A bit disappointing to me.
Shiho has been the most fun character and probably in this story and probably the most fun "loser" of all time bc unlike most of the losers (e.g. Aki), she doesn't support her crush to be together with other people like an idiot. Also, She works hard to fulfill her...
I agree with both of you. Shiho's feeling about Kyou is complicated. But I think the most important part is that Kyou is the motivation and the reason why Shiho put so much effort on music. As Shiho said, it's just like a curse that music hurts her a lot (both music accomplishment and love) but...