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Fun fact: the Akari and Shimada ship has its own tag on pixiv. There's good, wholesome fan art out there of them together.

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.

Man, that was a lot for one chapter.

Teru's reaction specifically to Kana's message got me. He's catching the feels hard 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...

Really, who did have it worse? Ojisan, because he doesn't know who kissed him? Or Alicia, who doesn't know she just kissed Ojisan twice?

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...

Should have figured. Kinda feel stupid. I guess it's not nothing, Hiina is conscious of things now... kind of... even if by accident.

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...

I genuinely see no romance here in this story period (Rio/Hikaru is the closest thing, I guess).

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.

You are evil. Pure, chaotic evil.

They are both adults. Age gap doesn't matter in adulthood. Especially Akari, who is probably much older and mature mentally than her actual age.

"Can't deal well with stress." This was addressed the first time they met, and it's the opposite. Just as something simple as eating her food made his stress-related stomach pains go away. It's less her and more on Shimada, you know, letting himself be loved and supported. Akari and Shimada...

I'm assuming marriage. There was the ring that shows up chapter one (I swear that's the only time I ever seen it, too.) Weird characterization choice, because it's straight up never talked about (husband also apparently married into the Takamine family, apparently. Also unusual). I always...

She does, to some yet unknown extent. Recall that the Leg Break Sit Spin was not originally part of her first program. She added it in after watching Tsukasa do it once and practicing the heck out of it in secret. Heck, her rapid growth in two years where she's pulling off quads is evidence of it.

I don't think the "Inori is Jun" comparison is off base. As it stands now, the two are comparable in the sense that both right now have made all their worth based on Figure Skating. They can't exist without it. For Inori, though, she's young enough to course correct.

"Inori's emotional development is completely undone" Guys, growth isn't linear or exponential. It's gradual, with ups and downs. Inori is, what? 14? She's smack dab in the middle of puberty, relearning how her body works, just witnessed her cherished senpai suffer a traumatic injury... Oh...