This is a romance between an apothecary and the haggard elf whose life he saved. That's the premise of the story. No amount of copium will alter the inevitable trajectory of these characters falling in love with one another.
Ryo is treating it as a foregone conclusion that because both Kei and Kotoko like Takuya, they should both just be his girlfriends.
She's just like me fr.
She's going to lay into them for not being honest about their feelings and allowing him to think he's not good enough for them, isn't she? I bet the guy she likes is also an otaku and that this is a deeply personal issue for her.
I could potentially see Banri pulling a comeback win, but I don't think Seiha is cut from the winning heroine cloth.
Honestly though, as far as I'm concerned this is currently still a two horse race between Kotono and Ouka.
Now we're just waiting for Banri, who clearly has feelings for him, to enter the race. Though I think she and Seiha both are joining too late to pull off a W.