel like hugging him...why would it be?

I made him homosexual just because I want it to make a joke, but now I think my decision was correct. When I was going to begin the story, Hotohori already had the image of a man as beautiful as any woman. But Nuriko had the figure of a man, he was tall and a gentleman, I have a picture of it...But that way,he'd turned up to be just a homosexual,that's why I ended up making him what he is...considering, although the upendo he felt for Hotohori make him a homosexual,there's nothing weird about it because he felt like a woman. It was like a sister (?),trustworthy,who have the moyo of a man and a woman.