It was obvious that Miki's unrequited love will have to be replaced by a new one, same way Aki's did. Wonder if it will be a quick arc, or another long journey.
ch. 38 p. 15
senpai from the swimming club
Optimistically, Shizuku will realize setting up a death flag like that is a bad idea and they will meet at night instead of tomorrow.
less optmistically, Shizuku will confess right before Kaori's death
realistically: no confession, only pain. it's all pain now
I like this side-story the longer it goes. Riri's persistence gives her a strong characterization, brings some nice nuance out of Nanjou's reactions, and even makes sensei jelly. And it makes me legit unsure which weirdchamp solution will we see? Will age gap prevail, will Nanjou change her...
Haha, that's always the problem with subtext. People want blatant ambiguous homoteasing to go places, so they ship hard, but since nothing is defined for real - development like that feels like turn away from the payoff people want. It's mayhaps wrong to overreact like this, especially when the...
There's like no documented case of sudden rival ever being a good thing for the series, ever. Except maybe Chuunibyou S2, but that was barely a rival and that's why it worked. As good as this manga is, I don't see it turning trash trope into anything but nuisance.