Dex-chan lover
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Just because you personally don't like the source of the drama we're having, doesn't mean that said drama is forced.Yes, the manga is about tackling issues about growing up, overcoming social anxiety and romance, that's what I signed up for, but now, after all this time, it shifted towards this career actress romance drama, where Yamada and Ichikawa have to hide their relationship and are both uncomfortable about the fact that Yamada, at some point, has to be touched by other men for the sake of staying a drama actress. It feels removed from everyday relatable problems, this manga was going for, and a bit more forced for the sake of drama.
She has been pursuing her career as an actress ever since the first few arcs of the story, it has been the major source of plot ever since they got together.
Because, yes, they got together but Yamada's career is this shadow hovering over their relationship and we can't have closure if we don't deal with it.
And there's a lot do deal with it:
Yamada's impetuous pursue of her dream versus how much she loves Ichikawa;
Ichikawa's lack of ambition being a source of insecurity for him;
The fact that Ichikawa is forcing himself to "grow up" for the sake of the relationship, because he feels it's immature to be jealous over her acting.
To put it bluntly, even if they started dating, their relationship is doomed if they both don't manage to balance things out and learn when to concede and when to establish limits with eachother.
The story is still about growing up, social anxiety and romance, Yamada's career is just one of the vehicles the story is using to communicate these topics, like was Ichikawa's desire to literally murder Yamada earlier on the story.