Wait. Huh?
I think we established that Mahoro has recognised that Rei is a bad partner and she wants out of the relationship.
We dont know for sure he's been cheating but he's definitely been shady (who else cleaned up the condoms- and then never brought it up?) And for the sake of her...
I dont think anyone hates your insight. I think we are all just expanding on how we view the story which might not be consistent with how you proposed that we did.
Its more that her husband rejected her friend because she wasn't hot enough for him to consider cheating with instead of being angry that her friend was betraying Mahoro or being like I would never cheat on my wife.
The implication is that if someone hotter asked he would accept and he doesn't...
I dont think the reaction is coming from a male audience reading a work aimed at women...
I'm a woman and I'm 50-50 on seeing Rei as a cheater. I dont think he's secretly a good person: he's a terrible partner regardless of whether he's actually cheating and Mahoro would be better without him...
I feel like this chapter is getting severely misunderstood. Noa is in denial about her feelings because she has bad experiences with romantic relationships. She's got a brain block on what is and what isn't romance/love.
Love for Noa equals grand gestures of romance which Rihito doesn't give...
That awkward moment when you are still viking with the plot even though it's clunky.
I don't think Tomo's aversion to love came out of nowhere he's always been dense we now know that in addition to being dense he's actively avoided exploring those emotions.
He's definitely experiencing new...
Esmerelda and Elise are pretty crucial to later parts of the light novels. I guess the anime isn't expecting to get there so dropping their importance now makes sense but it's sad.
So I'm glad this got serialised but I think the addition of a pinky promise with their first meeting is worse than the pre-serialised version.
In the pre-serialised version tomo took an interest early but their first meeting is something an innocent child might say to anyone who's sad about...