This is the worst kind of backtracking and pointless melodrama. I’m really disappointed in the author for pulling this stunt.
It’s one thing for her to have insecurities. It’s something else entirely to have her just act out of character to manufacture conflict.
Mizono let’s her ask for anything and she wants a date. Asuna is such a precious cinnamon roll!
I think it’s because there was this frantic uncertainty to their relationship before. Now that they’re proper girlfriends, they can take their time.
I’ve read yuri for years, and it’s interesting seeing how the genre has evolved. There’s probably more variety now than ever, but we do seem to be in a bit of a “toxic yuri” arc at the moment.
I’m actually enjoying it. The characters are fucked up, but also deeper and more interesting. And...
My guess was translation artifact. Japanese doesn’t require you to specify gender as often as English, so those pronouns could have been introduced by the translator.