yea Aria, a really powerful bond they have there
almost like a romantic pair would have smh my head
my guess is Urara leaving solely based on story progression. we were just given the start of Hibana's character arc, but with the new haircut, Urara's has been cleanly completed. meanwhile Michiru still has unfinished flirting to be done with Karin
as a member of the "remove the tag" division, my argument is that there's so little focus on romance since the competition started, that it doesn't really play a part anymore
not only has our main couple not been able to properly interact since boarding the ship, but even the romantic rival teasing only seemed to last one round
it's one of those things where I would say GL elements are present, but they arent prevalent enough to being this piece into the genre of it, and mangadex's GL tag serves as a genre tag
as such having the tag around is just going to bring in people who are gonna feel like they were baited (see also, Flame's joke on the credits page)