Doesn't seem like a rival to me. Actually seems like one of my theories is coming true about new girl (Mafuyu). Hinaa is going to get more invested with her than Teru from this point because Teru is more situated to his new home now.
I hate the word need. There's no such thing as need. But if you think Akari wouldn't benefit significantly from having Shimada around, you're very mistaken.
Akari would benefit tremendously from having someone responsible be able to take over the role of head of household and secure the...
No, it's him noticing Kaanaa. It's not that subtle. If you watched the anime, the scene is even more obvious (the memories are all Hiina focused until he sees Kaana at the end, as opposed to the mix of memories in the manga).
Take this in conjunction with the cooking class chapter, it's even...
I thought this was going to be a happy kind of hype.
Instead it was an angry/sad/anxiety-inducing/self-loathing kind of hype.
Foreshadowed new girl AND Teru confession out of left field? Ugh.
Personally, Inori is fully capable talent-wise of matching Hikaru. Inori is insanely talented too. She wouldn't have come so far in so short a time if that wasn't the case.
The problem is mental. Hikaru has hit a place of self-actualization here. Inori has a laundry-list of mental hangups and...
Now that I've had a night to sit on this - my more complete feelings on this chapter:
First, the amount of people invested in Medalist purely to ship Inori and Hikaru is too high and disappointing. This is not a romance story, and you are missing the entire picture of this story arc...
Yeah... I don't think Inori is gonna be in a good place after this. Quadruple Lutz? Inori can't even consistently pull a triple and Hikaru has multiple quads now, including the hardest.
The chasm increased by a large margin. Inori is already hurting badly now.