Maybe I was just crazy insecure, but if I was him at this age, all I would feel was relief. Actual confirmation that I wasn't hallucinating things were feeling romantic between us, and that I wasn't delusional to hope she might like me back lol
at this point im rooting for the childhood friend to have a bi awakening and start dating his nerd buddy there with the blonde hair. like he deserves SOMETHING after all this time.
oof, the university timeskip is the nail in the coffin for this other boy. now that she's a legal adult midori will show back up and will find no reason to turn her down (even though to me its still mega creepy if they get together. it would be the same to me as a parent's ex or a teacher...
yeah like, going from self destructive serial cheating into an immediate ten year relationship seems pretty unlikely. i imagine (or hope) there was a few years of like her learning to be stable on her own outside of a relationship before they started seriously dating and co-habitating.
im gonna call the shot: she's gonna come to the school thing, stumble across shintaro turning this new girl down and overhear him gushing about how much he loves his girlfriend, how he intends to be with her forever etc
im glad he stated the obvious right at the start before the flashback. im glad that the air has been cleared about that insane story, and im very interested in finding out why she decided to tell it.
i wish there was a married live spinoff with them. i bet even once they get married there will be many situations where she puts the basket back on and hes like "ah, so its Noda-san today"
It's so funny that before they were dating, she was leading him around by the nose, but now she's like, useless lol (not in the actual sense, she's making really good progress, but in the relationship dynamic)
Filler before the couple is together feels like poison, but filler after they get together? When so many manga just end when the couple finally start dating? Oh that's the good stuff right there.