Heard about the interview but first time reading the actual article, made for an interesting read, the first one in particular although at this point these are both much older articles than the recent one.
Surprised Airi also favors Mio (please be in the finale), and well, at some point in the article she does say to watch over the story with a "warm heart" so we'll have to see how it all ties up in 136 honestly. I'm not sure how "warm" my heart gets if its a fucboiXSakura kind of ending while Shinobu get's the short end of the stick to wrap up the story.
Thanks for the share! At least they still know this is supposed to tbe a rom-com, now it's a question of which side of the comedy are they going for...