It's not NTR. They never had a connection to begin with. She's playing with him like a puppet and he's following along because of lust.
The NTR is him giving her the time of the day while he's in a relationship with his actual crush.
It's been ten chapter already, and when he told her no she let him go and didn't give him any more orders.
The manga gives the impression that quite some time has passed since then.
Though "it's already been 10 chapters since she last rated him, come on" is not a great defense, I still feel...
I admit to some of this, but genuinely when was the last time she used her blackmail?
Maybe my memory fails me, but I think it's been some time already.
Even though she doesn't have any right to.
It was pretty tasteless of her, tbh. But even though the way he answered seems symmetrical, you can feel that she's clumsy while he doesn't give a shit about her.
She's not bad for the same reasons. And recently she came to care about Ueno. Imo, Riku...
Him struggling to understand/accept that she likes him is so relatable. Dude is not equipped to deal with these sentiment bombs.
Youth won't last forever my dude, don't let it fly away.
It's funny how he only spoke Barbarian until the end where he reveals he can speak her language just fine.
"It's a wholesome story, if you don't like it get lost." It presents itself as a wholesome story, that's precisely why people are upset about the imposture.
I think she has no remorse whatsoever, for anything she did or wanted to do to Ueno.
I feel like she'd be remorseful if she hurt Tsubomi or Chisaki, but that's it.
It was Kanako who explained to Ueno that for Chisaki, tormenting him is like having sex with him.
Yeah but she doesn't want to force him.
I think she want to take his virginity so that he can't give it to anyone else. So she shouldn't be in a stabbing mood.
As far as we've seen, even though she's kind of a sociopath, she wouldn't truly cross the line when hurting someone. She let him flee...
I agree.
What Hayami taught us could have been explained in two sentences, but to really make us understand the whole chapter was needed. Great work from the author.
If that happens I hope Hina (the coach) is there to try to prop him back up. She's pushing for them to end up together so if it explodes it's a bit on her.