God, the salty tears in the comments are always the best. People saying the story is "dragged on" or "trash" just because their favorite girl didn't win. Mmm.
I love how many armchair storywriters there apparently are in the comments. People that are mad at Negi for writing this arc, while simultaneously being completely oblivious to the message it's trying to relay.
Calling this "forced drama," lmao. You people are wack. It's literally just reaffirming Itsuki's goals (dreams) in life as wanting to be a teacher. Stop looking for things to be upset about for the sake of being upset.
If one group went left, and one group went right, and at least one sister made it to the top from both sides, how did they not see Fuutarou on the trail anywhere, before he just magically surprises them by showing up? I suppose there could've been a restroom on the right path just like the left...