[Kanon]

Originally Posted by frubam

Spoiler for 107:

I wonder if Nozoe thought Reiji resembled himself in some way; idolizing a girl from afar while in reality, that particular girl's mind is broken. Honestly, I thought his plan was a bit more simplistic at first; as if he already knew what Reiji was to Yuko and grabbed a mentally-broken girl to take him away from her, but how he will come to that motive and what his actual execution was going to be(since they met the way they did by chance(supposedly)) I can't wait to find out.

Spoiler for 107:

He definitely sees himself in Reiji (and others characters do as well, like Nagi) and Nagi as Yuko. I forgot what his exact words were, but back when Reiji was in the hospital and he pushed Nagi away, Esemori seemed very disappointed he didn't manage to save her.

I think he wants Reiji to do for Nagi what he couldn't do for Yuko.

Him mentioning he's infertile felt like the author was twisting the knife
It also means things with Yuko would have never worked out, since she's wanted a child since she was a teenager. Now people are theorizing that Yuko isn't Reiji's mother either and that she's actually his aunt.